KAREY HOVIND

KAREY LEE HOVIND, founder and head coach of Sweet Riders Canada/Japan, lived and raced in Japan for 23 years. She holds three Japanese DH Series Champion titles and has raced in World Cups, the Canadian National Series and Norba events in various countries around the world. She moved back to her native country Canada in February of 2015 and currently resides in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.  

Since moving back to Canada Karey started competing in the BC Enduro series and finished 4th overall in 2015. She also raced in her first ever Enduro World Series Race in Whistler, B.C. 2015 and came in 7th place in Amateur Woman. In 2016 she won her first BC Enduro Series right in her hometown of the Crowsnest Pass. She also came in 5th in the first ever Trans BC 6 Day Enduro. She placed 2nd in Amateur Woman in the 2018 Canadian National B.C. Enduro series once again, in the Crownest Pass.  She has scaled down her racing to her hometown Bee’s Knee’s Enduro where she has continuously won.  After her first knee replacement, she can only race in the E MTB category.  She now has completed her second knee replacement and continues to dominate in the E MTB category of her local enduro.  

Karey currently holds a BICP Level 2 Coaching Certification and was one of the original Dirt Series coaches during their multi year run. She is an Instructor Training for the BICP certifying new coaches annually also has her official NCCP cycling community initiation and basic cycling skills certification, and a 50-hour wilderness first aid certificate and CPR. In 2016, she initiated the Youth Cycling Program in conjunction with the Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills/CNP Branch & The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta.  She continues to work on this endeavour and aims to keep expanding her coaching territory and focuses mostly on coaching others on becoming more skilled and confident riders.