Buildable Skills: Group Clinic at Chestnut Mountain Nature Park (Berm Park)

Break through to Intermediate Level Riding: Build your skills through learning or perfecting maneuvers that will help you have more fun, be stable on the trails, and increase your confidence on all terrain types. These bite-size maneuvers lay the groundwork beyond the most basic fundamentals, so that you are prepared to learn new skills like jumping & drops or tackle new trails.

• Wheel Lifts (front, rear, level lift, pedaling wheel lift, etc)

• Slow speed maneuvers (ratcheting, track stand, slow speed tight turns)

• Rollers (absorbing for speed & stability, pumping for speed & fun)

• Braking for corners or steeps (want to go faster w/ confidence? Learn your brakes better–which one(s), when & how much to use!)

• And more! We have tons of little drills to help you build into a better rider.

Weekend Schedule:

Saturday

• 9:30am Fundamentals Clinic w Whitney + Tiffany

• 10am FREE Intermediate Group Ride w Josh

• 1:30 “Buildable Skills” with Whitney and Tiffany

Sunday

• 9:30am Intro to Jumping w Josh and Tiffany

• 10am FREE Women’s Group Ride w Whitney

• 1:30pm Women’s Intro to Jumping w Whitney

• 1:30pm Intermediate/advanced Technical Trail Riding w Josh + Tiffany

• Who should take this clinic?

  • This clinic is appropriate for riders who are beginner to intermediate riders. No mountain biking experience necessary, although general understanding of how to ride a bike and exposure to some trail riding previously will be beneficial.

  • This is a great clinic for riders who want to build an excellent foundation of skills and ability to adapt to all riding. Time spent with these building blocks will lead to faster acquisition of higher level skills and application on the trail.

  • Riders who feel “stuck” at the beginner level and want to progress.

  • Riders who want to learn the best way to execute skills with the helpful feedback of a professional coach. Let’s get you riding better!

  • Riders who want to check out Chestnut Mountain Trails!

• Who are the instructors?

  The Lead instructors for this clinic will be Whitney Houck, a certified Level 2 “AIR Instructor” through the PMBIA. Read Whitney’s full profile

  And

  Tiffany Litsey, also a PMBIA Level 2 “AIR Instructor”. Read Tiffany’s full profile

• What to expect

  • We’ll start with an intro to listen to your previous experience and goals, then set expectations and a plan for the clinic.

  • Then, we’ll move into a warmup and skills assessment, basically play for while, have fun, and get out bodies moving.

  • The majority of the lesson will break down each elemental skill with a quick explanation, short demo, then LOTS of practice and individual feedback.

  • We’ll be using both open areas (like the grass field near the parking lot) and individual trail features for practice time. After some time working in the grass field, we’ll make the pedal up to the Berm Park zone, containing several options of short laps for practice. At the end, we’ll navigate back down the “Bear Country” trail to the parking lot.

• Cost

  $150 per person

• Chestnut Mountain Nature Park

  Chestnut Mountain (Berm Park) is a free access trail system. No additional trail access fees are needed.

• What to bring

  Required for this lesson:
  

  • A bicycle in good working order. You can bring your own bike (regular mountain bike or eBike)

  • Helmets are required, full-face or half shell are acceptable

  • Water and food to last the duration of your lesson

  • Closed toe shoes (no sandals, flip-flops, or crocs)

  • Optional (but highly recommended) equipment:
    Knee Pads
    Gloves

Meeting Location:
Chestnut Mountain Nature Park (Berm Park)
2415 Asheville Hwy, Canton, NC 28716