Friday, January 30, 2026 join GSMBC-Certified Instructor Shawn Gentry at Rattlesnake Bike Park 02:00PM - 05:00PM. Find your flow in this 3 hour clinic! This clinic will start in the Skills Park to teach and perfect a lot of the technique detailed below. Then, we will take it to the trail to put that technique on the dirt and add more trail-specific skills while we session several areas of the park.

We start every clinic with a quick warmup review of Essential Skills.

• Bike/Body Separation - Moving the bike, and allowing the bike to move while your body remains realtively still is crucial to pumping and flow on the trail.

• Pumping and Pressure Control - From there we focus on pressure control and using our weight to press into our feet to help build and maintain momentum on the trail.

• Trail Vision - Learning where to look and developing good habits is crucial to finding the flow on any trail.

• Line Choice - So many choices! Sometimes it matters what your goal is for a ride. But when your goal is to ride smooth, fast, and flowy - line choice is crucial.

• Cornering - We will also spend some time on cornering technique at the end of this clinic to help tie all the sections together!

All WhitetailMTB Skills Clinics are taught by professional, GSMBC certified skills instructors. Our staff, overseen by Head Coach and Founder, Shawn Gentry has many years of experience riding and teaching MTB skills to a wide variety of students. From MTB Fundamentals, to Advanced Cornering and Jump Clinics, WhitetailMTB is the leader in MTB skills instruction for the greater Charlotte, NC area. Any time you have a question you can contact Shawn directly via text or phone call at 704-266-2581or email shawn@CLTMTB.com