Mountain Biking Workshops & Groups
Beginner Mountain Biking and Mindfulness Workshop - spring 2024
At this clinic, we will:
- Learn and enhance beginner mountain biking skills
- Practice living more fully in the present
- Increase your capacity for handling stress while learning to work through the threat response with more confidence
- Practice intentionally connecting to your body
- Learn techniques to find balance in your nervous system
- Learn the difference between a perceived and actual threat and ways to work through fear while riding
- Practice and reflect on the experience of being vulnerable and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone safely
- Have fun!
about the workshop
The workshop is being held by Sara Hunter, LCMHC, PMBIA Level 1 Coach and Sommerville Johnston, LCMHC, SEP.
When: April 26-27, 2024
Where: DuPont State Forest
For Who: Adults age 21+ (all genders); 6 participant : 2 facilitator ratio
Price: $400* Includes all facilitation and any park fees. Does not include meals, gear rental, or transportation.
BIPoC Scholarship rate $200
There are 2 BIPoC Scholarships available for this workshop at a discounted rate of $200. With this scholarship rate we aim to break down barriers that people of color face while getting into mountain biking. We are also able to provide a mountain bike for BIPoC Scholarship participants to use during the workshop weekend if needed. The scholarship rate will be available until March 17th. Please contact us if you are interested in the scholarship.
The clinic is for you if
You are a beginner rider and want to work on your skills or you have some experience riding on paved and/or gravel surfaces and you are wanting to learn to mountain bike. We will be spending all day (with breaks of course) on the bike so some fitness/endurance is required (ability to ride 3 miles in 1 hour).
You are ready to learn or get more experience with:
- Basic body positioning
- Climbing position
- Downhill neutral position
- Downhill ready position
- Trail scanning and line choice
- Braking safely
- Shifting
- Beginning cornering skills
- Climbing and descending more proficiently on beginner and intermediate trails
intermediate Mountain Biking and Mindfulness Workshop
Location: DuPont State Forest
Date: November 4-5, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday 9am-4:30pm)
At this clinic, we will
- Learn and enhance intermediate mountain biking skills (listed below)
- Practice living more fully in the present
- Increase your capacity for handling stress/fear on your bike while learning to work through fear and the threat response with more confidence
- Gain more awareness of your physical body
- Learn techniques to find balance in your central nervous system
- Practice working the edges of your comfort zone on the bike and reflect on how this can happen in your daily life
- Have fun!
The workshop is being held by Sara Hunter, LCMHC, PMBIA Level 1 Coach and Sommerville Johnston, LCMHC, SEP.
For Who: Adults age 21+ (all genders); 6 participant : 2 facilitator ratio
Price: $400 *Includes all facilitation and any park fees. Does not include meals, gear rental, or transportation.
BIPoC Scholarship rate $200
There are 2 BIPoC Scholarships available for this workshop at a discounted rate of $225. With this scholarship rate, we aim to break down barriers that people of color face while getting into mountain biking. We are also able to provide a mountain bike for BIPoC Scholarship participants to use during the workshop weekend if needed. The scholarship rate will be available until September 1st. Please contact us if you are interested in the scholarship.
This clinic is for you if
You are comfortable on blue (intermediate) trails with roots/rocks and tight single track and have the ability to ride at least 5 miles in two hours. Some trails in WNC that meet this criteria include Hardtimes Connector and Explorer Loop in Bent Creek and Ridgeline in DuPont. This clinic is also for you if you ride black diamond trails and want to gain more confidence on sections of these trails. Our final day of this workshop will most likely be working various sections of Big Rock and/or Burnt Mountain in DuPont.
You are ready to learn or get more experience with:
- Cornering
- Wheel lifts
- Climbing and descending steeper and more technical terrain
You have a solid foundation of beginner mountain biking skills including:
- Basic Body Positioning
- Climbing position
- Downhill neutral position
- Downhill ready position
- Trail scanning and line choice
- Braking safely
- Shifting