Mountain Bike Rider

JUMPING WITH CONTROL

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!

Dirt School’s coaching app lets you see the right and wrong techniques in slow-mo

If you read last month’s issue then hopefully you’ve had a chance to go out and put a more stable way of jumping into practice. With any luck you’re already feeling like you have more stability in the air, and that you’re able to drive off of larger faces with more time to control your trajectory.

If you’re new to the mag, or you missed last month’s article, we’re looking at three main skills when it comes to jumping. Last month’s issue was all about jumping with confidence, this month we’ll look at when and how to absorb a jump to stay low, and finally next month we’ll explore how to boost a jump in order to go bigger and reach further down a trail.

This issue we’re going to focus on the middle skill of our three: how

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