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What's up guys? Longtime lurker here at Vital, finally making a first post. I'll make it quick and then this noob will STFU and get out. I picked up the sport late in life about 3 years ago and am hooked. I have gleaned as much information as I can from online How-Tos, magazines, and from Gary Semic's DVDs; however, I am now interested in putting myself through some sort of MX Camp/School. I would like to learn the basics in person and get some good feedback from someone who knows what they are looking at.
May I ask for suggestions on an older-beginner-friendly camp/school that you may have gone through yourselves? Seems like most of the available information on the message boards is a bit outdated. I have been looking at Donnie Hansen's camp and Champ Factory (Tortelli's), but wanted to see what people thought about those and any others. I live in UT, but am often down in southern CA, and can travel anywhere in the west. Thanks!
May I ask for suggestions on an older-beginner-friendly camp/school that you may have gone through yourselves? Seems like most of the available information on the message boards is a bit outdated. I have been looking at Donnie Hansen's camp and Champ Factory (Tortelli's), but wanted to see what people thought about those and any others. I live in UT, but am often down in southern CA, and can travel anywhere in the west. Thanks!
BTW where do you normally ride?
I spend most of my ride days at JROHV, Rocky Mountain Raceway, or at the indoor stuff during winter. I see you are in Tooele, I take it you ride the new Throttle 215 track? What's your take on the changes they have made?
The Shop
I have ridden throttle 215 at Deseret Peak a couple time and they did improve it a bunch but the infrustrucutre needs to be improved to do much more. If I remember right the county was not giving 215 full access to the watering system so by noon the track was really dry and hard, but it was sweet in the morning. From what I heard, this week, the county is going to manage it again this summer. I don't know who is going to do the prep work but I do know one of the guys in charge and he has been making a lot of changes on how the parks are run so I am optimistic.
As for the private lessons, I think Billy was only like $180/day with a maximum of 5 riders at a time; which seems like a steal to me. I have also looked into the Hansen camp since he normally does one in Utah every year, but haven't been able to pull the trigger yet. I also know one of our own pros, Landen Powell, gives private lesson. I have ran into him and Jordan River a handful of times. I haven't ever asked him for advice except for bike setup, since we are almost the same height, but he is super nice and normally doesn't ride the nationals so he is available during the summer months.
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