Any tips on how to jump with or without tricks

Yeah so if you want to get more air on dirt jumps your basically going to pull off the lip as hard as you can if it is a steep lip (my favorite) it is going to reduce your speed so charge at it just a little fast it's kind of a technique used on spines you pull up as hard as you can up and over and youll just be shot straight up so you don't go any where so it will most likely reduce your speed depending on the lip of the jump. so go at go at it and BOOST IT! as i like to say.

Gdizzle25 makes aome great points here. I'd say go with confidence. Over the weekend, I raced in Telluride. As an XC rider, I'm always looking for opportunities to catch air. Sure, my bike isn't close to 4 or 5 inches of travel, but I can pull hard lines without the suspension. I hit a good size jump during the downhill section. I watched as other riders skipped over the line. I rode up to it with confidence, goosed it and pulled back to fulfill my air requirements...

Walker T

Off the road, on the mind...

I keep getting sideways in the air and come down all crossed up or off balance. It's just not as easy with an XC bike due to the geometry. I used to be decent with a BMX bike but the longer the stem the more the bars seem to turn in the air for me. I'm still working on it. I think confidence is also a major part. Also, getting used to compressing the front fork take some practice!

what i do is lower my seat stem all the way down, then i pick a good speed for the size of jump pull up and lean back and right after you leave the ground level your self out so you won't fall on your ass when you land. another tip is try on little jumps really fast and progress up on diffrent size jumps.

Best is to start small... perfect them, then move up in size. I am currently teaching myself good jumping practices. One of the first large jumps for me was a tabletop approx. 8ft. tall and 15ft. to the landing. That was way to big, but luckly since it was a tabletop, I was not worried about under-shooting the landing. Next I tried a tabletop less than half the size and have no problem with that. I am going to work on this size for a while and as I progress Ill move up in size for some sick air.

A few good tips:
Keep your shoulders parallel with the ground!!!
Look forward NOT down
Make sure your bars are straight when landing
Make sure you have good foot placement, and good sticky pedals help too.

Hope this helps!
-Ryan

I'm 15 and hitting a foot and a half jump and getting about 6 and a half feet in distance and i wanna know if i can get any farther. im using a light mountian bike and I still wanna know if its possiblle to get any better before i get a bigger jump.

thx for any tips.

Billy... that sounds pretty good. It's not really the point that you have to max out a jump before progressing to a new one, you just have to be comfortable doing it. If you feel completely comfortable hitting the 1.5' jump and can stick it 100%, then go for the next size.
-Ryan

ok thx... and any tips on wheelies im starting working with them its just i pull up to hard or not hard enough.

hi im 13 i was just woderin how i cu boost my cofidence more. i can do a 10 step up but i am otherwise no good e.g doubles. drops that sort of thing. if any1 has any tips i would be gr8ful. i ride a front suspension moumtain bike thnks

I was wondering, when you land from about 4-6 ft in the air onto flat dirt, is it best to land with both tires at same time, back first, front first, etc. I have a hard tail, so im not sure. Ive tried both ways. I feel comfortable in the air, but i dont know how im landing. Thanks

mtb 114 definatly not good to land front tire first try to get both at same time or back first and flow into it

Hey,can someone help please.
i recently had an badish accident when riding, i do downhill but now im back riding again but i cant seem to jump.
when i see i jump i want to do it but then start thinking do i bunny before it,on it,at it,...what...
then i go funny n still do it but ride it out istead of jumping it,is there any tipos for gettin back my momentum,just feels like iv lost it
please can someone help. plus im 6.2ft weigh 15 stone but im skinny,does that have naything to do with it
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Het guys im new at this, so can u give me tricks on how to land more tricks other than a tailwhip?