Skills Courses

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Whether you want to beat your mates, impress adoring strangers, or just generally stop falling off and scratching your swanky paint job, we have a variety of skills courses tailored to your needs, from basic “I’ve just come off stabilisers and am maybe thinking about steering”, to “I’m a shred god, but need more awe inspiring steeze to enrol worshippers whilst I’m getting gnarly”

Feel a bit befuddled by the diversity of mountain biking these days? Fear not, at the end of the day, its all just riding a bike with some mud and rocks thrown in and all skills will make you a better rider, whatever the discipline, so don’t stress too much about the latest buzzwords, just pick a course according to your experience level.

From a 1 hour taster session to an Advanced full day course working towards shaving valuable seconds off a DH run and everything between, we have it all covered to make sure you advance your skills and have fun on your bike.

Skills covered include:

  • Bike Setup
  • Suspension settings
  • Use of Gears
  • Braking
  • Riding Safely
  • Attack position
  • Dynamic Body Position
  • Looking ahead
  • Line Choice
  • Speed Control
  • Being at one with the bike
  • Steep Slopes
  • Weighting/Unweighting the bike
  • Pumping the Trail
  • Berms and Rollers
  • Cornering,  inc loose surfaces
  • Drifting and Cutties
  • Keeping speed through turns
  • Manuals
  • Front and Rear wheel lifts
  • Bunny Hops
  • Pre-Jumping
  • Drop offs
  • Jumps
  • Rocks
  • Roots
  • Off camber sections
  • Carrying speed on the trail

BIG Mountain Scotland
Glencoe Mountain Resort, Kingshouse BallachulishAGPH49 4HZ UK 
 • 07445 842349