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Upcoming Mountain Bike Coaching Courses:

Updated: 28/11/2023

Gravity Nelson is famous for its high quality mountain biking coaching courses and we are excited to present our upcoming calendar of courses.  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

Gravity GABE at the FOD session. We often run mountain bike coaching sessions under the title “Gravity Day Care”. these take place at the Field of Dreams (FOD) and run from  10am – 4pm.  The Gravity Air Bag Experience (GABE) will be there to practice on, as well as our mulch jump and all of the progressive drops. The day will include a BBQ lunch, Juicies, as well as supervised fun and activities on the Field of Dreams.  Kids can be dropped off for as much or as little of the day as you want. Riders of all levels are welcome, you 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 two or more Gravity Day Care sessions this year): $50 for the full day.
  3. All other kids $100 for the full day.

Check out videos from the last Gravity Day Care sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rusUVWvfZKs

 

“Gravity Day Care” 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/

Summer 2023/2024 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 Day Care” session involves check out this short video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfVh-7Rvl4&list=PLqyEe3nLK_Z3eFzSB_q2ls2lkhNnwmMti

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 4 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 the last session online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc66AOLoEyE

Mentored Mondays

New for Summer 2023/2024 we are 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 $40 per kid per session (with a minimum of FIVE 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.

Summer 2023/2024 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.

 

Private or Group “Anti-Gravity Jump Courses”

New in 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/

 

Upcoming 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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