How to Jump a Mountain Bike - MTB Skills and Essentials!

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So a lot of people have been asking for a mountain bike how to series, so here it is! Starting with my favourite part of mtb, jumping! But you don't need to be hitting the big jumps at Darkfest or Audi Nines to have fun, so this is dialled back for everyone learning their first jumps at the bike park all the way up to seasoned experts, trying race jumps, whips and scrubs! Hopefully you'll all learn some skills in this video and enjoy watching along the way, and let me know what you want to learn in episode 3 and 4!

[@Wabit01]

Love it Sam… an area I see few videos on is the mental side of riding, dealing with knockbacks, nerves, fear, improving confidence, building back up after a crash, dealing with days when you feel a bit rubbish. How you've personally overcome some of these mental barriers - The zen of mtbing!

[@thomasmonk1153]

It would be brilliant if you could make a video for more advanced riders showing how to do drops in the range of 10-15 feet.That would be incredibly helpful.

[@noah_m]

And trick tutorials! (sui’s, no footers - easier tricks)

[@albertnoyce7398]

And steeper off camber drops

[@matou3cz]

yeeee, advanced tutorials about anything really...

[@sharpy0874]

It’s hard to find those kind of videos on the internet

[@markmccall6273]

If you can do a 2 foot drop, you can do a 10 foot drop. It's exactly the same, but try telling your head that! Granted, you may have to let your front end drop a little as you're more than likely to be landing on a downward slope if it's a bike park drop. You can do it. If you know you can already do 2 feet over and over, no problems, you've got this!

[@snbsmtb]

What best way to learn HOW TO JUMP then to learn it from the guy who started DARK FEAST!!

[@CheeseMac-vl1xt]

Dark feast sounds yummy

[@kingsleybiking2173]

Who else can jump good, but they're just watching it for fun cause they love Sam?

[@MrMJB]

Great new series 👍🏻 Stylish tables next vid please. This could be a beginner series, then inters, then an expert series, just a thought 🤞🏻 Start churning the vids lad 🤘🏻

[@samuelwatson5976]

A video on steep dirt jumps and maybe some basic tricking technique.

[@elijahforthewin]

how to slow down in the air and nose into really short, steep transitions would be great.

[@nictreadgold6411]

@@elijahforthewin you cant slow down in the air.

[@elijahforthewin]

@@nictreadgold6411 uh, yes you can. Grab your brakes halfway through a 30ft gap and let me know what happens

[@rodrigoveiga777]

@@elijahforthewin no u cant, if u grab your brakes you will just go otb

[@rodrigoveiga777]

the slowing down comes by the gravity as you reach the maximum height and start going down. you should come slowly and boost the jump, then you are going more up than front.

[@cheker10000]

One of the best jumping tutorials I've ever seen! But what about very steep kickers?

[@24MPZ]

For real, steep kickers are my nemesis. I do fine on most trail jumps. But at many jumplines I get my ass kicked by steeper jumps.

[@cheker10000]

@@24MPZ Funny, I felt the same way when I wrote the comment. By now I am throwing nohanders over all kickers I can find😂Start with a small kicker where not much can go wrong and try boosting it over and over again until you feel confident. They are actually much nicer to jump than flat jumps.

[@24MPZ]

@@cheker10000 that's awesome man, congrats on the progression!

[@24MPZ]

There are so many "how to jump videos" but I believe Sam explained it best here. A lot of details yet described so efficiently in an easy to understand way.

[@nread1135]

Echo what others are saying. How to move on from beginner long and low gaps and tables to steeper faced jumps where you have to commit to the speed and the inevitable height. They look like a wall but in reality are 45 degrees!

[@DJPablotv]

Bro riding behind Nikoli was sick. To see the view from the air of how u guys do those jump tricks is AMAZING!

[@younggoat1265]

I used to live in Rogate! I sold my house about 2 months ago and now live in Spain, shortly after I moved I found the sport of mountain biking 🥲

[@reemusbodeemus2656]

Your tables are the best in the business in my opinion. I just learned a lot from watching the clip of you doing the the table over and over in extra slow speed. I never get mine that flat. I'm usually too far back and hit the seat with my thigh. Thanks!!

"Not very useful. But cool. That's what cycling is all about." Perfect attitude for riding.

[@JIBBING_1980S]

I so agreed that you have to do this type of coaching series especially basic jump and beginner tricks . Thanks.

[@ianprice3932]

love it! Next tip video on riding a medium set of trails!! And basic tricks, shapes, style of airing steep dirt jumps

[@hunterburgess2622]

Perfect video.. im heading to a bike park for the first time in a couple weeks so hopefully I can put all of this to good use.. thanks Sam

[@zebi_junior3111]

It would be amazing if you do a video about jumps with a steep lip, jumping with a full suspension bike!

[@thebeardedman-drenaline5546]

I love the slow motion and also how you demonstrate what your body and bike are doing. Great tutorial 🤙🔥

[@wakazuzu]

Remy Metailler does beast scrubs too!

[@DHOBSESSIONS]

i love how many times u said hopefully....

[@Thematty635]

Such a good tutorial this, when I try scrub I try to think of how my feet are, and I drop my rear foot to be lower than my front foot, just seems to help me get the bike over. Or I drop whatever foot is on the outside of the bike and lift the inside foot up.

[@addisontrue8769]

the landing flat tip, actually useful in case you over send a jump and you're in the deep end ;)

[@liborbombik2797]

This was great,More videos on dirtjumping please ....

[@smeg2727]

Good video Sam. A table / unturndown tutorial would be nice. As well as steep lips.

[@davidmiller2050]

I could have done with this before my crash last Sunday! Would like to know how to tackle big drop offs

[@frankthetank7397]

nice one sam! hope you make a tutorial for dirt jumping.🤘🤘🤘

[@liamsnake9919]

Love the vid dude 👍 could you do one about confidence hitting something scary for the first time please 🙏 I think I'm lacking confidence on and off the bike so any advice is appreciated 😂

[@Mestizolo]

Cool new content. A how to video on hitting Dirt Jump trails as well as how to build them, would be nice.

[@kimoneymaker888]

Thanks. I'm learning alot.🇵🇭🤘

[@Moomin420]

Wicked series! Really clear and easy to understand! Would love to get some tips on drops

[@R_J]

Some tips for really steep dirt jump will be cool and how to get comfortable enough in the air to take your hands of.

[@DaStuntChannel]

I'm having trouble with steep dirtjumps, I'm compressing a lot on the takeoff, like what one would do in a BMX race track to keep the speed instead of going up

[@willclarke2752]

Manuals and wheelies !

[@AbrahamBarberi]

Awesome video! Let’s learn how to do table tops.

[@n8thjd]

Yes, Tabletop and Tail-whip lesson would be great! :)

[@rsdan1984]

My suggestion would be a video on how to manual rollers. There aren't many out there.

[@rickybobbyG59R]

Maybe a how to tabled out whip you and Bren do? Thats the best looking trick on big jumps you do!

[@sharpy0874]

Better whips or fun things that anyone can learn like, endo’s, stoppies, wheelies etc

[@Mattridesbike]

Dirt jumps, whips and tables 🤘🏽

[@shelbymiddleton9649]

Love the vids Sam 👌👌🔥

[@hamidputrapasundan]

Nice Jump Bro.. Salam Dari Ketapang West Borneo Indonesia 😘

[@gabeasher187]

The Darkfest clips are freaking me out! 😨

[@slimshedridah7184]

Great tutorial from a legend of this jumps 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@highbrow76]

Best jump video I've ever seen, so well explained and demonstrated thanks Sam, would love a video about braking techniques 😎👏

[@glen8138]

14:39 "as long as you bring it back before you land". I really wanted some more detail here... landing is quite important to me :D

[@robertvaughan1051]

Braking, drops, and body positioning would be good topics. Thanks!

[@Petr388]

Finn Iles has some of the best scrubs in the business

[@carlomaraingan4479]

Thanks Sam!

[@Yorabz-jk7sd]

i like that Jersey sam...nice video tutorial

[@reemusbodeemus2656]

Tabletop tutorial please. Great vid Sam!

[@zoenabousawadogo5663]

Yes

[@juanchoesc]

Great video!! Trick video please!!!

[@morgansurcouf2239]

you should do a video on how to overcome fears of learning new tricks

[@Gametz.studios]

Love from India 🇮🇳

[@outdooroutfitters3658]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@jojoaspi7398]

Can't find a hip around my area and I'm having difficulty trying to do a table top. Great tips by the way!

[@klangford9172]

Thank goodness

[@crispin1970]

My jumps look like I’m bunny hopping a twig…

[@mattyk5093]

Hey I’ve hit decent size gaps before but whenever I hit somthing steep of fast that I’m scared of I just freeze up in the air and forget everything I know have any tips to help??

[@cedricdiehl1789]

please do some tricks like tabeltop,nohand or something like that

[@aidensavellis1351]

corners are the hardest thing to master in my opinion

[@Dukesy]

this is epic mate..Cant beleive ive only just found it. Can you do a video based on boosting and suspension setup for ebikes?

[@zackcrowe6423]

Can you do how to ride rough terrain quick and how to deal with arm pump after a long trail,

[@mizsbae5545]

Very useful. Thanks for the tips ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍

[@MrsBeritKA]

I would like a video about whips

[@bad0beef]

Teach us more about the very basics. Most people still fear jumping a tabletop

[@jonathangodfrey1]

Great video Sam, keep it up 👍

[@mtbville]

Awesome video Sam 😃👍

[@jaykaye3482]

Most tutes just describe the trick, rather than telling you what you need to learn. Would love to see breakdowns for basic advanced tricks like a superman, but rather than just the obvious overview tips like "take you feet off the pedals and kick them back" actually go into detail about how you do that: do you kick feet off at the lip or once ur in the air? where are you looking? How vert do you need to get the bike when its out in front etc etc.

[@jaykaye3482]

The section on boosting was a great example of this - you didnt just say "compress into the kicker" but gave info on when to start the compression, when to release it and the interplay between pushing w ur knees and pulling w ur arms - those finer points make all the difference!

[@chaconWOOOOOO]

Kudos Samuel

[@soy_el_dodoo]

yess How to table please 🙏

[@duroxkilo]

1:16 when you just put on a fresh new rubber and want your boys at the top to notice it immediately

[@sambonnick559]

Sick vid would be cool if you did a sports science breakdown of darkfest type jumps to help out more advanced reply riders. I'm definitely not that guy but have been jumping bikes for 20 plus years and would love to have some of your genius input into my riding. Safe dog. Thanks

[@leecherry3372]

Drops for me !

[@natekent9843]

Sick video. Would love some tips on whips and tables

[@endhuromtb309]

Such a good video man, super helpful!! 1 vote here for more info on tabletops/whips!! (Just noticed while doing a tabletop your feet are actually coming off the pedals??)

[@timquain5341]

Ok, so table tops are a goal of mine but I struggle with them so much. Riding with my left foot forward my hip jams/is blocked when I try to do them to the right (the way most riders suggest to go when you ride with your left foot forwards). So I end up mainly doing them (or trying to) to the left which ends up making me take the left foot off. I've tried Matt Jones' tip of lying on your back and doing it but my hip just goes to a boney block. Technically speaking, I range passive range of motion with flexion, adduction and internal rotation of the hip. Any tips on technique would be great!!!

[@bauke-LV426]

Cool series sam! Indeed, I need to get better to match the 5 year old schredder kids :) Next up? Lots of people already mentioned all sorts of jumps, so thats good. Especially all the stuff that’s not really useful but looks cool and is fun: that definitely has my vote! Love to see clearing doubles on a pumptrack. I’m struggling to get enough hight/speed/boost

[@alxforth1]

Nice one! How to do whips would be great 🤙

[@romz17atienza17]

Cool! Thats noted mate. Maybe will try experimenting it on a xc hardtail. Thanks for sharing it. :)

[@7ackoatl476]

Top sam 👍💪

[@vukkojic9533]

Has someone made a video about learnig to jump with hardtaill?

[@garioch_gravel_rider7376]

Great video Sam - nice and simple! Can you make it look a bit easier though? 😂

[@frosto2039]

can you do a same video but only with one suspension?

[@Oliver-is9hb]

Maybe a video teaching some basic tricks

[@mike_ewins]

I'd like to see how to put a bit of style/steeze into my airtime. I'm fairly confident on a lot of jumps but I need to start throwing some some shapes, I'm just getting used to small whips but only to the side where my front foot is. I need to start learning an oppo whip

[@kriyashivajiva]

good stuff. i'm eager to learn yo. thanks! buffalo, new york

[@mistacoz]

Great advice!

[@jakejones9962]

Would be great to see on how to keep level 40+ feet gaps and steep vertical lips

[@jojowawa1011]

can you do a video on how to progress jumps, like im jumping 8 ft kickers, but if i wanted to try slopestyle jumps, how could i progress to that

[@RamonSmithMusic]

So we should start jumping on "a nice safe one" - but how to tell if a jump is nice and safe? I think I know, but I might be wrong - and probably most beginners will be wrong, too.

[@SecretSpots]

Great video Sam! ... .Btw, Good clicked tables on a large 29" mountain bike seem massively harder than when I used to do them on a BMX bike. That said, would love a video on how to do a solid table on a MTB!

[@renzchristianvalentino5542]

nice vid sir...how to tabletop and how to whip pls..

[@markboy45]

that will help me out a lot nice 1

[@droY_m1]

Something people never talk about is; i always tend to lose my pedals mid-flight! I am actually cool jumping, but mostly lose the pedals to the front and hit my shins. Does anyone have a good advice for that? :D I have the right position on the pedal but i feel like i dont have enough pressure on the pedal mid-flight. What can i do? Keep shreeding guys!

[@MNM_football_]

You should do more tables

[@Marco-ce8kr]

drops!!

[@loamchasers]

If you had made this video a week ago my girlfriend maybe would not have a broken collar bone from me trying to half ass explain to her how to jump 😂

[@RiversideM]

I would've loved if you went more into common mistakes. For example, most jumps are fine but for some I just feel like a passenger along for the flight, it's like I'm taking off and while I'm in the air I'm waiting to find out if I'm gonna crash or not. Like, with the take off comes complete loss of control so it all depends on my set up before the jump. Idk why this happens sometimes, world like to get some Intel on that

[@petebates6576]

When I used to jump seriously as a teenager I would sometimes feel the same. I always wished there was a way I could see myself jumping and then watch back to see what went wrong... Hey presto! We have way better cameras now. If only I still had the confidence to jump.

[@paests]

Tks Sam! Why do u recommend landing front wheel slightly first , rather than back wheel?

[@SamReynolds26]

Then you get control earlier, and if you land back wheel first it can pull the bars down from your hands. And is smoother!