Ever wanted to help support NWTA’s group rides? Interested in building your leadership skills out on the trails? Join us! Have you ever volunteered to lead a group ride and found yourself in over your head? Unsure how to manage multiple skill levels and puzzled by what to do when riders go different paces? Have … Read More
Proper body positioning can elevate your riding! Join Ladies AllRide and NW Trail Sisters for a night of tips and tricks! Get a jump start on your 2025 riding season with some great tips on body positioning from Ladies AllRide coach Ali Halpin! Ever heard the phrase “just get back!”? We will debunk this and … Read More
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
Written by Owen Simpson My school, Oregon Episcopal School, launched a senior capstone project during the last 2.5 weeks of school, and I choose to focus my efforts around spreading the joy of mountain bikes to new communities of kids. This means that instead of attending classes I dedicated my last weeks of school to … Read More
Camp offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. LEVEL 0- LEARNING TO RIDE Rider Experience: Beginner with 0 – ½ years of riding on dirt trails, and at least ½ year of general bike riding These riders know how to ride, more or less, and want to … Read More
Camp offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. LEVEL 0- LEARNING TO RIDE Rider Experience: Beginner with 0 – ½ years of riding on dirt trails, and at least ½ year of general bike riding These riders know how to ride, more or less, and want to … Read More
Camp offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. LEVEL 1: BEGINNERS Rider Experience: Beginner with ½ – 1 years of riding on dirt trails These riders are already comfortable riding a bike on gravel roads as well as on dirt and grass, and down some features … Read More
Class offered in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation. Registration required through ActiveNet. Click on the button below. Rider Experience: From beginners to off-road riders with at least 1 year of cycling experience. Beginners are riders with some experience but want to be more confident and have more fun riding a bike off road on dirt, … Read More
