COACHES

Santa Cruz + Bay Area

KRISTA Kaschalk

Krista K Coaching

Krista Kaschalk (formerly Krista Gray) specializes in mountain bike skills coaching and guiding rides in Santa Cruz, and has been leading rides and teaching basic mountain bike skills since 2011. She has Level 2 Bike Instructor Certification and is Certified Sports Nutrition Coach (CSNC).

Krista loves to teach beginners! She offers group instruction, private instruction, mentoring, tours, and special events.

Contact Krista through her website.

DAVE ROBINSON

The Ride Guides

Dave has called Santa Cruz and its epic singletrack home for over two decades. He is heavily engaged in the past, present, and future of mountain biking in Santa Cruz as a former MBOSC board member, State Parks docent and Wilderness Patrol volunteer, and a trail crew leader with MBOSC. Dave is an IMBA certified coach.

Contact Dave through The Ride Guides website.

Brian astell

Brian is professional mountain bike racer and off road triathlete. He competes professionally in many different disciplines including Xterra, cyclocross, endurance racing (100 mile mountain bike races), cross country, short track, enduro and even the occasional obstacle course.

His coaching is a great way to level up and work through mindset blocks that hold us back (we all have them, so you’re not alone)!

Brian offers coaching opportunities all over the bay area with private lessons, group workshops and awesome MTB destinations!  

Contact Brian through his website.

LORRI LEE LOWN

Savvy Bikes

Savvy Bike is the evolution of the highly successful Velo Girls Coaching Services program, founded in 2002. Based in Northern California, more than 1,000 men and women from throughout the US and Canada participate in our programs each year, including skills clinics, bike fitting, and personal coaching.

Read more about Lorri on the Savvy Bikes website.
Contact Lorri through the website