New to mtb

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i just went for a ride and saw this guy go over the whole course... it looked real easy, even jumps with a 2 metre gap between ramps

insane😎😎😎

Wish I could help but the last dropoff I went over was rather unexpected and resulted in a short flying lesson (the flying part was rudely interrupted with me biting dust!).

So, after 5 months healing, I'm almost allowed back on the MTB!😄

You might not be timing it right. Can you do a bunny hop? ie. lift both wheels off the ground without using a jump. Practise bunny hopping speed humps, then do them and try and land the back wheel first instead of both wheels at the same time. Then start on smaller jumps and work your up from there.

When you stack it (which you most definitely will 😉 ), that jump was probably a bit too big and you should go back to a slightly smaller one 😄

Bunny hop, eh ?

no, i can't bunny hop, ill have to try and master that one🙂

thanks for the advice.

You also need to roll your wrists forward a bit and slightly shift your weight to the rear and pull up. Rolling the wrists keeps the bike under you, the weight shift and pull up raise the front wheel. If you cant pull off both wheels at the same time, the rear wheel is the better of the two to land on.

The best tip I ever received about jumping and landing, is don't fall off. When you master that, you are all good :p . As other people have said, try landing your back wheel slightly before your front, and don't push/stop pushing down when you make contact. I just turned fifteen to, I usually road bike, but mountain biking is just as fun. U should try XC, as well as keeping on jumping. XC is fun and good for fitness. (GT's are Freakin' INVINCIBLE)