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I get wanting to have something in the yard - we did a pumptrack and jumps and wooden 'skatepark' style ramps in mine when my son was younger also. It's nice to have something in the yard to mess with, but I also don't see much advantage of building a short wooden backyard sidewalk over the paved one you've already got across the street.All else being equal, I'd always pick riding on some nice dirt trails or at the skatepark over riding in the backyard (regardless of surface).
Other than sidewalks and a 1/3 mile paved trail across the street, though, there's not much interesting around us where we can just get out and ride. By the time we can get kids & bikes loaded up & then unloaded, it's at least 30-40 minutes before we're riding (plus the time to pack back up and head home).
With a few features in the backyard, I can roll my bike out after work, goof off for 20 minutes with the kids on the ramps and then head back in for dinner.
On the building & maintenance side of things I enjoy working with wood more than I like working with dirt, so that's another aspect of fun to balance.
IME, besides decent quarter/half pipes, wooden structures lose their draw really, really quickly. Yes, they probably tick the 'instant gratification' box better than building from dirt (particularly if you don't have experience working with dirt), but they tend to get boring very quickly and don't take well to modification. They also fall apart pretty quickly unless you overbuild.
We used to do a fair amount of them and after dealing with them in real life for some years, I try to avoid them if at all possible now; a truckload or two of screened loam can be reshaped over and over into all sorts of fun things, and requires little upkeep over time. Think modelling clay vs popsicle sticks. Plus kids love dirt. :thumbsup:
Anyway, still very cool that you're getting something going in the yard; just wanted to share my experience. Luckily for me, my town asked me to build a public track at our local recreation area and they gave me a choice spot to work with and buy me all the dirt I want. Now everybody has a close-by spot to get get a little ripping in, with or without the rug-rats!