Meet Summer: The Spin Instructor Who Promises Nobody’s Watching

October 11, 2026

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Faces of Bearfeet: Instructor Spotlight · Summer Hawkins

Summer teaches Rhythm and Endurance rides in Spin at the Bearfeet Experience. She describes her class in three words: fun, uplifting and sweaty.


Nervous you won’t keep up?
“You don’t have to keep up! Take the resistance down, slow your legs, skip the choreography — whatever you need. I’ll probably be dancing, singing, and being a little ridiculous anyway, so I promise nobody is watching you.”


Her favorite moment: when someone who was nervous to try spin ends up loving it and comes back.


Surprise fact: born in England, raised in Canada, and now proudly calling New Bern home.


Favorite New Bern spot: anywhere by the water, with an iced coffee from New Bern Coffee Roasters.


On her playlist right now: “Happen to Me” by Russell Dickerson (Steve Aoki remix).

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