Instructors
When it comes to instructors, we’ve got the best.
Joe Lawwill
A former Masters DH World Champion that has spent a decade on the professional mountain bike tour learning not just skills, but more importantly things like discipline, dedication, and perhaps most important of all, wisdom. Joe’s a unique combination of results, experience and time coupled with his ability to reflect, relate, and translate has transformed Joe the Racer into Joe the Teacher.
For more information on Joe, please visit: www.joelawwill.com
Jiro Nakamura
Bikeskills instructor Jiro Nakamura has competed in virtually every form of mountain competition, from grueling enduro races in Europe to skill-intensive World Cup downhill events. Jiro has developed instructional programs for several cycling organizations, including the cycling team at UC Berkeley, his alma mater.
Mark Weir
Mark is one of the most well rounded riders in the world today. He’s equally at home setting downhill course records, as he is wearing out the competition during grueling 24 hour marathon events. But what Mark really lives for is to is spend countless hours just plain riding his bike, right here in Marin County; the birthplace of mountain biking. Whether you want to fine tune your bike and body, or just tune in to a higher level of appreciation for the sport and lifestyle of mountain biking, Mr. Versatility has you covered.
Jackie Baker
Jackie has been riding bikes for 12 years and has raced for about that long as well. She started out as a cross country racer, but became addicted to gravity in 2005. Since then, she’s been dedicated to improving her own riding skills and getting more girls stoked on riding downhill. As a former PSIA Level II ski instructor, Jackie focuses on straightforward and logical skills progressions on the bike to help riders develop solid foundations that will enable them to reach their mountain biking goals. Jackie is based out of Salt Lake City, UT, but also conducts clinics in western Colorado and other Rocky Mountain locations throughout the spring and summer.
Brian Lopes
World Champion Dual slalom and 4Cross racer, Brian Lopes has won almost every title there is to win in his disciplines in mountain biking.
For anyone to be able to accomplish so much you have to have some serious skills. You don’t win titles by getting lucky, you do it with smart riding and lots of skills. The lucky ones are you, because Brian has agreed to do a limited number of training camps through Bikeskills. Brian is still a full time racer so his time is limited. To find out about joining Brian for a clinic send us an email with what sort of skills your looking for and we will line it up.
Leigh Donovan
As a former Professional World Downhill Champion and 10 time US National Champion Leigh has been exposed to it all aspects of riding and racing. In 1982 Leigh fell in love with bike racing when she raced her 1st BMX race and after 9 years of BMX she fell in love once again when she entered her first Mountain Bike race in 1992. Leigh has had tremendous success with results but she feels her ability to encourage and inspire others is her greatest strength.
Bob Loeffler
Bob first threw a leg over a mountain bike in 1989 and it was love at first ride. Although he’s done a fair amount of racing, Bob found his mountain bike niche in epic rides and advocacy. He put both passions together as president of a premier mtb club in Southern California for 7 years where he saw a need for teaching the basics of mountain biking, not only to promote the sport but to keep riders and other trail users safe and happy on the dirt. He created the New Rider Day program to get folks riding and enjoying the trails through a combination of skills, etiquette, equipment selection and maintenance.
Whether you are brand new to the sport, or you’ve been struggling to “get the hang of it” for a while, come out for a day of informative fun and personal instruction and leave stoked for your next safer, faster and “funner” ride.
