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Flathead Area Mountain Bikers provides free Youth Mountain Bike Skills Clinics, open to kids aged 8-16 of all skill levels. Our Youth Clinics are designed to be fun group rides that focus on skill development, safety, and responsible trail use. We meet at various locations (specified below) at 10am and ride trails for three hours, focusing on mountain biking technique and proper trail etiquette. We split up into groups of different skill and age levels. No prior mountain biking experience is necessary (but kids do need to bring their own well-functioning mountain bike and a helmet). Come join us for some fun on the trail! |
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2021 Youth Skills Clinic Dates
Advance registration is now required for all attendees.
FAMB membership for your child is required prior to registering for clinics.
FAMB individual memberships are $30, and family memberships are $80.
Clinics have a 20-attendee limit, but there will be a wait list beyond that. If you register your child for a clinic and realize s/he can't make it, please log back in to your account and cancel your registration or email our Executive Director to let us know we should cancel the registration(s).
Other kids on the wait list will thank you!
Day of Clinic: Plan on arriving at least 15-20 minutes before each clinic for check-in and bike safety inspection.
Make sure your child has a functioning mountain bike, a helmet (required), water and snacks, a backpack to carry any of this, and appropriate clothing and footwear. Feel free to contact our Executive Director with any questions that you have!
Sunday, June 6, 2021
10am-1pm @ Herron Park, Kalispell
Sunday, June 13, 2021
10am-1pm @ Beaver Lakes Trailhead, Whitefish Trail
Sunday, June 27, 2021
10am-1pm @ Herron Park, Kalispell
Sunday, July 11, 2021
10am-1pm @ Whitefish Bike Retreat
FAMB membership for your child is required prior to registering for clinics.
FAMB individual memberships are $30, and family memberships are $80.
Clinics have a 20-attendee limit, but there will be a wait list beyond that. If you register your child for a clinic and realize s/he can't make it, please log back in to your account and cancel your registration or email our Executive Director to let us know we should cancel the registration(s).
Other kids on the wait list will thank you!
Day of Clinic: Plan on arriving at least 15-20 minutes before each clinic for check-in and bike safety inspection.
Make sure your child has a functioning mountain bike, a helmet (required), water and snacks, a backpack to carry any of this, and appropriate clothing and footwear. Feel free to contact our Executive Director with any questions that you have!
Sunday, June 6, 2021
10am-1pm @ Herron Park, Kalispell
Sunday, June 13, 2021
10am-1pm @ Beaver Lakes Trailhead, Whitefish Trail
Sunday, June 27, 2021
10am-1pm @ Herron Park, Kalispell
Sunday, July 11, 2021
10am-1pm @ Whitefish Bike Retreat
2021 Youth Clinic Sponsors
FAMB is accepting up to 6 corporate or individual sponsors for this program through May 19, 2021.
Each sponsorship costs $1,000.
Here are our 2021 Youth Skills Clinic Sponsor benefits:
Sponsor Logo on the back of instructor tees.
Poster featuring sponsor logos displayed at event check-in.
Sponsor call-outs before each clinic.
Prime linked sponsor logo on FAMB website under Sponsors & Partners webpage and on this webpage
Promotion of Sponsor via FAMB social media, FAMB event calendar, and subscriber email.
2 complimentary FAMB individual memberships.
We're only selling six sponsorships for this program so logos can be displayed prominently.
Each sponsorship costs $1,000.
Here are our 2021 Youth Skills Clinic Sponsor benefits:
Sponsor Logo on the back of instructor tees.
Poster featuring sponsor logos displayed at event check-in.
Sponsor call-outs before each clinic.
Prime linked sponsor logo on FAMB website under Sponsors & Partners webpage and on this webpage
Promotion of Sponsor via FAMB social media, FAMB event calendar, and subscriber email.
2 complimentary FAMB individual memberships.
We're only selling six sponsorships for this program so logos can be displayed prominently.
Logo coming soon: KRMC/Logan Health is also a 2021 Youth Skills Clinic Program Sponsor
FAMB Youth Clinic Scholarship Program - On Hold Due to COVID-19
Since 2015, FAMB has provided a scholarship program to help give kids without bikes the opportunity to join our Youth Clinic program. Scholarship recipients are provided with transportation to and from the trailhead (from central locations in both Columbia Falls and Whitefish), a free FAMB membership, six free mountain bike skills clinics, and the use of a brand new mountain bike, helmet, water bottle and bottle cage during all clinics. After completion of at least 4 of the 6 Kids Clinics, a trail stewardship project, and an essay, scholarship students take their brand new bikes home with them at the end of the season. We can't think of a better way to introduce local youth to a healthy, confidence-building outdoor activity like mountain biking. We work with local school counselors to identify youth aged 8-16 who would benefit most from this program.
COVID-19 made it unsafe for us to offer this program in 2020, and unfortunately, due to a dramatic shortage of bikes and the challenges involved with transporting youth during the COVID-19 crisis, FAMB has had to temporarily suspend its scholarship program again for 2021. Once we're able to secure high-quality, new youth bikes again and once student transportation is safer, this program will be back in action!
COVID-19 made it unsafe for us to offer this program in 2020, and unfortunately, due to a dramatic shortage of bikes and the challenges involved with transporting youth during the COVID-19 crisis, FAMB has had to temporarily suspend its scholarship program again for 2021. Once we're able to secure high-quality, new youth bikes again and once student transportation is safer, this program will be back in action!
