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youth camps
School of Send believes in bikes, community, and stoke for all. We are committed to creating a positive environment of inclusiveness and connectivity for riders from all backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, races, cultures, and beliefs. We want riders to feel supported and ready to send it!
We offer youth programs for ages 3-18.
Please find our camp descriptions below. If you have any questions about which camp your child should attend, please contact us. Getting your rider in the right camp is key to providing a safe, fun environment for them to progress.
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Camp Descriptions
Strider/EARLY PEDALER
Ages 3-5
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The goal for these camps are for striders and early pedalers to build skills such as trail scanning to gain a better understanding of the terrain and to understand basic bike etiquette. They will learn how to ride with friends and respect the trail and other trail users.
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Not much is required for this entry level camp. Just a novice ability and comfort riding the bike on flat dirt trails and comfortability leaving parent/s for an hour.
Pre-Send
Ages 5-6 & 7-10
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Pre-Send camps offer riders a chance to explore the fundamentals of mountain biking in a group setting. Participants should come out having a solid understanding and demonstrate proficiency with body position, braking and overall control.
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Riders signing up for this camp must:
Be able to comfortably ride a bike with hand brakes
Have experience and interest riding a bike a flat and/or gently sloped dirt trails/paths
Have a properly fitting helmet.
Have a well maintained bike with hand brakes.
Full-Send: Intermediate
Ages 5-7, 8-11 & 10+
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Full-Send is for riders comfortable with the basics of mountain biking who are looking to broaden their skills. Expanding beyond the fundamentals, riders The goal is for riders to have a solid understanding and demonstrate proficiency with body position, bike compression, control descending in steeper/technical terrain, and how to safely navigate rollable drops/jumps.
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Riders who sign up for this camp must:
Feel comfortable with brake control, standing up while riding, and have an interest in exploring intermediate trails.
Have a properly fitting helmet
Have a well maintained bike with hand brakes
Full-Send: Advanced
Ages 10+
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Full-Send: Advanced is for riders looking to explore the entirety of what our trail systems have to offer. This camp will cover the body and bike control needed to tackle a variety of advanced features and obstacles you may encounter on the trails.
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Riders signing up for this camp must:
Be able to comfortably ride blue (intermediate) trails and features.
Have a strong understanding of mtb fundamentals such as, brake control, corner, body position, and trail scanning.
Have a well fitting full-face helmet. Pads and body armor are recommended but not required.
Have a well maintained bike (full suspension).
(S)enduro
Ages 10+
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Enduro is a style of riding that involves the physical fitness elements required to have stamina and strength. Our Senduro program incorporates a bit of climbing into the routine to help make well rounded riders AND allow for routes not possible when doing a single top to bottom lap with no climbing. A great way to build fitness and skill while having a good time.
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Riders should feel comfortable riding Bad Motor Scooter, GP, Float On, Kleeway, and Mitchell Ridge. They should want to ride faster and explore some jumps. Riders must be willing to earn turns (climb a bit).
She-Sends
Ages 7-10 & 10+
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The She Sends camps are for female and female identifying riders.
These camps can be offered for a variety of skill and age levels depending on availability. She Sends Beginner is equivalent to Pre-Send and She-Sends Intermediate to Full-Send Intermediate.
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Riders in She-Sends must:
Be female identifying
Have a well maintained bike with hand brakes
Have a properly fitting helmet
Full-Send Air Ages 10+
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Full-Send: Air is for riders looking to dial in their free-ride abilities. The goal of this camp is to have a solid understanding and demonstrate proficiency with bike compression, timing, and bike flight/air awareness for medium-large gap jumps.
Like all of our camps, it is coached with a challenge-by-choice mindset. Our instructors are here to help riders achieve the goals they want.
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Riders signing up for Full-Send: Air must:
Have a minimum of two years riding experience.
Be able to comfortably ride medium sized tabletop jumps (jumps with no gap), and be interested in exploring gap jumps. (For those familiar with Post Canyon, this would mean being comfortable riding 5th Grade and being ready to move on and beyond trails like 3 Blind Mice).
The Progression Pyramid
One of the most frequent questions we get is about camp progression. What camp is best for my youth and where should they go next?
To help clarify our progression structure, we’ve added the progression pyramid.
As you move downwards along the white line from camp to camp, you can see which camps are a natural next step once a rider has graduated from their existing program. Example: From Pre-Send 5-6, a natural next step would be either Pre-Send 7-10 (for a less aggressive rider), or Full Send Intermediate 5-7 (for a more aggressive rider)
Note: No camps are a pre-requisite for another, this chart is simply to help visualize an easy and natural progression through our offerings!
Senduro and She-Send camps can be beginner-advanced. Simply take the skill and age range to see where they would fit in. I.e. Senduro Intermediate 10+ would be aligned with Full-Send Intermediate 10+