Three 麻豆社国产cycling up and comers made a good impression on Cycling BC coaches during a traning camp in Whistler over the weekend.
Owen Scully, Kip Shortreed, Jordan Gosteli had top results at the first BC Cup, according to Squamish-based coach Chad Hendren.
"They had top results at the first BC Cup, the race the ranch program and they're also doing the Mad March Racing program this year," said Hendren. "They've had prior training, so they're on top of their game."
Hendren said thankfully Cycling BC has an excellent talent pool to work from, and it's not just the locals who know how to rip down a trail.
"The talent pool is very deep here and it's not just 麻豆社国产or the Sea to Sky, it's all across the province.
"We have an amazing talent pool - it's absolutely ridiculous."
As the team re-organizes itself and fine-tunes its racers, coaches will continue to work on securing funding for the expensive sport of mountain biking.
"We're definitely throwing some lines out there to pick up some corporate sponsors that's for sure."
Teens from across the province attended at a Cycling BC camp, last weekend (May 15 to 16) in hopes of fine tuning their racing skills and reaching the podium more often
In total more than a dozen youth between the ages of 15 and 17 spent two days at the Whistler Bike Park absorbing the knowledge of coaches and industry experts.
Sports psychologist Greg McDonnell discussed anxiety control techniques and Cycling BC director Richard Wooles spoke about the cycling development program and its implication for the future team.
Attendees also got the chance to get to know Hendren, the organization's newest coaches.
"It was amazing," Hendren said.
Hendren led the athletes onto many of the big jump runs, like A-Line and Crank It Up, trying to teach the teens technical manoeuvres.
"It was awesome, they were pretty stoked."
Since the cycling team is in what Hendren calls a restructuring phase, the coaches are trying to develop a core group of athletes who have already shown their racing potential.
"We're actually working towards having a team with a set number of rider in each category and actually having a proper selection."
Hendren said Cycling BC is looking for racers with good race results who want to race at the Canada Cup level.
"If they want to be able to race World Cup as a junior we want to help them race world cup, we want to help them get to the world championship level so we're going to sort of help them get there.
"That's a big goal for us, to get those kids on the podium."
Interested racers should continue to participate in as many local races as they can, or even try to race in the BC Cup.
The Mad March Racing program is also a great place to learn a ton from high quality coaches, like Cycling BC coach Bunyan and former world champion Shaums March, said Hendren.
"Shaums is a two-time world champion so you're going to get the facts straight from him. Doing those programs is going to be a huge step to putting that young athlete towards our program."
