OUR COACHES

Kat Sweet

President, CEO, Sweetlines

Over 20 years of mountain bike experience, competing at the local, state, and national level; training fitness, strength, and technical skills while pushing mental and physical limits.
Professional Mountain Bike Racer & Ski Competitor, 1990’s
Expert National Downhill Champion, 1998
TaeKwonDo: 2nd Red Belt, 2009

Nickname: Drop Boss

Biggest Drop Hit: Girthmore Drop at Beacon Hill in Spokane (17′ tall)

Comp Highlights:

ETC:

Favorite Trails: Flow trails, Duthie hill, Joauquin Miller park, Valmont, Alameda Skatepark
Favorite Tricks: Jammin Salmon!, Table top, Flow & style
Favorite Quote: “…those mattresses are only going to cause you to wipeout.”
Theme Song: I love TV theme songs, The Fall Guy, the Munsters, Ateam, greatest american hero, etc. I always have the Rad soundtrack on my ipod
Role Model and Why? How can you pick just one? each brings a new piece to the puzzle on the path that makes me who i am.

Nicknames: Heather Feather, Heather-Nator
Years Riding Mountain Bikes: 5
Years Coaching: 3
Certifications: NREMT, CDL
Favorite Trails: Whole Enchilada, Bartlett Wash (and more in Moab), Post Canyon, Sandy Ridge, 27, Duthie Hill
Favorite Quote: “I don’t want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb.”
Theme Song: Wildcat by Ratatat
Role Model and Why? I have a lot of great people in my life, I’m lucky to have a lot of role models who share their wisdom, integrity, adventure, skills, fun, food, and love.

13 years of teaching experience
7 years elementary school Extended Day program and classroom substitute
1 year Outdoor Science School
1 year Middle/High school Sexual Health Education
Favorite part of teaching: Empowering students and seeing excitement in their accomplishments

Teaching Experience: I have been teaching at the preschool and LRC2 (special education) class at my high school for 2 years. I also have taken a year of teaching academy and interned at the Beaver Lake Middle School physical science class for a semester.
Favorite Part of Teaching: I love everything about teaching! My favorite part is seeing students succeed at something they were struggling at or scared to do before (with a little nudge from me 🙂 and watching how proud and happy they are afterward. Wether it is nailing a bike jump, solving a math problem, or putting a puzzle together, those smiles are what I live for.

Comp Results: 1st in state varsity girls cross country, national qualifier. Gold in regionals and state at the FCCLA (family career and community leaders of America) leadership competition.
Favorite Trails: Brave heart (Duthie), Off the Grid (Tiger), Predator (Tiger), and Palisades.
Favorite Quote: “A simple act of kindness creates an endless ripple”
Role Model: Kat Sweet! She has overcame great adversity and does not let anything stop her from changing the world! I am going to make a huge difference someday too, and bikes are the best way to do just that!
I am excited to see you all on the trails this summer!

Years Coaching: 5

Instructional Experience

BICP Level 1
PSIA Level 1 and Adaptive Level 1
Nationally renowned adaptive cycling and adaptive mountain bike coach
Disabled Sports USA trainer and presenter on adaptive cycling and mountain biking, risk management procedures, rural programing, and program generation
Adaptive recreation instruction in climbing, kayaking and skiing

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