Introduction and help

Racing
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Hello, and thank you for having me in your community.

I am an older road cyclist, but I have created some trails on my property and would like to host some sort of CX type racing events there. I need advice and ideas on what to do and what liability precautions I need to take to avoid issues should there be injuries on my property. I also want to allow others to use it if they wish at any time, but again I do want to be liable for someone being injured. It is a small area with about a 0.2 mile field loop and .6 mile of various wooded trails with obstacles (depressions, ground logs, overhead logs). No pavement, all grass and packed dirt.

I would like to have children, teen, and adult competitions; both short and longer events (15 to 30 minutes or so); to include weird events like drag races (0.1 mile) and log/weight pulls.

Thanks, Jesper

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Liability laws in the US vary from state to state. In my state, signed event liability waivers provide almost complete protection for the landowner or event organizer. You may want to talk with other race promoters in your area to get a feel for what they’re doing.

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