Mountain Bike School
Akira Yasuda
Founder and Co-Owner, Shows Director
Credentials:
Professional Mountain Bike Instructor, Lead Trials Coach
Eight years experience teaching mountain bike skills through RipStoke clinics, and sub-contracting teaching and trials show services.
Professional Mountain Bike Instructor, Lead Trials Coach
Eight years experience teaching mountain bike skills through RipStoke clinics, and sub-contracting teaching and trials show services.
Personal coach for three US national cycling team professional trials riders.
Promotion and design of Freeride terrain and trials courses nationally.
Winter Park Snowboard Team coach. (1997 - 2005)
Results:
Competed in professional trials competitions and performed in shows from 1997 to 2002, for many thousands of spectators.
Coached three RipStoke athletes to national team status, where they went on to compete at the UCI World Championships in Lugano Switzerland, resulting in two top 30 international rankings, and a junior international ranking of 17th.
Coached a total of 34 Winter Park Snowboard Team athletes to qualify for United States Amateur Snowboard Association (USASA) nationals 2002-2005. (Nationals were hosted in Mammoth Mountain California, Sunday River Maine, Angel Fire New Mexico, and Copper Mountain Colorado.)
Rides/Bike/Style:
Technical cross country trails, and trials / Dean hardtail and stock trials specific bike, Specialized Enduro / freeride mixed with trials.
Lives:
Boulder, Colorado
Favorite Trails:
Too many to name. I love riding in Moab, Fruita, and the beautiful singletrack in the Colorado rockies.
Favorite Skills Tips:
Look where you want to go not at the object or area that you want to avoid. Your front brake is your friend... Use it a lot!
Other hobbies:
-Snowboarding
-Skiing
-Camping
-Traveling (Experiencing other cultures and traditions)
Competed in professional trials competitions and performed in shows from 1997 to 2002, for many thousands of spectators.
Coached three RipStoke athletes to national team status, where they went on to compete at the UCI World Championships in Lugano Switzerland, resulting in two top 30 international rankings, and a junior international ranking of 17th.
Coached a total of 34 Winter Park Snowboard Team athletes to qualify for United States Amateur Snowboard Association (USASA) nationals 2002-2005. (Nationals were hosted in Mammoth Mountain California, Sunday River Maine, Angel Fire New Mexico, and Copper Mountain Colorado.)
Rides/Bike/Style:
Technical cross country trails, and trials / Dean hardtail and stock trials specific bike, Specialized Enduro / freeride mixed with trials.
Lives:
Boulder, Colorado
Favorite Trails:
Too many to name. I love riding in Moab, Fruita, and the beautiful singletrack in the Colorado rockies.
Favorite Skills Tips:
Look where you want to go not at the object or area that you want to avoid. Your front brake is your friend... Use it a lot!
Other hobbies:
-Snowboarding
-Skiing
-Camping
-Traveling (Experiencing other cultures and traditions)