Our BASE performance coach, Mark Scott will already be familiar to many as one of the most well travelled Enduro World Series ex-pro racers out there, riding for Santa Cruz Bicycles since the very start of the discipline, and holding the record for the longest string of events attended for quite some time. There’s more to Mark's riding than just enduro racing however. A passionate all round cyclist he’s also expanded into other disciplines taking on everything from fast paced gravel races to huge endurance challenges, while his instagram lines and gaps on the Tweed Valleys trails are the stuff of local legend.

In more recent years, Mark added coaching to his resume where he now helps hone future generations of racers and riders and passing down the wealth of knowledge he’s amassed.

Credentials

• Professional rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles
• Previous regular Top 10 EWS racer, with a 3rd place at EWS Whistler 2017
• MBCUK Level 3 Coach
• Outdoor First Aid Qualified

Swapping the world of finance for mountain bike coaching full time in 2019, our coach Paul is super experienced working with all levels of rider and possesses the unflappable confidence that only years spent on the trails can breed. As comfortable on an enduro stage as he is halfway up a remote Munro, Paul is a mountain biker in the truest sense of the word.

Paul splits his time between Dirt School and his role as the Scottish Cycling National MTB Coach. He's responsible for all of our BASE College planning and logistics, and is behind all of the fitness based training and education delivered on the course. You'll find him regularly delivering technical sessions to our riders too.

Credentials

• Seven years and counting coaching with Dirt School
• Scottish Cycling National MTB Coach
• British Cycling Level 3 Leader
• British Cycling Level 3 Coach
• Strength & Conditioning in Sport, Level 2 Coach
• Emergency Outdoor first aid qualified

Jack moved to the Tweed Valley in 2020 to join our BASE College course where he spent 2 years as a student with us. He fell in love with coaching during his time on the course and has continued on that pathway ever since. Over the past 4 years, alongside coaching part time, Jack has been working in five-star hospitality and events, so he's well suited to look after our TVB shop demo days and customer ride outs too!

Since joining the team in May 2026, Jack has been passionate about sharing his knowledge with others, whether supporting BASE College students with personal insight or helping riders build confidence and skills on the trails. Jack can normally be found on his enduro bike riding the steeps of the Golfie, and has a soft spot for deep ruts and plenty of loam wherever he can find it too.

Credentials

• BASE College Graduate
• MBCUK Level 3 Coach
• British Cycling Level 2 Leader
• Emergency Outdoor first aid qualified

Our BASE College graduate Zack joined the team in September 2025 to bring his knowledge as a student and Enduro World Cup racer to the next generation of young up and coming riders. He moved to the Tweed Valley in 2021 when he started the BASE course as a student himself and has never left!

Zack is part of the Tweed Valley Bikes x Ibis Cycles race team, where he races both on the world cup circuit and at local and national races alike; he's highly focused on his training where he's looked after and motivated on a weekly basis by our coach Paul.

Credentials

• MBCUK Technical Trail Leader
• Outdoor First Aid Qualified
• Current Enduro World Cup Racer
• BASE College Graduate

Fi joined the team back in 2020 and has been working with us full time ever since. When she’s not out on the hill leading sessions, she can be found working in our shop Tweed Valley Bikes where she looks after pretty much everything. Fi's enthusiasm for riding bikes is infectious, always bringing positivity and fun to any session she delivers. She's equally at home delivering our private coaching sessions, day courses or running our Kids Academy programme - she's always got a smile on her face.

Credentials

• Six years and counting coaching with Dirt School
• MBCUK Level 3 Coach
• British Cycling Level 2 Leader
• Outdoor First Aid Qualified
• Spent many years racing the Scottish Enduro Series between 2015 and 2019.
• Learnt to ride on a Kona Stinky during a season in Whistler

A long standing and well known Tweed Valley fixture, you'll also find Neil running our shop Tweed Valley Bikes where he'll be happy to give advice on all things or fix your bike for you too. A local trail builder and well travelled rider & climber, Neil knows the whole valley like the back of his hand and has been around the riding scene for almost 20 years now with a lifetime of outdoor experience before that. Whether he's up on the trails with a mattock, running a guided ride or chatting bikes, you'll see the same enthusiasm for the outdoors and people come through.

Credentials

• MBCUK Level 3 Coach
• Outdoor First Aid Qualified
• Long standing Tweed Valley Trail Builder and Dig Day Leader
• Tweed Valley Trails Association Founder