The SDMBA in San Diego is Advocating for Trails and Riders in California's Second-Most Populated County

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

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Wilderness, Sports

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🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Susie Murphy is the executive director of the San Diego Mountain Bike Association and is also a board member with the California Mountain Biking Coalition.

What is the San Diego Mountain Bike Association's mission, and how are you organized?
When and why did the SDMBA get its start?
How long have you been with the SDMBA, and how did you get involved?
Did the recent boom in mountain bike participation translate into SDMBA membership growth?
What are some of the most popular trails your group helps support?
Are there many opportunities for new trail builds in and around San Diego?
Several years ago the chapter was pretty vocal about the bikes in wilderness issue. Why is or was that so important in your area, and where are we now?
Do you think protesting can be an effective tool for mountain bike advocates?
What does the current discussion around e-bike trail access look like for SDMBA?
What’s the biggest constraint SDMBA faces in carrying out and growing the mission? I
How does SDMBA work with the newly formed CA Mountain Biking Coalition? Do you think legislative lobbying is an effective way to increase MTB access?
What’s next for SDMBA?

Learn more about the San Diego Mountain Bike Association at sdmba.com and the California Mountain Bike Coalition at camtb.org.

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0:20.1	Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today my
0:25.1	guest is Susie Murphy. Susie is the executive director of the San Diego Mountain Bike Association
0:31.9	and also a board member with the California Mountain Biking Coalition. Thanks for joining us, Susie.
0:38.6	You bet. Thanks for having me. Well, tell us a bit about the San Diego Mountain Bike Association.
0:43.9	What's the organization's mission and how large is your membership? Well, the San Diego
0:49.2	Mountain Biking Association, which we either call SDMBA or Stimba for short.
0:54.6	Stimba.
0:55.2	Okay, that's good.
0:56.1	That'll be helpful.
0:57.3	One of those acronyms.
0:58.5	So I'll probably just call it Stimba, if that's okay.
1:01.2	Yes.
1:01.6	Has been around since 1994, one of the older trail orgs in the country.
1:06.7	Oh, wow.
1:07.5	Yeah.
1:07.9	Founded by friends who are frustrated with trail access, even then, then and now.
1:14.5	And our mission is to improve trail access for mountain biking in San Diego County.
1:20.8	San Diego County is a very large county.
1:24.3	I was just talking with some people last night and they were new to the area and
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