Simple Steps To Improve Your Bunnyhop! | MTB Progression Skills

Learning how to bunnyhop is a great skill to have and can really help with your riding level, but they can also be pretty tricky to get right and frustrating if you're not able to clear the obstacles you'd like! In this video, Anna Cipullo from ‪@gmbntech‬ is joined by Trails legend Martyn Ashton for an afternoon of bunnyhop tutorials to help her master the skills needed to bunnyhop & clear obstacles when out on the trails!
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[@tbgiw]

Its nice to see someone who can't do it being taught as opposed to someone who can showing you, it shows how difficult it actually is :)

[@MbanziSD]

I agree! Most people that can bunnyhop well don't know how they do it anymore as it becomes automatic.

[@alstuart8801]

hahah yes exactly! good point

[@gmbn]

For sure! It's quite refreshing to see how you can progress the bunny hop into a more fluid motion. It really helps to show someone progressing to that stage! 👍

[@Cous1nJack]

She’s a competitive rider. Of course she can bunny hop.

[@karljuan8908]

Can I do it with a hardtail? I'm 85kg fat. Is it ok?

[@RomansDowntime]

Martyn’s way of positive encouragement really makes me feel like he can teach anyone to enjoy the sport/ hobby so much more. The world needs more people like him. 👏

[@MrRondron]

A role model for everyone.

[@stevengoodwin3154]

That's about the best bunnyhop vid I've seen! Superior instruction. A student who didn't have to act poorly. True progression. I can't wait to see the manual vid with these two!

[@gmbn]

Glad you enjoyed it, Steven! We took a fresh approach to this video to show how the bunny hop can be learnt by anyone. Thanks for the support!

[@anitalandkroon]

Great video 😃❤️ Martyn is the best to explain it in an easy way ! I love it ❤❤

[@gmbn]

We agree! Thanks for the support, Anita! It's always great to see your comments! 🙌

[@julianm5590]

Love Martyn’s simple instructions. Easy to understand and practice. More like this please!

[@gmbn]

Martyn = Insane Knowledge 😂

[@BalbasaurFamVlog]

As a beginner MTBer, hearing Anna go “I’m going to die!” reminds me so much of my recent rides! I guess there’s always an element of fear regardless of how experienced you are.

[@BalbasaurFamVlog]

@Cristian G thanks for the encouragement! I’m just hitting the trails and doing my best! I do feel more confident every week so hopefully I’ll get there soon! BTW, watch out for the other person who replied to my comment. They aren’t really GMBN and tried to scam me out of some money, pretending to send me an iPhone, a MacBook and a bike as long as I paid them for shipping! Knew it was as soon as they wrote bike last!

[@karljuan8908]

Can I do it with a hardtail? I'm 85kg fat. Is it ok?

[@jholid6y]

This video is amazing very realistic and gives weekend mt bikers hope.

[@antlewis8439]

Great Vid! EASILY the best bunny hop tutorial Video GMBN have done by a mile!

[@marekbrodowski7225]

Men, this is the best explanation for bunny hop. Thanks

[@EricFlynn]

Martin is such a great teacher. Patient, kind, and the most important funny!

[@rhettetherington1351]

The best bunny hop tutorial video I've seen. Brilliant. Looking forward to the manual video.

[@thomas-cheng]

I feel really proud of Anna.

[@rodrigormotta]

even though I have no problem bunny hopping just watching martyn is more than worth my time! you are a legend mate!

[@kowioutdoortv]

One of the best, if not the best guide, I think what's make the difference here (by accident 😉) is that trainee do not follow teacher (do not ride in pair) but is discovering on her own and only gets comments; I am going outdoor this afternoon 👍😀

[@jedisentinel1499]

Awesome tutorial! I like that you guys featured a hard tail! Thanks !

[@jtrainor1599]

That was the best bunny hop lesson I've watched. Anna was fantastic and Martyn's whole approach to instruction was the best there has been on the youtube. I hope there are more lessons with these two awesome people to inspire me! Thanks for this

[@nalissa77]

Anna is the best!

[@jordancooke5359]

More of Martin and his "How to" videos please! Brilliant teacher!

[@gmbn]

Thanks, Jordan! We'd love to make more videos just like this!

[@nk-dw2hm]

@@gmbn please try to convince him (and a test subject) to do a rear wheel balance video. Would be great to see him teaching how to balance on the rear wheel, since that's kind of a mainstay of all things trials

[@pabloccmtb]

Best tutorial ever, and I've actually watched tons.

[@martinsero685]

["...making sense in your head ... timing starts to work ... starting to use it (red. bunnyhop) ... then it becomes a natural movement ..."] + ["I trust you!"] BRAVO BRAVISSIMO and five stars from me ;-)

[@gmbn]

Anna smashed it! Seeing someone progress is so satisfying! 👊

[@Milessongs]

Most helpful breakdown ever! Something about the progression of steps really makes sense here! I’ve been doing it all wrong - I’m off to practice.

[@ExplosiveNotes]

My favorite comedic/educatonal duo Mr. Ashton and The Stick teaching again🎉

[@paigegill6857]

Nice to see some-body like me on GMBN. Thanks!

[@blondiejoe]

Very helpful. As others have said, it really helps to have a real student as opposed to a demonstrator. I think this drill will help me a lot.

[@billderas3420]

Great teacher and student! I used to teach bunnyhopping on mtbs before we had suspension bikes...a whole lot easier chore!

[@no_handle_required]

I've never been able to do this. Probably never will, but watching Ashton is my favorite cycling activity. He's such a legend.

[@KemBroVids]

Martyn is an awesome coach. Keeps it light and fun, but highly effective techniques🍻

[@JonEirikBoholm]

That is actually the best way I’ve heard bunny hopping explained, ever

[@AncientEnergyEyesOpen]

Great video. And great acting Anna. I appreciate you understanding the trials of us novices.

[@sibusisobuthelezi2427]

Man, this was awesome!

[@markmoreno7295]

Hard to believe she never did a bunny hop before, but great demo of progression.

[@TrIpMo1981]

Good video. Martyn explained it very well. Keep practicing Anna.

[@gmbn]

Thank you! 😃

[@ronnyoutlaw]

Cone plus log?!? I love you guys! 😄

[@nk-dw2hm]

Everytime I watch him I can't help thinking: everyone needs a Martyn in their life.

[@chenderson4969]

Awesome progress!! I find it easier to basically manual in and then stand up tall to get the rear end up. Dead jealous of that scout too

[@andrewpearson3351]

Thankyou for another brilliant video- my bike tries to kill me everytime I try things like this so I reckon this technique may take her by surprise...and then try and kill me!! Martin and Anna you guys 🎸 🤘

[@rafaelmelchert722]

Man, I just love the way he explains it. It honestly helped me alot and now I can bunny hop :)

[@falllinemaniac]

Good golly Martin your connecting these two movements had both of my wheels over target stones in less than fifteen minutes. The truth was I couldn't bunnyhop a deck of cards before, THANK YOU

[@DoisKoh]

Martyn's coaching and breakdowns are definitely the best... like how he taught that camera dude to wheelie. Learning to gracefully fall off the back of the bike to build confidence is the probably the fastest, easiest way to go about it.

[@Yan7001978]

Anna is lucky to learn from the best!

[@kevinwood8021]

Really enjoyed watching this, well done to you both🤙

[@gmbn]

Thanks a ton Kevin!

[@atole8949]

Seriously, one of the most helpful videos you have done. Thanks!

[@kzetting]

Martin, that was great! Glad to see it on a hard tail. Brilliant

[@jerememilner9677]

It's one thing being world class at doing techniques..but being world class at teaching them is something all together different..Martyn is world class at both!!! Thank you for this vid...I can't wait to practice it tomorrow!! 👍👍👍

[@Taj203]

Definitely will try this today! Thank you!

[@drOscar]

Clear in the mind / clear on road , thanks master …a lot from Chile

[@kevinw6282]

Great job Anna!!! I need to do this, step wise, take my time. Martyn's the best, great instructing. So many bunny hop teachers get's into the flats vs clips and poo-pooing the lifting with clips, oh you get bad habits and your bike will be ugly and you will smell bad.....so great to hear someone say just don't worry about it, the goal is to make it work for you and how you ride. If you ride clips and can't tell when you are lifting, when you should or shouldn't lift, that there is the problem.

[@johnniethomas8369]

Awesome video. I love the progression. It definitely helped me. Off the subject a bit, I loved her laugh. So uplifting.

[@paulcole9636]

Been really useful,I started in 26" wheels twenty years ago and could hop well , 20 years away as a Roadie and with a 29" now, it's a different ball game. This helps

[@trelosenario]

just perfect simple guiding. Thank you and looking forward for the Manual video

[@gmbn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tommoritz6659]

Excellent progression. Thank you.

[@BadBoyV1]

Best guide I've seen for this👍

[@lionellund7583]

Great lesson 👍

[@Chris-qv8wx]

this guy is actually a good teacher, make him teach more

[@Goofy_Ahh_Clips]

Best BH video I've seen. Thanks.

[@andyturner28]

Well done people👍 I fully expected this comment thread to be full of "should have taught it on flats!" comments, but seems to be far more enlightened viewers of this channel👍 Very good video, think it will help improve my technique too, and I've been bunny hopping for donkeys.

[@deividas_kimontas]

Amazing Anna! 👏👏

[@RichardTanimal]

Martyn you legend. This vid unlocked it for me too

[@georgielang7627]

Thank you for this! I now have the tools to try this!

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Martyn is such a great teacher. I have to try and get into one of the sessions with him on the next global bike festival

[@jmendez73]

Thanks for riding a hardtail for this video ❤

[@Bacciagalupe]

Awesome!

[@jackmason557]

Awesome coaching.

[@josephrudwick]

just trail riding has made my bunny hop massive

[@gmbn]

Nice! It's crazy how natural it becomes!

[@richieclarkie]

What a great video guys!

[@gmbn]

Thanks so much!

[@YTZack408]

More videos like this please!!

[@Adventuregirl96]

Great video and Martyn is the best teacher.

[@David-np4vo]

Love the sound of your hub 🥰

[@starshihtzupuppy3409]

nobody can teach better than the legend himself!

[@drdentrepair5530]

This was fantastic. Im just getting back into it and I am looking forward to trying to master the bunny hop

[@sonamsherpa3519]

great video, great teacher.

[@gmbn]

Glad you liked it! 🙌

[@jestt600]

Great inspiration I will put this to use for my own goal of learning to bunny hop

[@jamesweldon8118]

Marty is a great coach wow so patient positive encouraging I need more of this from him

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Interesting seeing this approach. It's a different teaching style than the version Neil did a while back

[@MoccoGinta]

Great video Thank for sharing sir

[@jcgabis5546]

Thank you. (I’m)Working on it,not mastered it. I know it’s a skill that will come in useful on the trails. Practice,practice,practice.

[@jaystadler4948]

Fantastic teaching

[@importracer11]

Great video!! Learned alot.. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this! 🙂

[@renzlawmtb8305]

Great progression

[@gmbn]

For sure! Anna progressed so well over the time she spent with Martyn. 👍

[@mojo3398]

3:19 That woman: "Nope, I am not walking into this shit."

[@MrRondron]

Thats the methode which i try. Thans for explaining

[@larse8005]

Thanks for a good video. I will use the method to learn to bunnyhop. 👍👍

[@vornamenachname7618]

For me it war really useful to "wait" till the front wheel got up. After I realised that the bunny hop motion felt pretty slow, it was much easier

[@mikedwiles]

Thanks for the great video! You've inspired me to give it a go.

[@BRANDOAN]

bunnyhops aside.... that's a slick looking nukeproof. lovin' the paint + frame protection

[@smtkelly]

Great video thanks. My bunny hope needs work, in a galaxy far far away when I was younger I was okay at them. Now I can do one if the consequence it greater than pulled muscles (I surprise myself with how high I can go when needed). I get backache just thinking about doing a manual never could do them. I'd also like to say 2:33 best teaching advice! I had a few instructors on track days they want to tell you everything they know and everything your doing wrong on a single lap it's overload. One place had a trio of rally champions but my choice was always the privateer/mechanic we'd work the fundamentals till I could stitch them together reliably before adding getting into the nuanced stuff.

[@markop89]

That was very cool!

[@alstuart8801]

Loved this

[@efrenfranis2515]

Awesome

[@chaconWOOOOOO]

Great video

[@walcottav]

Great video - it gives this fumbling newbie a bit of hope! 😉

[@gmbn]

Glad to hear it!

[@AADVENT]

love it. Remind me of the movie karate kid. This is going to help me so much.

[@neilhawes7739]

Legend 👍👍

[@DavidSinanan]

I just tried jumping for the first time the other day. No joy...yet. I'm going to try break it down like you describe here. I understand that the 'bunny hop' I taught myself is not correct. I can do the basic skills easily enough; the front tire lift and rear tire lift, so it 'should' just be a matter of breaking it down into the stages and training myself to it. Now that I understand what I was doing is not a proper bunny hop, I think I can convert it. I'll get back to the bike park and give this a try. Thanks.

[@kzeWhistler]

after a season in whistler I still can't bunny hop, but dang after watching Martyn's coaching I feel like I can do it now 🤣

[@Buffalomm1]

Did the manual video ever drop? I loved seeing the progression with a true beginner.

[@joerobo100]

My main tip on doing any trick is to look ahead of the obstacle rather than at it because thats where you want your bike to go instead of into the object. So if you need to land a drop dont look at the drop, look where you will be going after dropping.

[@veejayzee1750]

Please teach us to bunny hop using flat pedals

[@berserkerfunestus]

I thought for a second we would see Martyn doing bunny hops on his wheelchair

[@Frogwearinghat]

This was the same way I learned to b-hop. Front tire, roll, back tire. But I did it with a curb (so there was a consequence if i didn't do it right)If I would case it would come with me upset so I would try and try until I wouldn't case anymore. then I went to a spot where there was a higher curb and repeat. Look at me now B-hoping is 2nd nature to me now