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Frisco Bike Park Grand Opening

by Flowline Trail Design
Sep 15, 2011 at 17:39


The crew at Flowline Trail Design, in partnership with the Town of Frisco, Colorado, is proud to announce the Frisco Bike Park Grand Opening this Saturday, September 24th 2011. This project has been a few years in the making, and thanks to the hard work and dedicated efforts of those involved, this dynamic vision has been brought to life. On a site that was recently clear-cut due to pine beetle infestation, a transformation has taken place. That previously disturbed slope has been carefully crafted into a progressive and sustainable bike park facility, catering to any type of rider, beginner or advanced, bmx or mtb.

Frisco Bike Park offers something for everyone. From the top start zone, riders can choose between intermediate and advanced jump trails, or a beginner flow trail. Each of these trails descends into the base area. This lower area features a dedicated dirt jump zone, created with a multitude of line options for all levels of rider. A large pump track is also nestled into the base area, and again, the rider’s creativity here is the only limitation.

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Phase one of the park, which opened on July 4th, featured the upper trails in the park, and has been well received by the local riders. We're stoked to open up the rest on the 24th and finally get riders down in it! Please show Frisco your support this Saturday as we kick things off. The bike park will be free and open to the public all day, with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m., followed by pump track races, jump jams and to cap it all off, some live rock-reggae in the evening. Come on out and bring your friends for a fun-fueled day of riding trails, boosting jumps, enjoying a cold beverage and grooving to some live music.














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94 Comments

  • + 27
flag enorbz (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:58)
 damn got me exited I thought it was San Francisco haha
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flag bikerofestacada (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:08)
 haha same
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flag enorbz (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:09)
 Yeah I mean they are working on some plans for a park out there but its called McLaren Bike Park http://mclarenbikepark.org/
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flag ScottB-408 (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:59)
 Elliot I was pissed when I saw the mountains in the back, "f*ck thats def not SF" lol
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flag enorbz (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:15)
 no way haha, I just read Frisco and then I was like f*ck haha
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flag archi-magus (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:14)
 So, where's the freeride? Is it all dirt jumps and pump tracks? Is there anything suitable for a bike sporting dual crown forks?
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flag DrPayne62 (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:41)
 Its really starting to piss me off how awesome Colorado is. Come on California! Get your act together and start building something like this or Valmont!
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flag enorbz (Sep 20, 2011 at 16:28)
 Its California.... It never will be awesome, You can thank the liberals and the hippies for that one, There taking away all the fun in Mountain Biking and many other things, God damn tree huggers
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flag mzeek (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:52)
 thank you enorbz for saying what desperately needed to be said. lol
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flag bikeaddict123 (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:03)
 oh ma dayzz
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flag poozank (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:07)
 I saw them building this, pretty big features
Colorado rocks
  • + 17
flag GalenMac (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:22)
 that park looks un furcking real! I am fully confident to say i would rather have this in my city then my local hill C.O.P , ugh... spread the love up here you ridic trail builders
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flag RONDAL (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:35)
 Couldn't agree more. Puts what they build at COP to shame.
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flag viatch (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:38)
 COP is shit, literally its more like a hill than a mountain
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flag suicidedownhiller (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:51)
 f*ck. YES!
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flag gwgardner (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:58)
 at least COP is still running. we have nothing but the river valley. and you have moose... stop complaining
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flag HMBA106 (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:41)
 ^props edmonton has shit all
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flag jeffrupert (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:53)
 try living in nova scotia, practically nothing here and if you try digging for get about cuz its all rock and shale
  • + 1
flag Straner Plus (Sep 20, 2011 at 16:20)
 I have nothing but flat land. The closest bike park is COP which is 3 hours drive. Stop complaining
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flag Lester22291 (Sep 20, 2011 at 17:51)
 first valmont then this? god i love living in colorado. Now if only my shoulder injury would heal up....
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flag togood2die (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:05)
 MOTHERf*ckER!!!!

I MOVE, AND THEY BUILD THIS IN BLOODY FRISCO?!?!?!??!

GAGH!!!!!
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flag JamisJammer95 (Sep 20, 2011 at 19:03)
 AWESOME!!!!!!
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flag Matt-W (Sep 20, 2011 at 20:00)
 http://www.socaltrailriders.org/gallery/data/521/its-beautiful.jpg
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flag dhiller661 (Sep 21, 2011 at 0:19)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfA_O70KCXA&feature=related />
top section into all of this i would assume.
**NOT MY VIDEO

@poozank we do have alot of rocks.
  • + 1
flag jeffrupert (Sep 21, 2011 at 4:49)
 straner closest i got is quebec, 15 hour drive
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flag Straner Plus (Sep 21, 2011 at 6:34)
 Okay, you win. Aren't there at least small mountains and hills in nova scotia?
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flag misterpeanut (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:47)
 They would never do this in mexifornia, you can't play soccer on those. Nice job Colorado!
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flag j-maul (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:05)
 Shit sounds just like the U.K.
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flag cydaps (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:15)
 OMG! This place looks amazing!! Now I just need to find a way to move from the crappy UK to Colorado! Props to the builders for creating something of such beauty!
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flag colodrak (Sep 21, 2011 at 18:16)
 Well guys If I have to describe this area you wouldn't believe it ,just 10 miles from frisco is most gnarly bike park Keystone :-) 20 miles is Vail 60 miles Winter park and Solvista :-). http://www.youtube.com/user/thechezik?feature=mhee#p/a/u/2/9Pq_P0Wn8ZU
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flag bikerofestacada (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:31)
 i if you think i want to ride there, THEN YOU ARE CORRECT.
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flag iamamodel (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:58)
 That place looks sick and anyone living in the area is very lucky. But...

I really disagree that those table tops are safer than a set of doubles.

I would say the main thing is that big jumps require practice and skill. As Yoda said "Do or do not - there is no try."

If you 50/50 a big steep table top, you go OTB and land down in the transition a lot harder than if you just chainringed it and stopped. And if you are mid-air on a big double there is plenty of time to bail - on a tabletop the ground comes up faster.

"Tabletops are safer" is, in my experience, a perception, not a reality. Big jumps are dangerous, tables or doubles, but no-one tries a set of doubles until they are absolutely 100% certain they will make the landing - not so tabletops. Doubles keep the fluff off - you don't get kids that have no idea flat landing from ten feet up on shitty bikes that snap at the headtube.
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flag archi-magus (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:19)
 You're absolutely wrong iamamodel. You case it on a big double, you break bones. There's really no getting around it most of the time. If you come up short on a table, you're landing on something flat and it hurts, but you can ride it out. If you're just barely shy of the landing you usually end bouncing off of the flat and landing smooth on the downside anyway. If you're even a couple feet shy on a big double it's going to most likely be a big deal.

Think about it, a flat landing from 10 ft high, or landing on a fine point that is angled so that all of the force hits your bottom bracket and stops you completely. Just the obvious mechanics of jumping a bike and forward momentum should let you know which one is worse...
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flag jeffrupert (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:57)
 yea i agree with archi-magus my city built a park out of all tables and iv cased them many times worst iv done is not much at all iv also frame cased gaps, it hurts.
  • + 1
flag Orsumness (Sep 20, 2011 at 16:19)
 The thing about having table tops is that people are more inclined to do it and hence have fun with their friends. A good example of a tabletop at work is the Crabbapple Hits jumps at Whistler. They are "off the charts" big and had they have been doubles only the pros would be hitting them. However they didn't have raised lips on the downramps like these ones which could pose a problem when casing. Valid arguement though.
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flag iamamodel (Sep 20, 2011 at 17:53)
 Casing a ten foot table is one thing - casing a twenty foot table is another. The impact raises exponentially with the speed at impact.

Yes Orsumness, those in the photos do have raised lips - imagine nosing into the the upside of that.

Anyone that chainrings a gap from ten foot high should have bailed. Learning to bail is part of jumping. People think "Its a flat landing, I'll be right" whe instead they would have bailed on a double.
  • + 2
flag Orsumness (Sep 20, 2011 at 21:33)
 Nosing a table with a raised landing isn't any worse than nosing a double. The Crabapple hits jumps are f*cking massive not just ten foot and casing that distance does have a major impact on your ankles. However if they were doubles the consequences of bailing and coming to a stop after 20ish feet of airtime are far worse. In this instance, the tables with the raised landings possibly aren't the best option in the world but are better for the intended riders (beginners right up to advanced riders) than a double which only the advanced riders will do.
  • + 1
flag jeffrupert (Sep 21, 2011 at 4:53)
 raised landings are that bad yes they hurt abit more and i have popped my rear tire casing one before( only cuz my rim is F***ed though) but i would still prefer to come on that then a gap
  • + 1
flag Lester22291 (Sep 23, 2011 at 14:01)
 personally i think tables are safer, but iamamodel definitely brings up a good point that you dont ride doubles unless you actually know what youre doing. Keeps the kids with $150 wal-mart bikes from ruining parks by not clearing landings, riding when wet, etc.
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  • + 3
flag fox13 (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:22)
 great... another amazing looking bike park i'm never going to be able to visit Frown
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  • + 4
flag pavementEATER (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:10)
 45 minutes .... thats how long my drive is to here
  • + 10
flag propza (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:47)
 45 weeks .... thats how long my walk/swim is to here
  • + 6
flag cyrix (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:49)
 WELL GET MOVING PROPZA.
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flag Knife-in-the-dark (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:38)
 15 min, my travel time from work in the afternoon, by bike.
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flag coloRADoFLOrida (Sep 21, 2011 at 10:28)
 this place is amazing! i ride here atleast once a week and its a fun place to have a chill dj session after riding at the downhill resorts all day. i love living 10 minutes from frisco and 20 minutes from keystone!
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  • + 1
flag SuperRoss (Sep 22, 2011 at 17:14)
 Question: how is this place having a grand opening? Its been open for like a year...not the bottom section, but the upper sections have been.
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  • + 1
flag hornywalrus (Sep 21, 2011 at 22:08)
 at first i was like "damn, that's like two hours away from me! that sucks." then i saw all the canadians and brits, and i was like "damn, that's only two hours away? sick!"
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  • + 3
flag skierdud89 (Sep 20, 2011 at 17:31)
 Another reason why Colorado is so great!
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  • + 3
flag martino (Sep 21, 2011 at 0:51)
 You guys in the US and Canadia have got it so good.
  • + 1
flag Downhill340 (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:34)
 Its only a matter of time....Hopefully
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flag chainmalitia (Sep 20, 2011 at 19:14)
 This is the most innovative well thought out bike park in the US. Amazing work Flowline Boys. Keep it up and we hope you keep building all around the States!
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flag CannondaleRUSH (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:20)
 YES i got to ride the flow trails on the upper hill this summer and it was sick! cant wait till next time to ride every thing!
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flag turco999 (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:08)
 Unfortunately, i know that'll not happen everywhere. The cities bulldozing down a couple jumps that arent even that big by our place........its a great idea too!
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flag MtBxKinG (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:26)
 lucky b*stards. Frown
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flag jrjounor (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:19)
 sweet vid.. way away from my house though...
i have a bike park at my house... not kidding
  • + 1
flag hankyman (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:49)
 thats far too cool
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flag Sillybanshee (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:08)
 Its exactly the bike parks I expect to see to further spread across the US.
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flag patatta (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:24)
 Those track are f*ckng insane........ i wish that i was living there!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag Joebohobo (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:38)
 f*ck this shit, heaven on earth !!
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flag tHickman95 (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:56)
 I'm f*cking moving to Frisco.
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flag PHRANQUY (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:37)
 Why does this have to be a 16hour drive away?
  • + 1
flag kaijumps (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:09)
 only 2 for me. Smile
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flag westton (Sep 21, 2011 at 0:12)
 about time cali gets love
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flag reecewallace Plus (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:23)
 Bike park looks so good, can't wait to hit it up when I'm done in CO!
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flag elzaroony (Sep 21, 2011 at 5:37)
 Nothing like this over here! gutted!!
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flag ChinoJ10 (Sep 20, 2011 at 22:06)
 Sick ! Mega props for all their hard work !
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flag Danheckler (Sep 21, 2011 at 8:01)
 So stoked, this is just 15 minutes down the road!!!
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flag Harper80 (Sep 21, 2011 at 17:12)
 video of upper big line http://www.pinkbike.com/video/218983/
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flag wbackflip777 (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:12)
 Iam officially moving
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flag brettmacadam (Sep 21, 2011 at 9:26)
 Looks so amazing well done guys. Enjoy!!
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flag dirtbagluvin (Sep 20, 2011 at 20:08)
 HELLS YES!!! KEEP BUILDING THESE EVERYWHERE!!!
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flag rm14 (Sep 20, 2011 at 19:29)
 I sense roadtrip in the future
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flag LTmtb (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:26)
 damn it i thought they meant san francisco. really nice jumps regardless.
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flag rm14 (Sep 15, 2011 at 18:20)
 Sick
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flag arnodj (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:55)
 This looks like heaven!
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flag lanes (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:23)
 ya, cant wate until opening day!!!
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flag allenjweston (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:06)
 Awesome! Makes the Park City, UT bike park look like a pile of crap!
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flag JohnnyD13 (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:59)
 Good god the whole project looks magnificent!
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flag C-mop2 (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:40)
 this is gonna be epiccc! i cant wait!
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flag C-mop2 (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:39)
 this is gonna be epicccc!
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flag i-ride-on-dirt (Sep 20, 2011 at 18:14)
 that looks like a good time waiting to happen
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flag Hayden137 (Sep 22, 2011 at 11:28)
 that looks sick!
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flag evan-pelham-rider (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:48)
 looks so sick!!!
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flag dannyboy2240 (Sep 20, 2011 at 20:39)
 stoked!
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flag nick-s (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:45)
 Um a little late guys. It has already been snowing on top of Keystone. The bike park looks sick only if opened in June.....
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flag epjimmyd (Sep 20, 2011 at 13:16)
 The park has been hitting all summer. You blew it on coming out to ride it. This is just the grand opening with a brand new DJ section.
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flag Knife-in-the-dark (Sep 20, 2011 at 14:39)
 Yeah, and I'm pretty sure the snow at the TOP of keystone affects this. It'll be ridable unitl late oct,.
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flag HMBA106 (Sep 20, 2011 at 15:45)
 ^ Yeah it may be different up here in the northern rockies, but it snows at the base of ski resorts in august and we ride our bike park (snow free) until late october.
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flag nick-s (Sep 21, 2011 at 5:12)
 @Knife-in-the-dark. Well if you use your mind dumbass snow on top of Keystone means snow is coming very soon. Frisco is at a high elevation too.
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flag Knife-in-the-dark (Sep 21, 2011 at 8:05)
 No numbnuts, it doesn't. There is about 2000-2500 ft elevation difference between the 2. And actually, all the snow melted, that was even at that higher elevation. I work in the area, and the 10 day has 60 plus everyday. Try using your head before talking crap. FYI, the first amount of snow that would have closed that area last year was mid nov. If you have more crap to talk Pm me, I only live 5 mins away if you wanna get tough interwebs toughguy.
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flag epjimmyd (Oct 26, 2011 at 21:57)
 @nick-s; just got an a-load of snow today--over a month of great riding since your stupid comment. Get to the park yet or too scared Knife-in-the-dark is gonna find you there and pummel you? What a dumb-ass.
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flag m07mmukh (Sep 20, 2011 at 12:18)
 giggidy
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flag jagarcia89 (Sep 21, 2011 at 21:22)
 I love my state
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