"Lunch, sunshine, good people, excellent progression, good use of facilities, solid collection of skills."

"Amount of time given to practice skills, real trail riding."

"Level of instruction.  Breaking down the skills.  Good weather helped too."

"The time we had to stop and do stuff at everyone's level."

The support from the helpers too -- lots of constructive advice."

"Coaches and ladies who took it were great."

"The time to try skills over and over again and the lunch!"

"That the instructors were there when you wanted help and they give you a little push to improve better."

"Wheelie."

"Ratcheting, balancing, neutral position, pedal front wheel lifts, manual front wheel lifts."

"All of it."

"How to use your bike attributes, brakes, shocks, shifters."

"Balancing and gear changing."

"All of the 'basics' (gears, brakes, ratcheting, etc.,)"

"Dismounting on a steep downhill, ratcheting and going over logs."

"Hopping off drops."