Biking Skills Park

Work on the Bike Skills Park began June 27, 2022, thanks to major donor Bike Bike for Kids Foundation (formerly Saris Foundation) and many other local companies (see list below). THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

In 2020, we commissioned Global Actions Sports Solutions (GASS) and Community Trail Design, LLC to design a gateway Bicycle Skills Park at the Triangle Hill Sports Area of the Baird Creek Greenway. The owner of GASS, Jeremy Witek of Madison, is nationally known for building these types of courses.

The addition of this purpose-built mountain bike course is to provide a fun, safe, and equitable space for youth and off-road cyclists to develop their skills on a variety of obstacles to prepare them for the technical trail system in the Greenway. The course includes a beginner track, an intermediate track for growing skills and an advanced track for challenging experienced riders.

We have partnered with the Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, area youth groups and high school biking clubs, and local bike shops to run training camps for youth once the course was built. The Green Bay Police Department, which sees high usage of bikes at local skate parks, which is not permitted, favors the Skills Park as a place to send kids looking to test their biking skills.

Course Features

Start Hub: the start hub provides a slight gravitational push to help riders overcome features that are incorporated into each track. It will include a stone wall around the perimeter and a level platform which will be both visually appealing and will serve as a gathering place for riders.

Asphalt Pump Track: a looping trail area of berms and rollers, that are ideal for kids on striders as well as professional cyclists. The value of this track is to promote rider skills.

Beginner Track (green line): the beginner line consists of a series of constructed features with a variety of textures and shapes such as wood platforms, stone slabs, and dirt. The obstacles, features, and surfaces of the green track will help introduce riders to surface transitions, line of sight targeting, balance, and varying textures.

Intermediate Track (blue line): in order to provide additional skill building, the intermediate line transitions away from the flat hilltop and onto the slope. The intermediate track bench cuts into the slope face and use large grade reversals, changes in trail grade, and allow for flow, speed, and small airtime opportunities. The track incorporates rock and flagstone.

Advanced Track (black line): the advanced line takes a more direct plunge down the slope and will provide riders with both exposure and technical challenges. Using steeper trail gradient, the advanced track incorporates elements such as chunky rock gardens, rock slabs, and jumps.

Sponsors

• Saris & Hendrickson Family Foundations – $105,000
• David L. & Rita E. Nelson Family Fund – $80,000
• George Kress Foundation – $60,000
• Northeast Asphalt (Walbec Group) – Asphalt Pump Track!!!
• Schanock Family Foundation – $25,000
• American Foods Group, LLC – $25,000
• Richard J. Resch Foundation, Ltd. – $25,000
• Give Big Event – $22,878
• Private Donor – $15,000
• Humana – $15,000
• Little Rapids Corporation – Egan Family Foundation – $15,000
• Dental City – $15,000
• Waste Management – In-Kind Services
• Robinson, Inc. – $10,000
• Bergstrom Automotive – $10,000
• Prevea Health – $10,000
• P&G Fund/Greater Cincinnati Foundation – $8,260
• Nicolet National Bank – $7,500
• Wisconsin Public Service Foundation – $6,500
• BelGioioso Cheese, Inc. – $5,000
• Pete’s Garage – $5,000
• Green Bay Packers Foundation – $5,000
• Green Bay Packers Give Back – $5,000
• Anonymous – $5,000
• Fairchild Equipment – $5,000
• Broadway Enterprises Inc – $5,000
• Bank First – $5,000
• Schneider Foundation – $5,000
• S & K Accounting & Tax Service Inc. – $5,000
• Tower Clock Eye Center – $5,000
• Daanen & Janssen Inc – In-Kind Services
• Fox Communities Credit Union – $2,500
• Private Donor – $2,500
• Private Donor – $2,500
• The Mihm Family – $2,000
• Cedar Corporation – In-Kind Services
• Creative Sign Company – In-Kind Services
• Ind. Donors – $1,315
• Private Donor – $1,000
• Nsight/Cellcom Community Giving – $1,000
• Bay Tek Entertainment – $1,000
• Dental Arts Associates of GB – $1,000
• Breakthrough Fuel $1,000
• Kneeland Family – $1,000
• US Venture– $1,000
• Village Companies – $1,000
• MachIV – In-Kind Services
• Broken Spoke Bike Studio – $500
• Martin Systems – $500
• BayCare Clinic Foundation – $500
• Precision Cut Stone – In-Kind Services
• Individuals Dec 2022 – $495

Thank You!!!