|
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Resources - Free Download
The IMBA Canada Take a Kid Mountain Biking Guide - a 12 page newsletter featuring tips on how to teach kids to mountain bike, plan the perfect ride, start an annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day event, and more - is now available to help you get more youth out pedaling. Download a PDF version of the Guide, or contact lora@imba.com to place an order for your copy(ies).
Funding for the pulblication was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion’s Communities in Action Fund.
Dear IMBA Canada Retailer Member
This summer we’ve been able to produce a full-colour bilingual brochure to share with your customers, thanks to new funding from Subaru of Canada. To help you spread the IMBA-love and promote more and better trail opportunities Canada-wide, we’re sending you a package with the new brochures, a POP display stand, and IMBA poster to share your passion for mountain bike access. Please use them to show your customers how much you care about keeping the trails open. After all, MORE TRAILS = MORE SALES.
Thank you for doing your part for the Canadian mountain bike movement!
New IMBA Web Pages Offer Guidance for Map Projects
IMBA’s online resources offer nearly 2,000 web pages. Our latest section offers best practices and guidance for online and print map projects. Maps are a great way to spread the word about your clubs’ proudest on-the-ground achievements – equipped with mapmaking software and data collected by Global Positioning System GPS devices, it is possible to create beautiful maps that are comparable in quality to the work of professional cartographers.
Many Trails, One Province, One Voice - Shaping Mountain Biking in Ontario
2009 IMBA Canada Provincial Summit - Kitchener, ON - September 25-27, 2009
This September, IMBA Canada will host the first-ever Ontario Mountain Bike Summit at Chicopee Ski and Summer Resort in Kitchener. Mountain bike clubs, leaders, advocates, and decision makers are invited to attend for for three days of networking, trailbuilding, problem solving, education, advocacy, and inspiration.
Topics will include the creation of a provincial leadership body, bike parks and sustainable trails, youth outreach, and growing local capacity for the 40+ clubs and patrols in IMBA’s Ontario network. In addition to informative seminars and networking, the gathering will feature great parties and plenty of riding — organized by the Waterloo Cycling Club and the Guelph Off-Road Bicycling Association.
The IMBA Summit is open to the public. Registration costs $75/person and can be done online. Please RSVPearly so that we can be sure to accommodate everyone. More details.
The Ontario Summit is the first in a series of Provincial Mountain Bike Summits to be hosted by IMBA Canada bi-annually - in years alternating with the IMBA International Summit.
Mountain Bike Australia Selects Executive Director
Mountain Bike Australia has announced that Nick Bowman will serve as its first National Director. Bowman has been involved in sustainable MTB development in South Australia since 2002. His work has focused on improving trail access, securing funding and getting approvals for singletrack trails. He has also helped design and build some of the region’s iconic trail systems, including Fox Creek, Eagle Park and the City of Mitcham trails.
New Trail Care Crew Readies for the Road
Chris and Leslie Kehmeier are getting ready for life on the road as the newest Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew. You may remember Chris from the cover of the summer issue of IMBA Trail News, and Leslie’s dynamite article about mapping trails. Speaking of “new” and “Subaru,” the 2010 models of our favorite cars are also hitting the roads in upcoming weeks. Don’t forget that IMBA members save big with the Subaru Canada VIP purchase program. |
Register Your Event for Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day
IMBA will celebrate its sixth annual International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day on Saturday, Oct. 3. This is a great opportunity to pass your passion for pedaling on to kids! We’re sure this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever before. Here are some things you can do to get ready for the big day:
- Register your event by Sept. 15 and we will announce your event on the IMBA website.
- All events registered with IMBA by Sept. 15 will receive a Event-in-a-Box package, which will include snacks, official race plates and special kids stickers to give away as prizes. Your group will also be eligible for any raffled prizes.
- Spread the word. This event is a great opportunity for kids and groups to experience mountain biking for the first time or to get back on the saddle again. We’ve created an online toolkit to help you get the word out about your event. In our toolkit, you will find posters and templates for press releases and fliers you can use to help publicize your event.
- Plan to go mountain biking on the first Saturday in October.
Check out these helpful tips for taking kids riding and learn about other kids’ cycling programs.
|
