I recently finished all the research, editiing, texting and compiling of content for the ISCHGL.com Site's Mountainbike part.
This is part of a huge three level consulting assignment currently in works that includes GPS research and refinement, texting and imagery. Part two is to be finished this month.
planning for the VauDe BikeCamp at Ehrwald in May is finished, everything is scheduled. I am totally glad about the possibility of holding photographic courses as well as a course on how to avoid alpine dangers.
My dear Vertrider Liteville Team does some of the more technical riding Courses - which is cool. Will be as always lot's of fun and meeting nice people!
Guess who shot this picture??? :) Ok, check it out and be fast - courses are nearly sold out!
Mountaineering Guide Paul from mc2alpin.at and me have completed the first OEAV "Übungsleiter Mountainbike" Kurs (SPOT Seminar) of the Austrian Summit Club in July. We designed and planned this new course on behalf of the OeAV. So I am now in the Instructors Team of the OeAV - which is awesome! A welcome opportunity to take all my skills of 20 years as a Mountainbike (Test)-Editor, Industry-Photographer, Bicycle Distributor Marketing Guy, Extreme Mountainbiker and Founder of Vertriders.com and Co-Founder of the Nordpark Singletrail. This is AWESOME and a great opportunity to shape a modern Mountainbike Course program for the Austrian Summit Club - it was about time!
See how much fun we packed into this course after all!
In total 12 participants from all over Austria attended. Most of them had already done courses of the Summit Club on youth guidance. I teached my knowledge in the fields of Tour/Route-planning and Orientation, GPS, current Bike- and Suspension Technologies, Riding techniques as well as Bike trail ethics.
Course core focus was:
Guiding- and Leadership competence at Mountainbiking. Leadership and management skills in mountain biking. These include increasing the personal level as well as orientation awareness, route planning, technical know how and expertise in physiology and training theories.
• Fundamentals of sport biology, sports medicine and sports psychology • Riding skills and economy of movement • Knowledge on current mountainbike equipment (full suspension, damper/fork, setup, frame, disk brakes, ergonomics etc) • Legal knowledge
• Bike ethics, best practice • Alpine dangers of mountain biking and how to minimize risk • Route planning and guidance • Organization and implementation of guided mountain bike rides, crossing the Alps (Transalp) and mountain bike courses • Support of youth groups with mountain biking (logistics, limits, difficulty) • Exams
The Austrian Summitclub’s youth leadership course "Übungsleiter Mountainbike" is as of now precursor to the Austrian State’s “Mountain bike instructor”.
