ABOUT

​Hugo and Tom are fanatics in the art of trail hunting.
We travel the UK, finding the most fun and beautiful riding locations. We test out the most renowned guides of each area, link together the best tracks and find unique places to stay and eat. We then bring this all together in a bundle of mountain biking magic through guided days and multi day tours that deliver totally unique and totally British mountain bike adventures. We're also big believers in outdoor education for children and adults for improved mental and physical health. 

​British Cycling Insured Mountain Bike Leaders, Level 3 Outdoor First Aiders, Summer Mountain Leaders   ​

OUR Team

Hugo van Dorssen - Owner

Happiest exploring outside, he's an avid trail hunter and has a passion for creating & sharing adventures.  When not working on Trail Unknown he's in social enterprises building their sales and marketing teams. Contact  ​​-  hugo@trailunknown.com

Tom Shopland - Owner
Tom's passions lie in promoting outdoor adventure for improving society's well-being, sustainability and love for our natural world. When not working on Trail Unknown, he's at Oxford Brookes University looking at how cities are designed to encourage more cycling and walking.  Contact - tom@trailunknown.com

​our passion as a solution

​We’ve seen firsthand how mountain biking and the outdoors can benefit local communities and the happiness it brings into people’s lives. Let us refer you to that moment when you get down to the bottom of a beautiful, flowy trail, your eyes wide and your giant smile plastered with mud and flies. You feel an indescribable feeling of mystical wizardry excitement flowing in every direction, you know you're stoked and you're looking for the nearest person to high five or to recall a moment of madness with all the necessary tyre on dirt sound effects and wild hand gestures. And after a good days ride, there's that easy warm feeling of deep joy, glowing inside as you sit around a crackling camp fire surrounded by like-minded others and serene nature.  When life itself is in a beautiful hazy flow of smiles and good memories of when you bounced off a root and nearly clipped that tree but at the last minute just let the bike hang sideways like it was all on purpose. These are the feelings that we are packaging and selling. Because everyone needs more of it, especially in England, as is sadly reflected in the research on the deteriorating state of mental and physical health in the UK.
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who we work with

We work with organisations to help spread the love of cycling ​​through content creation, event organisation and infrastructure planning. For more information - see how we work with brands here.

WE ALSO CREATE CYCLING CONTENT FOR OUTDOOR BRANDS
IN BEAUTIFUL AND WILD LOCATIONS 

​​In everything we create, our aim is to inspire people to get outside
We do this by capturing stories and creating bespoke events for outdoor brands in beautiful UK landscapes

visit our Trail Unknown Productions website

​​Emily Bennett, Ordnance Survey Marketing Team​

“We have been lucky enough to have been working with Trail Unknown for nearly 2 years now, collaborating on multiple amazing projects. Each time they top the last! They have created both inspirational and product focussed content for us, delivering stunning photographs and amazing eye catching videos (our favourite is their stunning drone photography!)

​Trail Unknown Productions really live and breathe what they do and that always shines through in their work. Super-friendly, professional and brimming with amazing ideas, Hugo and Tom are an asset to the outdoor sector and we can’t wait to see what’s in store next!”