NICA Racing
Team practice is the foundation of NICA programming, and interscholastic racing is one of NICA’s core activities. NICA’s inclusive racing format offers participants the opportunity to experience and learn discipline, success, failure, and graceful defeat. NICA Racing, within a team environment, helps student-athletes develop empathy, humility, flexibility, and resilience. NICA student-athletes learn that it takes a village to build a successful racer, as well as to put on a race.
NICA GRiT
GRiT (Girls Riding Together) is NICA’s focused effort to bring more girls and women into the cycling community, to close the opportunity gap for current and future generations. NICA aims to increase female student-athletes and coach participation by 10% in the next five years.
NICA Teen Trail Corps (TTC)
Teen Trail Corps is a program that provides NICA student-athletes the opportunity to serve and give their time towards bike-related advocacy activities. It is designed to provide exposure and be a gateway for NICA student-athletes into the world of advocacy.
NICA Adventure
NICA Adventure is a program that allows youth to experience the benefits of mountain biking, camaraderie, community, and the outdoors. Adventure reinforces our core values while building health and strength, learning new skills, and being part of a team of like-minded people through outdoor experiential education.
NICA Coaching
The NICA Coach License Program provides training (in-person & virtual), curriculum development, and membership support to coaches and leagues. As part of NICA, coaches have access to coach outdoor recreation industry discounts relative to their license level. Contact your local team’s director to become a NICA Coach. It’s easy and FUN! Let’s play bikes!