Share the Stoke!
World changing mountain bike
Instructor Training
This 2-3 day course is what you've been waiting for! Practical, fun, and specific… training designed to help you and your team be the best MTB instructors in all the land.
Share the Stoke
Over the years, we've chatted to people around the country keen to set up their own youth MTB organisation. This is so rad right?! More good humans wanting to pass on their passion to young people:
Teachers starting a MTB club at school
Running mountain biking for outdoor education or school camps
Parents starting a group in their neighbourhood
Principals wanting to upskill existing MTB instructors/coaches
While we know we can’t have WORD in every location (yet, ha!), we do think we can help make a real difference for communities around Aotearoa. We’re super stoked to finally have the stars align to bring to you ‘Share the Stoke’ starting summer 2024/2025! This 2-3 day workshop is designed to help you and your team deliver amazing MTB sessions for young people.
What we’ll cover
How to run a series of safe, fun, and progressive MTB skills sessions for young people!
Guiding a group on Grade 3 and 4 trails.
Risk Management on mountain bike trails.
How to teach specific MTB Skills (body position, cornering, braking, intro to drops and jumps).
Pro tips and common issues around MTB Skills
Improving your personal riding, yeeeooowww!
How to operate as a MTB Instructor under NZ health and safety legislation
“Its excitingly exhausting! Haha! I had so much whizzing through my brain I was knackered by the end - but in a good way! You need to go into it open minded and welcoming to change of your own riding and you can get so much learning from the other participants, not just the instructors.”
The Trainers
Ashley Peters and Russ Garlick
Together Ash and Russ have over 20 years experience in MTB Instruction and training others to help share the stoke!
Ash is the Founder and CEO of WORD. Over the years Ash has been instrumental in developing the NZ MTB Instructor Qualifications with NZOIA and is one of 4 MTB Level 2 Assessors in Aotearoa. Her experience and passion revolve around youth and community in the outdoors. Ash was the co-founder of Revolve Cycling Club and now calls Queenstown home.
Russ is a project manager by day and spends his weekends with Peak Safety as a medic and first aid instructor. Over the years, he has been the Wellington MTB Club President and co-founder of TrailFund. Russ is a proud Wellingtonian.
As of 2024, over 1000 young people ride bikes with us each year at WORD with 60 Instructors and 30 Assistant Instructors trained by Russ and Ash, rad!
The Costs
As a charity, we know what it’s like to not have a lot of dosh, so we’re keeping this training (and all the other WORD programmes) as low as possible.
$695 plus GST per person- minimum 3 people, max 8 people
Plus travel expenses for 2 x WORD Instructors
“Russ and Ash somehow delivered the prefect package that made me feel like I’d just gone for a rad riding weekend with my mates, but also somehow walked away with so much learning and new skills!”
Let’s do this!
Yay! We’re so looking forward to meeting you and your crew. Flick Ash an email on ash@word.org.nz with a bit about your crew and ideal dates. We’ll then chat more as we tailor all our workshops to your group, rad!