About Dirt School.
Welcome to the home of Dirt School mountain bike coaching. Set up by mountain bike World Cup competitor, Scottish National Downhill coach and Scottish Downhill Champion Chris Ball. We draw on vast amounts of experience in mountain biking to provide you with top quality coaching.
Dirt school was set up to provide mountain bikers with the necessary tuition needed to tackle the fast expanding network of trails and events worldwide. Based in central Scotland, We run courses for all levels on what are considered to be some of the best trails in the World. Receive tips from someone who can actually ride it, has seen it all and who works with the best there is. Choose Dirt School and guarantee yourself a better ride.
Let Dirt School teach you the essentials of mountain biking success, whether you’ve just bought your first bike, preparing for a big event, fancy beating your mates or want to shave vital seconds off your competition time. Our Freeride course have been designed to teach you the basics of jumping without wearing you out and overwhelming you with too much information. If you feel that this isn’t enough and you’ve been pushing to rail some berms, off-camber roots and every other skill needed to navigate around any XC trail without a problem, move up a year onto one of our Cross Country days. Enroll at Dirt High School and nail those switchback turns, drops, rocks, roots and climbs like the best of them.
Alternatively, if your addiction is gravity fed, get to a Downhill class. Dirt School will teach you everything there is to know about all things downhill. From little psychological tricks to specific technical skills coaching. Using the experience gained from over 25 World Cup finals, Chris guarantees you’ll shave at least a couple of seconds off your times.
Dirt School also offers you the unique service of a private session. Enroll at Private School and gain from a personalised session centred entirely around what you want to learn. Duration, class size (get a group of you) and content is entirely bespoke to you so get in touch now.
In Fact…
Elite, Masters, Youth, Junior.. You name it podiums have been filled with riders who’ve been to Dirt School this year. We have had someone on the top step of almost every MTB podium at an event this year. Awesome.
Common Room
Chris Ball – Director, DH, XC, FR. Chris is the founder of Dirt School and based in Edinburgh. Chris is also the UCI international Technical Delegate for the Downhill and 4X World Cup and World Championships and Scottish National DH Coach. All the wise word sin MBR each month on health, fitness and training are also written by this man so write in and you could get your question in print.
Highlights
British Team DH coach for 2007 and 2008 World Championships
Personal Coach to Ruaridh Cunningham (Junior World Champion)
UCI DH and 4X Technical Delegate for every World Cup and World Championships 2008/09
First Class BSC Hons in Sports Science
Scottish National DH Coach
MBR monthly contributor
Sits on Scottish Mountain Bike Development Consortium Board
Earther 4/ MBR cover star…
Andy Barlow – XC leader, Elite XC racer and Trans Scotland solo winner. Andy takes Cross Country and private classes in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, he’s ridden BMX, Downhill and now Elite XC. The man for every occasion!
Highlights
Trans Scotland 07 Winner (Solo)
Scottish XC Series Champion 2008 (Elite)
Scottish Champion 2009 XC (Go on old boy!)
Legend
Rowan Sorrell – Welsh legend. XC, DH, FR. Rowan has just written a trail guide book of Europe, races World Cup DH and takes classes in every discipline in South Wales on the trails that he built – Afan, Brechfa and Cwmcarn.
Highlights
Author of European Trail Guide (Published 08)
Welsh DH Champion
Director of Back on Track. The trail building company responsible for constructing Brechfa, Afan etc!
Newport skatepark local
Dirt Mag Journo
Cover Hero or What MTB and many others!
Unfortunately, Ro is currently out of action after smashing his shoulder to pieces at a Welsh skatepark (May 09). Get well soon Rowan.
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