Training starts at 8:00am sharp (7:00 – 7:40am is check in for late arrivals) and covers the core skills of sitting and standing in loose terrain before moving onto more challenging skills.

You will develop your off-road skills through a better understanding of forces and physics rather than the traditional step-by-step instruction.  You will learn critical details that will lead you to excel in your riding skills. Understanding the “why” is critical to mastering your machine.

Challenge Camps are expected to be very unique due to the differences in the riders attending, terrain available and weather.  The objective is to learn the following skills (same as the regular ADV camps):

–  Seated and standing riding techniques

–  Motorcycle ergonomics… setting up your motorcycle to your body

–  Low-energy riding techniques

–  Traction management skills

–  Control of power delivery

–  Slow-speed balance and maneuvering

–  Lifting (single person and multi-person)

After a needed good night's rest, your mind will reset and you will be ready to build upon the skills learned the previous day.

This day is about turning the challenges of the first day into easier riding while reinforcing the techniques used on Friday. The ultimate goal is to reduce the energy you use while riding, and the risk of a crash. As a bonus, your big bike will feel lighter and more agile.  It is likely that various terrain features used on Friday will be utilized again, offering opportunities to continue polishing your skills.

Depending on what terrain is available, lessons may include:

–  Narrow track riding and ruts

–  Loose surfaces (sand, mud, or loose rock)

–  Trail turns

–  Hills (ascending, descending, starting, stopping, u-turns)

–  Slide turns and other useful skills that will set you apart from other riders

Saturday evening will be a graduation dinner at a local restaurant at 6:00pm.

This 4-5 hour class takes you on a real ride while teaching you how to eliminate the number one cause of accidents on pavement and on dirt. Using local roads to develop advanced visual process and terrain reading you will learn to eliminate information overload. These advanced techniques are identical to those we taught to United States Army Special Forces and others for 11 years.

In partnership with the advanced terrain reading skills you will be learning you will also be using the skills from camp to to achieve your riding goal of using less energy, riding with less stress and removing the “surprises” that catch many riders unprepared.  Get a taste of what adventure riding is all about, done correctly with the right skills.

This optional training day is provided for an additional cost and is only available for the students who have attended both days of the ADV Challenge Training.  There is a ten student limit unless three instructors are available.