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Intermediate / Advanced Clinics

Looking to tackle technical terrain?  Ready to add confidence to your riding?  Want to exit a corner with speed?

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Want to improve your technical riding skills, descend a little faster and generally feel more confident on your bike?  You’ve come to the right place!  Leave this clinic ready to tackle rougher terrain and corners with greater speed and control.  Negotiate bigger trail obstacles and drops with commitment!  This clinic will also help you boost your speed on flat corners, bermed corners and flowing singletrack; all achieved with less pedaling and better use of the trails natural features.  It’s all about the flow!

The Intermediate/Advanced clinic builds upon the fundamentals and gives you a full toolbox of mountain bike skills that you can apply to any terrain, in any location, and in any conditions; be it a gnarly backcountry trail or your local race course.  This full-day clinic also looks closely at the key elements to finding your flow and builds upon your existing foundation to improve your trail speed and energy management.

While we don’t require it, we highly recommend you take our Fundamentals clinic before signing up for our Intermediate/Advanced clinic.  The Fundamentals clinics will not only teach you the core, “must-have” skills required to be a more advanced rider, but give our instructors an opportunity to assess your riding.  We’ll point out any bad habits and recommend homework to best prepare you to take your riding to the next level.

Here’s What We’ll Cover

Some of the skills taught and practiced in the Intermediate/Advanced clinic may include:

  • Negotiating trail obstacles (i.e. rock gardens, roots, logs)
  • Steep transitions
  • Drops
  • High speed cornering (flat, cambered, bermed corners)
  • Technical climbing
  • Technical descending
  • Advanced braking
  • Reading the trail
  • Introduction to energy management & flow
  • Pumping for speed & air
  • Switchbacks
  • Mind skills

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The Schedule*

  • 8:45-9:00 Meet your instructor  | Arrival at course venue + equipment check
  • 9:00-9:15 Let’s get started | Introductions
  • 9:15-9:45 Accelerated review of Fundamentals | With intermediate+advanced progressions
  • 9:45-12:00 Morning skills session | High-speed cornering, Switchbacks, drops, rock dodge, technical climbing & descending
  • 12:00-1:00  Lunch break | BYO
  • 1:00-3:45pm Trail ride + skills application | Put those skills to work!
  • 3:45-4:00 Review, questions & next steps | #Ridelikeaninja

*Clinic schedule and skills covered may vary according to location and terrain.

Upcoming Intermediate / Advanced Clinics

march

03mar8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AT240303I)Atlanta, Georgia

10mar8:45 am4:00 pmEvent OverIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SA240310I)San Antonio, Texas

10mar8:45 am4:00 pmEvent OverIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF240310I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

17mar8:45 am4:00 pmEvent OverIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AF240317I)Tampa, Florida (Alafia)

17mar8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CH240317I)Chapel Hill, North Carolina

17mar8:45 am4:00 pmEvent OverIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PH240317I)Phoenix, Arizona

24mar8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AU240324I)Austin, Texas (Burnet)

24mar8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NO240324I)Chattanooga, Tennessee

24mar8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RI240324I)Richmond, Virginia

april

07apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MO240407I)Moab, Utah

07apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BR240407I)Brevard, North Carolina

07apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SD240407I)San Diego, California

07apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC240407I)Alexandria, Virginia

07apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FO240407I)Fort Lauderdale, Florida

14apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KN240421I)Knoxville, Tennessee

21apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AT240421I)Atlanta, Georgia

21apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NE240421I)Newark, Delaware

21apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (OC240421I)Orange County, California

21apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FL240421I)Ocala, Florida (Santos)

21apr8:45 am4:15 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GJ240421I)Grand Junction, Colorado

21apr8:45 am4:15 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF240421I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

28apr7:45 am3:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (LV240428I)Las Vegas, Nevada

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NY240428I)Yorktown, New York

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SL240428I)Salt Lake City, Utah

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SC240428I)Santa Cruz, California

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HO240428I)Houston, Texas

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CN240428I)Concord, New Hampshire

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FT240505I)Fort Collins, Colorado

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240428I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AR240428I)Bentonville, Arkansas

28apr8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (TE240428I)Temecula, California

may

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BE240505I)Bend, Oregon

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SN240505I)Santa Fe, New Mexico

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SP240505I)Springfield, Missouri (Nixa)

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC240505I)Alexandria, Virginia

05may8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DA240505I)Dallas, Texas (Grapevine)

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GR240505I)Grand Rapids, Michigan

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BO240505I)Boise, Idaho

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RU240505I)Rutland, Vermont

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AF240505I)Tampa, Florida (Alafia)

05may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NA240505I)Nashville, Tennessee

19may8:45 am4:15 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF240519I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240519I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BS240519I)Boston, Massachusetts

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CI240519I)Chicago, Illinois

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BV240519I)Buena Vista, Colorado

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PR240519I)Portland, Oregon

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AT240519I)Atlanta, Georgia

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (WE240519I)Wenatchee, Washington

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RA240519I)Raystown // Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CH240519I)Chapel Hill, North Carolina

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AL240428I)Albuquerque, New Mexico

19may8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DO240519I)Dolores, Colorado

june

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FG240602I)Flagstaff, Arizona

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DE240602I)Denver, Colorado

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NY240602I)Yorktown, New York

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CL240602I)Chillicothe, Ohio

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KF240602I)Klamath Falls, Oregon

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MA240602I)Madison, Wisconsin

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BO240602I)Boise, Idaho

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC240602I)Alexandria, Virginia

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GU240602I)Gunnison, Colorado

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BR240602I)Brevard, North Carolina

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MI240602I)Minneapolis, Minnesota

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KT240602I)East Burke, Vermont (Kingdom Trails)

02jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SD240602I)San Diego (Laguna Mountain), California

09jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NE240609I)Newark, Delaware

09jun8:45 am4:15 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CS240609I)Colorado Springs, Colorado

09jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (OM240609I)Omaha, Nebraska (Louisville)

09jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SK240623I)Spokane, Washington

09jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HR240609I)Hood River, Oregon

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240616I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CR240616I)Crosby, Minnesota

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PC240616I)Park City, Utah (Heber City)

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KY240616I)Burlington, Kentucky (Cincinnati)

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HA240616I)Harrisonburg, Virginia

16jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SC240616I)Santa Cruz, California

23jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NB240623I)Colebrook, Connecticut

23jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AR240623I)Bentonville, Arkansas

23jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CB240623I)Coos Bay, Oregon

23jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PO240602I)Portland, Maine (Gorham)

30jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MA240630I)Madison, Wisconsin (CamRock)

30jun8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BK240630I)Breckenridge, Colorado (Frisco)

july

14jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DE240714I)Denver, Colorado

14jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240714I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

14jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CI240714I)Chicago, Illinois

14jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RA240714I)Raystown // Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

14jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NS240714I)Nashua, New Hampshire

21jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MC240721I)McCall, Idaho

21jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BC240721I)Brown County, Indiana

28jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BE240728I)Bend, Oregon

28jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FT240728I)Fort Collins, Colorado

28jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DU240721I)Duluth, Minnesota

28jul8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BS240728I)Boston, Massachusetts

august

04aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CS240804I)Colorado Springs, Colorado

04aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CN240804I)Concord, New Hampshire

04aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SD240804I)San Diego, California

11aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RU240811I)Rutland, Vermont

11aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CR240811I)Crosby, Minnesota

11aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SC240811I)Santa Cruz, California

11aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240811I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

18aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PR240818I)Portland, Oregon

18aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MA240818I)Madison, Wisconsin

18aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BK240818I)Breckenridge, Colorado (Frisco)

18aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SN240818I)Santa Fe, New Mexico (Glorieta)

25aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BR240825I)Brevard, North Carolina

25aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GR240825I)Grand Rapids, Michigan

25aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FG240825I)Flagstaff, Arizona

25aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (WE240825I)Wenatchee, Washington

25aug8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NY240825I)Yorktown, New York

september

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DU240908I)Duluth, Minnesota

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF240908I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CH240908I)Chapel Hill, North Carolina

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AR240908I)Bentonville, Arkansas

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AL240908I)Albuquerque, New Mexico

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CI240908I)Chicago, Illinois

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HR240908I)Hood River, Oregon

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GU240908I)Gunnison, Colorado

08sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC240908I)Alexandria, Virginia

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KN240915I)Knoxville, Tennessee

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DA240915I)Dallas, Texas (Grapevine)

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FL240915I)Ocala, Florida (Santos)

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SE240915I)Sedona, Arizona

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CL240915I)Chillicothe, Ohio

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RA240915I)Raystown // Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

15sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PC240915I)Park City, Utah (Heber City)

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (KT240922I)East Burke, Vermont (Kingdom Trails)

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BC240921I)Brown County, Indiana

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AT240922I)Atlanta, Georgia

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmSold Out! Join Wait List Join Wait ListIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SK240922I)Spokane, Washington

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NE240922I)Newark, Delaware

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BE240922I)Bend, Oregon

22sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AA240922I)Ann Arbor, Michigan

29sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NO240929I)Chattanooga, Tennessee

29sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AU240929I)Austin, Texas (Burnet)

29sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SL240929I)Salt Lake City, Utah

29sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SD240929I)San Diego, California

29sep8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DE240929I)Denver, Colorado

october

06oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SC241006I)Santa Cruz, California

06oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (GJ241006I)Grand Junction, Colorado

06oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AF241006I)Tampa, Florida (Alafia)

06oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC241006I)Alexandria, Virginia

06oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BS241006I)Boston, Massachusetts

13oct7:45 am3:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PH241013I)Phoenix, Arizona

13oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NA241013I)Nashville, Tennessee

13oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HA241013I)Harrisonburg, Virginia

13oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF241013I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

20oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MA241020I)Madison, Wisconsin (Camrock)

20oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (BR241020I)Brevard, North Carolina

20oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (HO241020I)Houston, Texas

20oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (MO241020I)Moab, Utah

27oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AR241027I)Bentonville, Arkansas

27oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (RI241027I)Richmond, Virginia

27oct8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (NY241027I)Yorktown, New York

november

03nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SA241103I)San Antonio, Texas

03nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FO241103I)Fort Lauderdale, Florida

03nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DC241103I)Alexandria, Virginia

03nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (OC241103I)Orange County, California

03nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AT241103I)Atlanta, Georgia

10nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (TE241110I)Temecula, California

17nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (CH241117I)Chapel Hill, North Carolina

17nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (DA241117I)Dallas, Texas (Grapevine)

17nov8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (LV241117I)Las Vegas, Nevada

december

01dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SE241201I)Sedona, Arizona

01dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SD241201I)San Diego, California

01dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (SF241201I)San Francisco, California (Fairfield)

08dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (FL241208I)Ocala, Florida (Santos)

08dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (AU241208I)Austin, Texas (Burnet)

08dec8:45 am4:00 pmIntermediate / Advanced Skills (PH241208I)Phoenix, Arizona

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