How do you bada$$es do tricks in the air? Please TEACH ME!
How did you learn? My local terrain is limiting so this is why i never jump much. Just XC some small DH etc. Basic fast riding is what I was used to with technical rocky/rooty stuff etc.
I've have been riding for many years and I feel that I am very good at fast Downhill riding, my stance etc looks solid, I'm fast and smooth (usually lol) and I launch off dirt ramps and drops with proper form (weight shifted back, arms extended and it absorbs a lot of my ramping air ), but when doing that I lose height during my dirt jumps.
For control it is great but for "cool" factor it has none lol. My buddy fly's higher than me all the time and it's pissing me off! Sure i'll fly down a downhill course and probably beat every friend I know to the bottom of the hill but they are throwing in some good style along the jumps and I have 0 of that lol. I might get a little tail whip in thats 2 feet off the ground but that is about all I can do lol.
So what am I missing?
DO I just jack up on the handle bars when coming off a lip? Pre-Load coming into the lip then jack the bars up? I'm worried i'll pull up too hard and eat it on the landing because i'll coming down canted or something if I don't pull up evenly off the entry lip. I'm not scared to crash, I actually ate it hard 4 times in the past month worse than I ever have so that's not it.... or maybe it has something to do with it and it's siking me out? I just see video after video of riders who toss their bikes in the air like it is nothing. What do you do to get good like that, just go for it and HOPE it all works out lol?
Should I be pre-loading and pulling the bars UP and towards my hips to get more control of the bike, should I get on my bike and get back to the basics by riding around and bunny hopping my bike untill I get good at that "feel" of yanking it up with the use of my legs and hips more etc?
Launching high off a lip and Bike handling in the air is my nemesis right now, my jumps are not what I want them to be. Any tips/tricks to get better would really be appreciated.
Sorry for the rant, I am just eager to get better at big jumps. I could use all the help you bada$$ riders can give me. It's only 72 Days until our Colorado Trip to Trestler and Keystone.
I am riding a 2011 Giant Reign 1 (6" of Travel)
5-Ten Shoes
Diety Decoy Pedals
How did you learn? My local terrain is limiting so this is why i never jump much. Just XC some small DH etc. Basic fast riding is what I was used to with technical rocky/rooty stuff etc.
I've have been riding for many years and I feel that I am very good at fast Downhill riding, my stance etc looks solid, I'm fast and smooth (usually lol) and I launch off dirt ramps and drops with proper form (weight shifted back, arms extended and it absorbs a lot of my ramping air ), but when doing that I lose height during my dirt jumps.
For control it is great but for "cool" factor it has none lol. My buddy fly's higher than me all the time and it's pissing me off! Sure i'll fly down a downhill course and probably beat every friend I know to the bottom of the hill but they are throwing in some good style along the jumps and I have 0 of that lol. I might get a little tail whip in thats 2 feet off the ground but that is about all I can do lol.
So what am I missing?
DO I just jack up on the handle bars when coming off a lip? Pre-Load coming into the lip then jack the bars up? I'm worried i'll pull up too hard and eat it on the landing because i'll coming down canted or something if I don't pull up evenly off the entry lip. I'm not scared to crash, I actually ate it hard 4 times in the past month worse than I ever have so that's not it.... or maybe it has something to do with it and it's siking me out? I just see video after video of riders who toss their bikes in the air like it is nothing. What do you do to get good like that, just go for it and HOPE it all works out lol?
Should I be pre-loading and pulling the bars UP and towards my hips to get more control of the bike, should I get on my bike and get back to the basics by riding around and bunny hopping my bike untill I get good at that "feel" of yanking it up with the use of my legs and hips more etc?
Launching high off a lip and Bike handling in the air is my nemesis right now, my jumps are not what I want them to be. Any tips/tricks to get better would really be appreciated.
Sorry for the rant, I am just eager to get better at big jumps. I could use all the help you bada$$ riders can give me. It's only 72 Days until our Colorado Trip to Trestler and Keystone.
I am riding a 2011 Giant Reign 1 (6" of Travel)
5-Ten Shoes
Diety Decoy Pedals