3 day mountain biking skills training session (Palo Alto, CA)

Love mountain biking but wish you could corner and conquer the technical sections like a pro? BetterRide camps cover the core skills required to be the best rider you can be. Gene's years of coaching and expertise bring out the best in riders who already have a high level of technical ability and experience.

Each coaching session is limited to 7 riders, but can increase to 12 with 1 assistant coach. These group sizes will allow you to learn new techniques with plenty of exclusive one to one contact with the coach.

The coaching session cost does not include lift passes or race fees, but shuttles are provided when needed.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The core, fundamental skills of mountain biking (these core skills are not intuitive, unless someone taught you them it is unlikely that would know and understand them). During your training I will really get you to understand these techniques with drills that you take home with you for further practice and improvement and then on trail application of the skills.

1. Bike set up

2. Course inspection, it's purpose and how to gain the most from it

3. Practice runs, getting the most out of each run (training smarter)

4. Body position, how to ride smooth and in balance

5. Cornering skills, cornering in balance and getting more exit speed.

6. Braking skills, how to use your brakes to go faster

7. Handling obstacles, how and when to manual, speed jump, double up a section,

pre-hop or bump hop course features

9. Visual skills, what to focus on as you ride the course (how to actually look ahead)

10. Mental Skills, how to perform at your peak on race day. Visualization techniques to improve your racing. How to quickly regain confidence after a poor run or a crash.

TESTIMONIALS

Incredible! It's like night and day. I took my first ride after your clinic, it's like taking your favorite challenging singletrack and it becomes a four

lane highway; you see your favorite trail in a whole new light. I was amazed at how it helped me in my climbing. I make it up stuff that I know I would of walked up before

talking the clinic. -Heather Anderson, happy bike rider

Just got back from a 15 mile ride on my favorite trails and all I can say is WOW!

I bet I knocked off 1/3 of the braking I was doing in to and through corners and I nailed a short steep dip that I have always run in the past.

I can only imagine where this will lead with time and plenty of practice…

THANKS,

John Seegers

With over 18 years of coaching experience including 12 years coaching mountain biking Gene knows out to get you riding at your best. While he is loved by passionate riders of all levels (which is 90% of his business) he is trusted by many top pro racers (Sarah Kaufman, Chris Van Dine, Joey Schusler, Mitch Ropelato, Lynda Wallenfells, ..) to get them riding at their best.

Gene is a pretty good racer too, in 13 seasons as a pro downhill racer he has won a Silver (2002) and two Bronze Medals (2006, 1999) at the UCI World Masters Championships. All mountain bike camps and private lessons are guaranteed to improve your riding or you'll get your money back.