Wheels Up Teams Mission Statement
“To continue to grow Enduro and XC, educate, and foster the development of the next generation of Life Time Cyclists. Facilitate a focus on principles and values; good sportsmanship, attitude, goal setting, and teamwork. Promote a lifestyle of fitness and exercise that not only builds a healthy environment for our community while on and off bikes.”
As a long time cycling professional, advocate, coach, and a parent, my passion to leave a long lasting positive influence in cycling has become a driving force in my life. I have worked professionally in the cycling community for 21 years and feel an obligation to continue to grow, education and development of mountain biking as a sport. I have been working as a youth mountain bike instructor for 18 years. I did this while working as an art teacher and in the other parts of the cycling industry. This led me to start and formalize Wheels Up as a stand alone business focused on youth mountain bike development in 2017. Since then Wheels Up has grown into much more than youth camps, rides, and skills development clinics. Wheels Up Team programs have grown to have more than 70 Youth Team members over the last 2 seasons! Enduro launching in 2022 and XC launching in 2023! Our goal is to create more opportunities for youth to get on bikes. We are passionate about creating safe and intensive programming like no other in the region. We have been working to build the safest and most education mountain bike platform available for youth riders. Wheels Up Enduro and XC programs are to help get more out of their riding experiences and create Life Time Cyclist. The next generation of bicycle engineers, racers, coaches, sales people, mechanics, influencers, and whatever else they may want to do with their long lasting passion of riding bikes. We offer the highest level coaching, instruction, and support available to youth on bikes. As many of you may not be familiar with the riding and racing we are offering. Looking at “Mainstream” sports like football, baseball, soccer, and swimming offer the type of programs that are familiar to the parents and kids. This is a challenge for cycling specifically as there are so few cycling programs around the country that accommodate Enduro and High Level XC Mountain biking for youth. We recognize compared to the “mainstream” sports we are focusing our Enduro and XC at the more premium level. Near the tryout teams than just open enrollment. If you are looking for those types of programs we offer that type of programing through Wheels Up more traditional programming, Have a youth rider looking to make the next steps in their goals to be all they can be on and off a bike? The Wheels Up Teams programs will enrich and educate your rider to a path of success and growth not only on bikes but in life.
