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Meet the Course Directors
They come from motorsport, media, vehicle technology, modification, snow driving and exploration. This page shows what each person has done and how that experience helps make the course clearer and safer.
Meet Them One by OneCourse Directors
Founder of 4wdTV, responsible for 4WD education methods and international curriculum perspective.
Racing Han WeiRacing Specialty Course Director, contributing route judgement, speed management and race rhythm experience.
Rally SunierRally Course Director and international motorcycle rally rider.
Textbook ARAYA PHISUTTHIRATANAPHANProject initiator and textbook author, turning field experience, methods and safety principles into curriculum.
Technical Jiang TaiyunFounder of K-MAN, translating vehicle dynamics and suspension feedback into technical understanding.
Modification Zhu YunliangFounder of Yunliang Offroad, turning modification, racing, desert, and OEM co-creation experience into curriculum knowledge.
Snow Safety Han XuefengSnow and ice safety driving, police special-driving and race-training expert responsible for safety curriculum.
Race Practice Xu YingChinese off-road rally and short-course racer translating years of race experience into driving methods.
Rock Crawling RAY WANGFounder of TRAVERSING, bringing American rock crawling culture and long-range overlanding experience into the curriculum.
Australia Trent LeenAustralian Course Director with 30+ years of racing, 40 years of 4WDing and trips across Australia.
Course Director
Founder of 4wdTV Australia. Since launching Australia's first 4WD and outdoor adventure television programme in 2004, Simon has worked across 4WD media, track training, vehicle testing and international off-road event organisation.
Racing Specialty Course Director
A leading off-road rally driver in the curriculum team, with deep experience in route judgement, speed management, team coordination and race rhythm under extreme conditions.
Rally Course Director
From Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia, Sunier is an international motorcycle rally rider with long-term experience in desert riding, rally racing and major events in China and overseas.
Project Initiator, Course Director
Author of the 4wdID OFFROAD DRIVER textbook. He works at the front line of off-road content and curriculum writing, turning safety principles, real incidents and field experience into textbook language and course logic.
Course Director | K-MAN Founder
Founder of K-MAN and a driving force in high-performance off-road suspension development. He represents the technical foundation within 4wdID, turning vehicle dynamics, suspension feedback and real terrain behaviour into teachable technical understanding.
Course Director | Yunliang Offroad Founder
Zhu Yunliang is general manager of Beijing Yunliang Offroad Technology, founder of Yunliang Offroad, and a key figure in moving China's off-road modification industry from experience-led builds toward more systematic vehicle solutions. Since entering the automotive industry in 1998 and founding Yunliang in 2002, he has worked across off-road modification, race support, desert challenges, OEM co-creation and owner service systems. Within 4wdID, he represents more than technical modification: his field experience contributes knowledge for desert travel, overlanding, vehicle preparation, equipment choice and integrated specialty courses.
Course Director
Han Xuefeng graduated from the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC and specialised at Beijing Police College in police vehicle stunt techniques, driving and safety. He has deep experience in motorcycle and automotive stunt driving, snow and ice driving and race instruction. In 2023 and 2025, he won the China Police Auto Rally Championship and became known as China's Police Car King. Within 4wdID, he turns vehicle-control experience on ice, wet surfaces and high-risk terrain into repeatable safety-driving courses.
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Xu Ying, born in 1980 in Linyi, Shandong, is a Chinese off-road rally and short-course racer. Since entering the National Short-Course Off-road Championship in 2004, he has competed for many years in Chinese off-road rally, national short-course events, the Taklimakan Rally and other major competitions, driving for teams including Great Wall Motors, Zotye, Giti Tyre and JMC off-road programmes. In 2005, he represented Great Wall Motors in the China Off-road Rally A-B class and won the manufacturer cup; in 2017, he won the annual petrol-class title in the China Short-Course Off-road Championship. Within 4wdID, Xu Ying turns race experience in line choice, rhythm control, vehicle feedback and mental discipline into practical driving methods.
Course Director
Founder of TRAVERSING and a senior guide in American rock crawling culture. RAY WANG connects Rubicon and Moab high-difficulty trail experience with overlanding and remote-route work, turning it into clearer track judgement, vehicle control and team coordination methods.
Australian Course Director
Trent Leen is one of Australia's most experienced and successful off-road competitors, with more than three decades of racing experience, 40 years of 4WDing and countless recreational trips across Australia. He has competed at the front of Outback Challenge, Malaysian Rainforest Challenge, ARB/TJM/Ateco Warn/Engel winch challenges and other demanding 4WD competitions, with multiple series wins, round wins and podiums. Within 4wdID, Trent contributes an Australian competition and overlanding perspective, translating line choice, winch recovery, vehicle limits, team coordination and risk control in complex terrain into practical course knowledge.
