The hardest part about jumping (for me) is overthinking everything. I asked a naturally skilled biker how to whip, and he just said to relax. Learning all of the techniques can help with that, but I think relaxing and having fun is vital to the whole thing. Keep shredding!
I'm 52 today and though I've been MTB riding for 25 years I've only just unlocked jumps in a serious way this last season....living close to a bike park helps! Because repetition helps. Whips are my next goal for the upcoming season and you videos are great. Appreciate you dude! Please keep em coming!
Hell yeah! Fellow old guy here. I’m 51. It’s rad to hear you’re still learning and progressing. Jumping brings a whole new dimension to MTB…literally. Thanks for the kind words. 🙏🏾
@@mtb_alanDo you find leaning back (& trying to stretch straight) helps you actually jumping easier? / I thought that how you did it like bunny hop is more intuitive but the coach’s main correction seems to be, though your legs spring out your upper body should lean back, and your arms should feel like you’re pushing the bike forward NOT pulling upward. Interesting and useful.
Yeah...you got it. He never said to pull the bike up but rather concentrated and pushing the bike forward into the lip. I found that if I ONLY tried to lean back, I felt out of control and wasn't getting as much pop. But when I concentrated on pushing forward through my feet (almost like I'm on a rower) my hips would end up further back, my arms would be straighter on the way up the lip, and I'd get more pop. But it never felt like "leaning back". 🤘🏾
I've been working with Max on similar things over the last year. Here is a great coach and I highly recommend him to others. He has helped me really build my consistency and confidence on jumps. Alan - great videos as always. Keep it up.
I never tire of jump videos. Thanks Alan for another solid one. I'm 3 years in my jumping journey but continue to clear the bigger jumps with speed. I struggle so much with leaning back enough and timing the pop. Totally know what I'm doing wrong but can't consistently nail the timing. Practice not always so easy to come by with adulting and everything lol.
I feel you. I normally only get one ride a week and don’t often get time to work on skills. But…using a ride day to just work on skills can pay dividends for the rest of your rides. I will say though that pushing and FEELING through the feet really helps with the timing. I pay attention to where my feet are in relation to the edge of the lip. That helps me with my timing.
I used to have a big issue of my feet feeling floaty on the pedals and so I started doing exactly this and pushing into the lip to help keep my feet planted. Its the single biggest thing that helped me learn to jump
Just found your channel, and this is a great video. Slowing down to concentrate on pushing your legs into the jumps is something I just started yesterday. I just began practicing jumps a few weeks ago, and recently realized that I was substituting higher speed for proper technique. Slowing my speed to force myself to stand up and push through the jump actually made a difference, and while I only managed a few that felt spot-on, it was progress, and we should all know, practice makes progress. Keep it up, handsome!
I took a jump lesson this year at Silverstar and my coach said the exact same thing regarding pushing your feet into the face of the jump; he also said you can practice the same feel pushing in and out of berms (pumping). As an older rider taking it up at 48 I find lessons/coaching so helpful. great channel man!
Thanks to Max, I’ve canceled my order for the Abus Moventor helmet and switched to a POC helmet for better protection for the back of my head. You made a great video on jump and whip progression and even added a side quest to check out what the pros wear to protect their heads. Thanks!
Great video. I like that you followed with a personal session after the lesson was finished. A DJ and sessions on trails(relative term) at a dirt jump area would be great for you to continue improving. Another point that helps with timing and execution. We are not pushing the suspension down but resisting against the change in slope of the takeoff. That’s actually what compresses and releases the suspension.
I feel for me, getting the timing on lifting the back after the front was the hard part, after all my years of skateboarding. When I get the timing right, it feels so good. Solid video, and proud of you for ditching the squirrel.
Hi Alan, I’ve been following your channel quite a long time and this one is another valuable one. Yes I did notice that leaning back forward and arm stretching are the most fundamental to do a good long jump and feeling more comfortable while in the air and ofcourse saver. Wish we could ride together someday and keep it up man! Thanks
Great vid and topic. Many videos out there on how to jump but the progression is safer and faster by hiring a coach. Max is one of the elite ones who can detect errors and provide corrective feedback to execute the skill with better confidence in real time. No RUclips video or “coach” will help you as opposed to hiring a coach. The key is to practice what you were taught by the coach. We call it homework. Looking forward to more of these vids with you being coached by Max and seeing your progression unfold quickly, Alan. Good stuff, man! Cheers and Happy New 2025
Dude, I LOVE your take on mastering the fundamentals. I’m in northern Alberta 🇨🇦 so jump training is on hold until May. It’s all snow trails and trying not to die doing wheelies. 😅
Heck yeah! Keep me posted. 👊🏾 If you got the resources, hire a coach like Max. You’ll improve more in half a day than you would in half a year on your own.
I still suck at jumping but someone gave me the tip to imagin that there is an insivible log on top of the lip that your front wheel also has to pass. That helped me a lot with getting more back into the bike and let it use the full lip.
Hope it helps. Consider hiring a coach like Max. A couple hours with him and your technique will improve a lot more and a lot faster than if you try on your own.
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the suggestion. In this case, it wasn't about suspension tuning but rather Alan tuning. Also, opening up rebound damping would only have an effect when the fork is rebounding. If I'm still putting too much force on the front of the bike, the fork won't be rebounding and the rebound damping circuit wouldn't come into play.
Jumping is something I really need to work on too. I can go down steeps & tech all day long, but jumps.... freaks me out. This vid gets me wanting to start earnestly learning. Thanks for a great vid!
@@mtb_alan I would include myself in that, but considering even in Colorado most trails just don't give you enough quality jumps especially in rapid succession, opportunity can be the key to improvement.
Totally. Building jumps is its own skill. And hitting jumps is its own skill. It’s a narrow overlap of riders who want to jump well and areas where good jumps are accessible.
Awesome vid and insight on jump technique! My only critique would be to practice on a table not a gap but thats just me being overly cautious 😅. Cheers 💪🏾
Like the coach said, demonstrating good bunny hop technique 1st and then bring that to the lip is key. One thing that could help is actually making the hips the focal point. Driving the hips down and then back, forming an L shape will naturally bring the tire up and lengthen your arms, and bring the body perpendicular to the lip face. Easier said than done, but the higher the front wheel is the higher the pop will be.
@@mtb_alanyeah it's the same motion. It'll come pretty natural if you practice a ton on flat then try doing small jumps. Then you can move onto larger jumps
Fantastic!! I've been experiencing something very similar going from mtb to dirt jumper... realized the technique I use to clear mtb jumps isn't actually correct jumping technique. Your video dropped at the perfect time! Thank you!! Great content!
interesting because my regular bike is set up for XC pedaling low handlebar high saddle if i want to jump it'll be on the ebike thanks for sharing will def help me pop rather than drop >< great advice from your coach the trampoline explanation for example I was "oh...I get it" and your analysis of his jump is 10/10
I dunno about the flow of the jump before the one you are learning on but for me sometimes I just focus on one jump at a time if possible then scale up. Great video concept! 👌
I'll try this, hopefully it helps. I have full susp. MTB. I am 51 and all my life every time I do a jump I lift both wheels and then I feel like I have lost control in the air. Then the momentum of lifting the bike tilts me to the side and feel like I will tilt over too far and crash if I jumped higher than 2 feet. I hate not being able to fly.
@@mtb_alan Thanks a lot mate. That makes total sense now why I am get flung sideways. Pulling up with the arms seemed the obvious thing to do when trying to jump, but seeing this video it appears it is not. Cheers from sunny Western Australia.
What size frame are you on? It looks a bit big, but that could be because you're still developing the technique. I personally found dropping a frame size really helped get more relaxed leverage over the bike, jumping instantly improved. I'm 5'10" and dropped from a L Reign 29 (493 reach) to a M Madonna V2.2 (Reach 455). When I look at the video frames where you overlaid you vs Max it looks like he is a way taller than you on a similarly sized bike, which would be helping him get that leverage. Perhaps I am suffering a bit of confirmation bias but I think It couldn't hurt to try the same skills one sisze smaller and see how you feel. Please write to me with your results, I'd love to know.
You're right about the bike fit. I am 5'6" so I tend to be between a size small and medium on most charts. I've ridden size small bikes and have liked them in places like Sedona where things are more awkward and tight. At bike park speeds though, I like a medium. And I'm a total park rat as soon the lifts start running. 😆
Take off straight, fly straight, land straight. A recipe of annihilation. Take off, mini whip, judge the landing, bring the bike back into stable phase for landing. A little pulling and pushing on the bars doesnt hurt either. Practice with a pond, a ramp, and a pool noodle so your bike doesnt sink because dirt jumps hurt, foam pits hurt, but water is pretty forgiving. Experiment until you learn what all of the big jump certified riders always leave out: learning how to move in the air is what will save your ass and give you confidence
worst part for me is it takes a day to remember how to jump... but I don't hit the downhill often enough to keep it fresh, so i have to spend a day relearning each trip.
I feel you. I have good jumps at my local trails so I can hit them regularly, but even then, it takes me a couple runs to remember. And then, when bike park season opens up, I have to relearn hitting big jumps. Fortunately, with practice the relearning period gets shorter each time.
FWIW, Max never told me to lean back. He talked about it more like pushing my feet forward and into the lip. I find that if I just lean back the jump feels less safe and controlled. But push through the feet felt good. Hope that helps.
@@sdtrailrider8070 definitely don’t lean back. That’s something I was killing myself on this year. I kept thinking “I’m getting bucked because I’m not leaning back far enough, what’s wrong with me?” And it turns out that concept and ‘pulling up’ is a bit of a misnomer. Check out bump jump videos. Once you start to feel how little you need to move back to unweight the front and initiate a serious front wheel lift from just a small bump, it really helps on lips.
Also timing is a really big factor in that. If you shift your weight backward too soon before the lip you’ll get bucked as well. It’s almost unnatural how long you have to wait. But I also still suck so take it with a grain of salt lmao
I’m a big to each his own type of person, but when I’m watching an MTB video and the young guy goes “let me just pull out my E-MTB and I’m like unsubscribe, bring on the gravity assist bikes.
5:29 coach isnt giving proper advice from what i see from the footage- you seem to be sucking up the lip instead of bouncing off it with your rear tire imo
Unconventionally-handsome. Outstanding. I'm using it. Collab with the dude from The Shred Academy. The absolute BEST MTB teacher. ruclips.net/video/mpzA0TR-GVw/видео.html
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The hardest part about jumping (for me) is overthinking everything. I asked a naturally skilled biker how to whip, and he just said to relax. Learning all of the techniques can help with that, but I think relaxing and having fun is vital to the whole thing. Keep shredding!
I agree. For me, relaxing is a bad idea if I have bad technique. Good technique gives me consistency which gives me confidence which lets me relax. 🤘🏾
Nice progression
What is cost for coach?
Thanks!
It will depend on the coach. If you want to work with Max, best to DM him on Instagram. Check the link in the description.
I'm 52 today and though I've been MTB riding for 25 years I've only just unlocked jumps in a serious way this last season....living close to a bike park helps! Because repetition helps.
Whips are my next goal for the upcoming season and you videos are great. Appreciate you dude! Please keep em coming!
Hell yeah! Fellow old guy here. I’m 51. It’s rad to hear you’re still learning and progressing. Jumping brings a whole new dimension to MTB…literally. Thanks for the kind words. 🙏🏾
@@mtb_alan wow i thought ure in late 30s
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What a great coach you got there. Such clear explanations and instructions
💯 Max is the best coach I’ve worked with so far.
Yeah Alan! I loved this one. And, it's so important. Thanks for keepin' it real on the channel!
Thanks! Means a lot coming from you. 👊🏾
Subscribed. To be frank, this is FAR the best jumping coaching video because it’s honestly showing the progress and things to be corrected. Have fun!
Thanks for subscribing! Glad you liked it!
@@mtb_alanDo you find leaning back (& trying to stretch straight) helps you actually jumping easier? / I thought that how you did it like bunny hop is more intuitive but the coach’s main correction seems to be, though your legs spring out your upper body should lean back, and your arms should feel like you’re pushing the bike forward NOT pulling upward. Interesting and useful.
Yeah...you got it. He never said to pull the bike up but rather concentrated and pushing the bike forward into the lip. I found that if I ONLY tried to lean back, I felt out of control and wasn't getting as much pop. But when I concentrated on pushing forward through my feet (almost like I'm on a rower) my hips would end up further back, my arms would be straighter on the way up the lip, and I'd get more pop. But it never felt like "leaning back". 🤘🏾
I've been working with Max on similar things over the last year. Here is a great coach and I highly recommend him to others. He has helped me really build my consistency and confidence on jumps. Alan - great videos as always. Keep it up.
We’re lucky to be able to get Max as a coach. 💯
I never tire of jump videos. Thanks Alan for another solid one. I'm 3 years in my jumping journey but continue to clear the bigger jumps with speed. I struggle so much with leaning back enough and timing the pop. Totally know what I'm doing wrong but can't consistently nail the timing. Practice not always so easy to come by with adulting and everything lol.
I feel you. I normally only get one ride a week and don’t often get time to work on skills. But…using a ride day to just work on skills can pay dividends for the rest of your rides. I will say though that pushing and FEELING through the feet really helps with the timing. I pay attention to where my feet are in relation to the edge of the lip. That helps me with my timing.
You're first 4 minute video on jumping got me airborn for the first time. Come spring, this'll have me steazy!
Ha! Nice!
Great vid, Alan! Max looks like a great coach
Thanks! I plan to work with him more.
I used to have a big issue of my feet feeling floaty on the pedals and so I started doing exactly this and pushing into the lip to help keep my feet planted. Its the single biggest thing that helped me learn to jump
Yeah, it's amazing how much that one little move can change everything.
Just found your channel, and this is a great video. Slowing down to concentrate on pushing your legs into the jumps is something I just started yesterday. I just began practicing jumps a few weeks ago, and recently realized that I was substituting higher speed for proper technique. Slowing my speed to force myself to stand up and push through the jump actually made a difference, and while I only managed a few that felt spot-on, it was progress, and we should all know, practice makes progress.
Keep it up, handsome!
Thanks, I appreciate it! Good on ya for taking the time to work on your jump technique. Stoked for you! 🤘🏾
Looking good, Max is really good breaking down the dynamics of jumping properly.
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Cheers dude! 👊🏼
I took a jump lesson this year at Silverstar and my coach said the exact same thing regarding pushing your feet into the face of the jump; he also said you can practice the same feel pushing in and out of berms (pumping). As an older rider taking it up at 48 I find lessons/coaching so helpful. great channel man!
That’s great!
Who knew Thor was such a good mtb coach?
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😂 Cheers! 🙌🏼
Thanks to Max, I’ve canceled my order for the Abus Moventor helmet and switched to a POC helmet for better protection for the back of my head. You made a great video on jump and whip progression and even added a side quest to check out what the pros wear to protect their heads. Thanks!
Nice! 😆🤘🏾
Great video. I like that you followed with a personal session after the lesson was finished.
A DJ and sessions on trails(relative term) at a dirt jump area would be great for you to continue improving.
Another point that helps with timing and execution. We are not pushing the suspension down but resisting against the change in slope of the takeoff. That’s actually what compresses and releases the suspension.
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I feel for me, getting the timing on lifting the back after the front was the hard part, after all my years of skateboarding. When I get the timing right, it feels so good.
Solid video, and proud of you for ditching the squirrel.
💯 LOL! The squirrel may return. I assume you’re talking about the face fur. 😆
@ keep him under control if he comes back
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Hi Alan, I’ve been following your channel quite a long time and this one is another valuable one. Yes I did notice that leaning back forward and arm stretching are the most fundamental to do a good long jump and feeling more comfortable while in the air and ofcourse saver. Wish we could ride together someday and keep it up man! Thanks
Glad you found it valuable! 🤘🏾
Great vid and topic. Many videos out there on how to jump but the progression is safer and faster by hiring a coach. Max is one of the elite ones who can detect errors and provide corrective feedback to execute the skill with better confidence in real time. No RUclips video or “coach” will help you as opposed to hiring a coach. The key is to practice what you were taught by the coach. We call it homework.
Looking forward to more of these vids with you being coached by Max and seeing your progression unfold quickly, Alan.
Good stuff, man! Cheers and Happy New 2025
Thanks! You’re right, there’s no substitute for real-time coaching. And I agree, Max is legit.
Dude, I LOVE your take on mastering the fundamentals.
I’m in northern Alberta 🇨🇦 so jump training is on hold until May. It’s all snow trails and trying not to die doing wheelies. 😅
Glad you dig it. I’m all about the fundamentals. That being said, I need to get on your program and start working on wheelies and manuals.
Thanks Alan. Great video. Rad improvement! Going to work on this some next time I’m out
Heck yeah! Keep me posted. 👊🏾 If you got the resources, hire a coach like Max. You’ll improve more in half a day than you would in half a year on your own.
I still suck at jumping but someone gave me the tip to imagin that there is an insivible log on top of the lip that your front wheel also has to pass. That helped me a lot with getting more back into the bike and let it use the full lip.
That’s great!
Max is so amazing - took one lesson, need to hit him up for more!
Agreed and agreed!
12:14 with the Max example and your voice over with comparison should be a short. I’d watch that on repeat.
Good call!
Great video. Straight arms on the take off is definitely key as it forces your body a littler further back (rear bias).
Totally. I found it was good to think of it as using my legs to push through the bike to straighten my arms.
Good vid dude.
Merry Christmas and such.
Thanks! Hail Santa! 🤘🏾
I needed this, had a crash few months back and all of the little bit of jump ability I had is now gone.
Hope it helps. Consider hiring a coach like Max. A couple hours with him and your technique will improve a lot more and a lot faster than if you try on your own.
Thanks for sharing. Learned a lot
Stoked it helped! 🤘🏾
Thanks! Enjoyed watching. Have you considered adjusting your rebound slightly to better time your fork decompression?
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the suggestion. In this case, it wasn't about suspension tuning but rather Alan tuning. Also, opening up rebound damping would only have an effect when the fork is rebounding. If I'm still putting too much force on the front of the bike, the fork won't be rebounding and the rebound damping circuit wouldn't come into play.
50 practice reps. That's rad. Looks like your really hitting. Thanks for the good video.
It's funny. I didn't plan on hitting it that many times but I guess when I get into it, I get into it.
Glad you dug the vid!
Jumping is something I really need to work on too. I can go down steeps & tech all day long, but jumps.... freaks me out. This vid gets me wanting to start earnestly learning. Thanks for a great vid!
Stoked it helped! You got this. 🤘🏾
Hire a good coach like Max. It is the best money you can spend on a bike.
Hit up DH parks, the progression that just a few visits gets you is wild.
I’ve seen a lot of bad technique at the DH park.
@@mtb_alan I would include myself in that, but considering even in Colorado most trails just don't give you enough quality jumps especially in rapid succession, opportunity can be the key to improvement.
Totally. Building jumps is its own skill. And hitting jumps is its own skill. It’s a narrow overlap of riders who want to jump well and areas where good jumps are accessible.
Super good video! Man I wish the snow would leave soon (maybe in April) :D
Thanks!
jokes on you alan im not jumping…. im crashing 😂
🤔 So who’s the joke on again? 😆
Great jump lesson, thanks! It's cool to see how much the Weedpatch has changed over the last decade.
Thanks!
Ha...yeah, the trail builders in SC are always scheming. 😆
Great vid… super helpful… Tks..
No problem!
more videos like this please
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Awesome vid and insight on jump technique! My only critique would be to practice on a table not a gap but thats just me being overly cautious 😅. Cheers 💪🏾
I agree. Most people should practice on a table.
Teacher is a Viking 😊 I enjoyed the video, keep it coming 👍🏼
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There is a place in Rogers Ar called the rail yard. All yall should check that out.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Like the coach said, demonstrating good bunny hop technique 1st and then bring that to the lip is key. One thing that could help is actually making the hips the focal point. Driving the hips down and then back, forming an L shape will naturally bring the tire up and lengthen your arms, and bring the body perpendicular to the lip face. Easier said than done, but the higher the front wheel is the higher the pop will be.
That makes sense on flat ground for a bunny hop. Does that apply on a lip...especially if it's a steeper one like a dirt jump lip?
@@mtb_alanyeah it's the same motion. It'll come pretty natural if you practice a ton on flat then try doing small jumps. Then you can move onto larger jumps
Fantastic!! I've been experiencing something very similar going from mtb to dirt jumper... realized the technique I use to clear mtb jumps isn't actually correct jumping technique. Your video dropped at the perfect time! Thank you!! Great content!
A lot of us MTBers have poor jump technique. Rad you’re riding DJ. That’ll expose issues real quick. 💯
Watch some of the Shred Academy jumping videos. He explains very well what you want to be doing on jumps.
Shred Academy definitely does a good job. But no video (mine included) can hold a candle to an actual coaching session.
try a higher rise bar, it'll let you reduce being so far over the front when you're driving your feet into the jump....
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interesting because my regular bike is set up for XC pedaling low handlebar high saddle if i want to jump it'll be on the ebike thanks for sharing will def help me pop rather than drop ><
great advice from your coach the trampoline explanation for example I was "oh...I get it" and your analysis of his jump is 10/10
Glad you liked the trampoline analogy!
Good video. Well worth watching if you’re new to Popping a Lip.
Thanks!
I dunno about the flow of the jump before the one you are learning on but for me sometimes I just focus on one jump at a time if possible then scale up. Great video concept! 👌
Yeah, I hear you, I'm sure it works best for some!
This content flow I can follow 💪 maybe I can over 8" hops one day lol
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I think learning Bunny Hop would help, long time ago everyone was recommending it first.
It definitely wouldn’t hurt.
I'll try this, hopefully it helps. I have full susp. MTB.
I am 51 and all my life every time I do a jump I lift both wheels and then I feel like I have lost control in the air. Then the momentum of lifting the bike tilts me to the side and feel like I will tilt over too far and crash if I jumped higher than 2 feet. I hate not being able to fly.
Hope it helps. Also avoid pulling with your arms. They can lead to off-balance jumps too if you’re trying to jump straight.
@@mtb_alan Thanks a lot mate. That makes total sense now why I am get flung sideways. Pulling up with the arms seemed the obvious thing to do when trying to jump, but seeing this video it appears it is not. Cheers from sunny Western Australia.
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hey man. Great content. Does this technique also apply with Sur Rons and Talarias?
Thanks! I don't really know. I'm guessing it's similar, but since you got a throttle...maybe it's different...?
What kind of camera mount is that? My chin mount brand came off way soon after I bought it.
It’s the Telesin one but they don’t make it anymore. I just started using one from Probike3d. So far so good.
He is teaching you how to pump the lip, thus a proper jumping technique.
Yeah, it's the foundation for a lot of cool stuff.
What size frame are you on? It looks a bit big, but that could be because you're still developing the technique. I personally found dropping a frame size really helped get more relaxed leverage over the bike, jumping instantly improved. I'm 5'10" and dropped from a L Reign 29 (493 reach) to a M Madonna V2.2 (Reach 455). When I look at the video frames where you overlaid you vs Max it looks like he is a way taller than you on a similarly sized bike, which would be helping him get that leverage.
Perhaps I am suffering a bit of confirmation bias but I think It couldn't hurt to try the same skills one sisze smaller and see how you feel. Please write to me with your results, I'd love to know.
You're right about the bike fit. I am 5'6" so I tend to be between a size small and medium on most charts. I've ridden size small bikes and have liked them in places like Sedona where things are more awkward and tight. At bike park speeds though, I like a medium. And I'm a total park rat as soon the lifts start running. 😆
That being said, it might be worth it to get a size small for my trail bikes and mediums for the park bike.
@@mtb_alan That sounds like a solid strategy!
Men great content
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Take off straight, fly straight, land straight. A recipe of annihilation. Take off, mini whip, judge the landing, bring the bike back into stable phase for landing. A little pulling and pushing on the bars doesnt hurt either. Practice with a pond, a ramp, and a pool noodle so your bike doesnt sink because dirt jumps hurt, foam pits hurt, but water is pretty forgiving. Experiment until you learn what all of the big jump certified riders always leave out: learning how to move in the air is what will save your ass and give you confidence
The ol’ pond and pool noodle technique eh?
@@mtb_alan void where prohibited, see store for details, definitely not valid in Alaska.
I feel that when trying to bunny hop off a ramp, it tends to lift the rear wheel, almost causing the bike to do a front flip. Correct?
There are some similarities between bunny hopping and jump technique, but you probably don't want to actually bunny hop off of a jump.
worst part for me is it takes a day to remember how to jump... but I don't hit the downhill often enough to keep it fresh, so i have to spend a day relearning each trip.
I feel you. I have good jumps at my local trails so I can hit them regularly, but even then, it takes me a couple runs to remember. And then, when bike park season opens up, I have to relearn hitting big jumps. Fortunately, with practice the relearning period gets shorter each time.
That whole leaning back thing comes super hard to me. It’s a mental barrier of sorts.
I feel you.
FWIW, Max never told me to lean back. He talked about it more like pushing my feet forward and into the lip. I find that if I just lean back the jump feels less safe and controlled. But push through the feet felt good. Hope that helps.
@@sdtrailrider8070 definitely don’t lean back. That’s something I was killing myself on this year. I kept thinking “I’m getting bucked because I’m not leaning back far enough, what’s wrong with me?” And it turns out that concept and ‘pulling up’ is a bit of a misnomer. Check out bump jump videos. Once you start to feel how little you need to move back to unweight the front and initiate a serious front wheel lift from just a small bump, it really helps on lips.
Also timing is a really big factor in that. If you shift your weight backward too soon before the lip you’ll get bucked as well. It’s almost unnatural how long you have to wait. But I also still suck so take it with a grain of salt lmao
@@mtb_alan It does. Thanks!
What goggles is max wearing?
Not sure. You could ask him on his IG.
@mtb_alan word. I just found your channel, and I'm digging it 👌🏻
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I’m a big to each his own type of person, but when I’m watching an MTB video and the young guy goes “let me just pull out my E-MTB and I’m like unsubscribe, bring on the gravity assist bikes.
What if he’s 51 years old?
a coach 🤣🤣🤣
5:29 coach isnt giving proper advice from what i see from the footage- you seem to be sucking up the lip instead of bouncing off it with your rear tire imo
A good coach targets a primary error first and doesn't start advising on the next error until the athlete starts correcting the first error.
Unconventionally-handsome. Outstanding. I'm using it.
Collab with the dude from The Shred Academy. The absolute BEST MTB teacher.
ruclips.net/video/mpzA0TR-GVw/видео.html
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