i need a lil advice from the experts. i'm working on my dirt jump ability, but still just tend to dead-sailor over everything. i stiffen up in the air, and come down hard. how do i loosen up and build my style? :evil:
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work on your air presence in general. jump diving boards, trampolines, into water sand whatever and try to style, bike or no bike this helps your mind think about moving in 3d space.
try to stay low and over accentuate pumping back sides. even if your rigid in the air, this will start to give you pump and natural smoothness wich should hopefully help.
most importantly RELAX. go to the jumps when your in a good mood, and are joking around with your buddies or whatever. don't put any pressure on yourself to jump anything big, and concentrate on improving what your comfortable with.
try to stay low and over accentuate pumping back sides. even if your rigid in the air, this will start to give you pump and natural smoothness wich should hopefully help.
most importantly RELAX. go to the jumps when your in a good mood, and are joking around with your buddies or whatever. don't put any pressure on yourself to jump anything big, and concentrate on improving what your comfortable with.
that's what everyone tells me. when i relax too much, then i tend to crash. the balance is very delicate for me, so it's hard. any more tips?
try not, grasshopper, to jump the jump, but, to let the jump, jump you....
i like the zen thing.
I used to have major issues like yours - it nearly consumed me to the point of throwing in the towel. I was so worried about what could go wrong that I wasn't paying attention to the task at hand and would nearly case every time.
Once I was able to block out the negativity in my attic, it became obvious to me that I was not letting the bike do what it does naturally. Instead of flowing with the bike, I was opposing it.
It almost sounds like you may be weighted too far back on your bike, as that's when I tend to dead-sailor on jumps. Find the center of balance as far as the front-to-back of the bike goes and that may help.
Also, pay attention to the bike - when it feels like it's 'exploding' from the lip, try to go with it - do not resist it.
Seemed to work for me - hope it does for you.
Sure hope that didn't confuse you as much as it did me
Once I was able to block out the negativity in my attic, it became obvious to me that I was not letting the bike do what it does naturally. Instead of flowing with the bike, I was opposing it.
It almost sounds like you may be weighted too far back on your bike, as that's when I tend to dead-sailor on jumps. Find the center of balance as far as the front-to-back of the bike goes and that may help.
Also, pay attention to the bike - when it feels like it's 'exploding' from the lip, try to go with it - do not resist it.
Seemed to work for me - hope it does for you.
Sure hope that didn't confuse you as much as it did me
yeah, getting too far back'll eat ya up. it shoves your rear down, and HELPS you case it. getting forward, and keeping the bike close i guess will help.
Search this forum, there are quite a few detailed answers.. I am just on lunch, heading back to work so I dont' have time to explain it out again right now, but I have done so in the past so you should be able to find a few helpful hints.
k, thanks everyone. been trying your tips, and they've been helping great. your welcome to keep em coming, though.
folllow other peoples who know the jumps to dial in speed 