KIDS INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CAMP
AGES 6-7

This Full Day camp (8:30 am – 4:00 pm) is for 11-13 year olds who have some solid experience riding their mountain bikes.

Campers should be comfortable riding their bikes for sustained amounts of time. There will be a considerable amount of riding, skills development, mechanics, race strategies/tactics, fun and games!

Camp includes entry into our famous Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Series Race.

Available After Camp Activities from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm / $50.00/week

Counselor to camper ratio is 1:6.

CAMP FEE

$280

CAMP DATES

TBA

CAMP TIME

8:30am – 4:00pm

Limit 24

Below is a sample schedule of a typical day, along with a listing of skills that will be covered, and on/off bike activities that campers may experience. Each registered participant will receive email correspondence two weeks prior to the event with a detailed daily schedule and a list of “what to bring.”

• Bike Maintenance: Safety Check Bikes
• Trail Ride & Stretch
• Mountain Bike Skills Lesson
• Mountain Bike Skills Group Trail Ride & Lesson
• Activities & Games
• Lunch and Free Time
• Bike Maintenance
• Free Ride
• Mountain Bike Skills Games & Activities
• Mountain Bike Skills Group Ride
• Bike Maintenance: Daily Clean & Lube
• Optional After-Camp quiet activities and games

Mountain Biking Skills Covered:

This camp is built experienced riders in mind. The next level in skills and thrills. Timely instruction to move the rider forward with their skills, with plenty of skill-level specific instruction and rides.

• Review of fundamentals: Anticipation, Shifting, Braking, Hovering
• Obstacles – on flats, turns and hills
• Cornering – fundamentals of turns plus banks and burms
• Climbing and Descending – review plus techniques for the super steeps
• Air and Safe landings
• Wednesday & regional racing

Bike Maintenance:

We love to ride. We need to love our ride. Age-appropriate introductions to bicycle mechanics will be covered during the week.

• Safety Check
• Cleaning & Lubrication
• Tools of the trade (and what to bring on the trail)
• Flat tires
• Chains
• Break alignment and adjustment
• Derailleur function and adjustment

Mountain Bike Skills Games:

Learning is the best when you are playing. Each of these games holds a variety of mountain bike skills at its core, and they are brimming with fun!

• Dab (and variations such as team dab, woods dab, etc.)
• Trivia Relay
• Slow Race
• Hurdle hops
• Mountain Bike Limbo
• Mountain Bike Polo

Activities and Games List:

These engaging off-the-bike games provide balance to our program allowing campers to recover and let loose.

• Asteroids
• Paranoid Tag
• Camouflage
• Willard Ball
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Capture the Flag
• Team Building / Cooperative Games and Challenges
• Info: Clubs & regional rides

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