this weekend i atteneded and passed my ctc mtb instrucors course.
i found it an amazing experience in many ways and feel that i have a new begining in life opening up for me.
after a year jobless i had to explore new ways of living and have found one.
Good news - Good luck with the new venture.
Although we've never met I can't think of anyone who has not praised your ability to teach and inspire them to greater things on a bike.
i cant stop buzzing.
thank you for your kind words
I didn't know the CTC did "Riding on woodwork at heights" courses! 😉
Mate of mine is in a similar position and has had to re-evaluate his life. Hope this works out for you!
I would have thought your type of riding would have you better suited for a carpentry course Jedi 😉
Congrats and be sure to publicise yer ass off on here once you have everything set up. Hopefully i will have passed my driving test before end of the year so will be able to travel down to take advantage of your new certificated skillset 
excellent, when is your first [s]intermediate[/s] beginners skills course?
Nice one Jedi, hope it works well for you.
Good luck with this, over the years oyu've put a hell of a lot into cycling, hope you get a bit more than just good vibes out of it now.
Looking forward to seeing all the 'ukbikeskills' threads on here to take up the slack left over with the 'big bike bash' and 'hit the north' being finished.
nice one Tony, do you have a shimmer science module in your courses?
best of luck with it
Well done young man. I did start to wonder how you managed to be riding nearly everyday! Sorry to hear of the job loss. I hope the new venture goes well as I certainly know you are a good teacher when it comes to bike skills!
Like the mail above... do you start with a beginners course? 😆
im trying to make sense of whats flying around in my head now.we(myself and tim) are actually set now to start running skills development courses but things like pricing and wether my ideal of offering a service of coming to the clients trails to help on skills will work
....offering a service of coming to the clients trails to help on skills will work
I am in East Anglia....i would be coming to you 😉
Congratulations! and good luck for the future. If someone can make the concept work it's you!
jedi: Trail Leader or Technical? I'm trying to do them but having trouble just getting enough info together to actually do a course, I think all the bods at the CTC have been on holiday and then away teaching you!
well done. you know where i am, could do with some helps 🙂 xx
Congrats!
Hope the future pans out well 8)
nice one Tony!!
hope it all works out for you.. (sure it will :D)
i am a mias qualified leader and ctc skills instructor 🙂
as well as probably many other things 😉
So - going to finally teach me how to jump the tandem????
Nice one - I like the idea of going to the trainees trails to teach - thats a USP that none of the trainers have so far as I know. You would have to be sure that their trails had the needed features tho.
Good luck.
What had you done prior to CTC SKills Instructor because from the CTC ProMTB site, Trail Leader and Technical Leader are prerequisites..?
(I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall with all this stuff :cry:)
Good luck!
Just remember not to laugh too hard when the client gets it wrong and lands on the stem from 6' up - I don't think Jon has forgiven you for that one yet... (I know he hasn't forgiven me, and it must have been about 5 years ago now!)
Elaine
Awesome, at a similar point in my life and was considering the same.
But comparing your ability to my own and the fact you'll be covering my area too.....
Anyone want a builder, can do plastering and other stuff with me anzs..
Well done Jedi
Glad you enjoyed it Jedi - told you you would! Spoke to Richard earlier and he said you were a good bunch.
Gary - pretty sure it doesn't matter what order you do stuff in. Nothing to stop you booking onto the CTC instructor and doing some other leadership course separately. Richard at AllBikedUp is in the office (or was earlier) and he'll give you the low-down.
you must have leadership(either ctc or mias) before the skills instructor one
Chapeau jedi,
Good luck with it.
SB
seriously, im blown away by all the kind words 🙂
Cheers guys!
And yes, very well done jedi!
I'm supposed to start running a BMX club in the next few weeks, given my hopelessness on a BMX this could be quite ammusing.
Respect and good luck to you. Teaching is so rewarding. I specialise in the art of the perfect crash but seriously, love your skinny wood work vids. Ur, thats not supposed to sound strangely sexual.
Having never met you I get good vibes through STW that this is your vocation in life.
All the best, I think things are going to go well for you.
P.S. Having just been on a skills course last Sunday, I think everyone should try one, it's really been a benefit to me.
Best rider on here gets is qulification shocker 😉
Good job jedi no go and teach those padawan 😉
Congratulations dood. Is wallriding off a BT van going to be in your modules?
Having never met you I get good vibes through STW that this is your vocation in life.
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the feedback i got from my coaching assesment blew my mind.i am meeting them to discuss the outcome 🙂
Nice one jedi.
Good work Jedi, hope it works out for you. How old are you by the way? At 35, I'm probably past it, lol.
im 41 in december
lol, hope for me yet then
you only grow old when you stop
Congratulations Jedi.
As i am in a similar position as regards redundancy, i too have decided to try to turn my hobby into work.
I'm currently in the process of volunteering with the CTC and my local authority in order to gain experience before the authority will pay for my to undergo my level 1 leader/instructor course.
I think i would like to work with the local authority and help train and promote cycling, especially with regards to the disabled/disadvantaged etc.
If anyone can give me any tips, ideas, course knowledge etc i would be most grateful!
Nice one jedi, good luck with the students!
Well done and all the best.
things seem to be looking up for me 🙂
you wanna choose a suitable bike for me...........
well done old cock 8)
Good luck for the future...hope all goes well..
i have been asked to help with the bike show intro shore stuff
Hey Jedi, best of luck. I've met you a couple of times, you won't remember 'cos it was ages ago but I remember purely because of the infamous introduction I witnessed of "Hi, I'm Jedi", "Hi Love Wookie, pleased to meet you".
I reckon this will be a good move for you, definitely something I think you'll be good at and I doubt you'll look back.
All the best.
So get some plugs on here for courses prices etc!
What sort of training are you talking about? Will it include normal as well as 'jedi style' riding at heights?
Would be very interested in both.
Well done.
Excellent news. Congratulations.
the skills coaching wont be mtb style specific.
in other words xc,freeride,dh its all basically the same skills applied
Yeah but would you teach AM freeride light 😉
i can teach pigeons to fly
ROFLMAO
im serious..... 🙂
i have developed my coaching over the years and now after my ctc course i have a name for some of the processes i go through when coaching.i got amazing feedback from ian warby,bob cambell and rich kelly who were the instructors.
as for pricing.......i wont be cheap or expensive.i'll be worth it
Excellent news Jedi, I wish you all the best with it 🙂
Jedi: I understand you're southwest based? Once I get started I understand it's strongly recommended you assist other leaders.
If you ever need a free assistant I'd be very happy to help out! Got to log my 20 personal rides in the mean time LOL!
im southeast.
i will cover the whole uk
ooooh wher ein the SW? im in Bristol, after a few bad crashes I have lost a lot of my nerve and my riding is half what it was, i could do with a course 🙂
im in hertfordshire but will offer a coaching on your local trail service
Well done and good luck with it. Keep us informed on prices.
Tracey
my email is in my profile
i havent worked out prices yet for individual or location individial coaching
What a good man, one day I'll come to you to learn to cycle off-road properly. Keep us posted on prices and locations please.
Well jedi, if you're ever down this way and want a dogsbody let me know!!
Nice one Tony.
I wish you all the best for your future venture, you deserve it mate. [highfive]
getting work offers within cycling is awesome
I'm totally BUZZING for you mate - know how much this means and I'm so pleased to see the positivity from yourself and others about this - and totally agree with them on it - you'll rock doing this!!
this could be an interesting angle to include!!! especially if you are visiting locals trails - which by the way sounds like a great idea.Ton - you wanna choose a suitable bike for me...........
This sounds like its gonna be the Mutts nuts!
😀
B.
thank you for pushing me bushwacked 🙂
No worries, its not like you've never pushed me into doing something!!!
Dropping into a 9ft bowl springs to mind, along with doing a 6ft spine and riding across narrow shore 6ft up 😉 What goes around comes around as they say!
Can't wait to hear all about it!
i never pushed you. i showed you how and gave you the skills too be able to
True, you showed me how to do it and how to overcome my fears!
Great news jedi! 8)
Now my little lad could do with a lesson or two on his newish BMX!
How about 8.00am tomorrow on the half-pipe in our park? 😉
email me then 🙂
jedi congrats!! hope it all goes well for yourself. On the topic of mtb qualifications i'm in two minds which route to go whether it be SMBLA or CTC.. which of these two hold the greater wieght in the industry?? its confusing!! i've completed my SMBLA logbook but seeing this and other its making me rethink.
its more about what you want to actually do with it
i want to use it as a career, guiding UK and abroad (i know its extremely hard to guide in france)... then hopefully have my own company.. so which qualification would suit this??
thats leadership not coaching so either will suit
ok cheers jedi.. good luck
no, good luck to you on your journey
You certainly have an effect on people Tony, I'm not sure it's all good 😉
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Some are though 🙂
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All the best chap.
PS, did you see my 'things you find in the wood' thread, I stumbled in & immediately thought of you.