As coaches for Women in the Mountains, we are dedicated to making our clinics the very best! We get together to reviews skills drills and our curriculum on a regular basis. Sharing ideas inspires and refines how we coach and helps us deliver consistent and successful skills instruction to improve all levels of riding!
Cody is flying!
We have another woman with her wheels off the ground! Cody came to a beginner clinic last summer and has been practicing her skills ever since. She was ready to take it to the next level, wanting to learn the manual, the wheelie and get some air! We did that all today in a 4 hour private session!
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Repeat Client taking it to the next level!
Gretchen came to a clinic earlier this year and was ready to take her skills to a trail near her home that sometimes challenges her.
She wanted to carry her speed throughout the trail from top to bottom.
We worked on most of the corners and different rock sections one by one then we rode the whole trail at once so she could feel how this trail can flow. The last time down she said it was her fastest yet!
Friend’s clinic
Friend’s clinic! This group of women was ready for more skills after their desert clinic! We worked on corners on their home trails.
Book a session with your friends today by emailing info@womeninthemountains.com!
Rollout App Clinic
The @rollout_app clinic last weekend was an absolute blast! Make sure you sign up for their next event they are hosting with @skyemountainco_ on the Rollout app. Thanks to @selective_vision_ for these incredible photos!
Cornering clinic
Tara from Jackson Hole!
Family Clinic
Family clinic! Gretchen took a clinic earlier this year and wanted her parents and sister to have a similar experience. Coach Shelly worked with them to improve their riding through technical terrain and features. Learning side by side, they each gained more confidence in their skills!
They can ride mountain bikes together as a family with grown children. We are inspired by this rad family!
Thanks to Jamis Bikes for the demo bikes for the women and Gregory Packs for supplying them with testing packs!
Intro Series conclusion
The weekly intro series was completed today! The coaches were grateful for all the effort each of the women brought to this series. Shelly and Kristen enjoyed watching each of them improve and enjoy the challenges they put them through.
Julie
Julie came to us ready for some coaching after experiencing some frustration at her ability to keep up when riding with family and friends. Coach Kristen took her through some fundamental movements and turning mechanics. They were able to identify asymmetrical turning movements that were making switch backs tough. Now Julie has a frame work for switchbacks and she’s ready to practice what she learned.
Park City Beginner Mountain Bike Clinic for Women
This group of beginners had an excellent time yesterday! We had some first-timers as well as some that have ridden for a while and haven’t ever received instruction. They learned in a non-intimidating atmosphere just how much easier mountain biking can be with these skills! Well done to each of them!
Thanks again to ESI Grips for supporting this clinic and letting us takeover their IG! We have many more #esigrips fans now that they each have a color of grips they love!
The night before the clinic we met for a bike check and a hip mobility session. Meeting the night before adds the reassurance the all the bikes are in great working order and we are ready to rock the next day!
Erica, Libby, Alison, Kelly, Kristen, Trish, Rachel, Amy, Lisa, Brittany, Andreea, Erica
Anyone can learn this!
This woman is about to turn 60, and today, in her second private session, she said “if I can learn this, anyone can!” She has been frustrated with her climbing skills, cornering and descending. Over two weeks we have built her to a whole new level of confidence!
Intro to Mountain Biking: day 1
Impressed with this group of women who rose to the challenge of day 1 of our Intro Series. Lots of smiles and great moments of surprising themselves with what they can do on a bike! Now they are working on their homework- to go riding and implement these new skills before our 2nd day of their 3-part series. Go girls, GO! Coaches for this series: Kristen Lane & Shelly Wedge.
Lifelong Athlete
Ally has been an athlete her whole life. She took up mountain biking a few years ago and has been frustrated with not being as efficient as she knows she is capable of being. Erica spent a few hours working with her on climbing and descending techniques. She rode the next day and said "So much fun! You helped me so much"! She is returning for another private session next week!
Backcountry Executive
This brilliant woman, that happens to be a Backcountry executive, moved from NYC to Park City to enjoy the mountain life! She decided to learn to mountain bike so she can explore all the gorgeous trails we have around here! We worked on skills as well as some adjustments to her bike that have changed her entire perspective of what it is to mountain bike! So excited to see the city girl completely grasp the mountain life with mountain bikes!
Coaches meetup
Some of the coaches had a meet up to review and add to each other's curriculum. We are all inspired by each other! We all love to be learning and adding more skills and drills to our quiver!
Buys a bike, signs up for a lesson and her life is changed forever!
First time on a mountain bike! This girl watched mountain bikers at Snowbird and decided she wanted to ride! She bought a bike, helmet, pack and pads and signed up for a lesson! The great thing about working with a first timer is they don’t have any habits to break! She listened to every cue and executed them perfectly! So fun to see her rocking her corners and body position at the end of the day!
Intermediate clinic in St. George
Thanks to the wonderful group we had at our clinic yesterday in St. George! This group was extra fun to work with since so many of them were friends! They were supportive of each other throughout the entire day! Looking forward to working with them again in the future.
Beginner Clinic in St. George, UT
Some of the women in today’s clinic had NEVER ridden a mountain bike! Throughout the day they learned how to handle a bike and position their bodies in order to be safe and have fun in the dirt! Real transformations happening in these beginner clinics! We succeeded in getting more women in bikes today=winning!
Want to be inspired? Take a look at the photos below to see absolute beginners at the end of the day of skills training. They rode features on the trail that seemed nearly impossible (to some of them) at the start of the day. We worked from the very beginning, slowly building skill after skill until they were ready to take on the desert singletrack!
