Talus Turk wanted a safely built 65- to 70-foot jump after breaking his collarbone in April 2024 and sought a site to train and film. Scotty Scamehorn introduced Talus to Zack Goodwin at The Lookout, a property Goodwin bought to build trails. Goodwin hired the Shire Built crew to construct lines on a steep hillside above Clear Lake with views to the Olympic Mountains. Talus and fellow rider Ryan McNulty, both 23 and working on the independent film Hesh's "Bring The Pain," used personal media budgets to fund the build while Shire Built provided machine work affordably, leading to Woolley Fest.
Goodwin, who had grown up watching riders like Wade Simmons film freeride near The Lookout in the early 2000s, had always dreamed of having his own trails up there. A few years back, he bought it. He then hired the Shire Built crew to create a handful of trails. And when Talus came through the Skagit Valley dream spot, he knew he'd found what he was looking for-a steep hillside above Clear Lake with views westward to the Olympic Mountains with space to create.
At the time, Talus was living with fellow freeride athlete Ryan McNulty down in Utah. The two were just getting started on Hesh's "Bring The Pain," an independent mountain bike film releasing this fall. Turk and McNulty are just 23 years old, but the duo has a big vision. The film follows them, Hayden Zablotny, Torsenn Brown, and friends around the world and features a segment from each of their hometowns.
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