Hello, looking for some feed back as I felt I didn’t land as smooth as possible ( came down front heavy). I would like to start hitting mote features like this so feedback is much appreciated!!!
Normal-Oil2792 on
Watch a few “how to jump” videos or something similar before you move on to bigger features. Right now you don’t have any “pop” yet which can lead to even worse nose-heavy landings on bigger features.
ATR-1988 on
I’m new to this sport, but I’m a pretty experienced enduro/single track motorcycle rider. I’d want my front end up off that drop or really anytime the bike leaves the ground.
Gods-Of-Calleva on
Lucky you didn’t over rotate it and end up otb, need a little compression on the fork before drop to be coming up slightly
nuworldlol on
You rode this jump like a drop
ehurudetvoro on
A bit more speed would help.
Rossetta_Stoned1 on
Lean back… carry a bit more speed, your back tire should always land first… I figured you be over the handle bar when the walk up to see you ride away I was surprised…
Agehl310 on
Learn to bunny hop
Apprehensive_Star_82 on
Sketchy af. Learn to jump
clickyspinny on
Can’t see
stonymontana5 on
You didn’t die so that’s good but yeah, lean back and more speed and more pump
ZunoJ on
Doesn’t look like you are in control at all. Push the bike forward into the drop. Practice this on some super small drops like a curb and only transition to bigger drops when you can land both wheels simultaneously
CharlieHorsePhotos on
Okay so the biggest thing I’m going to say is lean back more when you go over the ledge.
Honestly I thought you were going to face plant on this one, and I’m glad you didn’t!
Linking one of Jeff Lenosky’s videos since he talks about form a lot with great advice for practice.
Try to pop off vs. just rolling off, it’ll help keep the nose up
Infamousbutton4 on
Stop letting the bike ride you
Due_Ad_2219 on
Technique of riding or recording?
The critical part is not really caught on the camera.
bouncing_bumble on
You didnt compress the suspension into the jump so the front wheel just rolled over the lip and your weight was forward because you’re riding the brake cause the back to buck, luckily you were going so slow it didnt throw you over the bars.
Pretty technical feature. Id watch some learn to jump vids on youtube and take them to a smaller table to practice on.
redheadmtnbiker on
When you approach the lip your arms absorb it, then when the back wheel unweights it comes up, sending you nose heavy.
This feature looks more like a jump than a drop (the lip tilts upwards, not flat to the edge), so just before the lip I would push down evenly through the center of the bike so the front and back unweight evenly as you go off. Once in the air, let the bike come up to you (absorb here in the air, not before you’re airborne as you did) and spot the landing. Initially I would try to just land the wheels evenly since it looks like a nice smooth transition (can’t really see how steep it is in the video). The danger with trying to land back first is that if you aren’t experienced you can loop out backwards.
I would go back and try smaller features first to practise, since it looks like you came pretty close to crashing here. Work on small table jumps before trying something like this.
If it was a drop (flat or downwards approach), don’t think about leaning back as much as getting low on the bike and pushing it out in front of you to keep the front wheel up.
Hope that helps! (Source – PMBIA level 2 instructor)
AS82 on
You just rolled the feature. You are going to want to carry much more speed across the flat portion and popping off the end of the flat section to gap and land on the downhill landing.
If you are going to roll it because you aren’t ready to gap it, then where you get nose heavy as you roll over the end of the feature, preload your suspension and pull up on your bars to jump off the end, and land on the dirt while looking into a preparing for the corner. Keep you weight centered on your bike (not leaning back), and control your bike underneath you. You should be moving your bike before gravity starts to and you have to react.
When your nose started to drop, (which would be countered proactively by preloading and pulling up on the bars) your bike tried to pitch you forward. You compensated and saved it by moving your weight backward when the rear end bucked. You want to control the position of your bike more so than react to it in this type of situation. Being proactive with your bike control will allow you to turn this save into a send.
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Hello, looking for some feed back as I felt I didn’t land as smooth as possible ( came down front heavy). I would like to start hitting mote features like this so feedback is much appreciated!!!
Watch a few “how to jump” videos or something similar before you move on to bigger features. Right now you don’t have any “pop” yet which can lead to even worse nose-heavy landings on bigger features.
I’m new to this sport, but I’m a pretty experienced enduro/single track motorcycle rider. I’d want my front end up off that drop or really anytime the bike leaves the ground.
Lucky you didn’t over rotate it and end up otb, need a little compression on the fork before drop to be coming up slightly
You rode this jump like a drop
A bit more speed would help.
Lean back… carry a bit more speed, your back tire should always land first… I figured you be over the handle bar when the walk up to see you ride away I was surprised…
Learn to bunny hop
Sketchy af. Learn to jump
Can’t see
You didn’t die so that’s good but yeah, lean back and more speed and more pump
Doesn’t look like you are in control at all. Push the bike forward into the drop. Practice this on some super small drops like a curb and only transition to bigger drops when you can land both wheels simultaneously
Okay so the biggest thing I’m going to say is lean back more when you go over the ledge.
Honestly I thought you were going to face plant on this one, and I’m glad you didn’t!
Linking one of Jeff Lenosky’s videos since he talks about form a lot with great advice for practice.
https://youtu.be/-U2r_6NlYFA?si=Tc9_RwfSRd4gWr9j
Try to pop off vs. just rolling off, it’ll help keep the nose up
Stop letting the bike ride you
Technique of riding or recording?
The critical part is not really caught on the camera.
You didnt compress the suspension into the jump so the front wheel just rolled over the lip and your weight was forward because you’re riding the brake cause the back to buck, luckily you were going so slow it didnt throw you over the bars.
Pretty technical feature. Id watch some learn to jump vids on youtube and take them to a smaller table to practice on.
When you approach the lip your arms absorb it, then when the back wheel unweights it comes up, sending you nose heavy.
This feature looks more like a jump than a drop (the lip tilts upwards, not flat to the edge), so just before the lip I would push down evenly through the center of the bike so the front and back unweight evenly as you go off. Once in the air, let the bike come up to you (absorb here in the air, not before you’re airborne as you did) and spot the landing. Initially I would try to just land the wheels evenly since it looks like a nice smooth transition (can’t really see how steep it is in the video). The danger with trying to land back first is that if you aren’t experienced you can loop out backwards.
I would go back and try smaller features first to practise, since it looks like you came pretty close to crashing here. Work on small table jumps before trying something like this.
If it was a drop (flat or downwards approach), don’t think about leaning back as much as getting low on the bike and pushing it out in front of you to keep the front wheel up.
Hope that helps! (Source – PMBIA level 2 instructor)
You just rolled the feature. You are going to want to carry much more speed across the flat portion and popping off the end of the flat section to gap and land on the downhill landing.
If you are going to roll it because you aren’t ready to gap it, then where you get nose heavy as you roll over the end of the feature, preload your suspension and pull up on your bars to jump off the end, and land on the dirt while looking into a preparing for the corner. Keep you weight centered on your bike (not leaning back), and control your bike underneath you. You should be moving your bike before gravity starts to and you have to react.
When your nose started to drop, (which would be countered proactively by preloading and pulling up on the bars) your bike tried to pitch you forward. You compensated and saved it by moving your weight backward when the rear end bucked. You want to control the position of your bike more so than react to it in this type of situation. Being proactive with your bike control will allow you to turn this save into a send.