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Charlie has been riding for a long time, he was looking to brush up his skills and improve his flow in the singletrack. We started with a skills check and then moved on to the first singletrack section to look at Charlie’s footwork, looking and cornering skills. We covered various aspects to help him improve …
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Simon came to us for some coaching, he’s been riding a long time and over the last eighteen months his riding has really come on leaps and bounds. Getting a longer travel full suspension bike has really moved his riding on, last year he entered the Passportes de Soleil and is looking forward to repeating …
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Steve came back for another session, he was looking to consolidate the work he did in the previous session and also improve his singletrack flow ahead of his trip to Coed y Brenin. It was great to hit the singletrack with Steve and see the progress he had made since last time. His new found …
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I started riding MTB back in 2000, after being introduced to it by Jimbo of Sussex-MTB. As such I’m a slightly ‘older-skool’ rider and recognise that there are some areas of my riding with room for improvement. You know when you hit something just right, hook it up, and it feels ‘right’? I’d like that …
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Bobster came to me looking to brush his skills up and to make himself smoother and faster in the singletrack. I knew it would be an interesting session because a) I’ve known him for a long time and b) like myself he’s been riding for a long time and had some ingrained bad habits. We …
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Steve got in touch because he wanted to tune his skills up for a trip to Coed y Brenin in the spring. It was a chilly morning and after a large cappuccino we headed off into the singletrack. Doing my skills check as we rode down the first few sections it became clear that there …
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We headed back to Houghton Forest for a very snowy skills session. Lots of slippy trails and deep snow made for an interesting experience!
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Rob was already a fit and capable rider, but was looking to find that elusive ‘flow’ in the singletrack.
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After my first year of mountain biking and still falling off far too much it was time to get some help! I contacted Jimbo from South Downs MTB Skills to see what was going wrong. We set off, and within a few moments Jim had spotted that my footwork and body positioning needed improvement. After a run …
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Matt got in touch looking to brush up on his singletrack skills, technical climbing and hopping over stuff. After a skills check through the first few sections of singletrack I identified that his footwork and looking needed some attention, but first we took it back to basics and checked out his position on the bike. …
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