FOUNDRĒ RACING TEAM
We created the Foundre̅ Racing Team in early 2020, due to a need for an East Valley presence in the youth cycling community. Our goal was to provide another opportunity for youth cyclists to participate in non-interscholastic races across our state. Many of our riders come from our East Valley NICA teams, as well as our amazing coaches. However, we accept ANY riders from 8 -18 years old, at ANY skill level, within that age range. If you have a child that wants to ride, we will do all we can to help make that happen!
Our development season runs from December to May. Our regular season registration has concluded. If you have an interest in joining mid-season, please contact us!
We promote a safe/supervised environment for Arizona's youth to practice their skills, ride, get outdoors, build relationships with their teammates and coaches, while becoming well developed in decision making skills, responsibility, respect for nature and others.
If your child only wants to practice/ride with the team, there is NO pressure for them to race! We will be stoked to have them on the trails with us, and if they ever decide to race, that option is always available.
Our practices take place between San Tan and Usery/Hawes, and other locations in the valley. We will have a team pit presence and support at the MBAA race series in Arizona. Riders are free to participate in any other races; we would love to be represented wherever you ride.
We are passionate about cycling and want to introduce the sport to more children and procure a life long love of cycling within them. Our goal is to continue to grow our youth cyclists in the East Valley. We want to keep the momentum of skills and growth moving forward, and to help younger riders prepare for the future.
COACHES: Our coaches are all volunteers, most of whom are parents of our team's youth cyclists, but we also have some awesome members of the cycling community that selflessly volunteer their time to work with our team. We could not run this team without these amazing individuals. All coaches are required to complete background checks and most have completed additional training in order to mitigate safety risks and create an equitable environment for all levels of riders at our practices.
VOLUNTEERS: If you do not want to coach, but want to help the team in some way, we can still use you for the following (and then some!):
- Team gear distribution
- Team Newsletter
- Pit set-up and tear down at races
- Hydration/Nutrition support at races
- Out of town accommodations (checking on room blocks/discounts, available hotels, etc)
- Compiling race results
COMMUNICATION: All team communication takes place in Slack (desktop and mobile downloads available). Once team registration concludes, we will send all team members an invite to join our Foundre̅ Racing Slack Channel. We encourage both riders and their parents to join, as it will be critical to stay up to date with practice information, team updates, team fun, etc.