Written by Elaine Bothe PP&R and NWTA’s Kids Camps got the groove down! Now in our third year, we held four Summer Camps for kids at Gateway Green. We offered the morning camps, each four days of fun from Monday to Thursday throughout July. NWTA paired up with Portland Parks & Recreation to run the … Read More
Written by Elaine Bothe Beginner Adults got camp time during our Gateway Green Bike Park summer series! Why leave all the education to the kids? In July and August this last summer, the NWTA and Portland Parks & Recreation teamed up with Coach Elaine Bothe to offer adult classes for beginners on Monday evenings and … Read More
By Elaine Bothe It’s been an amazing ride all year, every Monday afternoon at Montavilla Community Center! We ran this program for 7-8 weeks during Fall Term ’23, and Winter and Spring Terms in ’24. Each term, 15 amazing kids were signed up, and we regularly had 12-15 participants each day. Most were in grade … Read More
Word and photos by Elaine Bothe March 25-18, 2024, Gateway Green Bike Park and Montavilla Community Center Spring Break 2024 provided winter weather but summer fun during our Gateway Green Bike Park Kids Camp! Spring Break in the Pacific Northwest is always a mixed-weather bag. Fortunately we got only one full on rainy day during … Read More
By Elaine Bothe These kids didn’t know they were groundbreakers at the very first indoor/outdoor bike after school program for Montavilla Community Center! The kids knew they were having fun, but they didn’t know they were breaking ground as they rode bikes as participants in the first ever kids’ afterschool bike class series at Montavilla … Read More
Micro-blasters, Feathers, Catenaries, and Macro-rain By Andy Jansky Most people with common sense stayed home on Saturday, November 4th as it rained more than an inch in the Gorge. Meanwhile, 12 hearty NWTA volunteers braved the rain, wind and thunder to learn how to use a variety of tools and specialty equipment for moving, splitting … Read More
By Ruandy Albisurez On Sunday, October 21, NWTA partnered with Warpaint Magazine to host a BIPOC Intro to Pump Track/Jump Clinic. The weather ended up being a little gray, but that didn’t stop the crew that came out. We had to skip most of the work on the pump track because it was a little … Read More
On the weekend of September 23 & 24, 2023, NWTA hosted a pilot machine operator training program with a beginner class. Seven students – longtime volunteers and crew leads with NWTA – met to learn how to safely operate our mini excavator and get some practice time under local machine building legend Jason Wells. NWTA … Read More
Written by Isabella Taylor of River City Bikes On the last Saturday of August, River City Bicycles and NWTA teamed up for the second year in a row to begin our Women-Led summer ride series. Partnering with NWTA to host these rides has truly been the most wonderful experience. It’s expanded the rider participation compared … Read More
Aug. 14-17, 2023 at Laurelhurst Park Portland’s coolest new bike camp for kids took place during the hottest week of the year! By Elaine Bothe, Coach The week’s weather forecast was in the low 100s but the deep shade on SE Oak Street between SE 37th Ave. and Cesar Chavez Blvd. was refreshingly cool as … Read More