Corona-virus (COVID-19)

In accordance with current mandates, some precautions should be considered when attending any activity with other people involved.

• Keep space between yourself and others – we instruct our coaches and students at each session to keep the current government and health advised minimum distances from other people at all times,
• Don’t shake hands or hug anybody,
• Avoid touching anything that is not yours including water bottles, bikes, bike gear or bike tools etc,
• Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with a tissue or a flexed elbow, and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth as much as possible.
• If a student/participant shows up with signs of sickness we are required to turn them back home and ask them to call their doctor.

OVERVIEW

For ages 13 yrs and above.
Location & Map: Awaba MTB Park  (link to directions map)
Facilities:  No water at location. Drop toilets on site.

Downhill/Gravity Trails Start – Meet in the main car park (on Jenkins Rd). We’ll perform rider and bike checks before heading up the hill. All bikes and riders must in suitable condition as we won’t have time to perform maintenance on your bike.

More information will be emailed out a day or so before the session.

Tickets limited – available at bottom of page.
Our Intro to Downhill Session is a 3-hour lesson on a National Level DH track with experienced, globally accredited mountain bike instructors who also have many years of experience in downhill racing. The session has very limited places in order to better facilitate participant experience and learning, as well as risk management. The Intro to Downhill session will concentrate on the foundation skills required to safely and efficiently negotiate the Awaba DH track.

With the HMBA Club days now introducing the D-Grade option of starting at the Biraban Tunnel, this is the best tool to bring you the fastest results!

**This clinic is targeted at riders who already ride DH tracks and are familiar with the infamous Awaba “Monkey” DH track.**

Our Session is approx. 3 hours in length give or take.
This is a group session for people from 13 yrs old and up. Each group may contain up to approx. 6 riders maximum. Each session will have 2 coach/instructors.

We’ll start with a Foundations check before sending you to the halfway point to learn tips and techniques to help you ride down with better control and more confidence. We want you to come away with more knowledge so you’ll be empowered with whatever you face, wherever you ride!

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Our Intro to Downhill Session is all about helping you to develop and practice more advanced gravity and basic downhill skills so you can confidently ride gravity style trails and even start entering gravity enduro and DH racing.

Skills learned will include:

• Body position
• Advanced cornering quickly on flat turns and berms
• Dealing with rocks
• Drops
• Line choice & trail awareness
• Bike handling with more speed
• Descending
• Switchbacks
• Mindset – how the mentally approach techy sections
• Race skills
• Location-specific manoeuvres

Note: Session and program content may be altered at the coaches discretion for reasons of safety, weather, to better cater for the riders or other requirements.

IS THIS FOR ME?

I’m an average to intermediate Downhill rider and have decided to try increasing my speed and stepping it up more but…
“I need to learn to tackle some more challenging trail features.”
“I can’t hold my pace over roots and rocks well.”
“I struggle with my head.”
“I’m just slow downhill.”
“I ride DH regularly but want to learn what it takes to go overseas.”
“I lose my nerve when the trail heads downhill/steep, especially if it’s rocky”
“I already ride a lot but I’m not really getting better.”

If any of these statements sound like you then perhaps our Intro to Downhill Session is for you.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Mountain Bike – Your DH mountain bike will need to be suited to downhill riding and fitted with mountain bike tyres also suited to rough terrain. We strongly suggest using a tyre with an aggressive tread pattern and a minimum width of 2.3 inches. 2.5-2.8 is more common. Lightweight cross country, touring or semi-slick tyres are not suitable.
  If you are unsure about any of this, please ask us.
  We do ask that, to the best of your ability, that you try to ensure your bike is in good working and properly set up for your body shape and weight prior to the class. We cannot hold the class up to aid mechanical repairs.
• Helmet (compulsory) – For many gravity enduro events compulsory, full-face helmets are enforced for good reason. You only have one head and face. For our Intro to Downhill class, you are required to wear a correctly fitting, Australian approved full face helmet during all sessions.
• Knee/Elbow Pads (compulsory) – All students will be required to wear extra protection in the form of hard or soft shell pads on both knees and elbows. You not only gain the protection but also the confidence that comes from knowing you have the protection. 

Refunds/Transfers (from our Terms & Conditions)

3.1. No transfers from one course/training/session will be given in the event a client or clients can not attend. If a client or clients can not attend then the conditions of clause 5 below will be employed.
3.2. A full refund is available for cancellation with more than seven days prior to the course/training/session start date. A cancellation less than seven days to the course/training/session start date will result in Momentum Is Your Friend retaining 100% of the course/training/session fees. Momentum Is Your Friend cannot cater for refund requests arising from injuries, sickness or illness (of any type), change of mind or other reasons a client or clients may have.
3.3. All prices are quoted in AUD (Australian Dollars).

Full Terms and Conditions Available Here