Doug Detwiller, Director

Co‐founder

A retired teacher from Gibsons, BC, Doug Detwiller created the Sprockids Program – an initiative that utilizes mountain biking to develop self.esteem, anger management, team work and leadership skills for youth. Sprockids evolved into a multi.faceted program engaging thousands of young people in mountain biking while teaching them the skills values and strategies to succeed in life.

Clinics and events have been requested and completed in 20 countries around the world. Sprockids has impacted thousands of young people, and turned them on to the thrill of trail riding and stewardship. Young people are readily empowered to be our greatest asset and most powerful advocacy group in trail and nature conservation and protection. Through mountain biking they can develop a personal relationship with their surroundings and take ownership of the environment and ensure its care for the future.

Patrick Lucas, Director

Founder

Patrick is a registered professional planner specializing in First Nations community development, land use planning, recreation and tourism. Patrick earned his degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Northern BC where he discovered his love for mountain biking.

Immediately following graduation Patrick left Canada and spent the next three years traveling and working in Asia as an English teacher and as a volunteer for CUSO Canada in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. It was this experience, working with indigenous communities in the highlands near the border of China that he discovered his passion for aboriginal land rights and sustainable development.

Upon returning to Canada he took a position with David Nairne + Associates, an award winning planning and architecture firm and has worked with First Nation communities throughout western Canada in community planning, economic development and tourism. Patrick is an avid and passionate mountain biker and strongly believes that mountain biking can be a means for bringing communities together.

Paul Lucas

Media Co-ordinator

Paul is a professionally trained photographer and film maker. He has worked with daily and weekly publications across Canada as well as for the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture.

He has worked on numerous stories as well as a photo-documentary on Canadian aid and development volunteers in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for CUSO-VSO.

Paul is also an accomplished outdoorsman, guide outfitter, mountain biker and surfer and has undertaken numerous trips throughout British Columbia, Alberta, the United States, as well as South East Asia and Nepal.