"Life flashing before your eyes." did not happen to me. I distinctly remember front tire locking up, unclipping while the bike was above my head, then landing on my backpack and hearing the bike land just a bit away from my feet.
Also, it might not be obvious to everyone, but make sure you are off the brakes going over the jump. Applying any brakes on a jump will shift your weight forward and send you OTB.
Great advice on bike setup, Blake! I think another common cause is when someone doesn't fully commit to a jump and changes their mind on the lip, suddenly attempting to soak it up or scrub it. They end up lifting their front wheel over the lip or trying to soak up their bike with their legs. Their rear wheel cannot do the same and their legs will not have enough travel for the jump. Essentially their front tire scrubs and their rear tire jumps, sending them OTB.
Thanks for this site - albeit one day too late. I've just taken up mountain biking. 52 years old, first ride, 2 crashes (one over the bars) reminded me I don't bounce too well.
Jim Robertson hehe same here. Just turned 50 myself and broke my arm last year going OTB on a relic hardtail with a bad fork. Wife was not pleased but it inspired me to learn. I ended up getting a new hardtail and my latest OTB only resulted in a sprain so I’m choosing to be optimistic lol. I can launch pretty good and with advice like this I have a good vector, but I still need work on sticking the landing before I run out of cartilage!😅
I have the opposite problem - I'm so scared of going OTB that my jumps are lame! One piece that I find confusing: I've heard many times that good bunnyhop technique gives you the foundation for jumping, but I'm not sure which specific bits of bunnyhopping! For example, in this vid Blake gave the tip that you shouldn't drop back over the rear wheel, which is a key part of bunnyhop technique. I probably need to just practice more, and get the feel for it.
Over the past couple of months, I've been trying to get my jumping mojo back (not easy in your late 40's) and honestly, the "well, duh..." moment for me was just remembering to pull up on the take off. Yeah, it's so simple, but I swear in most of the "Fails" videos I see, that is the number one thing riders do wrong - they come into a jump fast, have a bit of a panic and then forget to pull up. Then they become a passenger and an OTB becomes more likely.
That’s me on the second crash, thank you Blake for all your pro tipps, basically I was going way to fast as it was the first time hitting a big boy like that and simply caused to jump in the flat... I usually ride a more stiffy suspension but forgot to put it back to hard, so the bike set up does all the difference, thanks once again ! @d0wnhill
A lot of you tubers who try to teach jumping say "bunny hop the lip", or "pre-load your suspension by pushing into the takeoff". Though correct, this is bad advice for someone who is trying to learn to jump, aka your viewers. Good advice: Go to a properly made jump and practice riding over it with your weight balanced over both wheels, don't concern yourself with air time, the jump should do the work for you and eventually you'll be clearing it without any bunny hopping. Then, practice controlling that balance in the air to maneuver the bike. If you've never jumped before, THIS is where you start. You don't start by learning to bunny hop, that's for more experienced jumpers who strictly want to add height to their jump.
I actually started to enjoy bucky jumps and lips, I am starting to be able to predict that jerkyness and adjust so I almost always land well. So Ironic, something I was terrified about now gives me tons of joy. Great video as always :) happy trails.
If you are not feeling well, take it easy and save hitting jumps for another day. I ignored my inner voice, went to the park and had my mind elsewhere when I approached some gap jumps first run. Came in too slow and front wheel cased the second lip sending me OTB. Owch. 2 more falls that day and it was oh great, time to lick my wounds and go home. Destroyed 2 spokes on the last fall as the bike cartwheeled and back wheel slammed on top of a cut tree trunk. So, mind needs to be in the game and commit to the jump too. ))
@@gmbn A wee bit sore round the ribs but nothing time wont fix. Bikes rear wheel getting some love after breaking 2 spokes when it smacked down on a small tree trunk during my last off. LOL
Went OTB in May and almost broke a rib, then yesterday I went OTB at the bike park and broke my left wrist pretty bad on a large tabletop with a steep downhill landing. Too much rebound I'm thinking, had it full open. Always wear your helmet! Saved my life!
After watching a video of how the pros setup their bikes it's made a world of difference. My rebound Fr&Rr is all the way slow minus two clicks. Keeps u more planted and stable going in and out of jumps and turns. 👍
Good stuff, what about how to ride Kickers out on the trails. There are lots of them big and small, often on really fast bits of the trail with short steep ramps.
Hey man, at minute 1:30 you are not slowing the rebound of your fork, as you say. You are making it faster, you are opening it , not closing. Anyway, I love your videos, thank you
Same here, 2 months ago. OTB into full scorpion, broken collarbone, broken ribs, torn muscles and ligaments in my right shoulder. Now i have a pinched nerve in the shoulder, it still hurts like a motherf#%&#! Get well soon!! 🐒
2:30 So This is how I broke my leg last summer. It's nice that GMBN have done videos on how I broke my leg twice in 51 weeks and we've never met. On a related side note, the hospital gave me a walking stick this week. I'm not even as old as Neil yet. And I haven't crashed as much. They said I might be back on the bike In 3-4 weeks but I'm gonna need the stick when I'm not. At least to begin with. 3:17 When this happens crank the rear brake and don't let go. The wheels spinning is what helps keep the bike in the air. If you prevent the rear from spinning the back will start to drop. The longer it's not spinning the faster and more severe the drop becomes. Mastering this technique could save your ass.
It would nice to see another episode on over the bars with other situations other than jumps . My over the bars are usually on steep technical areas . maybe show how to fall with less injury .or maybe a way to drop the bike side ways before going over the bars . Mine have felt slow motion so it feels you have sometime to react and change the outcome
The guy at 0:05 is my friend, I was there when he crashed. He needed surgery on his hand and shoulder subsequent to the crash but he is ok now. OTBs can be very scary indeed!
OK, small story: Just did my first bucking on my first ever bikepark today on the mtb in Winterberg on my second run of the Sram flow country blue line....(Did the green line before this so I had some built up confidence.)Nothing 'wrong' with the bike. Luckily no big damage visible . 😉 Did fell half off the track on some bushes and my backpack broke the fall a bit. Just my right elbow got 'dented' and needs some rest. 😅 Wish I could've seen myself how I bucked off the bike😂 Had to stop check everything (forgot to check the axs cage which was loose so I couldn't shift for a while until I noticed going uphill). Only thing that got lost was a valve cap, got a free one at the bike station. Thanks guys! From noob to more experienced noob😂 Btw:another guy got a bigger dent in his elbow. Heard from him last few days even people got carried off by helicopter at an other bikepark nearby. Guess I'm 🍀
I feel like the biggest mystery in jumping has to be the pre-load. Do you use your arms? Is it all in the legs? How do you gauge the timing? All these things running through my mind as I’m getting bucked over the bars, at the end of the day… I place the blame on my bike LOL 💩
Great video thanks Blake. I seem to get bucked whenever I pump the limp too hard so I either don't pump it enough and don't clear it or come in too fast to try and use speed to clear it which makes me more of a passenger rather than a driver. This is a real problem for me on larger jumps so I just end up braking early and rolling over them.
I used to regularly go over the bars with my old steep/short geometry bike. Now I have a longer/slacker one so I go a bit faster and ride into trees instead (that wasn't jumping though to be fair). :)
How to stop getting bucked: Get a BMX bike or Hardtail Dirt Jumper and learn how to jump. To many people use suspension as a crutch so they can jump stuff. Small squirrel catcher jumps are the most dangerous for people who don’t know how to jump.
Great video man I just buy a Merida one forty and I m new to the ride big love to you guys put a lots of job and put all of this on TH-cam for people like my self thank you guys I m from Europe country called MONTENEGRO beautiful country and with big mountain and manny place you can ride and have a lots of fun keep going with great stuff sorry about misspelling English is not my language
sitting down and squizing my frame with my knees so that i always stay connected to the saddle is one of my favorate ways to do small jumps and some green and blue trials, it feels so stupid and dumb but it also feels so funny, sometimes i chalenge myself with how much i can ride seated down, and i guess thats how martin was riding with his canyon sender so mad respect because thats hard af, dont get how you rode fort william and A-line on it.
I love that feeling 👍 but I'm on a 100% rigid. I noticed that u stop pedaling early. I pedal all the way the up to lip. Then it's time to nose dive. U got best job in the 🌎
hahaha I did go exactly like Greg Callahan in the exact same jump when trying to get more air for a cool photo .... almost ended in an epic fail for GMBN
Blake when are you gonna do one on those shorter steeper jumps where you can’t just clear them with speed, you need the guts to go high? What’s the mind game when you’re coming into it and it basically looks like a 3 foot wall in front of you?
Can you make a similar video for those of us who ride hard tails? Since we can't reduce the rebound of our rear suspension there must be other techniques to compensate.
When I first jumped a big Dirt Jump with my DH Bike with a pretty steep lip I thought I don't need to pull on my bars because this thing sends you to the moon so just roll over it, but I went so nose heavy in the air and landed front wheel first but I managed to ride it out haha. So I recommend go with the lip and pull a little bit on the take off
Maybe tips for those big vertical 'lippy' jumps? These seem like the toughest to nail properly. Just go to the DJ park with your mountain bike or what? :D
Awesome content and awesome Blake! Not too many jump videos that people are talking about how to drive the bike in the air. If it just went straight and i landed its ok, but can I straighten it when it’s completely off
I crashed in late April. My friends say I didn't black out but I can't remember anything until the part I'm riding down the mountain. I vaguely remember thinking "I'm going over the bars" and that's it.
Nick Baldi yeah i was out for maybe 5-10 seconds. Felt like a damn eternity. And can’t remember anything 10 minutes before. And only vaguely remember the things that happened in the ambulance. Weird stuff, but nothing came out of it so I’m lucky I guess. Hope you’re feeling good.
How about how to ride steep lip jumps or jumps with a tight radius that throw your weight off. Maybe show some slow mo from the side of different shaped and length lips.
I think beginners have to slow the rebound down like he said until they get the idea of how to jump properly that was the mistake I made when I was learning. Once the proper technique is roughly in place then they can slow dial it back up.
@@gmbn I got that move down, then I add I little catching the rear end coming down. Saves on the rear derailer 👍 + it impresses people that saw ya go over
People think I'm wearing a back pack while riding but it's actually a parachute in case I start to go over the bars.
😂😂😂
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Dang, should have watched this LAST week!
Hope you didn't get hurt? If so we wish you a good recovery and hopefully this video can reduce the chances of this happening again in the future! 👍
Get well soon, unless you didn't get hurt than just have a good one
Three weeks for me. My shoulder is just barely starting to hurt less.
Last week for me. Still feeling new pains. Waiting on my replacement helmet
Over the bars crew represent. 🤙🤙
OMG getting bucked scares the crap out of me! You just go into slow motion and see your life pass before your eyes. AHAHAHAAHAHAA!
Try jumping off in the last second. This saved my life a few times but actually commiting to this is hard.
Hopefully this video can help avoiding this in the future! It's the worst feeling 😳
"Life flashing before your eyes." did not happen to me. I distinctly remember front tire locking up, unclipping while the bike was above my head, then landing on my backpack and hearing the bike land just a bit away from my feet.
Awful feeling and caused me 3 weeks of awful pain from my fractured left acromion. 😞
@@santosj2274 Hhahaha. Sounds like you broke your book of the dead.
I just love this guy, he is funny and serious at the same time
Also, it might not be obvious to everyone, but make sure you are off the brakes going over the jump. Applying any brakes on a jump will shift your weight forward and send you OTB.
that's what i, as beginner, am afraid of the most -that my instinct will tell me slower is safer in situations where it's not
That’s what I was doing today 😂
Simple. Don’t sit down when you jump!! Easy!
Blake is a legend to have to teach this to people.
BLAKE IS THE BEST PRESENTER!
Great advice on bike setup, Blake!
I think another common cause is when someone doesn't fully commit to a jump and changes their mind on the lip, suddenly attempting to soak it up or scrub it. They end up lifting their front wheel over the lip or trying to soak up their bike with their legs. Their rear wheel cannot do the same and their legs will not have enough travel for the jump. Essentially their front tire scrubs and their rear tire jumps, sending them OTB.
Started to happen to me and pushed the tush back just in time to save! Total miracle.
Thanks for this site - albeit one day too late. I've just taken up mountain biking. 52 years old, first ride, 2 crashes (one over the bars) reminded me I don't bounce too well.
Proper lad. It's literally impossible not to crash if you're riding to get better.
@@rudySTi Intensive TH-cam GMBN study coming up.
@@JR-gc5ef Be careful you don't become too pro ;)
@@th_js I'll be shaking my fist to 14 year olds telling them to 'Get orff my track" - Oh and shouting "Rad" or something like it.
Jim Robertson hehe same here. Just turned 50 myself and broke my arm last year going OTB on a relic hardtail with a bad fork. Wife was not pleased but it inspired me to learn. I ended up getting a new hardtail and my latest OTB only resulted in a sprain so I’m choosing to be optimistic lol. I can launch pretty good and with advice like this I have a good vector, but I still need work on sticking the landing before I run out of cartilage!😅
I have the opposite problem - I'm so scared of going OTB that my jumps are lame! One piece that I find confusing: I've heard many times that good bunnyhop technique gives you the foundation for jumping, but I'm not sure which specific bits of bunnyhopping! For example, in this vid Blake gave the tip that you shouldn't drop back over the rear wheel, which is a key part of bunnyhop technique. I probably need to just practice more, and get the feel for it.
Over the past couple of months, I've been trying to get my jumping mojo back (not easy in your late 40's) and honestly, the "well, duh..." moment for me was just remembering to pull up on the take off. Yeah, it's so simple, but I swear in most of the "Fails" videos I see, that is the number one thing riders do wrong - they come into a jump fast, have a bit of a panic and then forget to pull up. Then they become a passenger and an OTB becomes more likely.
Wish I watched this 3 days ago, wouldn't be posting from hospital ☹
Same here… collar bone gone
Just broke 3 ribs going over the bars on a jump I wasn't ready for, thanks for helping me curb bad habits GMBN!
I just got knocked out going otb on a jump I wasn’t ready for 😂
I went OTB on a crappy little jump recently, this video makes a lot of sense as to why, thanks Blake and GMBN!
That’s me on the second crash, thank you Blake for all your pro tipps, basically I was going way to fast as it was the first time hitting a big boy like that and simply caused to jump in the flat... I usually ride a more stiffy suspension but forgot to put it back to hard, so the bike set up does all the difference, thanks once again !
@d0wnhill
A lot of you tubers who try to teach jumping say "bunny hop the lip", or "pre-load your suspension by pushing into the takeoff". Though correct, this is bad advice for someone who is trying to learn to jump, aka your viewers. Good advice: Go to a properly made jump and practice riding over it with your weight balanced over both wheels, don't concern yourself with air time, the jump should do the work for you and eventually you'll be clearing it without any bunny hopping. Then, practice controlling that balance in the air to maneuver the bike. If you've never jumped before, THIS is where you start. You don't start by learning to bunny hop, that's for more experienced jumpers who strictly want to add height to their jump.
Would have been great to analyse mistakes made on a otb video!
I think that that with every crash/fail video. I see they got it wrong but how did they get it wrong?
Every time I save myself from going OTB I pancake into the stem, really feels great on the sternum for a few weeks.
I'm a life long member. Over the handlebars club for life. Great video.
I actually started to enjoy bucky jumps and lips, I am starting to be able to predict that jerkyness and adjust so I almost always land well. So Ironic, something I was terrified about now gives me tons of joy. Great video as always :) happy trails.
If you are not feeling well, take it easy and save hitting jumps for another day.
I ignored my inner voice, went to the park and had my mind elsewhere when I approached some gap jumps first run. Came in too slow and front wheel cased the second lip sending me OTB.
Owch.
2 more falls that day and it was oh great, time to lick my wounds and go home. Destroyed 2 spokes on the last fall as the bike cartwheeled and back wheel slammed on top of a cut tree trunk.
So, mind needs to be in the game and commit to the jump too. ))
You're right Piers, it's really good to know when to save it for another day! Hope you and your bike are all ok now. 👍
@@gmbn A wee bit sore round the ribs but nothing time wont fix. Bikes rear wheel getting some love after breaking 2 spokes when it smacked down on a small tree trunk during my last off. LOL
finally, an explanation that makes sense, tired of dumb instructions, to 'just send it'.
Just send it!
it works for some!
Lähetä se
Just send it works only if your technique is good enough and you are afraid of doing bigger gaps or jumps
Broke my collar bone this way. Happened again last week but I tucked, flipped, and actually landed on my feet.
Went OTB in May and almost broke a rib, then yesterday I went OTB at the bike park and broke my left wrist pretty bad on a large tabletop with a steep downhill landing. Too much rebound I'm thinking, had it full open. Always wear your helmet! Saved my life!
Rebound terminology is confusing me... he's saying more rebound means slower recovery, which might save you... So you probably had too little rebound
Pro Tip: Don't go down a steep rock garden when its nearly dark, day-dreaming and your body weight isn't back 👍
That's r-worded
Thanks; now you tell me. smdh.
Do you know that from Past experiences?
@@jjmtb1478 Yeah, broken elbow was the result
After watching a video of how the pros setup their bikes it's made a world of difference. My rebound Fr&Rr is all the way slow minus two clicks. Keeps u more planted and stable going in and out of jumps and turns. 👍
I love you guys you are the reason why I ride
„gonna slow down the fork a little bit aswell...“
*makes it faster* xD
Nice vid anyway! Thanks guys✌️
DonMarco321 lol
He explained that adding rebound slows down the fork
Hello Blake! You are best teacher on this f.....g Planet! Thx!
LOVE this video! How about a video on steep, root drops in turns?
Good stuff, what about how to ride Kickers out on the trails. There are lots of them big and small, often on really fast bits of the trail with short steep ramps.
Chris Noble my local trail only has two small jumps next to the trail...
Could watch your instructional vids all day, Blake. Thanks for this one, really useful. Keep it up, love your work :)
Hey man, at minute 1:30 you are not slowing the rebound of your fork, as you say. You are making it faster, you are opening it , not closing. Anyway, I love your videos, thank you
Great video‼️💥🤟
That canyon looks AMAZING 🤤🤤
Yes a video with Blake!!
Went OTB 2 weeks ago at fly up 417. Broke my collar bone in 3 places. Broke my shoulder blade. Fractured 4 ribs and punctured my lung 🤙🏽
Mate, that's a long list of injuries for a single OTB! Get well soon! Btw is the bike ok?
Marko Nikolic Tell me about it! Worst case scenario!
I was on a demo bike (Carbon SantaCruz Nomad) thankfully it was fine!
Same here, 2 months ago. OTB into full scorpion, broken collarbone, broken ribs, torn muscles and ligaments in my right shoulder. Now i have a pinched nerve in the shoulder, it still hurts like a motherf#%&#! Get well soon!! 🐒
2:30 So This is how I broke my leg last summer. It's nice that GMBN have done videos on how I broke my leg twice in 51 weeks and we've never met. On a related side note, the hospital gave me a walking stick this week. I'm not even as old as Neil yet. And I haven't crashed as much. They said I might be back on the bike In 3-4 weeks but I'm gonna need the stick when I'm not. At least to begin with.
3:17 When this happens crank the rear brake and don't let go. The wheels spinning is what helps keep the bike in the air. If you prevent the rear from spinning the back will start to drop. The longer it's not spinning the faster and more severe the drop becomes. Mastering this technique could save your ass.
Ouch.. Wish you a smooth recovery Dave!
@@gmbn it's been a long 4 months and the stainless steel bar in my right leg says hi! :)
Thanks I have been running max rebound on my rear shocks. I thought I was just getting old 🤣
Just broke one of my ribs on an OTB 2 days ago... and the video pops up today on my feed..
How ironic
These are honestly the best MTB videos going
It would nice to see another episode on over the bars with other situations other than jumps . My over the bars are usually on steep technical areas . maybe show how to fall with less injury .or maybe a way to drop the bike side ways before going over the bars . Mine have felt slow motion so it feels you have sometime to react and change the outcome
Hi, this might help. th-cam.com/video/NSXbtPG6wy4/w-d-xo.html
Do a push test on your seat and see if it rebounds slower after you adjust the rebound to make sure you didn’t speed up the rebound on accident 😉
The guy at 0:05 is my friend, I was there when he crashed. He needed surgery on his hand and shoulder subsequent to the crash but he is ok now. OTBs can be very scary indeed!
Love Blake and love his comments. Excellent guide how to avoid going over bars. Thanks
Great video, Blake! You guys are awesome. I want that jersey you're wearing. 👍👍👍
Hey James, you can find it in our shop here 👉 shop.gmbn.com/
@@gmbn I think he wants the exact one you're wearing . A bit kinky
Thanks so much for this. This was really informative, well done and helpful.
Best video yet Blake
OK, small story: Just did my first bucking on my first ever bikepark today on the mtb in Winterberg on my second run of the Sram flow country blue line....(Did the green line before this so I had some built up confidence.)Nothing 'wrong' with the bike. Luckily no big damage visible . 😉 Did fell half off the track on some bushes and my backpack broke the fall a bit. Just my right elbow got 'dented' and needs some rest. 😅 Wish I could've seen myself how I bucked off the bike😂
Had to stop check everything (forgot to check the axs cage which was loose so I couldn't shift for a while until I noticed going uphill). Only thing that got lost was a valve cap, got a free one at the bike station. Thanks guys!
From noob to more experienced noob😂
Btw:another guy got a bigger dent in his elbow. Heard from him last few days even people got carried off by helicopter at an other bikepark nearby. Guess I'm 🍀
I feel like the biggest mystery in jumping has to be the pre-load. Do you use your arms? Is it all in the legs? How do you gauge the timing? All these things running through my mind as I’m getting bucked over the bars, at the end of the day… I place the blame on my bike LOL 💩
Very well explained mate🤘
Thanks for that Blake .. thats why i went flying last week , wrong set up and arse too far back dhhhrr
Doing this properly as Blake demonstrates, would have saved me four broken ribs, a pneumothorax/hydrothorax, and a trip to the ER.
Tim Combs me as well but just the one rib...
Great video thanks Blake. I seem to get bucked whenever I pump the limp too hard so I either don't pump it enough and don't clear it or come in too fast to try and use speed to clear it which makes me more of a passenger rather than a driver. This is a real problem for me on larger jumps so I just end up braking early and rolling over them.
Top tips Blake.
Thanks Mark! 👍
I used to regularly go over the bars with my old steep/short geometry bike. Now I have a longer/slacker one so I go a bit faster and ride into trees instead (that wasn't jumping though to be fair). :)
How to stop getting bucked: Get a BMX bike or Hardtail Dirt Jumper and learn how to jump. To many people use suspension as a crutch so they can jump stuff. Small squirrel catcher jumps are the most dangerous for people who don’t know how to jump.
Great video man I just buy a Merida one forty and I m new to the ride big love to you guys put a lots of job and put all of this on TH-cam for people like my self thank you guys I m from Europe country called MONTENEGRO beautiful country and with big mountain and manny place you can ride and have a lots of fun keep going with great stuff sorry about misspelling English is not my language
Could you do (or have you already done) a similar video explaining how not dead sail in mid air?
Yh would be helpful
Great vid excellent delivery ;)
sitting down and squizing my frame with my knees so that i always stay connected to the saddle is one of my favorate ways to do small jumps and some green and blue trials, it feels so stupid and dumb but it also feels so funny, sometimes i chalenge myself with how much i can ride seated down, and i guess thats how martin was riding with his canyon sender so mad respect because thats hard af, dont get how you rode fort william and A-line on it.
Thanks for the video and tips!
I love that feeling 👍 but I'm on a 100% rigid. I noticed that u stop pedaling early. I pedal all the way the up to lip. Then it's time to nose dive. U got best job in the 🌎
@@thehenr only have the local bmx track here. Wood love to ride with y'all on that big stuff.
Man those first 4 seconds was intense XD
This is the video i have been waiting for so long..
Watching this after I went OTB and fractured two of my fingers, including spreading three gonna be a while before I get to practice jumps again😂
Man I had this feeling today 😂 so I had to look this up and see what I was doing wrong 😂
hahaha I did go exactly like Greg Callahan in the exact same jump when trying to get more air for a cool photo .... almost ended in an epic fail for GMBN
Blake when are you gonna do one on those shorter steeper jumps where you can’t just clear them with speed, you need the guts to go high? What’s the mind game when you’re coming into it and it basically looks like a 3 foot wall in front of you?
Did this on a big table in Forest of Dean and was super close to going otb
I just went otb while endoing on a pier bc I wasn't risking my 1 day old bike going into the lake lol
Can you make a similar video for those of us who ride hard tails? Since we can't reduce the rebound of our rear suspension there must be other techniques to compensate.
sure. just don't have your body weight shift too far forward, no matter what.
Another one is, unless you've scoped it out, don't try to catch air where you're supposed to roll/pump.
Blake you are my favorite
Sometimes I do the seat bounce for fun but once or twice I pushed it right to the edge of OTB. I think I’ll find fun another way now.
How did I not notice before!? That notification Bell is rung!
I so needed this vid haha. Thanks guys
👏😃 Superduber video. Bravo bravissimo, Blake. 👏🏁
When I first jumped a big Dirt Jump with my DH Bike with a pretty steep lip I thought I don't need to pull on my bars because this thing sends you to the moon so just roll over it, but I went so nose heavy in the air and landed front wheel first but I managed to ride it out haha. So I recommend go with the lip and pull a little bit on the take off
So much insight. Thanks Blake! 🤙🤙
Maybe tips for those big vertical 'lippy' jumps? These seem like the toughest to nail properly. Just go to the DJ park with your mountain bike or what? :D
Funny how I’m watching this with a broken arm because a got bucked over the bars hahah
Tapping the back brake in mid air always helps.
What a great series this is 🤘
Thanks again.
Awesome content and awesome Blake! Not too many jump videos that people are talking about how to drive the bike in the air. If it just went straight and i landed its ok, but can I straighten it when it’s completely off
Recovering from blacking out after hitting my head when crashing on a mellow double. I went OTB.
I crashed in late April. My friends say I didn't black out but I can't remember anything until the part I'm riding down the mountain. I vaguely remember thinking "I'm going over the bars" and that's it.
Nick Baldi yeah i was out for maybe 5-10 seconds. Felt like a damn eternity. And can’t remember anything 10 minutes before. And only vaguely remember the things that happened in the ambulance. Weird stuff, but nothing came out of it so I’m lucky I guess. Hope you’re feeling good.
I just go around the kicker ! Save me a lot of problems 😂😂😂😂😂🇲🇽🚲🇸🇪
Oh yes! Had one crash like this and didn't like it. I think this will always happen sooner or later. Learning through pain. :D
You do a great job, guys!
How about how to ride steep lip jumps or jumps with a tight radius that throw your weight off. Maybe show some slow mo from the side of different shaped and length lips.
Winter is coming, would love to see these dudes in GMBN take on free style skiing for a winter video, I have a place they can stay. Just saying!.
thanks for the help
Nice tips guys this is helpful
That canyon is a really nice looking bike
Can you explain the difference in landing near otb like this discussion and placing the front tire like in the pump track video? Great vid!
I think beginners have to slow the rebound down like he said until they get the idea of how to jump properly that was the mistake I made when I was learning. Once the proper technique is roughly in place then they can slow dial it back up.
4:07 you just gave me an incredible idea to get the perfect nose manual! 🤣🤫😅
It's a great way to bump up into them but it's good to get comfortable jumping over the bars on a flat section of grass with no trees to crash into! 🤟
@@gmbn yes of course! 😜👍
@@gmbn I got that move down, then I add I little catching the rear end coming down. Saves on the rear derailer 👍 + it impresses people that saw ya go over
Cheers man, helpful
Thanks for this great video