Mitch started working at the local bike shop when he was 14 years old. Bike riding was always fun, but after getting that job at the bike shop, Mitch’s life began to be shaped by the bike, working to feed his appetite for parts and to get to local bike races. This passion for all things bike eventually took Mitch to place top ten semi-pro XC ranking in the nation. While he still enters downhill races on occasion, his true passion has taken him away from the race circuit and back to the local trail advocacy front, co-founding SF Dirtlab  and SF Urban Riders.

In a way, biking has also led Mitch to his current profession as a Project Manager/Geologist for Burns & McDonnell Engineering. After taking a geology class at Skyline College in San Bruno, with a professor that loved to show slides of local geologic phenomena, Mitch realized that riding mountain bikes had already taken him to most of the places in the professor’s slides. He thought, why not get paid to go to these great places, such as Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Mountain. Mitch earned a BS in Geology from San Francisco State University and recently passed the California State Professional Geology Exam to earn his PG License.

Through SF Dirtlab, Mitch works to promote mountain biking culture in SF by hosting mountain bike movie premier parties, sponsoring a Downhill Race team, raising awareness and money to bring a world class mountain bike skills park to San Francisco. SF Dirtlab is a key supporter of SF Urban Riders, donating the first $500 dollars to the bike park fund.