Board of Directors
Kevin loves to ride. Every trail he sees, his first thought is the ride. Every mountain range - the ride. Every obstacle - the ride. Riding gives him an intense peacefulness he yearns for when not riding. Living in San Diego allows him to ride year-round - an insane blessing.
Several years ago a favorite trail system was scheduled for closure. After far too many trails were closed, he decided it was time to stand-up and do something. After joining SDMBA, Kevin formed the SDMBA Advocacy Committee. Realizing change was needed, SDMBA became more proactive and aggressive. The results have been impressive. Sanctioned trails are being added to San Diego with agencies asking us to build more! Membership is at an all-time high and trail user groups are uniting towards more trail. More importantly - people are standing-up, getting involved.
Kevin is married to his beautiful wife (20 years) who rides. His daughter (12) and son (9) both ride. His favorite trail is Big Laguna and Noble Canyon - but has started to shift towards PQ, Black Mountain and some upcoming legal, epic routes. His favorite food after a ride is Pho. His worst crash was on the Stairway to Hell at Noble Canyon. Broken and bloody, his wife took the opportunity to race me back to the car.
To Kevin, most everything is like a ride. The harder the climb, the better the descent - you only need to pedal for an awesome ride. Kevin became a board member in 2014 and served as president from 2015-2020.
James Camy was born and raised in Los Angeles. He has lived and worked in San Diego for 25 years. At a very young age, he learned to ride a bicycle and has been doing so ever since. He had a paper route back in the day when kids delivered an evening paper on their bicycles. He also enjoys riding dirt bikes, camping and riding with friends in the desert. He started mountain biking around 2010 when a friend introduced him to it. Over the years, his passion for mountain has never ceased. For him, it‘s a spiritual feeling he gets when mountain biking. Some of his favorite rides are Laguna Mountain and Penasquitos. He rides frequently and likes to host group rides. As a ride leader, he tries to teach new riders proper trail etiquette and respect for the trail systems and environment. He salso manages the popular Mountain Bike San Diego Facebook Page.
James' career as a Journeyman Electrician keeps him very busy. His college education and broad experience working with some of the most diverse people in the field has been a blessing. He has done a lot of volunteering over the years and is thrilled to be a board member of SDMBA as it gives him an opportunity to serve this outstanding organization and its members. He really enjoys working with others in a volunteer capacity, learning from others, and making progress. James joined the board in April 2021.
Dom Dias grew up riding and jumping bikes from a young age, starting with banana seats and tall handlebars, and that passion has never stopped.
Dom moved to San Diego in 2011, where he immediately joined SDMBA and started volunteering doing trail work. Members of SDMBA quickly showed him the vast variety of local trails, and great friendships have come out of that. In those days, most of the SDMBA official trail work was only to maintain existing trails." Dom stated, While maintenance of our well-loved trails is important, the advocacy seeds planted by SDMBA are paying off with some new singletrack trails."
Dom moved to the US when he was 18, to go to the University of Rhode Island where he earned an Electrical Engineering degree. He went on to live in Rhode Island for almost 30 years, where he was a member of New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA). Riding in New England, enabled him to gain the technical skills for trails with lots of rocks and roots. This passion led him to help NEMBA build technical trails in Rhode Island and Massachusetts all with plenty of challenging features of rock and logs.
Dom‘s other passions are beach volleyball and sailing. As a Process and Mechanical Engineer, Dom likes creating and modifying machines, be that for work or hobbies, like the purpose-built wheelbarrow with a disc brake for Black Mtn trail work.
As a board member, Dom hopes to help SDMBA continue to improve and build new trails, with an infusion of some technical difficulty in them to improve rider skills.
Scott Hansen is a long time North San Diego County resident and has enjoyed mountain biking since long before bike suspension was a thing. He enjoys just about any outdoor recreational activities with his passion being mountain biking. He routinely rides mostly North of the 52 and also likes traveling to experience other mountain bike wonderlands wherever they may be. After volunteering for trail work on the Black Widow trail Scott became interested in trail advocacy. Scott has been the SDMBA Liaison to Daley Ranch since 2019 and has lived the highs and lows of trail advocacy and the work that goes into protecting and improving our valuable trails in San Diego County.
Scott enjoyed a very eventful and rewarding 35 year career in the fire service and is now retired. He feels very fortunate to be able to continue contributing to the community through his involvement with SDMBA. As a board member he hopes to continue the legacy of vision and leadership that has guided SDMBA since 1994.
Scott lives in Carlsbad with Emily his wife of 30 years. They have one daughter who is away attending college. Emily and Scott enjoy traveling and are continually working on their bucket list of interesting destinations to visit. They are also involved volunteering with Canine Companions, AFS Exchange Student program and the Colorado Desert Association.
Steve has called San Diego since age 5 when his family relocated from the east coast in the late 1960s. As one of many siblings in an era of ‘go outside and play – just be home by dinner’ Steve quickly discovered the freedom, mobility, and pure fun, allowed by riding bikes. Growing up in the east county foothills of El Cajon, his interest in riding took a new turn with the advent of the first mountain bikes. By the early 1980’s Steve was testing his mettle riding the steepest and gnarliest fall line trails he could find. An eye-opening milestone in his pursuit of riding occurred when he realized that purpose-
built mountain bike trails were much more fun, and could be equally as challenging as the unsustainable utility easements that were used to develop his downhill skills.
Steve moved to Rancho Peñasquitos in the early 1990’s and began riding the trails of Del Mar Mesa prior to establishing Hwy 56, quickly discovering the network known as the ‘tunnels’. The ability to easily access these local trails for physical/mental health rides between the responsibilities of family and work proved and continues to prove, essential to his wellness.
A nature lover at heart, Steve attended Humboldt State University and studied environmental engineering and natural resources, earning a degree in physical sciences, and worked in the field of ocean technology until retiring in 2000.
Steve originally joined the SDMBA with a purpose – that natural habitat and trail riding can coexist, particularly in the unique area of Rancho Peñasquitos. This purpose has since expanded to include allowing similar opportunities for others to recreate responsibly. Although his travels have led to many unique mountain bike destinations, he believes that San Diego is one of them, and he can be found riding the PQ area single track as often as possible.