Private MTB Coaching Rotorua

Professional MTB Skills Coaching in Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua

Build confidence, improve technique, and ride smoother with personalised mountain bike coaching in Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Forest.

These private sessions are tailored to your riding level, goals, and confidence, whether you’re new to mountain biking, getting back into riding, or looking to progress on more technical trails.

We focus on practical riding skills that transfer directly onto the trail, helping you feel more controlled, more confident, and have more fun on the bike.

Private coaching is suitable for:

• Beginner riders
• Intermediate riders wanting more confidence
• Advanced riders refining technique
• eMTB riders
• Riders preparing for events or trips
• Riders returning after crashes or injury
• Youth riders wanting focused progression
• Riders wanting to break through skill plateaus

Sessions May Cover

• Body position and balance
• Braking and cornering
• Trail scanning and line choice
• Pressure control and traction
• Steep terrain confidence
• Technical climbing and descending
• Flow and speed management
• Jumping, drops, and technical features
• eMTB-specific riding techniques
  

Every private coaching session also includes personalised post-ride video feedback, with selected clips and coaching notes to help reinforce learning and give you clear focus points for future rides.

Private coaching allows us to adapt the pace, terrain, and coaching style specifically to you, creating faster progression and a more supportive learning environment.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Location: Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua
  
• Includes personalised post-ride video feedback and progression notes.

• 1 Rider — NZD $350
• Additional riders — NZD $100 per person
• Maximum group size: 6 riders 

Additional riders are best suited to groups with similar riding ability and goals. Groups that have similar abilities and have similar goals, wherever possible, to ensure the best coaching experience. Otherwise, we recommend individual sessions.

• Mountain bike in good working order
• Helmet and riding gear suitable for conditions
• Water and snacks
• Gloves, eyewear, and knee pads are recommended

Whether your goal is confidence, flow, technical riding, or simply getting more out of your time on the bike, we’ll help build the skills and understanding to keep progressing long after the session finishes.

Coaches

GSMBC qualified coaches with current outdoor first aid or PHEC qualifications. Friendly, professional, and passionate about helping riders progress in a supportive and practical environment.