How To Jump On A Mountain Bike | Beginner MTB Skills

[@gmbn]

What other skills would you like to learn?

[@Danielhobbies150]

Doing endos around switchbacks

[@fugoogle9757]

360°

[@saddleweary2777]

Peddling threw corners, everyone teaches body positions without peddling

[@Bear0280]

How to do the very first jump of the Vlog 😂 thanks heaps for the early morning laugh Blake Love your work

[@Whyusadd]

@@gmbn excel

[@ZagelMedia]

One more tip is that if you aren't clearing jumps, don't just use more speed. Good technique makes up for extra speed when jumping. I took my large 29er dual suspension to a dirt jump park and I was either casing, or accidentally nose-bonking table tops because I was going in with too much speed. I had a hard time figuring out what was wrong, but then I just hit the tables with less speed than I thought I needed and focused on standing up to the jump face and I cleared the whole line with ease!

[@janneboman8573]

Yep. My friend was nervous about a jump and just used more speed to be extra sure to clear the gap. Bad choice. Nose dipped in the air and he went OTB. I called the ambulance. Broken wrist, collarbone and dislocated shoulder.

[@ChristosLiasis]

Jesus loves you❤ Turn to him❤ He was beaten and spit on and died for you in the cross❤ He has more forgiveness than we do sin❤ so please I beg you read the Bible go and repent apologize for your sin and confess it and praise the lord ☦️☦️☦️ Spread the word please 🙏❤️❤️

[@Scoutin_4_Bike_Trails]

Thanks Blake, my MTB Hero as always! 🤜🏼🙌🏼

[@mitch_smith]

Well timed video. Went up from 26" 110/130 to 29" 150/160 and the first ride happened yesterday. Jumps feel remarkably different now. I'm over cooking everything.

[@ChristosLiasis]

Jesus loves you❤ Turn to him❤ He was beaten and spit on and died for you in the cross❤ He has more forgiveness than we do sin❤ so please I beg you read the Bible go and repent apologize for your sin and confess it and praise the lord ☦️☦️☦️ Spread the word please 🙏❤️❤️

[@slide_drexler]

He forgot the most important tip to jump on a MTB: make sure you have excellent health insurance.

[@conradcoolerfiend]

@@slide_drexler most American comment ever

[@Danielhobbies150]

Facts

[@tenfriskydingos]

Or a "rub some dirt on it and walk it off" attitude 😂 \s

[@Whyusadd]

Medicare in Australia 🇦🇺

[@kevinburke1325]

Jumping is not that dangerous.

[@zwingler]

Not sure about the scooping the feet part. Generally if you just lift your legs/ bend the knees the pedals will naturally follow, but as all things go, the only way to do is to do it. You can only learn by doing the thing you wanna learn.

[@Nomads_Rowing]

Cheer ms Blake, Next stage of my mtb progression is jumps and the thoughts of what can go wrong can override what can be done but with your usual excellent explanations along with your default enthusiasm, I’m going forward with a plan of those steps to work with 😎

[@Cameramanmatteo]

In addition to these great tips, this video was very well made! Great camera work, excellent sound, nice natural lighting, efficient editing.

[@deividas_kimontas]

Good bunny-hop takes time. Enjoy it and take your time learning it. It's worth it! 🤘

[@ronnie_5150]

Thanks for this! I live in British Columbia, Canada where there are endless amounts of trails. I've just recently got back into MTB.

[@J-tu3hw]

Blake is a world treasure.

[@eziola]

Thanks Blake. Another great video! I think there's still debate on the timing and amount of pre-load (and rebound) of the FRONT fork on steep lippy jumps on a full suspension bike. Is there no fork preload? Some? Lots? When? The video on jumping that I would LOVE to see, but no one has ever made would be to suit up in a full face, and a protector with a nice deep foam pit and have y'all demonstrate getting sent over the bars (safely into the foam pit of course). I've been sent over the bars in two main ways (with no foam pit haha), the first is like you said, putting your weight back and getting catapulted, but the second way I get ejected is when I accidentally let my fork slam or soak up a very lippy jump, and then when the front tire comes off the lip, the fork rebound in the air pulls me forward. It's sort of like preloading too late, or letting the fork suck up the face of the jump. Sorry for the long comment! It would be great to see you guys get bucked forward or dead sailor into a foam pit in slow motion!

[@playgroundchooser]

Oof, that sounds painfully familiar. I reduced the rebound speed on my fork this year and I'm not getting it as bad now. But rock gardens are harder... so there's that. 😂

[@ChristosLiasis]

Jesus loves you❤ Turn to him❤ He was beaten and spit on and died for you in the cross❤ He has more forgiveness than we do sin❤ so please I beg you read the Bible go and repent apologize for your sin and confess it and praise the lord ☦️☦️☦️ Spread the word please 🙏❤️❤️

[@ZoZooZoooZoxxxx]

Nice, u said something about the pedals, I found that’s the most important part for beginners especially to learn to be with the bike and use the tires as feet! Cheers

[@jmotravelingteam]

Started the video, saw Blake do the little jump spin on the tabletop, paused the video and hit the thumbs up. Haha. Great stuff!

[@craigmanson6141]

Nice remake of a classic ive been forwarding for ages to the kids i coach thanks!

[@gmbn]

Happy to help!

[@xXKyon12Xx]

Thank you, for the mistake part, haha I kinda of feel off honestly. So I might try again someday but am not sure but now am going to slow enjoy riding my bike.

[@transmath]

maybe 1 key parameter not covered here ( and it’s the case in 99% of the Jumpping tuto videos): The speed! You could perfectly know what to do “Compress, stand up, look at landing zone etc” if you don’t have proper speed nothing will happen or you won’t be able to clear the jump properly.

[@SolarPeel]

I once overcooked it when over the bars and scraped my face up, since then every like 5/6th jump I land in an accidental manual - I can’t even manual flat. Haven’t fallen off over the back tho - yet - 😂

[@g.b-MTB-trail-jumps3062]

Straight to my wood ramp😍. Great job champ..perfect review

[@gmbn]

Good luck!

[@nightfighter7452]

I managed to get my front wheel up a few times today. One time i landed wrong and flew off the bike so that was fun.

[@masterkraznis561]

Отличное обучающее видео! Спасибо тебе!🤝

[@heinrichkleist3473]

I love Blake's videos!

[@clivejcellis]

I'm confused - use the bunny hop technique but says later keep your weight central to stop yourself getting bucked. The bunny hop technique involves aggressively moving your weight to the back? It would be great if GMBN could break down how the jumping bunny hop technique is different from the "on the flat" bunny hop technique 🙏

[@Greg-ht2uv]

@@clivejcellis on flat ground you shift back to get the bike up, on a jump the ramp does the lifting. But you need to have the same stand up explosive motion and then follow through.

[@clivejcellis]

​@@Greg-ht2uv thanks. Yeah I just use my legs to jump atm but im trying to dial Blake's boost technique and get my arms involved. I think he uses a technique similar to the bunnyhop. Pushing down on the handlebars to unweight the front wheel at the top of the lip but rather than shifting his hips back, I think he pivots at the hips as his arms extend. His legs then become fully extended as the back wheel reaches the top of the lip. Not entirely sure though but I think that's what's happening. Will give it a go and hope for the best.

[@garyalexander3281]

Very interesting episode on learning to send it. One question - what sort of average speed is recommended along with lessons learned here to clear a jump? Excellent video Blake thanks for sharing 😁🤙

[@CopacabanaDisc]

amazing!!

[@eltiburon9546]

Hey buddy, what is the best mountain biking helmet overall? Thanks for the reply

[@patrickl4120]

Before this video i was seeking for tips to help me jump and now im convinced that i just suck at jumping and i should just roll everything xD

[@METEORA_47]

Is new cameraman?panoramic skill 💪

[@anthonydelosreyes7074]

I'm watching/cramming this video on my pre-ride dump. Am I in trouble?

[@ZOB4]

Version 13,829 of this video

[@tenfriskydingos]

I'm thinking I'll finally get wheelies and manuals down after roughly 15,000 videos on each 👍

[@adamweb]

They always get clicks though lol, lots of new riders every year...

[@alexpeartree2019]

13,829 videos and I still can't jump. Maybe video 13,830 will do it for me? 😂

[@SylvainsShipyard]

True, but they are always fun. Especially with Blake!

[@FirstNameLastName-ev3jk]

Good.

[@stephenpenn1177]

I'm a newbie to trying to jump, do you use the same technique if you're not clearing a table top i.e landing on the flat on the top? Or keep the bike level for landing and not front wheel first? Thanks!

[@richardlyon3]

It’s still too complicated for me. Can’t I just ‘stand up to the jump’?

[@sultanabran1]

i'm not saying i'm good at jumping, but spending a lot of time doing jumps helps the most. the technique is most important, but spending time doing is as important. you lose all technique and confidence if you don't keep practising.

[@dxgon7545]

Thenx

[@jcsonone]

Where was this filmed ??? Anyone. Looks amazing for jumping

[@jduran30]

I have made a lot of progress on my jumping being 2 seasons into mountain biking I jump decently high, I got a decent position and angle of attack and I land leveled, my only problem is on the jumping distance, I don’t jump long enough and I got trouble clearing table tops, any tips on that?

[@TC_Prof]

Love it bro nice nice ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ridelikekrum7707]

What about jumps with a steeper lip?(much steeper than in yor video) Most trails in my area send you higher than long. I struggle with that.

[@shredwithrobert]

Good info 🔥

[@gmbn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tyleraltom6026]

“Heee(y)a!” = “here,” anyway this guy is great 👍🏼

[@TeddyParker]

Oof on the Ladera OTB video... Wish I could have been there to go over technique with him beforehand

[@jonfitz4724]

During the part where he says to "curl your feet on the pedals" (~2:45), the video shows his shoes. Is it just me, or are his shoes dead flat (i.e. not showing any visible sign of curling around the pedals)?

[@campbellclark3458]

Blake, do bigger jumps need a bigger preload?

[@RTR_Mtb]

Use the same technique on a small jump and get the feel for it, and preload more and more depending on how you feel about it

[@Neropen]

I don’t have any trails with jumps I only have small dirt and sand jumps we made so it’s hard to learn to jump better. Also when I jump my feet always slip off the pedals and I land on my seat with my but and scrape my shins. Is there a way to fix this?

[@Shlumbis-rx2xj]

Can you do a Bunny hop on a hardtail?

[@HelmutKreuzer-j8g]

❤just turn the bar at least a litttle bit and jump like you want to break the height record❤

[@FIGHTTHECABLE]

I cn ride the most technical stuff there is, but jumping a gap or making it over the tavle top is my biggest fear.

[@playgroundchooser]

Pretty sure we're just supposed to 🎶 Stand. Up. To The Jump. 🎶 Gotta stand up to the jump... 🎶

[@TheLoamRanger]

Heck yes!

[@MTBGX-b3g]

I was always scared to jump on bikes but not on skateboards. I really wanna overcome this fear.

[@sadbread2519]

Hi i have a problem that my legs lift off when i jump what do i do to fix it

[@OpenSourceStudios]

A POV version with commentary will be good

[@bjornjohansson1716]

Speed? What difference does it make? Please!?

[@dzusone]

影片的運鏡越來越有質感了

[@markyp1965]

I can think of one or two riders with channels on here, who don’t have great technique (particularly the leg extension part of taking off), but gets lots of kudos. Perhaps, they should be directed to this excellent video?

[@MONKFISH000]

Where is this filmed?

[@sigurdjohansen-x9j]

one tip is having the right weight on your bike my friend cant jump because he is to weak to lift his bike thats why its abt weight to

[@TheCureThatKillz]

How many videos do you guys think are like this on KZbin? Millions?

[@aleq]

Like most jumping videos on KZbin, goes too fast through actual jumping footage to learn anything in significance. Might as well be listening to a podcast.

[@leighhewitt5476]

@@aleq playback speed button ✅

[@godspeed821]

I've watched every version of this skill from gmbn and i still don't know how to jump. I guess It's just not for everyone or i really suck.

[@420bandit]

Try going faster, with these same tips.

[@saddleweary2777]

Try practicing bunny hops over a tree limb over and over and then over the lip of a table top, the relaxing is the key or being comfortable airborne and you'll love it. Start small and take your time.

[@godspeed821]

@@saddleweary2777 sadly i already tried many different things to learn it but i just can't It's too difficult. I can't do any tricks at all because I'm that bad.

[@saddleweary2777]

@@godspeed821 I have a friend that feels the same way, his confidence is very low, finally he went for it and got hurt, don't do that, your confidence will tell you if you need to keep pursuing or not. My friend said he will never leave the ground again and that's the best for him. You know what is best for you but don't let confidence block you. You are right though, it's not for everyone but that doesn't mean you are any less of mtn biker than someone that stays in the air. Snobs think they are but that's bs. My friend is one of the best at speed than I've ever seen anyone. Most of the I'm better than you because I can jump crowd would end up crashing if they were to hang with my friend on a track. Remember that my friend !

[@playgroundchooser]

The thing that unlocked jumps for me was Loam Ranger's "Stand up to the jump." Song. I sing it to myself every ride still 😂😂

[@Specialized-Demo_Rider]

I’m a pretty experienced jumper but am having one issue I hope someone can help me with, on medium sized lips I tend to bend my legs and push my arms out right as I leave the take off, I’m pushing off the lip with both arms and legs but can’t seem to stop bending my legs, it always seem to work tho as I land near perfect but doesn’t look right does anyone have any suggestions

[@spaceshipdms]

What about a video focused on DH bike park jumps? Where you're focused more on speed control as much as you are on form? Stay awesome and sendy Blake, love your attitude and charisma!

[@vickythompson8893]

All right… hold my beer, it’s on.

[@graeme5364]

What’s not mentioned is the need to ride with people within your skill level. This is a huge oversight for people learning how to jump. Ride with people too skilled and you will crash trying to keep up.

[@akairborne]

I need to work on two things 1) preventing my rear wheel from boosting. 2) overcome my fear of some doubles.

[@gmbn]

It sounds backwards but loading the back wheel too much can cause it to buck you. Practice a neutral position on your bike. Everything will come with time and practice! Keep at it 🤘

[@Jonathan-s7u5u]

global or british?

[@eminence_]

I can't keep my feet on the pedals 😢

[@RobertKrus]

This is my problem too. As a very experienced dirt bike rider I felt confident jumping my MTB. When I got airborne my feet went in a different direction from my pedals. I got to take a little nap on the trail and I took a bit of gravel home with me buried in my face. On a motorcycle it's easy: gas it off the lip, grip the tank with your knees and all is good. However, bikes don't have a tank and there's no throttle. How do I keep my feet on the pedals while in the air? How come none of the 'How To Jump' videos ever address this?

[@Dangit-Dangit]

Jumping is all about jumping, not KZbin instructional videos.

[@joehoeper4648]

Man, British people really love tea.

[@darkspeed62]

It's an okay video, but you don't really ex[lain in slow mo how the dead sailor happens, with slow mo or something. We just see POV of it happening.

[@Mr_wayne0805]

Great video, as always. But maybe next time, Grab a total novice and teach them from start to finish. Show real progression 🫡. See ya!

[@pegasusmtbcoachinginstruct7360]

So much more to jumping than this and should not pull on bars there’s no need

[@brianrichardson5310]

Don't get it. You say bring the rear wheel up with the feet, then you say the hips. Don't understand.

[@RobertKrus]

Right. How do you bring the rear wheel up with your feet?

[@John3-16Clothing]

helllo

[@gmbn]

👋

[@JeanWestaby-g4j]

Schuppe Junctions

[@IEGamersRule]

Still too scared

[@zyrus4712]

this is a bad guide. you said its a easy and fast technic to learn how to jump, but learning the bunny hop is hard and take years to learn.

[@Ujobujo]

Imagine learning ir for years I learned it in 14 days

[@GboysTV1]

I got my first mountain bike yesterday and it took me three try’s

[@Ujobujo]

@@zyrus4712 if this is something it is a good tutorial

[@glennwebb631]

​@GboysTV1 of course it did

[@vazpaii2000]

@@zyrus4712 if it takes you years to master a bunny hop I don't think you should be riding a bike lol.

[@ytpflix]

This is so useless, he's teaching us how to hop on a 5,000 pound bike when most of the viewers have hardtails, you can't bunny hop with flats also