Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team

Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team Founded in 1998, the Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team was the first high school team. Like many things, it all began right here in Berkeley.

Founded in 1998, ours was the first organized high school mountain bike team in the state. Our original head coach, Matt Fritzinger (then a BHS math teacher), put together the team, arranged the first races (which in the early days were youth racing categories at adult events), then reached out to people at other schools in the area and soon organized the NorCal High School Cycling League in 2001.

The BHS MTB Team won the NorCal League championship that year, and has fielded strong teams in many years since amidst increasingly tough competition (there are now 54 teams in NorCal alone). With the popularity of the sport soaring, Coach "Fritz" handed the Head Coach baton to Austin "Bobo" McInerny in 2003 so that Coach Fritz could focus on building the NorCal League full-time. Coach Fritz went on to build the SoCal League and then founded the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) as an umbrella organization to propel the growth of the sport in high schools across the nation. NICA now has ten state leagues and thousands of high school MTB’ers nationwide. Head Coach Bobo led the Team to continued growth, glory, and general fun and excitement until 2008, when he handed leadership of the team over to Jared Prolo so that he could move into an assistant coach role and take on much more active responsibilities with the NorCal League and then with NICA as its first Director of Education Programs, in which he played a key role in developing the teaching materials and standards used to to launch new state leagues and to implement a robust national licensing program for coaches. We are extremely proud that Coach Bobo was named NICA's Executive Director and top officer in 2012. He is now leading the effort to foster the growth and development of high school mountain biking across the country. Meanwhile, the BHS MTB Team that he helped to grow and establish is continuing to spread the joy of mountain biking under Head Coach Nick Hoeper-Tomich. Our alumni include former state champions (see selected historical race results here), many who went on to race competitively in college and USA Cycling events, and most importantly hundreds of people who developed a lifelong love for mountain biking.

Scavenger hunt on 2 wheels + picnic = perfect day 🚵🌲Let’s ride into this season stronger than ever! Go Berkeley!
01/10/2025

Scavenger hunt on 2 wheels + picnic = perfect day 🚵🌲Let’s ride into this season stronger than ever! Go Berkeley!

Want to try out mountain biking!? Thinking about joining the Berkeley Mountain Bike Team? Come join our Learn to Mountai...
10/27/2024

Want to try out mountain biking!? Thinking about joining the Berkeley Mountain Bike Team? Come join our Learn to Mountain Bike Clinic next Saturday! See flyer for details

Successful Granite Bay Race. Are yall hyped for six sigma?!
05/07/2024

Successful Granite Bay Race. Are yall hyped for six sigma?!

First BHS MTB away ride of 2024! 🎉
01/17/2024

First BHS MTB away ride of 2024! 🎉

Come on a fun, free, social mountain bike ride!
09/21/2022

Come on a fun, free, social mountain bike ride!

THIS WEEKEND! Girls and nonbinary 6-12 graders… come try mountain biking!! Come join other new or first time riders for ...
07/15/2022

THIS WEEKEND! Girls and nonbinary 6-12 graders… come try mountain biking!!
Come join other new or first time riders for a fun, beginner friendly ride, games, and pizza! If you dont have a bike, let us know in the registration form and we will make sure to get you one! If you are interestsd in joining the bhs (or any other school) mtb team next year this is a great opportunity to get to know really awesome members of the team. if youre not planning to join the team, you are more than welcome to come just to try it out!
Register here:
https://norcalhighschoolcyclingleague.formstack.com/forms/norcal_grit_fun_ride
And of course feel free to dm with any questions!

Great race last weekend! Thanks for everyone who made it possible to come together!
05/10/2022

Great race last weekend! Thanks for everyone who made it possible to come together!

Race #3: Modesto Madness!
04/15/2022

Race #3: Modesto Madness!

Great, race everyone! Thanks to parents and coaches who made it possible, and everyone who chipped in!
03/03/2022

Great, race everyone! Thanks to parents and coaches who made it possible, and everyone who chipped in!

Great start to the long weekend!
01/17/2022

Great start to the long weekend!

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