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    I can spot 1 major mistake I made. I obviously thought thats how you do it when CLEARLY thats NOT how you do it 🤣🤣🤣 Listen to the

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    1. BadBillyMedia on

      Context: Was hitting this section harder and faster each time I went round, decided to get a recording and looks like I popped a little funny and the ground just gave way underneath me.
      Wrote the helmet off, but I seemed fine so kept riding for another hour (played it a bit safer though because of the helmet)

    2. Spiritual_Mastodon68 on

      Obviously you landed with your front wheel not remotely straight and suffered the old dead sailor I also used to suffer from this. The key is to try and stay relaxed before the jump easier said than done I know

    3. MudHut1000 on

      Move when in the air. Anything. Make it so you have to adjust for the landing. Even kicking the handlebar forward a bit on one side makes it so you must adjust to land. Forces you to correct attitude before touchdown so no dead soldier landings.

    4. SnooFloofs1778 on

      This is a good tutorial video on Dead Sailor. Your legs are dead stiff before before the jump, during the jump, and during the crash.

    5. madmorb on

      I’m gonna guess that you’ve hit this feature dozens of times without issues. So the one time you decided to film it, you probably (unintentionally) overthought it and tried to make it look better for the camera, which meant not doing it the way you’ve done it dozens of times before. And I only say this because I’ve done exactly that myself in the past.

      Unbelievably lucky you were wearing a full cage. Glad you’re ok!

    7. username_1774 on

      Glad you are OK…that could have been catastrophic.

      You were clearly trying to get some extra ‘pop’ and pulled up on your bars. The jump comes from your legs/hips driving down into the face of the jump and exploding off the lip.

      You pulled with your arms and immediately tensed in the air holding your arms in a fixed position. Unfortunately that position was off line with your front wheel turned slightly.

      You also appeared to get squirrely on the approach with a pump that got you bars moving around.

      In short I think you are doing too much with your arms and upper body…try to quiet and relax that and use your legs and hips more.

      The 2nd time through you didn’t pull and it went well.

    8. SorryRevenue on

      When pulling with your arms, the dominant side will naturally pull harder. Just make sure you compensate and son it will come naturally. At least you’re out there learning. Great job

    11. tiddernonillihc on

      Might add some air to your tires and psi to your back shock and lower the rebound in the back

    12. Pure_Activity_8197 on

      A few have mentioned it here already: your main problem is that you’re not moving on the bike. Use your torso and legs to guide the bike, even when airborne. It’s amazing how much you can correct if you are properly in control of your bike. A lot of that is just experience. It helps to always get that bike icing below you when you are descending.

    13. Broad-Picture5531 on

      Glad your ok. My suspension broke on a race course 2 weeks ago and bucked me off a jump kind of crooked. I dead sailored exactly as you fell and broke my hip, super wack.

    14. BigCheeze88 on

      Looks like you were hanging on to your bike for dear life instead of being in control of it

    15. rustyburrito on

      On these types of features it helps to get the front wheel down first, so you can look up the trail and start guiding the direction of the bike before your back wheel even touches the ground. Chin over the stem. Sometimes the rebound after a landing can throw your weight to the back and make it hard to steer and get control over the bike, unless you get in the habit of keeping your weight more over the front

    19. Mr-Whoo on

      Wow. Hope your all good mate. I laughed when you said let’s go again I was like oh no! But glad you survived that one

    21. orgasmosisjones on

      1. not a ‘small crash.’ you stacked real hard.

      2. for your benefit, don’t ride another minute when your helmet looks like a watermelon with 100 rubber bands around it.

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