Flatline = The flattest trail we could come up with due to the steep nature of Duck Creek Mountain.
7 Year Itch = From initial concept to turning the soil, Duck Creek Mountain was 7 years of constant scratching for a number committee and club members.
High Voltage = Trails run under some HV power lines.
200 Beats = Named by local club member Hayley Oakes. Hayley was offered naming rights on that trail if she won a national title, which she of course did. She came up with ‘200 Beats’ which was her average heart rate during her first national win.
Shape Shifter = The builders had to shift some shapes to create the trail and so does the rider.
Mr Fussy = The main builder of this trail can be a touch fussy at times – a good thing when it comes to trail building.
Pinzen Needles = One of the builders on this trail had lots of problems with pins and needles in their hands during construction of this trail.
Frankers Power Pipe = This trail is like a half pipe. Initially, there was a power pole across the trail that needed moving. US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s early experiments with electricity lead to its discovery. The Hon. Benjamin Franklin (Australian Parliamentary Secretary AKA Frankers) was a huge help in obtaining the funding for Duck Creek Mountain.
Dirt Surfer = This trail is like surfing the dirt.
Super Surfer = A harder version of Dirt Surfer.
Flugal Winder = This is a reference to the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail where they refer to the plastic part on the end of your shoe lace as probably having a weird name like a flugal binder. We had no trail name ideas for this one so called it Flugal Winder.
Reeker = Uralba, our original stomping ground, had a trail named “Stinky Cow”. Well, this trail is similar, just a whole lot more smelly.
Pacific Rim = This trail is the rim of Duck Creek Mountain. The movie ‘Pacific Rim’ was on the mind of the designer when he found the trail and he named it immediately.
Your Alba = Design to look and feel very much like our old trails that were taken away from us in Uralba. Well this one is all yours.
Not Shore = Planned to be a full North Shore style trail but it ain’t on the North Shore!
Two Dogs = We had to name a trail after two people who were instrumental in getting Duck Creek Mountain to eventuate. They came close, but never gave up, just like a couple of dogs on a chain.
Geezer = We also had to name a trail after the site designer. When it was being built the contractors nicknamed him “Geezer”.
Extractor = This trail runs near our boundary with the neighbouring quarry.
Wrecked = While building this trail we found the wreck of an old car near the top of the trail. Being an ascending trail, it might Wreck some people as well!
Made In China = Everything is Made In China these days, except mountain bike trails!
Groot = A rooty, techy trail named after a famous superhero.
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