North Star Mountain Bike Guides (NSMtb) enjoyed the company of five adventurous riders for four days of guided riding on the scenic trails that loop amongst ...

No doubt you’ve heard the old saying when life hands you lemons you make lemonade. The weather provided us with a big bag of lemons on our trip to the desert...

Kudos to the eight intrepid riders and aspiring yogis who joined us to ride the red dirt trails at of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area. On what would...

After a winter off from mountain biking and attempting to maintain some semblance of fitness through visits to the climbing gym and the occasional cross coun...

I love where my bike takes me, from the red rocks of Moab to mountain tops in Canada, it is a way for me to see the world, meet new people, and explore place...

If you have not taken a mountain bike clinic before or received any formal coaching, you’re probably not alone. One of the reasons many people decide to get...

The first week of April Tara, Oscar and I drove 10 hours due south to northwestern Arkansas to mountain bike on the hilly, single track trails around Bentonv...

I’m kinesthetic, I learn by doing. I want to figure out for myself how something works and only open instruction manuals after something goes wrong. Nine yea...

As someone who can be creature of habit, I need variety in my life. In the winter months I run, I ski, I hike, I snowboard, and I lift weights. I use the win...

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas The daylight hours have dwindled and suddenly the night r...

Last week we headed north to Duluth and Cuyuna for some guiding and riding. It was a lovely fall weekend with peak color changes for many birch, aspen and ma...

I wear red 10L Evoc FR Lite pack on the trail and get asked all the time, “What do you have in that pack?” My response, “Everything.” Last June while taking ...

A few weeks have passed since our last post, travels, coaching and work have kept us busy. In mid-August we headed out to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for a w...

Each winter as a I tire of single digit temps and begin to daydream of hero dirt, I begin to set my riding goals for the year. Last summer, I attended two VI...

Since our last post, Tara and I finished teaching a beginner and intermediate men's mountain bike clinic at Buck Hill, called Macho Monday's. We had an eager...

After obtaining our IMBA ICP Level I and PMBI Level I certifications, we knew we had to continue to teach others in order to keep what we learned fresh in ou...