BIKE PARK CAMPS
MASTER JUMPS, DROPS & BERMS
Our professional coaches will help you achieve your personal goals and get you jumping higher, dropping smoother and cornering faster. This camp will analyze and develop your skills to give you the speed, style and confidence, you’ve always aspired to.
With coffee chats every morning and apres at Whistler’s finest cafe’s and bars, this camp promises a fantastic local Whistler experience to meet new friends or share with your current crew… if you have a group of 4 or more riders, you can book a whole camp to yourselves!
Available in either a one-week camp or a weekend camp, you can choose which one best suits your schedule and budget!
ZEP’s coaching is unparalleled and ensures an unbeatable experience because we use the most experienced and highly certified coaches in the business… those who train and certify other coaches! Click here for more info.
“These guys have the ability to get the best out of your riding and give you the knowledge to improve well beyond what you thought you were capable of. Their relaxed and flexible teaching method gives you confidence to put what you learn into practice anywhere, on any trail, any time."
— Sam (ZEP Camper)
CHOOSE A ONE WEEK CAMP, OR A WEEKEND CAMP!
The BIKE PARK 1-WEEK CAMP includes 5 days of professional coaching, a suspension and bike set up clinic, video analysis, fresh lunches on coaching days, and lots more!
- Learn from industry leading, professional PMBIA certified coaches.
- 5 days adult specific coaching - no kiddies!
- Personalized, tailored coaching in small groups
- Pump Track & MTB-specific stretching sessions
COACHING
ONLY THE BEST
EXTRAS
VALUE PACKED
- WELCOME PACK WITH ZEP SWAG
- LIFT TICKETS AVAILABLE INCLUDING SEASONS PASS UPGRADE OPTIONS
- ZEP is locally owned and operated in Whistler, B.C.
- MORNING COFFEE SESSIONS TO WAKE UP, DISCUSS BIKE SET UP AND GET READY FOR THE DAY!
- TASTY FRESH LUNCHES ON COACHING DAYS WITH OPTIONS FOR ALL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS!!
- 2 APRÉS AFTERNOONS TO REVIEW THE COACHING, HANG OUT, MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCE SOME OF WHISTLER’S FINEST BEER.
SOCIAL
FOOD / BEER / FRIENDS
LEARN
ACHIEVE GOALS
- JUMPS - SAFER, MORE CONFIDENCE AND STYLE
- DROPS - MORE CONTROL AND CONSISTENCY
- CORNERING - FASTER, SMOOTHER
- BODY POSITION & BALANCE
- PUMPING, BEING ACTIVE
- MANUALS, BUNNYHOPS & MORE
THE DETAILS
This ZEP camp is the culmination of twenty years of mountain bike coaching experience. With our industry leading coaches and dialled programming, this camp guarantees fun and progression in bucket loads!
The camp takes place in the famous Whistler Bike Park, providing the ultimate training ground with trails for all abilities. With learning zones and a fantastic trail progression, combined with your professional ZEP Coaches, your riding and confidence will be taken to new heights.
Coaching is Monday to Friday, with a free day on Saturday to ride, explore, or relax in beautiful Whistler valley. Just bring a DH bike, full-face helmet and pads... and we'll do the rest!
ZEP specializes in personalized, tailored coaching in small groups with no more than 5 to a group. Better yet, find four friends and book a camp to yourselves!
This camp is recommended for physically fit, intermediate riders and beyond. Riding for a week in Whistler is physically and technically demanding.
Accommodation packages are available to provide the ultimate MTB Holiday experience.
WHAT TO BRING
ZEP recommends bringing your own bike! A good quality, well maintained downhill or modern “Enduro” bike with 6 inches travel front/rear, quality disc brakes and downhill or enduro casing tires, will help you get the most out of the camp. Full face helmet and knee pads are mandatory. Arm and spine protection is recommended, but up to you; also gloves, hydration pack with water, snacks, multitool and a spare tube.
Quality, full suspension, rental bikes and helmets are available, from Evolution Bike Shop.
WHY CHOOSE ZEP?
Our Team
Simply put, mountain bike coaching, is what we do. Coaching is our profession. ZEP and our coaches have spent more time developing mountain bike teaching programs, methodology and training mountain bike instructors, than literally any other company in the world, period… Read more...
Indeed, ZEP pioneered and co-founded the PMBIA… the world’s most recognized and largest provider of mountain bike instructor certification courses.
Every camp has its niche, but ZEP’s power is on how much time our coaches have spent training and getting certified as professional, full time coaches. Our coaches don’t teach part time through the summer months. They’re not pro-riders with a casual interest in coaching. The ZEP coaches are career-focused, full time professional coaches, and the difference that makes to your riding and learning experience is significant. The best way to find out is to book a ZEP camp today!
EVERY ZEP CAMP IS TAILORED
Because our coaches have so much more training and experience, it is much easier for them to genuinely tailor each day of the camp, specific to the group and individual needs. While of course each camp has an overall outline, our ZEP coaches make sure each day is customized to provide the best possible outcome. If you guys don’t fancy jumps that day, no worries. If it’s too wet to ride roots that day, too easy! If you guys want to step it up to some double blacks and are ready, let’s go! ZEP camps are therefore the most progressive and customized programs in the industry today.
ZEP’S SKILL-BASED TEACHING
Many coaches still focus too heavily on maneuver or terrain based teaching. While these are still effective coaching tools, Skills-based teaching (which has been around for over 50 years in skiing) is the most effective approach when breaking down riders’ techniques, and teaching on trails.
For example, the ZEP coaches may spend a lot of time developing your Position & Balance, which will help your cornering, jumping, braking and steeps, all in one go!! Skill-based teaching is an incredibly efficient approach to learning and also allows a coach to teach a group with different ability levels the same techniques, while ensuring everyone is still having fun and being personally challenged.
OUR HERITAGE & RESULTS
The feedback we hear every year is, “I wish I had taken a ZEP camp sooner!”. 2021 will be our 15th year training riders in Whistler and we’re looking forward to seeing so many of our return clients for more! ZEP’s average customer experience rating is 9/10.
2021 Dates & Pricing
- July
- 12th - 16th | 19th - 23rd
- August
- 2nd - 6th | August 9th - 13th
- September
- 6th - 10th
| Camp Only | Camp w/ Lift Ticket | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Week Bike Park Camp | ||
| 1 Week | $1595 | $1995 |
| Add-Ons | ||
| Season's Pass Upgrade | Optional with 5 day lift ticket | |
The BIKE PARK WEEKEND CAMP includes 2 days of professional coaching, a suspension and bike set up clinic, video analysis, fresh lunches on coaching days, and lots more!
Similar to the one-week camp but scheduled over a weekend, this camp is ideal for riders looking for a shorter, more convenient coaching experience.
- LEARN FROM INDUSTRY LEADING, PROFESSIONAL PMBIA CERTIFIED COACHES.
- 2 DAYS ADULT SPECIFIC COACHING - NO KIDDIES!
- PERSONALIZED, TAILORED COACHING IN SMALL GROUPS
- PUMP TRACK & MTB-SPECIFIC STRETCHING SESSIONS
COACHING
ONLY THE BEST
EXTRAS
VALUE PACKED
- FREE WELCOME PACK WITH ZEP SWAG
- 2-DAY WHISTLER BIKE PARK LIFT PASS OPTION WITH WEEKEND CAMP
- ZEP IS LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED IN WHISTLER, B.C.
- MORNING COFFEE SESSIONS TO WAKE UP, DISCUSS BIKE SET UP AND GET READY FOR THE DAY!
- TASTY FRESH LUNCHES FOR ANY DIETARY DESIRES!!
- COMPLEMENTARY APRÉS ON FINAL DAY TO REVIEW THE COACHING, HANG OUT, MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCE SOME OF WHISTLER’S FINEST BEER.
SOCIAL
FOOD / BEER / FRIENDS
LEARN
ACHIEVE GOALS
- JUMPS - SAFER, MORE CONFIDENCE AND STYLE
- DROPS - MORE CONTROL AND CONSISTENCY
- CORNERING - FASTER, SMOOTHER
- BODY POSITION & BALANCE
- PUMPING, BEING ACTIVE
- MANUALS, BUNNYHOPS & MORE
THE DETAILS
This ZEP camp is the culmination of twenty years of mountain bike coaching experience. With our industry leading coaches and dialled programming, this camp guarantees fun and progression in bucket loads!
The camp takes place in the famous Whistler Bike Park, providing the ultimate training ground with trails for all abilities. With learning zones and a fantastic trail progression, combined with your professional ZEP Coaches, your riding and confidence will be taken to new heights.
Coaching is Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 4pm. Just bring a DH bike, full-face helmet and pads... and we'll do the rest!
ZEP specializes in personalized, tailored coaching in small groups with no more than 5 to a group. Better yet, find four friends and book a camp to yourselves!
This camp is recommended for physically fit, intermediate riders and beyond.
Accommodation packages are available to provide the ultimate MTB Holiday experience.
WHAT TO BRING
ZEP recommends bringing your own bike! A good quality, well maintained downhill or modern “Enduro” bike with 6 inches travel front/rear, quality disc brakes and downhill or enduro casing tires, will help you get the most out of the camp. Full face helmet and knee pads are mandatory. Arm and spine protection is recommended, but up to you; also gloves, hydration pack with water, snacks, multitool and a spare tube.
Quality, full suspension, rental bikes and helmets are available, from Evolution Bike Shop.
WHY CHOOSE ZEP?
Our Team
Simply put, mountain bike coaching, is what we do. Coaching is our profession. ZEP and our coaches have spent more time developing mountain bike teaching programs, methodology and training mountain bike instructors, than literally any other company in the world, period… Read more...
Indeed, ZEP pioneered and co-founded the PMBIA… the world’s most recognized and largest provider of mountain bike instructor certification courses.
Every camp has its niche, but ZEP’s power is on how much time our coaches have spent training and getting certified as professional, full time coaches. Our coaches don’t teach part time through the summer months. They’re not pro-riders with a casual interest in coaching. The ZEP coaches are career-focused, full time professional coaches, and the difference that makes to your riding and learning experience is significant. The best way to find out is to book a ZEP camp today!
EVERY ZEP CAMP IS TAILORED
Because our coaches have so much more training and experience, it is much easier for them to genuinely tailor each day of the camp, specific to the group and individual needs. While of course each camp has an overall outline, our ZEP coaches make sure each day is customized to provide the best possible outcome. If you guys don’t fancy jumps that day, no worries. If it’s too wet to ride roots that day, too easy! If you guys want to step it up to some double blacks and are ready, let’s go! ZEP camps are therefore the most progressive and customized programs in the industry today.
ZEP’S SKILL-BASED TEACHING
Many coaches still focus too heavily on maneuver or terrain based teaching. While these are still effective coaching tools, Skills-based teaching (which has been around for over 50 years in skiing) is the most effective approach when breaking down riders’ techniques, and teaching on trails.
For example, the ZEP coaches may spend a lot of time developing your Position & Balance, which will help your cornering, jumping, braking and steeps, all in one go!! Skill-based teaching is an incredibly efficient approach to learning and also allows a coach to teach a group with different ability levels the same techniques, while ensuring everyone is still having fun and being personally challenged.
OUR HERITAGE & RESULTS
The feedback we hear every year is, “I wish I had taken a ZEP camp sooner!”. 2021 will be our 15th year training riders in Whistler and we’re looking forward to seeing so many of our return clients for more! ZEP’s average customer experience rating is 9/10.
2021 Dates & Pricing
- May
- 22nd - 23rd
- July
- 3rd - 4th
- August
- 7th - 8th
- September
- 4th - 5th
| Camp Only | Camp w/ Lift Ticket | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Week Bike Park Camp | ||
| Weekend | $495 | $665 |