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Learn from Mitch Ropelato's and Team Geronimo's coach Gene Hamilton!  BetterRide is putting on a 3-day downhill mountain bike camp at Northstar at Tahoe® Resort.  This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the most experienced coaches in the sport. 

Coaching

Learn to rail corners like Mitch Ropelato, fly through rock gardens like Graeme Pitts and race like Greg Minnaar. 

 

Ability

Designed for downhill racers and riders, this Downhill Camp focuses on the core skills that the BetterRide coached pros use, mental preparation and of course, fun! 

 

Cost

$699 includes a 3-day Northstar Resort mountain biking lift ticket or $599 for Northstar Resort Mountain Bike Season Pass Holders.

 

Registration

Sign up soon. Space is limited to 14 riders to ensure the optimal athlete to coach ratio! 

 

More Information

For more information, visit http://betterride.net/downhillmountainbikeclinicsandcamps/, email betterride@gmail.com or call 970.261.1869.

 

About Gene Hamilton

Gene Hamilton founded BetterRide in 1998 to provide structured, professional mtb skills coaching to racers of all ages.  Gene is a licensed USA Cycling Expert Coach and has over 17 years of coaching experience including 11 years coaching mountain biking. His coaching highlights include coaching many top pro racers (Chris Van Dine, Eli Krahenbuhl, Mitch Ropelato, Joey Schusler, Graeme Pitts,...) top junior experts (4 of the 6 racers on the US Worlds Team in 2008, 2 in 2009 ...). Gene is a pretty good racer too, in 15 seasons as a pro downhill racer he has won a Silver (2002) and two Bronze Medals (2006, 1999) at the UCI World Masters Championships.