How To Build A Beginner Mountain Bike Dirt Jump

Building your own jumps is something that everyone can do but can be a hard technique to master. So if you are looking to build a jump to practice your beginner skills then follow Blake's tips!
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Building Mountain Bike Dirt Jumps isn't easy, but follow Blake's tips and you will have a beginner jump to practice jumping and bunny hops in no time!
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[@mtb_films_6227]

Watched this 2 years ago. I am now building 20+ foot gaps and jumping super high because of this.

[@CristicaPorumb]

Congrats bro 🎉

[@christofferchristoffer5196]

As a dirt jump builder in Denmark i am very happy to see you are learning people how to build and maintain the jumps.. I hope that someday all people will respect the builders hard work. cuz remember... no diggin, no ridin :) Thank you guys.. Blake, youre the man ;)

[@yessir629]

Jeg er også fra Danmark!

[@EnzoBergstrom]

Jag är från Sverige xD

[@markrippel650]

same here in hungary :)

[@BGH-VIDEO]

Jeg er også fra Danmark

[@aNOMaly_..]

Teaching* Sorry

[@larvitardratini5965]

I also have fresh perfectly clean cut logs laying around my woods too.

[@noah.lorenzo.livingston.6482]

And perfect dirt

[@Alfietheflyingsheep]

blake is a great presenter

[@blakepauling2405]

Henry White oh thx

[@failsforlife2819]

I subscribe

[@alexanderm.f5610]

So true

[@jakebraun6376]

Probably the best

[@hugor.b.6351]

the best

[@icecreamtrucker6400]

When is the "How to laugh like Blake" tutorial coming?

[@Yanai_H]

omg im waiting for that one forever

[@boogiewoogie7748]

this gmbn group are so helpful to the mountain bike riders keep up the job ride safe 👌

[@tomdeery7246]

DN do you work for gmbn?

[@jutech1]

DN fuck off

[@boogiewoogie7748]

yea fuck off

[@willmcdonalld]

Gfs Lorenzo what the hell boi👏🏿👾

[@jbashton4797]

I just made it 200 likes congrats and also so true

[@archiehicks2023]

Rumour has it blakes bike is still rolling away.

[@bosssquirrel8970]

Lmfao

[@Robmilnne]

6:11

[@James-mw4gy]

No it doesn’t because he stopped it

[@nicothyme6688]

James 997 r/wooooooosch

[@James-mw4gy]

Nico thyme ???

[@nuclearlee]

OMG! Thanks. It took me a few iterations, but thanks to this, I finally got my backyard jump right!

[@nocommentate9017]

it was faster because you had magical logs

[@joscram1129]

Haha, so true

[@ItsJustKeegz1]

He forgot to add to his tool list Spade saw and some extra hands XD

[@theflynns3071]

Ture

[@theflynns3071]

True*

[@andrigudmundsson9989]

Division MT that must have been hard I live with a forest backyard so it is super hard to dig but finding wood is easy

[@Max-fz7tj]

I like how he's wearing his helmet the whole time. Safety first! 😂

[@justaguy5907]

That’s a great idea to wear ur helmet because if he falls he’s safe L O G I C 😂

[@foxfrost9203]

i also do this

[@trinapywell6869]

I do that when I’m building

[@moniqueshields4543]

Me to

[@rideallegretto1933]

I actually wear a helmet when i build because it keeps bugs off my head better then a hat does. Bug spray doesn’t help btw

[@tooniner]

I like how Blake just busts out the tricks: no footer, can-can, and clapping no hander... on a slow, 2-foot high 4-foot long mellow jump. Mad boost!

[@ajkourafas]

Man, as a Mid school BMX dirt jumper i have to say this. For a beginner jump that probably wont be used long, the logs are fine. For trails you want to use for a long time just use dirt. The logs break down over time and leave you with issues. Thank you for the vid. I just bought a dj mtb and plan on learning how to use it.

[@jeremybecause4887]

Wish I had good dirt like that around my jumps 😂

[@carsonplaysminecraft1018]

I wish i had a good dirt bike too! Atleast 100cc...

[@DerekFuller77]

same i’m from nevada and anything you find here is sandy

[@224mx]

same

[@cartermacrenaris705]

@@carsonplaysminecraft1018 dirt bike??

[@minibikemechs3460]

Same I have to bring multiple milk jugs of water just for a bit of moisture to my jumps

[@bradmcbride7759]

Absolutely quality tbh I remember being a young lad 10/11 tops and older lads laughing at me for piling mud into heaps and trying to jump it... Still did it I'm an old bloke now with kids and hope to show him this when he's Older

[@jack-o7539]

4:16 Scotty in the back round doing a bike check on Blake’s dirt jumper.

[@poggies]

you can also turn the hole where you got the dirt from into a jump

[@NoBrakes23]

y t yeah, I don't know why more people don't do this.In the 80s, that's how I made my jumps.

[@styki5631]

Yeah you could make a little dip before it

[@connorwilsonbikes111]

That how me and my mates do it we dig a hole and put the takeoff and land on the sides

[@georgeguiney8201]

if you live in a wet place like I do, it will just become a pond

[@prime0591]

Three Trailbuilders that’s y u don’t bother 😂

[@fv1zn]

Thanks! My back yard is quite small big enough for a decent berm and two features! Keep up the good work fellas!

[@Kakazumba99]

i know it imposible bcs u uploaded this video 1 minute ago but i watched the whole 7 minute video and i loved it

[@roostville3909]

That dirt looks prime! Blake was just patting it into shape with ease!

[@nickcoulter973]

So glad you made this vid. Berm next?

[@Riceninja08]

The humor, the subject, the object, the content, its just perfect. THANK YOU for this

[@evanmosson4233]

5:35 that's what she said

[@tristanbyrne1659]

Evan Mosson when me and my mates were making a ramp there was way too many of those jokes

[@cybermelon3446]

ha

[@Svenny0071]

i think the guy in the background at 4:00 is trying to get in the bike vault

[@Zimblake]

Sven Van Wonterghem 😂😂

[@Dude-Smellmyhelmet]

Sven Van Wonterghem who cares??

[@koko-lores]

Maybe he found a trailblake that will give him a supernice

[@Bohn101]

The no-look bike grab was awesome @ 6:09. I think you're pretty awesome, dude.

[@bbqsauce8018]

Great video this is exactly what I was looking for, I live directly next to a creek in Australia and I can’t wait to build my jumps down there 🤙

[@Olivertaylormtb]

Sammeeee, I’m building a trail at the moment

[@igakids2747]

Awesome! So Good my 8 & 9 year old boys successfully built a jump with no help. Thanks!

[@markusmayer2432]

Do more of that Build vids

[@scottrc5776]

Is that an inner tube at 2:50

[@s1lwo711]

Lol how did it managed to get up there

[@21335186z]

It was full of air, like when you blow a balloon and let it go. It goes frrrrrtttt up a tree.

[@youngpoisedtv2101]

Scott RC yes

[@youngpoisedtv2101]

yes

[@cosmin783]

Scott RC d

[@lukedavies8738]

Top notch presenting and then to go and throw those tricks off such a small jump! Great vid for beginners and also fun and entertaining for advanced riders like myself🤘🏼

[@smirnov___ice]

I built a 12 feet jump with my friends last week. It took us the whole day, but we were so proud and jumping it the first time was amazing... and sketchy.

[@zakjb1523]

how to make a drop off

[@JOSHCRANE]

NAME Yeah

[@dan1907]

DN who tf are u

[@tomdeery7246]

DN who are you, stop pretending to be Blake, who are you?

[@Ordinarysortaguy]

GoPro And Gaming - don't worry, I have multiple accounts, check out my main @ Blake Samson

[@respectablebogan3276]

He's an imposter. Just ignore him.

[@bmallory]

6:10 -> smooth

[@nikvandermaden5406]

do more building pls I like this very much

[@user-nk8ou1mu8g]

How to make a trail? =D

[@user-vr8gl9ly5n]

Макс Камнев dig up the grass and ride on it a lot

[@retroeighty5319]

Blake's presenting is brilliant 👍🏻😂

[@danielmosch5235]

The building part is fun

[@traquino98]

I love how animated you get when doing this. Thanks for the laughs!

[@pauliedelalla2929]

I like this, it's not like other dirt jump videos like step one have tons of private land and bobcats

[@gabrielhanna2559]

Make a pump track in your backyard Blake! That would be awesome

[@szymoncichy8219]

2:27 Me when I see a log in the woods lmao

[@deimosphob]

the logs are a great idea, it actually makes it stronger and creates what is called engineered dirt... Breaks the sheer-line of the dirt and actually allows you to make it steeper than the sheer-line. In-fact, paper, grass, leaves, netting, etc will work. great for that too.

[@Lysergic_]

but they rot and decompose over time and it ruins the dirt jump. this sadly comes from personal experience ;-;

[@4wdsome444]

Blake is about the greatest guy ever.

[@monke1206]

digging the dirt all on the surface gives you all the fresh dirt and if you dig up the dirt in the shape of a small path around the jump you have a path for people who dont want to jump it

[@scany1980]

The log tip is gold! 👍🏻

[@zakjb1523]

how to make a rock garden

[@tomdeery7246]

DN how do you know?

[@21335186z]

I've got some rock seeds. 5$ for a pound of seeds. Will that be cash or credit?

[@nocommentate9017]

never make a rock garden, you may not be able to fix every problem, but dont go out of your way making them

[@zakjb1523]

NoCommentate fix what?

[@nocommentate9017]

it was a saying. Anyways, do people actually make rock gardens for fun? because those things are hell to bike through, im pretty sure they're like defects in the trail that some would argue are okay

[@pameladepooter5920]

:D love the fact you are building wearing your safety gear!

[@balisticbomber5074]

Is that Scotty in the back ground at 4:16?

[@thegreenspiritXD]

please do more of this digging videos!!👍🏼👍🏼

[@raptor.rampge]

Really Nice Video Guys 💪🏼😉Please make more Videos of "How to build Jumps,Drops..."It's nice to see how to do this so you can do it yourself.Hope we see more of this:);)

[@zacharyharbert3745]

thankyou soooo much for starting to post building vids I live to build trails like those and it makes me super happy to see gmbn does too plz make more vids like this!!!

[@juneevangelista3177]

This helped a lot beacause me and my friend are building tracks and we were building the jumps way to small so the measurement helped

[@leocastro4608]

Does anybody notice they had to pre-dig the dirt for Blake?

[@yandichev7286]

Wow I just came home from the woods ...We were building Huuge jumps and stuff..and then I saw this video... :)

[@yandichev7286]

Do more of these building vids.. so cool.

[@mr.nobody68]

That square shovel is for scraping the surface of the ground or transferring a pile of material When I was a kid, we had to dig holes to build dirt jumps. Only tool for that is a round shovel

[@nickmanville900]

The timeless words of Blake, "if you wanna go more higher, you gotta build it taller."

[@CribbDawg]

the video i have been waiting for for 1 year!

[@philwphoto]

That is a shovel, not a spade!

[@tomdeery7246]

DN no its blakes bad, not yours

[@MTBdropIN]

lol

[@nocommentate9017]

genious

[@jacobbabcock8943]

is this guy being serious?

[@JackstandJohnny]

NoCommentate Most ironic comment on youtube haha.

[@myoneblackfriend3151]

The first shovel is a transfer shovel. It is great for transferring material from one place to another.

[@stakker7219]

Super Nice vid Blake.

[@hanzmeivynsantos6185]

That was amazing😮😮 thanks GMBN for this video😇😇🚴🚴🚴🚲🚲🚲🚵🚵🚵🚵

[@JC-hp6pk]

New to mtb. Found a sweet place out of the way. Some elderly boy was digging away solo so we got talking and i offered my help. Gave him a coke and some biscuits and learned a few valuable lessons. Taking some stiff brooms soon to help clear the trails and will hang them in the trees for others.

[@MrDino-hp7fy]

Thanks Blake! I'm off to go build some illegal jumps then, cheers!

[@jacobfoot5807]

Thank you so much I'm developing my woods now loved this video and subscribed

[@raijinmadapaka]

I would have unsubscribed a long time ago if Blake didn't join GMBN. Keep these videos coming!

[@cindycindy4536]

works great in my shop and on road trips in my RV

[@zenji1]

The finding the logs bit was the best!!!! Haha!!! Awesome 👍

[@chrismorris9396]

Finally great video

[@AdamDirtBiking]

thanks so much you made me be able to build my first proper bike jump

[@KaanGoren_]

my first jump was 6 meter long tabletop i didn't fell but landed nose heavy multiple times :q glad that i have good adjusted suspension :D

[@waggressor9290]

If you are gonna build in public just find a spot that is hidden enough, my buddies and I have built a pump track right next to the street, and then we have some other bigger jumps tucked away,

[@BlueRockYT]

Damn, crazy how he can get a tuck no hander on such a small jump, ninja timing!

[@jackpritch4671]

this helped so much, recently bought a marin mount vision 6 so gunna do it with that

[@Seyymou]

I was waiting for vudeo like this, thumbs UP!

[@KyranN12]

the sand is so nice

[@brycebott6798]

Sly Hound Kyran?

[@Zimblake]

Sly Hound it's the best man. Love it

[@MIchelleAFreo]

Blake Samson

[@kyranaldworth8652]

Awwweeeee my bru

[@kyranaldworth8652]

Watup my bru. The sand must be lakka in Europe, much better then Zim's

[@dimensionsofearth]

Dude that shovel is so not a spade it's square at the edge spades are well, pointy! That shovel is a tamper and a dirt mover not much of a digger that dirt must be amazingly soft! And those logs look pre cut more like an easter egg hunt of jump building haha really enjoyed the vid it had a very upbeat vibe.

[@jacovisser9472]

great video.was looking forward to it

[@nopunintended5096]

Awesome! Thanks blake!

[@sophielunn2157]

I cant stop watching

[@zink4652]

Them jumps look sick

[@ZeroSeriesMMX]

Blake can be Matt Stephens's therapist regarding logs -- and jumps -- every time. Scotty started the sessions with "5 Tricks One Log" and Blake went all-out phobia burial mode. ~wink~ EDIT: Oh yeah, thanks for some more life skills (even though some may say that trail building is a minor skill).

[@tywiddicombe9132]

i love it how they are doing a photo shoot of the bike in the background

[@irrelevantes1252]

Thanks for this vídeo!!!!

[@nadakarbing7206]

Thanks blake now i can go hoping on my backyard😇

[@charliezelib-ib7229]

Thanks Blake this really helped me I'm just a kid thanks so much

[@adriannigro7087]

Hi Blake, in the video it seems that you take the ramp with very slow speed. In that case are you doing a sort of bunny hop? Regards from Argentina.

[@farazlutfi]

Blake is a good video starter

[@callum7059]

Can you do this in any woods

[@hommedesdunes1150]

YEEEES FINALLY.

[@evangray155]

Im so tired of being a 13 year old that has nowhere to build and ride

[@ItsEnderkiller2]

Im almost thirteen and Im using a walmart bike. When I try a jump, my parents yell at me saying imma hurt myself :( sigh*

[@evangray155]

@@ItsEnderkiller2 you can do yard work and stuff and make money to get a good bike, if you work hard enough you can get one pretty quick.

[@ItsEnderkiller2]

@@evangray155 thx for the motivation

[@andrewirvine1615]

ItsEnderkiller2 yeah I deliver papers at my local newsagents and it's great easy money, and I use most of it to upgrade my bike lol

[@ToastyWaffles4]

@@evangray155 real

[@timhurford3891]

Nice jumps!

[@anniemartin3571]

thanks so much for the tips

[@stephenwain4195]

Nice video. Wish it wasn't raining so much right now. Cheers.

[@sntkmr9]

thanks for valuable tut

[@yinonriklis1166]

Good video I love Blake he is funny

[@zen_bentana]

lit, definitely making one in my backyard tomorrow!!!

[@thomasmclaughlin5270]

Make this a series how to build love this 👍👍👌

[@benediktfischer2386]

amazing Video thanks😊👍

[@jacob.wo0ds442]

i love buckland rings dirt park, I go all the time.

[@elizawatson5769]

Thanks so much this helped a lot

[@willfield_mtb9601]

Good video lads I will use the logs in my next build cheers