The View From Matt’s Office. As the “slot” pilot in the Blue Angels, Matt spent quite a bit of time wedged between F/A 18 Hornets as close as 18 inches apart. Read on to see more pictures and learn a bit more about Lt. Col Matt Shortal. [Read more…]
Archives for March 2009
World Class Photographer Walt Dension to Join Rockville SESSSIONS Clinic Tomorrow. Sign Up Now!
To see more of Walt’s portfolios, click here Okay, now we don’t have to convince you that Walt is one of the finest location photographers working today. We just want you to know this: Tomorrow, 28 March 2009, Walt is going to join the Bikeskills SESSIONS clinic and be taking images – FREE of charge! [Read more…]
Rockville SESSIONS Clinic This Weekend
Ready to Take Your Riding to the Next level? Want to add some rock gardening skills? Ready to Chute to Thrill? Improve your line selections? The Bikeskills SESSIONS Clinic at the Rockville Bike Park in Fairfield CA is the way to go! Join instructor Jiro Nakamura in this focused, two-hour course that is sure to increase your skills, confidence, and safety. Take a look at these photos from past SESSIONS clinics [Read more…]
Contest Winners and Content Development Day
Yes, it all starts with being able to stop… the ability to do a track stand that is… On the left, Jiro shows how it’s done. In the middle, the sign we’d all love to see in more places (here at Camp Tamarancho) and right, food chemist Gigi Khoo rips the roots.
Three contest winners to announce, and, some notes from a “Content Development” day at Bikeskills. Matt McKenney, Scott Jensen, and Nathan Hill hauled in the WTB goods by answering all five questions correctly in our last Bikeskills/WTB contest. Read more about those guys, Gigi, and look over our last class notes… [Read more…]
SoCal V NorCal Clinics and Bikeskills/WTB Contest #3
While there’s really no contest going on between our SoCal and NorCal clinics, we thought it would be interesting to point out the differences between the clinics, SoCal instructor Joe Lawwill and NorCal’s Jiro Nakamura, the locations, etc. We’ll tell you what question will decide who’s clinic you take, as well give you another chance to win some great FREE stuff from Bikeskills in Bikeskills Contest #3. So on to the constrants and comparisons, aided by video, and information on how to win big… [Read more…]
Bikeskills is Now Tweeting on Twitter
Bikeskills is now part of the fastest growing communication system on the planet. If you don’t know about Twitter, but want to learn about what’s going on there and how to follow Bikeskills, go to www.twitter.com To follow and receive the lastest messaging from Bikeskills, simply go to www.twitter.com/bikeskills
Taming Rock Gardens with World Clampion, Brian Lopes, and Jiro Nakamura
World class technique can tame just about any rock garden. Taking a Bikeskills SESSIONS clinic that focuses on roots, rocks and ruts can help even the beginner feel comfortable en las rocas. Above, Jiro, flat out flying… make that skimming over, a Rockville Bike Park rock garden.
Rock Gardens are what to mountain biking what moguls are to skiing: fun if you have the skills, not so much if you don’t. A few weeks we noticed a long, long chain of forum entries in a popular cycling site discussing how to deal with rock gardens. Not surprisingly, several people wrote in telling people to “check out the Bikeskills video on rock gardens with Brian Lopes…” We thought with so much interest in this essential skill, we’d post the video and add a little more detail in that old fashioned method called “text.” So here you go…
Reminder: Bikeskills Clinics in NorCal and SoCal This Weekend!
Joe Lawwill wowing the crowd with an epic J-Hop at Aliso Woods. On the right, the Mellifluous One, Jiro Nakamura, watches a student conquer one of the many tricky rock chutes at the Rockville Bike Park.
Whether you’re in the 714, or the 415, we’ve got you covered this weekend. On Saturday, Jiro Nakarmura will be conducting one of the new Bikeskills SESSIONS clinics at the Rockville Bike Park. On Sunday, Good Ole Joe Lawwill will be leading the classic Bikeskills classic Trail Riding clinic at Aliso Woods. To learn a little more about the clinics, check out some pictures and video action….
Bikeskills Takes a Break This Past Week, But Skiskills Goes Off!
Skiskills’ Dr. Robb Gaffney MD is all smiles before an epic conditions Skiskills Squallywood ski clinic. After several weeks of relatively horrible conditions in Tahoe, mother nature came through and Robb delivered the skills for thrills while Jason Abraham captured the images and Duane Kubschista got it on video. For more images and the story… [Read more…]
Making of a New Seat and Bikeskills Contest #2
WTB’s Mark Slate fashioning a new seat out of… a block of wood… There are many ways (including clay molds/models, and stereolithogaphy) but the old fashioned way, whittling one out of a block of wood, has many advantages. However, the most important ingredient is not the wood or even splinter-proof shorts, but a craftsman… a rare and endangered species these days.
In addition to learning about how a new seat design is created, we’ve got another Bikeskills Contest for you! Our first contest was based on a “where is this?” (and won by Gary Souza of Pacifica). This contest is a “what is this?” and to win what it is, you’ll have to read on…