Today we started the final camp of the summer for Sticks and Stones Youth Mountain Biking Development. In total we had 13 mountain bikers and four adults, including the 15 time X-games medalist Jamie Bestwick! His knowledge and insight of mountain biking was extremely valuable and the bikers were all locked in when he was giving each one of them feedback.
After our initial helmet and bike check we headed out on a free ride to explore the trails and challenge the riders. Some of the keys about today was that we wanted to instill the ability to keep their "eyes up" while they were riding. That way the bikers are in tune of what was ahead of them while they were riding.
At the end we had a challenge where we broke the riders up into four teams and their goal was to "capture" one of the adults and return them to home base, all while navigating the trails. The riders really enjoyed this game and I'm sure they will ask to do it again sometime this week.
All in all, it was a great day to be mountain biking with an exceptional group. Great work today, see everyone on Wednesday!
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