Ride Local would not exist without the help of these awesome people.
We are comprised of professional local guides whom promote safety and good times. They are not only fantastic guides and riders, they represent and contribute to their community in a positive way. Thank you my friend’s for being a part of the team and making this dream happen! -Kipp
Colin Pickett
Nickname: Pickett, CKP
Crested Butte Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Crested Butte Trips
Lead Guide for Colorado Backcountry
Master's Degree in Tourism and Recreation
USAC Professional Gravity License holder
First Aid and CPR Certified
Riding Experience: 20 years
Guiding Experience: 6 years
Favorite Trail: Anything in the Alpine
Favorite Food: Burritos
Funny Bike Story: Getting disqualified from a DH race because my friend stole my bike and rode through the finish line half-naked.
Home Base: Crested Butte, Colorado
bryan ferry
Nickname: Tío Bryan, El Brayan
Peru Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Peru trips
WFA & CPR Certified
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Basic Quechua
Riding Experience: 10 years
Guiding Experience: 5 years
Favorite Trail: The Oregon Trail
Life lessons: PB&J = God's greatest gift to man
Funny Bike Story: Quadruple piercing myself with a cactus. Or was that just funny for everyone else?
Home base: The Sacred Valley, Peru. Has also lived in: U.S.A, Spain, and Nicaragua
Fernando Ochagovia
Nickname: Focha
Chile Ride Connection
Lead Guide and Host for Chile trips
Owner of Andes Vive Base Camp Farellones
CEO of Freeride Chile and Freeride SudAmerica
WFA and CPR Certified
Riding Experience: 6 years
Guiding Experience: 4 years
Favorite Trail: Refugio Aleman and Parvazo
Funny Bike Story: Riding back from La Paloma glacier with Cowboy hats tied to our helmets
Home Base: Farellones, Chile
Dani Costa
Nickname: Ardilla, Raton(Mouse)
Ecuador Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Ecuador Trips
Lead Guide for Ride Ecuador
PMBI Level 1 Certified
WFA and CPR Certified
Lead Coordinator and Instructor for Mujeres en Bici Ecuador
Professional Adventure Racer (but mountain biking is more fun)
Riding Experience: 7 years
Guiding Experience: 3 years
Favorite Trail: Impossible question, too excited riding whatever is in front of me to decide!
Favorite Color: Blue & Pink!
Home Base: Quito, Ecuador
Ryan Lenhart
Nickname: Crunch, Lenny, Rye-Guy
Colorado Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Colorado trips
First Aid and CPR certified
Certified Body Geometry/Retul Bike Fitter
Riding experience: 19 years
Bike Industry Experience: 18 years
Guiding Experience: 3 years
Favorite trail: Whatever trail I’m riding!
Favorite music: Black Metal
Funny bike story: When half a bottle of Orange Seal exploded all over Adam.
Home base: Boulder, Colorado
Alvaro Gutierrez
Nickname: Alvin, Brobster
Mexico Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Mexico trips
Race director of the Trans Sierra Norte
Operations manager for the Big Mountain Enduro series
PMBI Level 2 Certified
First Aid and CPR Certified
Fluent in Spanish and English
Riding Experience: 20 years
Guiding Experience: 9 years
Favorite Trail: The ones with Mexican surprises…
Funny Bike Story: Injuring my collarbone riding a bucking burro after the Mascota BME race.
Home Base: Hard to say, wherever there are good trails to ride and waves to surf.
Mateo Cuesta
Nickname: Enano, Goonie
Ecuador Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Ecuador Trips
Owner and manager of Ride Ecuador
PMBI Level 1 Certified
WFA and CPR Certified
Riding Experience: 21 years
Guiding Experience: 7 years
Favorite Trail: La Paz, Mama Rumi, Gargamel
Favorite Food: Llapingachos! (Smashed potato w/ cheese wedges and fried egg on top)
Funny Bike Story: Losing all my front brake fluid on the 1st stage of the 1st day of a multi-day enduro race. We call that “type 2” fun - not funny then but funny now!
Home Base: Quito, Ecuador
Patricio Goycoolea
Nickname: Pato
Chile Ride Connection
Lead Guide for Chile Trips
CEO and Lead guide for Inner Mountain Chile & Bigmountainbike
Fluent in Spanish and English
WFR, CPR & Mountain guide certified
Riding Experience: 17 years
Guiding Experience: 8 years
Favorite Trail: Big Mountains and Patagonia (Coyhaique, Puerto Bertrand, Puerto Rio Tranquilo etc)
Life Lessons: Imagine the life you live…
Funny Bike Story: Sometimes we climb vertical walls with our bikes tied to our backpacks…
Home base: El Arrayan, Santiago, Chile.
Jeremy kipp
Nickname: El Bulldog, Kipperino, Kipster, Jeremy?
Owner and Founder of Ride Local
Head of all Ride Local operations
Lead Guide for most Ride Local trips
PMBI Level 1 Certified
Professional mountain bike mechanic of 11 years
First Aid and CPR Certified
Riding Experience: 17 years
Guiding Experience: 7 years
Favorite Trail: Anything new
Favorite Color: Blue, wait no green!
Funny Bike Story: That one time we filled up my friend's tires with water.
Home Base: Crested Butte, Colorado