This Bike Park is Selling its Land, So I Visited It

Station Mountain is a downhill mountain bike park in the Austin, TX, area that was built by a teen entrepreneur and several investors. Now the investors are selling the 128 acres the park is on, and according to the owner, this was all part of the plan. Is this a good investment? I have no idea, but I'm here to check it out.
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[@thisisabsolutelystup]

That jump needs to be called Seth's Shoulder

[@JoseLuis-ph4iz]

WTF almost landed on the stake securing the bag in place. 9:33

[@TimMaddux]

Bermed Labrum

[@markmazurkewiz5572]

The “Full Shoulder Sender”

[@exothermal.sprocket]

"Displaced Intentions"

[@amilcargiron4672]

Thank you Berm Peak for supporting this cause. Kudos to this kid. We do not have the $3.2 MM, but our likes and comments count!

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

Seth must have gold plated insurance.

[@diarrhea6344]

God damn a 17 year old doing something this huge is impressive.

[@davekal]

17 years old taking out a 3 million dollar loan...

[@balthanonysen7001]

@@davekal Assuming they were using the correct terms in the video, having investors isn't the same thing as taking out loans. You're not on the hook for paying them back directly if the business flops. Instead you're giving up your profit. I'm guessing what happened here is that the investors bought completely undeveloped land plus some hardware like the tractors for like 500k - 1 million and let him develop it with a bunch of volunteer labor so they could sell the property at a significant profit with minimal work and money on their part.

[@kneehats2311]

@@davekal no he is renting land to run a bike park and wants the new owner to be into a contract where they are forced to keep renting to him the land or even not pay any rent and keep the park on the new owners expense. also this is not really the Austin area its over an hour away, the population of marble falls is like under 10k. i know some people that are developers and are building a subdivision on the intersection of 281 and 71. they did not pay even close to 25k and acre for land in marble falls. so ill probably be an out of state buyer that will buy the land for a inflated price.

[@bermchasin]

no surprise it hasnt made money yet. sadly. doesnt take away from the achievement.

[@NeuronMTB]

So true!!

[@StanleyKubick1]

The kid is serious. He's not trying to sell a pipe dream, he's realistic about the project and I wish him nothing but success

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Thank you!! Means a lot!!

[@wwgbert]

@@RhettJones-jl5kh Nice job getting Seth to visit and highlight your park. Might be worth reaching out to more mountain bike KZbin creators. 233k views so far on this one just might help get this notice by a buyer that wants to be involved. I really like the idea of aa camp ground on site with a tent area and places for RV / Van camping. So many good ideas with the right team. Best of luck!

[@mattspen]

Thanks to this video, I’m definitely planning to camp and ride there next time I visit my Dad in Texas. Great job Rhett you’re an inspiration! 👏🏼

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

@@wwgbert Thank you for the support!

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

@@mattspen Sick! Thanks!

[@Treehandler]

Well at least you didn’t hit the steel stake in the ground when you fell off the flat bag

[@lastpme]

Agreed.

[@TheIggyTech]

Yeah that airbag is no bueno in so many ways. Cool park though

[@bermchasin]

i saw that and my jaw dropped. that is a body puncture just waiting to happen. I really dont know why they dont put pads AROUND the airbags.

[@penguinpoop4]

They *had* insurance

[@RankedMountainBiking]

So glad this place is getting the attention it deserves, Rhett is one of my closest friends and it was so awesome to see him make this park a reality and help him out along the way. The park is dope as hell and I'm there almost every weekend. Definitely worth checking out.

[@waltysalamander]

Awesome! That storage container drop definitely brought back some memories of old berm peak! That was serious! That airbag fall looked gnarly. Hope you’re 100% soon.

[@amdisthebest]

Love to see Scott on MTB again. Easily one of my favorite videos of yours is when you bring him to Whistler.

[@lucashall1761]

More of this! Highlighting new and even old areas with some history is a great new way to expand the channel!

[@RhettShull]

From one Rhett to another…hell yeah man.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Yessir!

[@papasmurf2k3]

@RhettShull I didn't know you were in to MTB. Thought just guitars and hanging out with Rick Beato haha.

[@MehYam2112]

From one mtb and guitar fanatic to another, hell yeah. Small world.

[@blondiejoe]

my worlds are colliding right now

[@matsherwood6277]

Same lol. Good to see one of our legit guitar bros chilling in the MTB scene. 🤙 I think Rhett and I could chill, we both play guitar (although he's miles ahead of me), are Hams, and into MTB. Haha

[@Bpadil02]

Rhett is one of the kindest dudes I’ve ever met. I wish this project so much good energy!

[@JJR_COOL]

Sick! This is a pretty interesting video. Hope your shoulder is better soon so you can keep riding.

[@sirBR4DFORD]

big ups to you seth for actually trying to help you community. other people use their "power" for free stuff, but you use it to help other dream come true

[@kdh06004]

In an unexpected plot twist: Seth sues Station and gains control of the bike park and land.

[@jeffgriffin1875]

So cool to see Seth down in my neck of the woods. I've been following Rhett's journey from a far, but haven't yet got down to Marble Falls, but soon....

[@davidc6032]

Central TX Hill country riding is terrific. The area is ancient geologically and there is tons of chunky, rocky tech to ride. One quirky and frustrating aspect to life in Texas is that virtually all the land in the state is privately owned (about 97%), so there is very little public lands for recreation. Anytime you can find private land that promotes outdoor activities, it's worth protecting.

[@CROKUN5]

im always happy when a new Berm Peak video comes out, thx seth. :)

[@danielbotev6365]

Hope the shoulder heals quickly! I’m enjoying these new videos that spotlight projects which benefit the bike community and beyond.

[@Yourlocalandy]

The Cleetus McFarland of MTB

[@Lorijenken]

hell ya brother!

[@notamorningdragon]

very true

[@jamesweldon8118]

Cletus is the Seth of Motorsport

[@zog6940]

Is Seth a Trumptard too?

[@zog6940]

So seth is a right-wing loon too?

[@jiarongwu618]

Love Watching Berm Peak, so relaxing

[@Jono235]

Hey Seth I am Jonathan and I just wanted to thank you for helping me get into mtb from riding my diamond back hard tail to my new dual suspension. I have been progressing in skill and knowledge and I have been hitting trails, tech and jumps I love the community and the enjoyment of getting into the outdoors

[@user-uu2dq5md1h]

Love the videos keep up the great work

[@ScottSmithMTB]

Best times hanging and riding bro! The video came out great!!

[@josephknudson5097]

Thank you Seth. God bless you.

[@royunderwood7514]

Good on you for showing this park and helping get their story out there.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Can’t thank him enough.

[@ModernOCDad]

Awesome video and nice meeting you that weekend Seth!

[@willyjaybobindy3402]

I love that Seth always chooses to send it.

[@Durwood71]

And it's always after he talks about how sketchy something looks.

[@graemelow7516]

But this time he gets what the rest of us get if did that shit! I was just thinking to myself - wtf is he doing that drop off the container at our age ? Next minute …. I’m reading an mri report of an impacting fracture - he was dead right on the feeling of dislocation then relocation too

[@jaymason480]

Seth, you need to do an episode on all your bike injuries. Pre and KZbin channels. That will probably be an hours worth of entertainment.

[@somethingelsehere8089]

Lol!

[@manbunmyname5866]

Let's see a cost analysis on his biking injuries using the crazy numbers the hospitals and insurance companies make up. I broke a clavicle, ribs, and punctured a lung in a mild bike crash. $20k medical bill and 6 weeks off work😎 (and that's without an ambulance ride or a night in the hospital) With insurance that's still $3k😢

[@erikbrynjolfson6478]

Have a quick recovery Seth !! Love this content . It’s a cool looking place with tons of potential. I love the stoke !!!!! Wish them all the luck to keep It going and prosper .

[@MTBATX]

Haha nice tump off the airbag. So stoked to have an opportunity to be a part of this day! I hope Rhett finds his investor because I want to keep coming here.

[@wingman12r]

I literally drove right through Marble Falls this morning and never saw a sign or advertisement for Station Mountain Bike Park.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

You gotta come out the park! We don’t do much “standard” advertising lol

[@The85Ripper]

I was at station when you were there and I met you. The airbag jump is now famous for your crash 😂

[@aleksbrown5040]

It's awesome that you helped promote this guy his dream.

[@alexanderanastas-hill5487]

Very cool! Will be exciting to see what happens next

[@alexford5214]

Seeing them ride through the Blue Bonnets… that’s beautiful right there. Nothing like Texas Wild flowers in bloom in the rugged hills country

[@aquill1]

Beautiful indeed. Funny, all I could think of is the PTSD I have of fire ants and likelihood of meeting some snakes. 😂

[@bradyheath6828]

Niice! It's good to see some videos about my home state.

[@jordanpanich]

Rad stuff! Amazing to have such ambition at such a young age! Good luck to you!!!

[@ktkace]

NICE !!! GET WELL SOON!!

[@bretcowan7486]

So the first thumbnail I saw for this video was a dude on a tractor pulling a bunch of bikes which looked really interesting. Not sure how many of your viewers do it, but.... I will not watch your videos on the weekend because I like to save them to help break up the monotony of my Monday through Friday work week. When I went to open up this video this morning I noticed you had used a different thumbnail.... So I figured I'd give you my useless two cents LOL. Thanks for making all these awesome videos!

[@jworthe]

The terrain looks amazing

[@MTBTexasBikeRider]

Wow 😮 that’s awesome great video really enjoyed it!! 🔥😎🤘

[@joelankeny6277]

I’ve gotten to talk to Rhett personally and he’s a squared away guy and I hope he finds a great partner. Though he needs to own this him self. We need to start a gofundme. If all of Seth’s subscribers donated $2 we could crowdsource the funds.

[@artvandelay6306]

The one down side to that area is you have like 6” of topsoil and then it’s just solid rock.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

You’d be surprised to see some of our dirt deposits.

[@Incorruptus1]

Definitely a fun story. Wishing them good luck.

[@kilroywashere9343]

Horse trails, gun range, and bike park, I like the way this guy thinks

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

😂😂 thanks

[@CodyIA]

Before I actively watched all your content and got into mountain biking last year I saw your video on Spider Mountain and I ended up buying a bike to take with me on vacation down there. I now have a weekend cabin booked for June to go back! Always love to see some of these places get more attention, been keeping up with Station Mountain for a bit now. Thanks for all you do!

[@aaronwermers4160]

I had no idea about this place, thank you

[@righteousbob272]

Love seeing that so close

[@mikeambern6349]

U should stop by 29 pines in texas. 7 mile trail. Over 200 berms. Lots of jumps and features.

[@bonacker9762]

Good on him , awesome idea. Now to see it come to fruition

[@erwincastillo8238]

Woah you run DHR 2 on your rear! That's awesome!

[@nexusdestiny4171]

Ironic I'm sitting here with my own messed up shoulder from a crash at Spider MT just around the corner from there. Recover well and great video as always.

[@RomanMoroniesFargingWall]

Get well soon, Seth!

[@ooyyeeaahh9003]

Station is an amazing bike park. Shout out Rhett

[@JV-fu8br]

That drop was so sick . Just like berm red bike sick

[@eliyahuberkowitz2812]

Good video. Thanks.

[@vramirezphi]

The landscape is beautiful.

[@adammoonface]

The continued evolution of the Berm Peak channel continues to impress me. Seth, I've been a subscriber since the DNM dropper post review about a bazillion years ago, and I would never have guessed back then that you would end up producing such high quality, well produced bike related journalism as this. Keep up the good work!

[@zachpangos7159]

I knew that was marble falls! I used to live in granite shoals. Nice!

[@Ethan_Harnetty]

Seth’s vids make my day

[@NelsonMeyer-jz8my]

Another trail in my local town of Janesville is building a new mountain bike trail system. However they have many troubles funding it. I believe if you come and ride this park it would make the difference for us here in Janesville Wisconsin.

[@MatthewMachuDidge]

Yo! I'm from Beloit but live out west now (Arizona!). Visited with my mtb a couple years back, was amazed at the bike parks such as Blackhawk, Cam Rock,and Quarry... even Alpine Valley.... i grew up there 20 yrs ago riding Blue Mound, Rock Cut, and such... not a jump in sight! So awesome to see mtb really driven forward by cheesheads!

[@NelsonMeyer-jz8my]

@@MatthewMachuDidge thanks for sharing this helps me get help for our new trails

[@cheeheifoo9282]

Really enjoyed this video and it's story of Rhett

[@stujm8376]

Seriously good to see a young person doing something worthwhile. I wish where I live they’d do more stuff like this. There is an mtb scene here, but Italy isn’t known for investing in its youth… I know, I’m a teacher.

[@Velo1010]

If you intend on going during the summer let me tell you it’s hot as hell in Texas. So be aware of that and go in the morning.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

We have some weird summer hours to help with this.

[@sportmedtech]

You most likely will need surgical repair if you continue to have subluxation/dislocations with an anterior and posterior inferior labrum tear especially since you are quite active and using your shoulders as much as you do while riding a bike. Your PCP and ortho will recommend PT first and hopefully you regain enough strength and stability so that surgery is not required but I work with athletes daily and it is not uncommon to have to get it repaired. Love your videos but please don’t ignore this injury

[@Rambleon444]

Seth, you are awesome! Putting so many eyeballs on this investment I hope it happens!

[@edorofish]

blue bonnets everywhere!

[@Dellvmnyam]

In my 33 I'm still free from major obligations and I'm happy with it.

[@SecretSpots]

Next time I drive across country I'll stop here for a session.

[@jackg5147]

Finally a video about riding.

[@Xenoray1]

9:20 for people who wonder why there was less biking videos from him, stay save.

[@lastpme]

That was pretty scary…glad he is ok.

[@SethsBikeHacks]

As it stands I should get the okay from the doctor by late June, and then I promise to be more careful! This happened back in April so it’s already way better.

[@specagent999]

@@SethsBikeHacks Good to hear you are healing quickly. Have you gotten full range of motion back in the shoulder? I've injured my shoulders before and wrong movements can end up in searing pain.

[@Durwood71]

@@SethsBikeHacks It looked like a relatively tame crash, too. It's strange how those are the most injurious.

[@Underground_Adventures]

Would love to come visit the caves😊

[@Underground_Adventures]

If someone actually reads this I'd willing to come map and explore the caves during my next trip to Borne(demo ranch). Would love a reply. 😊

[@Underground_Adventures]

Also you should check out Jarreds Place in Georgia

[@richardkranium5557]

Great kid doing great things!

[@abadatha]

If I had the money I would do this in a heart beat, with the added rule that they work to cultivate and preserve native flora.

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Rhett here. Dude, we’re ALL about preserving native flora. Let me know if you have any connections! Would you be interested in buying a portion of the property?

[@abadatha]

@@RhettJones-jl5kh That's awesome, unfortunately I am not in a position to buy into this. Got to love the love and respect for the native plants too. Really hope you find what you need, because it's a beautiful thing you're doing.

[@baddriversofcolga]

@@RhettJones-jl5kh This makes me so happy to hear! Keep up the good work!

[@vietle-xg8oi]

How much are we talking about as an investment portion?

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

@@vietle-xg8oi What do you mean exactly?

[@ianrwin]

Tore my MCL and got knocked out snowboarding with the same "I guess I'll just trust it and go fast" logic. Feel better ❤

[@colinkeyes2054]

Ouch! Feel Better, Seth!

[@IOUaUsername]

Ski lifts are up in the air because snow can be various depths. For a bike park it makes far more sense to have a T-bar lift, where there's a bar hanging from a cable which you hold against your handlebar and get pulled up the hill on your wheels. There's basically no danger and probably no inspections required. In Australia we have a few places where there's one of those that does a flat rectangle circuit over a dam at high speed, so you put on a wakeboard or waterskis and get towed around on fully electric grid power with no exhaust fumes from a ski boat.

[@jonpevehouse]

The place Seth mentions is not a ski area; we don't have any of those in Central TX. The lift is specifically for Mt. Biking.

[@IOUaUsername]

@@jonpevehouse But it's still a lift up high in the air, which needs inspections and is only up high for the benefits that has in snow.

[@Chris.swafford]

Keep us up to date!

[@BackyardShredder]

Whoa, that flat bag was setup like lander way too hard there’s no way no matter which jump you hit you shouldn’t have been able to roll off like that. Looks like a cool spot though can’t wait to go check it out.

[@Vincent-_-123]

Congrats on the 1 million.

[@carterschichtel9678]

Shout out to station and spider. Such a sick vibe out there.

[@mohammedziauddin601]

Come on Seth, buy the park. Make it Berm Peak Texas.

[@johncast9565]

i would imagine its 110 degrees in that area in summer? rattlesnakes / Fire Potential....Im tottally on board!

[@RadovanKrsmanovic]

I'm a local and will say the place is def sketchy in that safety protocols are often ignored, such as marking big gap jumps, etc. Also, you can't count on the shuttles to all be operating either. We paid a lot of money and in 2.5 hrs, got in 2 runs bc there was only 1 operating shuttle bc people didn't show up to work we were told. The owner, was off riding elsewhere as opposed to driving the shuttle that we paid to ride. Oh well. I certainly wouldn't return unless it got overhauled and ran properly. Sad to say it didn't live up to the hype and we ride Spider Mountain (15 mins away and lift served) instead.

[@northwestrider369]

The early part where you jump off a container reminds me of a time as a pre teen/teenwhere I was dumb. A friend of mine who was also into bmx and dirt bikes like me, his dad owned a commercial transmission shop. Doing big rig and bus transmissions. Well, he had some old school buses in his yard. The old kind with the engine in the front. We put 2x4’s and plywood from the top of the hood to the ground. Then we rode on the roof of the bus and jumped the gap from the end of the roof/window to the front of the hood where the plywood was. But of course we were not exact and the 2x4’s stuck up past the plywood to impale us. And the plywood was not secured to anything so sometimes it would slip down when we landed. Yeah…….fun times though.

[@kaneda4102]

Learned something and found it entertaining- worth the shoulder injury 👍🏻

[@duncanidaho84]

Being married for 34 years I fully understand that "Seth" doesn't have the stomach for such an investment and property.😁

[@SenselessUsername]

😆 So very typical, "Seth" not willing to put their money where Seth's bike is.

[@beerenmusli8220]

It would mean Seth would move from HIS OWN HILLTOP in a smart acting, world open state to Texas. A state too incompetent to have a cooling water recycling loop for their power plants and simililarly severe problems. I can understand why he doesn't have the stomach for that.

[@JAXONATION25]

you should totally buy it i would love to see more videos

[@MrNamesjeff17291]

Love this

[@blondiejoe]

Damn it, sorry to hear you're hurt again. Get well soon.

[@viandtfulop5685]

Awesome!

[@zahirig]

That was a very fun video. I wonder if a video on common mountain bike injuries would be a hit?

[@thcmtb]

Nice drone videos…👀🫠

[@littledevilchris666]

There’s so much you could do with that place, clay pigeon shoot during the week, make off-road track for quads , re open for bike park business on weekends

[@Happy_Biker]

Everybody share this video wide so maybe the right person(s) sees it. 👍🏼

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Thank you!!!

[@gregmacd2829]

I love the Hill Country and have spent some time there, just in the back of my mind, all I can think of are the rattlesnakes that live in the rocks...Have fun !

[@yxz91]

Wish we had something like this in southern NV.

[@stevewfu2004]

It's been a while since you had an injury. You had a good run, Seth.

[@gac5664]

I was just down there and rode spider mountain during the eclipse. I heard stories of this place but didn’t get to ride it. I sure wish I would have!

[@RhettJones-jl5kh]

Come on out! We had a sick eclipse event too lol

[@devsmtb6944]

this video could really make a better world for riders