Women’s Group Clinic

Smooth out your cornering to speed up! Do you get hung up, lose speed, or lose control in corners? Maybe you’d like to figure out how to carry more exit speed? This clinic takes a deep dive into the skills needed for flat corners, berms, and even off-camber turns.

We’ll cover the following skills: body position & weight distribution, braking, and line choice. We’ll start by separating each one out to introduce and practice by themselves before putting them back together. We’ll also investigate the skills of inclination (leaning), angulation (bike/body separation), and rotation and how to treat those like “dimmer switches” to turn up or down depending on the shape, size, and speed of each corner.

• Who should take this clinic?

  • This clinic is for women, woman-identifying, and non-binary individuals

  • This clinic is appropriate for all level riders wanting to corner with more intention, control, and confidence.

  • Riders who are just starting to learn to corner better will learn proper body position and technique while getting plenty of repeatable practice.

  • Intermediate and advanced level will benefit from refining their fundamental skills while learning ways to carry speed while maintaining control and traction.

• Who are the instructors?

  The Lead instructor for this clinic will be Whitney Houck, a certified Level 2 “AIR Instructor” through the PMBIA. Read Whitney’s full profile

• What to expect

  • We’ll start with an intro to listen to your previous experience and goals, then set expectations and a plan for the clinic

  • Then, we’ll move into a skills assessment and move through the essential pre-requisite skills including Body Position / Balance and experimenting with Bike-Body separation

  • We’ll start in the skills area's flat & bermed corners to get lots of practice with using these skills.

  • Then we’ll take it to some longer & steeper corners on Green rated trails here at Kanuga.

  • We’ll endeavor to offer lots of individual feedback and video analysis.

• Cost

  $125 per person

• Ride pass for Kanuga

  In additional to the cost of instruction, you'll need to purchase a day pass or membership to Ride Kanuga separately at their website www.ridekanuga.com or in person when you arrive at our Adventure Center.
  

• What to bring

  Required for this lesson:
  

  • Day-pass or membership to Ride Kanuga. If you don't already have one, purchase separately at www.ridekanuga.com or in person at the Adventure Shop when you arrive.

  • A bicycle in good working order. You can bring your own bike (regular mountain bike or eBike)

  • Helmets are required, full-face or half shell are acceptable

  • Water and food to last the duration of your lesson

  • Closed toe shoes (no sandals, flip-flops, or crocs)
    

  • Optional (but highly recommended) equipment:
    Knee Pads
    Gloves

Meeting Location:
Ride Kanuga
1249 Kanuga Lake Rd, Hendersonville, NC 28739