Monday, August 10 found BikeTexas staff member Brenda Chuleewah at Forest Ridge Elementary in College Station, ready to promote bike safety education! Bobbi Brooks, Project Coordinator for the Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition, had requested a Texas SuperCyclist Certification Training for herself and other coalition members. The coalition, located in College Station, is made up […]
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SuperCyclist Works with Brazos Injury Prevention Coalition
June – A Hot Month for SuperCyclist Trainings
June was a busy month, with six SuperCyclist trainings within the first 2 weeks! The first training in Fort Worth was sponsored by the Fort Worth Parks and Recreation Department. Leaders from the different rec centers around Fort Worth participated. The training was held at the Highland Hills Community center – a great venue because […]
Report from a SuperCollege Professor
Contributed by Dr. Pat Sherblom, Professor at UT-Permian Basin We had five teaching students in the preprofessional track go through the SuperCyclist training this spring. They then took their knowledge out to the Boys and Girls Club and taught four lessons to children there. We used the paint chalk sent by BikeTexas Teacher Training Manager […]
X-Bar Kids Kup Closes Spring 2009 TMBRA Season
An inch of rain was gratefully received the night before the May 16, 2009 Kids Kup at the X-Bar Shootout to finish out the final Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) Spring 2009 event for the Championship Point Series. A spirited group of kids and parents, including mountain bike racing families, local area families and […]
Friday Afternoon Kids Kup in Junction Draws Excited Crowd
The first BikeTexas Kids Kup event by the lake of the South Llano River at Junction’s City Park was held on late Friday afternoon, May 22, 2009. It was immediately followed by the Pre-Ride Pasta Dinner held to fuel up Tour des Forts Bike Ride participants for the adult Century Ride Saturday morning. BikeTexas has […]
SuperCyclist Teacher Feature – Coach Terri O’Bryant
Coach Terri O’Bryant of Converse Elementary in Judson ISD (San Antonio) became certified as a SuperCyclist teacher in January of 2006. Inspired by the SuperCyclist workshop, Coach O’Bryant tells us in her own words about teaching kids bike safety in school.
Kids Kup at GHORBA in the Piney Woods
It was warm and sunny in the East Texas Piney Woods for the BikeTexas Kids Kup at Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association’s (GHORBA) annual Big Ring Challenge. The Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) event was held on the May 2-3 weekend at the Double Lake National Recreation Area in the Sam Houston National Forest, […]
SuperCyclist and Safe Routes to School in Action in Arlington
In April, 2008, BikeTexas trained several Arlington teachers and 10 students from the Community Nursing class at Texas Christian University. The instructor of the nursing class, Sharon Canclini, was instrumental in bringing the training to Arlington and also participated herself. Sharon knew that one of the steps to obtaining Safe Routes to School funding was […]
Kids Kup in Waco Brings Out the Whole Family
On Saturday, March 21, 2009 moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers and friends showed up at Cameron Park in Waco to watch the children participate in the BikeTexas Kids Kup Event. The starting line for off-road course was in a spot where friends and family could sit in the shade and watch the children start […]
Austin Teachers & Police Reps Trained in SuperCyclist Curriculum
Trainers and trainees alike had a great time at our February 16, 2009 SuperCyclist training in Austin. The diverse group of trainees included Austin ISD Teachers, District Representatives from the Austin Police Department and Safe Routes to School advocates.
BikeTexas Kids Kup Spring Season Up & Running at TMBRA Events
The BikeTexas Kids Kup Races got off to a great 2009 season start at February’s Mas-O-Manos in Terlingua just outside Big Bend National Park. Recent greatly-welcomed rains postponed Waco’s Bicycle Outback Blowout but a beautiful forecast this week means the Saturday Kids Kup and Sunday off-road cross-country races at Waco’s Cameron Park should come off […]
Castroville Children Ride the Kids Kup Course
Castroville has been recognized as a National and a Texas historic district. The quaint town is west of San Antonio on Hwy 90 and has ninety-seven Historical American buildings. Rich in history, the town was founded in 1844 by Henri Castro and a small group of colonist mostly from Alsace, France.
BikeTexas Promotes Cycling at Austin City Hall Health Fair
Austin Mayor Will Wynn has made it a priority to make Austin “The Fittest City in America”, and one way he is working toward that goal is by creating an organized health and fitness program, the City of Austin Physical Education Department. So far, 2,300 city employees have participated in the program and together are […]
BikeTexas SuperCollege Program: Teaching Bike Safety to our Future Teachers
SuperCollege Bike RideAs you know, BikeTexas operates the Texas SuperCyclist Program (a bike safety curriculum and certification training program for elementary P.E. teachers) as part of our mission to promote bicycle safety. But you may not know that we also teach the teachers of the teachers! We do that through the SuperCollege Project – colleges […]
BikeTexas Busy with Healthy Living Initiatives
Healthy living initiatives are flourishing across Texas, and BikeTexas is working to ensure that bicycling is well represented, along with nutrition and physical activities such as walking, in these efforts. The first week in December was a busy one as we met with some of the great organizations involved in this effort! Texas Active Living […]
Light Up Your Ride!
With the end of daylight savings time many more bicycle commuters, and cyclists in general, will be biking home in the dark. So be sure you are well-lit – check to make sure your front and rear lights are working, and if you don’t have lights, get some! Many cyclist/motorist crashes occur because the motorist […]
International Bike & Walk to School Day, Oct. 8
Murchison Elementary, Pflugerville, TX Bike and Walk to School Day PflugervilleDocia Craft and Melissa Malinowski are the energetic Physical and Heath Educators at Murchison Elementary in Pflugerville, Texas. They are movers and shakers in the classroom and in the community. Docia is also a SuperCyclist Certified Teacher and a champion for bicycle safety education. So […]
BikeTexas Kids Kup at Palo Duro Canyon, 2008
(by BikeTexas Field Instructor Durwood Mayfield) Palo Duro Kids Kup 2008As Saturday, September 27 dawned bright and crisp, temperatures hovering near 50 degrees, my granddaughter Brooke and I found ourselves heading north from Lubbock toward Palo Duro Canyon State Park. This is undoubtedly one of the most striking of all the state parks in Texas, […]
A Spinning Success:
Texas SuperCyclist Teacher Certification Training, FY2007 This year was a spinning success for the Texas SuperCyclist Certification Training. We trained 341 Physical Education teachers and community youth workers, as well as faculty at two colleges. Since 1999, we have now trained almost 3,000 Elementary P.E. teachers, and from them 288,000 Texas children a year learn […]
International Bike & Walk to School Day
International Bike & Walk to School day is coming up on Wednesday, October 8. This is a special day to promote safe walking and bicycling throughout the year. If you are interested in organizing such an event at a school of your choice, our website www.BikeTexas.org provides you the information and tools on how to […]