116th 1993 - Russell, Reed, Sorenson & Melton

116th Street NE Marysville, WA. In the early and mid 90's this was possibly the most popular place accessable to the public north of Seattle to do some motocross practice. Winters were especially good riding here. As you see on the video, it had a lot of sand which meant sweet whoop sections and hellacious berms everywhere. A person could go out there almost any time during the week and ride with pro and intermediate level riders.

Located on reservation land, it was never completely legal to ride there, but for many years police and the land managers tolerated ORV use. As the area grew in popularity it gained the attention of the media, who began running exaggerated stories about the environmental damage that the ORVs were doing. The news proclaimed that locals called this riding area "the pit" for dramatic effect. Eventually, it got enough attention that the police ticketed anyone for riding there and it was abandoned by the ORVs. Ironically, there is big four lane access road to a casino and outlet mall that goes right through the middle of where these guys were riding. You would never even know it was a riding area anymore, the Alder trees that cover every square inch of open ground are almost 30 feet tall now.

In the video, Joe, Davy, Carl and Justin are enjoying a nice summer evening pounding sand whoops and slamming sand berms. Makes me feel like it was only yesterday.

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[atonsgard]

On 31st AVE there is a sick track owned by my father in law :]

[scott387]

I've been there. JR's track is awesome.

[bnfjyyfhr]

ME TO

[WaGirl41]

Ive been there, thats freakin sweet!