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Reminder: MTB Skills Clinic this Sunday!
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From:
"galen pewtherer" <dolface@gmail.com>
Subject:
Reminder: MTB Skills Clinic this Sunday!
Date:
2008-06-24 18:20
Take your mountain biking skills to the next level!
Join baarbd this Sunday for a mountain biking skills clinic at El
Corde Madera on the Peninsula. We will be hosting a two sessions to
fit your skill level. As always, baarbd members get a 25% discount on
all baarbd events and you can get your baarbd Membership anytime. Ken
White, mountain biker extraordinarie and coach will lead the
Int/Advanced and Jen Klafin, adventure racer and co-founder of
baarbd.org will lead the Beginner. Find out more about the sessions
and the instructor bios below.
Following the clinic baarbd is hosting a group ride (no charge) for
anyone interested in mountain biking El Corde Madera / Skeggs Point -
come out and join us at 1 PM. Come meet a great group of folks and
talk shop (i.e. adventure racing). We'll go to our favorite watering
hole a few miles south on Skyline afterwards for a bite to eat (and
maybe a brew or two) at Alice's Restaurant.
For more details and to RSVP visit us at:
http://www.baarbd.org/community/forum/view_topic?topic_id=669
Beginner Agenda:
- Mtb gear: what you need and what is nice to have
- Body-placement: steering, leaning, forward, backwards, balance
- In Motion: ascending, descending, cornering
- Terrain: ground, surroundings, weather, obstacles
- Ride! Let's put it all together.
Intermediate/Advanced agenda:
- Eye positioning: where to focus attention and why, riding "20 yards
ahead"...and around the next corner
- Body positioning: what goes where, when, and why
- Bike positioning: how to read terrain, anticipate, and ride "20 yards ahead"
- Mind positioning: if you're thinking about work or your
relationship, you're not really riding
- In motion: carrying speed, cornering, steep ascending and
descending, switchbacks, obstacles
Instructor Bios:
Ken White (http://kenwhite.us/ken__white_1.0_006.htm) has more than 20
Top Ten adventure race finishes, and was a top age grouper at XTERRA
off-road triathlons and mountain bike racing. He's been mountain
biking for nearly 20 years, and is the head coach of the Redwood High
School Mountain Bike team. And yet somehow he STILL manages to fall
off his bike every now and then, and he tries to learn something every
ride. Ken enjoys helping riders experience that "Aha!" moment when it
all clicks into place and will be teaching the Intermediate/Advanced
clinic.
Jen Klafin comes to us with 7 years of adventure racing under her belt
with several first place and top five finishes in sprint to 24-hour
races. She has attended several mtn biking clinics to improve her own
riding over the years, including one lead by the infamous Marla Strebb
of Luna Chix, and she is a certified snowboard instructor. Jen, a
co-founder of baarbd.org, will be leading the Beginners Mtb Clinic
this Sunday.
See you Sunday!
Race on,
www.baarbd.org
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