On Saturday June 1 2013 Cycling BC held a Youth Development Camp at the Coal Hills BMX track in Cumberland, BC. During the 4-hour camp 23 rider’s worked on pumping, bunny hopping, jumping, cornering skills and gate starts. The camp finished up with a race sending smiles across all the riders.
riders ready to work on their pumpin skills at Coal Hills BMX
Following the Youth camp in Cumberland an Adult camp was held on Saturday evening at Oceanside BMX in Qualicum Beach, BC. For a couple of hours seven adult rider’s learned the ins and outs of BMX racing. With the common goal of staying relaxed (mantra of: “Be like water”) and having fun, everyone learnt the basic skills of riding a BMX track and gained an understanding for the sport.
On Sunday morning Cycling BC headed out to Qualicum Beach to hold a Youth Development Camp at Oceanside BMX. 20 athletes worked on their skills and tested them out on their newly rebuilt track. In the afternoon 14 Junior Development athletes took to the track for a 3-hour camp. These athletes worked to build on their existing BMX skills and spent much of the camp jumping, manualing and pack ridding in the corners.
“It was great to work with new athletes from clubs on Vancouver Island. It’s alway amazing to see athletes develop and grow throughout out the camps. Big thanks to all the volunteers, parents, sponsors and supporters that helped run the camps. A special thank you to Santiago Young for helping out with the Youth and Junior camps, on and off the Island!” – Director of BMX and Provincial Coach Adam Muys