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Ptarmigan Ptrails, LLC is an Alaska based trail construction company. When Brian and Ed decided to join forces as Ptarmigan Ptrails, it was following many long, late night discussions on the progression of trail building in Alaska, the need for more progressive mountain bike and freeride trails, and a desire to branch out into new regions. Our experience and knowledge learned over a combined 15 years of trail building has made PTarmigan PTrails one of Alaska’s most innovative and progressive trail contractors. Founded in 2009 by co-owner Brian Vaughan, our goal is to continue the evolution of Alaska trails by...

Over the summer of 2012 the JGS crew went out to Alyeska Resort and filmed for one day only to make this video. If you respect riding bikes and film, take a few minutes and go read about all the awsome people involved in this project that was 100% out of our own pockets. http://www.jgsconcepts-home.com/p/behind-scenes-with-jgs-concepts.html Behind the Scenes Video----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHwDRDxsjk&feature=plcp This small video was 100% shot at Alyeska Resort, in Girdwood AK with. We will be continuing to further this project with Alyeska and also in the deep backcountry of Alaska all winter and into next summer to bring you...

This is a small teaser from the "Alaska Downhill Brigade" in Healy, AK. Expect to see much more from us. Alyeska Resort Edit: https://vimeo.com/51034729 For more visit: www.jgsconcepts.com

This video is a small behind the scenes video of the cable system the crew of JGS engineered last summer. This was our prototype for testing and now that it has proven to work we are upgrading it with a full gimbal and remote system. We did extensive testing our at Alyeska Resort and also way up north in Healy, AK. We have tested the cable system up to 500 feet so far. We are able to have the system up and ready to film within 20 minutes and it is so light weight that you can carry it anywhere...

View full video here: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/320877/ We are very limited in Alaska for seasons of bike riding. So what do you do in the winters when you can't ride your bike on dirt? You go Fat Bike Riding. Fat Bikes are set up to be much more stable then a regular bike, so you can maintain your balance while riding on snow. We went out in March and filmed with Kevin Murphy of Anchorage, Alaska out at Kincaid Park to see what the Fat Bike are all about. After watching Kevin and getting to ride the bikes ourselves we found out...

Alaska downhill brigade will be a full video series about the pioneering of mountain biking in Alaska produced by JGS Concepts. This is just a small little teaser we created for http://www.contour.com and the contourccp program. The places over the last year we have been scoping and riding are going to blow some minds as well as the stories that go along with getting to where we all have. To date this project has been 100% self funded. The first full episode will be online in September 2013. We have riders such as Chris Kovarik, Claire Buchar and Graham Agassiz...

Over the 2013 | 2014 winter we will be releasing a episode series introducing the ADB crew and Athletes. "Brigade" will be a short video series about each person involved on the Alaska Downhill Brigade project. This is just a short clip of the series that we created for kick starter (goes live next week) Facebook.com/alaskadownhillbrigade

Alaska to date is one of the most uncharted biking zones in North America. High alpine biking with views of the ocean, volcano's, Mt. McKinley and the midnight sun. This is the trailer for the Alaska Downhill Brigade project. To date this project has been 100% self funded. Many athletes in extreme sports spend much of their time in Alaska searching out the next big line to ride and film. In the free ride mountain bike world, this has yet to happen in Alaska. As local guides, production crew and riders we have searched out areas over the last 10...