Beginner here, just switched from my hard tail to a full suspension bike. Im finally clearing this larger set of jumps, but I feel like I’m not popping right and kind of flinging myself forward. Worried if I go any larger then this form will get me hurt. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
by valuablemold4
7 Comments
YouTube is your friend but you have identified the problem. We all do it when we are nervous…lean back on the stuff that makes you nervous. Stay low but get forward while most of your weight is on your feet.
Practice your “J-hop.” When that is dialed in, apply it to the jump.
Looks okay, just do it over and over and over and over and over and it’ll start to feel right
Slow your rear rebound down.
chill & have fun
First jump doesn’t look like a dead sailor to me because I can see you lift the back wheel a little with your feet and you push the handle bar towards the landing. Dead sailor means you are locked into the motion upright and stiff as fuck until you crash into the landing.
Just repeat the little jumps until you feel completely confident, then hit slightly bigger ones. Stay relaxed and focus on having fun.
Once you mastered the popping or stand-up-to-the-jump technique you can still learn to boost jumps by doing the bunny hop technique.
Last jump kind of bucks you a bit. You’re standing up correctly, just looks like you’re hitting it a bit too early. This can make your back tire bonk the lip and it’s over. Slow down, and really commit to standing and leveling out. These table tops are perfect for “popping and plopping”.
not bad, I suffer from this too – I think it’s your pop & mid air control. the second jump, you are getting bucked a bit and not controlling the front wheel, it’s controlling you – hence why you feel like a dead sailor – you don’t have control of the bike at this point. A bigger jump than this will just exacerbate this issue. replay this clip in and you’ll see your rear tyre leaves the lip early – you need to lean back more, let the rear wheel pop off the lip and get control of that front wheel in mid air.
easy to say, harder to do.
interested to see if there’s any alternative opinion to this, as I’m still learning too…
Are you intentionally landing front wheel down? Could you do the same jump and land level or rear wheel down? If it’s intentional you’re all good, if that’s just always what happens then you’ll definitely dead sailor something bigger or more of a drop.