From stand-up to singletrack: How a comedian built Georgia’s most entertaining bike park

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

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Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jarrod Harris is the co-founder of Jarrod's Place bike park in Summerville, Georgia. We'll be diving into what it takes to open a bike park, the challenges and rewards of building trails, and we'll talk about Trail Armor, an innovative product that was actually developed right there at Jarrod's Place.

What's your background? How does someone end up starting a bike park?
How did you learn to build trails?
Were there any parks or trails that inspired you and your team when you were first starting out?
Is owning and operating a bike park a good business?
Trail Armor is a product that was developed at Jarrod's Place. What is it, and how does it work?
Beyond Jarrod's Place, where is Trail Armor being used?
Can you describe how the park is laid out? What are the most popular trails?
What's the mix of riders you see at the park? Are you getting many locals, or do people travel from further away?
Is there an off-season at the bike park?
How much of your time goes into trail maintenance versus building new stuff?
What would you do differently if you were to open another bike park today?
What's next for the bike park?

Learn more and buy a pass to Jarrod's Place at jarrodsplacebikepark.com.

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0:30.8	Hey everybody. Welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff. And today we're talking with
0:36.8	Jared Harris, co-founder of Jared's Place
0:39.7	Bike Park in Somerville, Georgia.
0:42.3	We'll be diving into what it takes to open a bike park, the challenges and rewards of building
0:47.7	trails, and we'll talk about trail armor, which is an innovative product that was actually
0:52.5	designed right there at Jared's place.
0:55.2	So Jared, thanks for joining me.
0:57.7	Yeah, thanks for having me.
0:59.3	Well, let's start at the beginning.
1:01.2	Tell us a little bit about your background.
1:03.1	How does somebody end up becoming a co-founder of a bike park?
1:09.2	Well, it depends on how you define co-found.
1:12.8	I mean, I've been doing this since 2012, so.
1:18.3	Hence the name.
1:20.5	I never really named it, Jared's place.
1:23.0	It was just what everybody called it.
1:26.2	Yeah.
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