Lex Shatilov — Certified Mountain Bike Guide, Lake Garda
Founder of MTB Tour Garda. Based in Riva del Garda since early 2016. Guides EN · IT · RU. 15+ years in alpine sports — including multiple FAI world and continental records in air sports — now applied to safety and decisions on every ride.
From the sky to the trails of Lake Garda
I'm Lex Shatilov — also known as Aleksei Shatilov, and listed as Alexey Shatilov in my FAI air-sports records.
Before mountain biking became my profession, I spent over fifteen years in air sports — wingsuit, BASE jumping, alpine flying. Multiple world and continental records certified by the FAI (registered under the spelling Alexey Shatilov), hundreds of jumps from peaks across the Alps. That world taught me to read weather, terrain and risk under real pressure, and to make decisions that keep people safe when the margins are thin.
I moved to Riva del Garda in early 2016, drew a 40-kilometre circle around the lake, and rode every trail inside it — from lake-shore gravel to the high Ledro Alps. I completed the Corso Nazionale per Guida di Mountain Bike at Accademia Nazionale del Ciclismo here in Riva, and now hold the Maestro di Mountain Bike qualification with ACSI / Accademia for 2026.
What I bring to a tour is not a paper qualification — it's the calm of someone who has spent his life in mountain environments where small decisions matter, and the local knowledge of someone who has ridden the same trails in every season.
Make the most of your time on Lake Garda.
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Qualifications & background
Three pieces of paper that, together, define how a tour with me is run — and one body of work in the sky that explains how I think about risk.
- Certified Mountain Bike Guide — Guida di Mountain Bike — Accademia Nazionale del Ciclismo — Riva del Garda (TN), Italy. Corso Nazionale per Guida di Mountain Bike. Includes professional civil-liability insurance (RC Professionale) covering guided riders for the duration of every tour.
- Maestro di Mountain Bike — Instructor level — ACSI / Accademia Nazionale del Ciclismo, Italy. 2026 Instructor-level qualification.
- Diploma in Physical Education and Sports — Smolensk State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism — Russia. 1999 Original document on request. The foundation of 25+ years of professional work in sport.
- Multiple FAI world and continental records — Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) — wingsuit & air sports. 2005–2020 Records and history are public in the FAI database. They matter here only because they explain how I think about weather, terrain and risk on a mountain. FAI records database.
Languages on the trail
English · Italian · Russian — fluently. Briefings, safety calls and stories about the area are delivered in the language the group prefers. No translation app needed.
Follow my mountain life
Trail footage, drone shots from Lake Garda, archive video from the air-sports years — channels are public for anyone who wants to see the work behind the guiding.
- YouTube — @alexeyshatilov
- Facebook — lexshatilov
- Instagram — @lex_shatilov
- Instagram — @mtb.guide.garda
- Komoot
Ride with me
See the tours I guide around Lake Garda, or message me directly: WhatsApp +39 388 571 8535 · info@mtb-tour.it.