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Upcoming Mountain Bike Coaching Courses:

Updated: 19/09/2024

Gravity Nelson is famous for its high quality mountain biking coaching courses. We’re excited to present our upcoming calendar of courses designed to elevate your or your child’s riding skills and  confidence on the trails.  This page will  be regularly updated with new courses we offer, so keep checking back.

If you would like more information or to book any of the courses, please email info@gravitynelson.co.nz or call us on 03-545-8484

Benefits of Our Coaching Programs

  1. Skill Progression: Learn from experienced and qualified coaches
  2. Safety: Master proper techniques for safer riding
  3. Confidence Building: Tackle increasingly challenging trails
  4. Performance Enhancement: Improve race times and overall riding efficiency
  5. Social Interaction: Meet like-minded riders and potential riding buddies
  6. Tailored Learning: Programs for all ages and skill levels

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Gravity Development Squad “After School” kids mountain bike coaching:

Our flagship after-school program takes kids through an expertly coached progression of skills, whether they aspire to race or simply want to ride safer.

Term FOUR 2024 Sign-ups now open:

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Note, this takes you to a PLACEHOLDER DATE this is not the date of the course, this is just a placeholder so we can assign kids to groups, lessons start on the second week of term.

NOTES: NO NIGHTLIGHTS REQUIRED IN TERM FOUR.

Gravity School Holiday Program is LIVE

  • Book NOW so you don’t miss out, check the calendars below for booking options.

Gravity GABE at the FOD session. We often run group mountain bike coaching school holiday sessions under the title “Gravity Skill Camps” these take place at the Field of Dreams (FOD).

  • Full-day sessions (10am – 4pm)
  • Features: Gravity Air Bag Experience (GABE), mulch jump, 25+ progressive drops, a huge variety of sizes and styles of jumps
  • Includes BBQ lunch, snacks, and supervised activities
  • Suitable for all ages and skill levels

 Kids can be dropped off for as much or as little of the day as you want. Riders of all levels are welcome, young and old.   New pricing and options:

  1. ADVANCED Gravity Development Squad kids: $50 for the full day. (contact us to receive a promo code)
  2. Repeat Offenders (have been to three or more “Gravity Skill Camps” sessions this year): $50 for the full day.  (contact us to receive a promo code)
  3. All other kids $100 for the full day.

Check out videos from the last “Gravity Skill Camps” sessions HERE.

“Gravity Skill Camps” sessions are for kids of all ages wanting to improve their jumping, drops, cornering and other mountain biking skills in a supervised/coached progressive and supportive environment, more details here: https://gravitynelson.co.nz/mtb-coaching/mountain-bike-skills-park/

SPRING 2024 School Holiday sessions will be held as per the calendar below, click the link on the date you are interested in to BOOK NOW.

 

If you are unsure what a “Gravity Skills Camp” session involves check out this short video HERE.

 

Drops, jumps corners, airbag, mulch jumps and more “oh my!” so much progression for all levels and ages of riders.   Supervised by Gravity’s famous coaches the kids do mini “workshops” on different skills throughout the day, snacks and sausages on the BBQ included.
The Field of Dreams is located in Hira, and we will send you more details about where to drop the kids once we have your reservation.  Minimum SIX people to make it happen. 10am-4pm.  Drop the kids off and we will look after them having an awesome time progressing their skills, jumping, drops and tricks.  Check out the highlights video from a previous session online HERE.
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Mentored Mondays

Since Summer 2023, we have begun offering parents the opportunity to send their kids out during the school holidays on supervised rides with our experienced and qualified coaches to explore harder trails at the upper end of what they can ride, and that parents might not be available or willing to ride.
The Gravity coach will mentor the kids on how to progress their riding safely, scout and session features, and obviously manage their safety. The emphasis is on exploring new trails further afield that we can’t usually get to during a normal coaching session, and we allow 3-4 hours for each session. These will regularly be available on Monday’s, but can also be organised on an ad hoc basis depending on coach availability. These will be done at a discounted rate of $60 per kid per session (with a minimum of FOUR kids in a group) rather than the usual $100 person/session for adult private coaching. The more advanced riders in the Gravity Development Squad could particularly benefit from these sessions by heading to legendary “Gnarly” trails like 629, Peaking, Whaimana, Aorere etc. There is also potential to take groups to Cable Bay. At this stage shuttles aren’t part of the package, so kids need to be ready for a solid pedal/push to the top.
Kids will need to bring appropriate protective gear, bikes in good condition, snacks, water, and riding gear.

SPRING 2024 School Holiday sessions will be held as per the calendar below, click the link on the date you are interested in to BOOK NOW.  Alternatively email us on info@gravitynelson.co.nz to request a custom date.

 

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Gravity Enduro/DH Camp with a featured “pro” rider:

School Holiday Gravity Camps days are unique and special:

  • Improve speed, safety, and technique on Nelson’s challenging tracks
  • Shuttle-assisted coaching (9am-3pm)
  • Includes timing equipment and video analysis
  • Perfect for DH and Enduro event preparation

Options will include:

  • Cable Bay Enduro Race Training.
  • Fringe DH Race Training.
  • 629 area Enduro Race Training.
  • other areas by request.

Cost is $220/day

Minimum 4 kids needed to make it happen, spaces strictly limited!

ON HOLD PENDING PRO RIDER AVAILABILITY
 STRICTLY LIMITED SPOTS, DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.
Meet at the shop at 9am and take the shuttle up to the top of one of Nelson’s iconic DH or Enduro trails (629 or Gamble/Jurassic level) with our featured “Pro” rider and coach Ben, one of our drivers will take you guys up and drop you to session your way down on your mountain bikes.  Then meet at the bottom after a bite to eat and head back up to do two or three shuttle runs, wrapping up at around 3pm.Aim is to focus on the froth around current Junior and Senior kiwis overseas racing at the international level and help these kids dream about getting to that level themselves and gaining an insight into some of the prep needed to really have a solid go of it overseas or at home over a sustained career like you have had. We also “incept” ideas around nutrition, stretching, off the bike working out, psychology etc from the “Pro’s: race experience and hide it under a solid layer of demos, line-choice, sessioning, video analysis etc.  Ideally some good instagram footage as well.  Plus some follow-me or follow-you gopro footage.

This is an amazing opportunity, don’t miss out.  MINIMUM FOUR, MAXIMUM EIGHT.

BOOK NOW: ON HOLD PENDING PRO RIDER AVAILABILITY

 

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Private or Group “Anti-Gravity Jump Courses”

New since the summer of 2022, check out all the details and availability for these small group mountain bike jump courses for all levels of riders.  CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://gravitynelson.co.nz/mtb-coaching/mtb-jump-clinics/

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Upcoming Private Adult Group Courses:

Please note that the following courses run with a four person minimum and a maximum of ten participants (with two coaches).  If you haven’t spotted anything that particularly appeals below then get in touch about our 3-hour, private, bespoke coaching clinics which can be scheduled anytime.  These sessions are $249 for one or two participants, and then $99 per additional participant.

 

Queen of the Mountain (QOM) courses

Our Queen of the mountain courses are a women’s only, four part coaching series, on four subsequent Sundays focused on progressing your skills through insightful coaching, feedback and purposeful practice in a fun and supportive environment. These courses have been a hit in the past, and are available when there is enough interest. If you would like to attend one of these courses, or have a group of girls keen for some coaching, send us an email to info@gravitynelson.co.nz.  Usually $250 total for all four sessions, two sessions include one shuttle run.

“Freelap” Timed Progression Session

Freelap® is a fully automated professional timing system designed for a wide variety of training scenarios for sports that involves speed training. This makes it perfect to use for mountain biking, we can repeat parts of the trail and use free lap to find where you can save the most time, and find out what works, and what doesn’t work for you. .  Feel free to get in contact with us to organise an ad hoc sessions with your mates anytime.

Riders must be comfortable riding Hotbox, E-bikers welcome.

$100 per person

You can check out a Freelap timing session with our Development Squad in the video below:

Flow Cornering Level 1 – Next session TBC

If you’re new to MTB’ing or just want to correct old habits, come and join us for Level 1 flow cornering. A fun session starting with the basics and helping you develop the muscle memory to progress your riding.

Dec 6th // 2.30-5.00pm // $100 per person

Flow Cornering Level 2 – TBC

A cornering session for more experienced riders (or those who have already completed level 1) wanting to ride corners with more speed and finesse, or to gain more control and confidence through steeper/tighter turns.

2.30-5.00pm // $100 per person 

Check out this video which shows some of the concepts we discuss during the Level 2 Cornering course, introducing more advanced concepts like these and applying them to your specific skills will help you take your cornering to the next level:

Super D Destroyers – Next course TBC

Don’t feel like you EARNED that free dinner on the last Super D race? Do you want the SECRETS of SPEED?

At Gravity, we too think you could should be hitting race lines so we’re bringing you the SUPER D-DESTROYER sessions to help you CONQUER ALL!!!

*Sidenote; you must be able to ride Hotbox already, and we guess E-bikers are welcome too.

$100 per person per session

Mega MTB’ing Mums – Next course TBC

If you’ve been missing out on all our weekend courses – here’s your mid-week course chance!

We’re running a series aimed at developing your mountain biking skills while you make supportive new buddies to go riding with…

These courses are open to a variety of skill levels and will be based in Codgers, whether you’re on a regular MTB or an E-bike.

$100 per person, per session or $350 for all four sessions.

 

Check out this cool behind the scenes video of our Drops Progressions at the Field of Dreams:

 

 

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