New 6-acre park offers variety of cycling options

Menifee is getting a new bike park that officials say will be the largest of its kind in Southern California.

The 6-acre park will be on the southeastern corner of Evans Road and Craig Avenue, near Paloma Valley High School, a news release states.

Expected to open in fall, the park will feature bike trails with more than 30 obstacles and a bicycle playground. It will also boast a 22,000-squarefoot pump track, which is a looping circuit of rollers and turns that bicyclists can ride without pedaling or pushing.

City officials broke ground on the project May 11. The Gale Webb Kids-R-#1 Action Sports Park will be named after extreme sports athlete Webb and her youth-focused nonprofit group, Kids-R-#1.

Webb, a longtime Menifee resident and motivational speaker, made headlines in the 1980s as “America’s motocross mom.” She is known for motocross, skating and bike demos at schools and events.

Webb suffered a parachuting accident and was told she wouldn’t walk again.

“Gale proved them wrong and has gone on to make a grand impact in the actions sports industry and has been an inspirational mentor to kids of all ages,” the release states.

Menifee Community Services Director Jonathan Nicks said the city hopes the park will inspire the next generation of action sports athletes.

COURTESY PHOTO A rendering envisions the Gale Webb Kids-R-#1Action Sports Park in Menifee, which will include bike trails with over 30 obstacles, a bicycle playground and a 22,000-square-foot pump track. The park is scheduled to open this fall.