I've been mountain biking around 40 years and never could jump very well at all. Could it be as easy as just standing up? Well, I tried that yesterday on my brand new local jump trail and was amazed that I was clearing doubles and tables that I would always case before! This simple thing immediately unlocked what I've been trying for figure out for decades. Thanks Ryan!
@@TheLoamRanger Oh, I hit the local lift park last weekend and finally started clearing some of the tables there. You explained it in such a simple and easy way that even my aged mind could understand it.
I cleared my first double today thanks to this video. I've always been terrible at jumps and so I would avoid them unless they were simple little bumps. Thank you so much
It’s such a liberating feeling! Well done my guy I’m proud of you! Once you get the hang of how to position yourself for different types of jumps like steeper dirt jump style jumps, to floaty launch pads where you may have to pull slightly to clear the distance, and how to position yourself depending on the speed, then no jump will ever get in your way again. New jumps you’ll maybe speed check once or twice and with a bit of trail side physics or a tow in you’re good to go!
Dude it's just like trials on PS. The physics never lie. The steeper it is the more you have to lean into it and that applies to Amy fear in life. Lean towards them!
I don't care what those professional mountain biker's say, this is the greatest video on how to jump a mountain bike I've ever watched (and I've watched a lot to). Once I started to stand-up to "all' dirt jumps, wooden jumps etc, I was away once I mastered the technique. I went from a beginner rider to an intermediate rider to an advanced rider at age 50, not just in jumping, but braking properly, riding burms, shredding, drops, steeps, preloading before a jump, landing the bike safely on a ramp, whip's, bar turns. Riding switchbacks downhill and up Hill correctly, preloading my bike two feet before a small kicker jump to trick the mtbike. Riding flat corners and much more practicing practicing practicing going over and over and over jumps, mtb trails, all by just sitting down and watching this dude with ravenous, meticulous zeal, then putting the standing up to the jump technique into action, and coming off the bike Umpteen times to, lol. My wife hit a line of six table tops and two burms 32 bloody time's man, 32 times with sweat pouring off her at age 53 in the middle of a heatwave. Why? Cos she wanted it badly. Cos she was hungry and she refused to give up or give in, man those Yanks are troopers. All because of this dude Lomeranger and this one video, I owe debt of gratitude to this guy for unlocking in me a talent at age 49 that I never even knew I had. I had tear's in my eye's over it earlier whilst me and my USA wife we're waiting for the bus. Why was I crying? Cos in the 70's and 80's growing up we had nothing like this in Wales, UK where we were poor. No trails, dirt jumps etc, nothing. Also since my late teens and early 20's I'd always wanted to do extreme dirt jumps and mtbike downhill, fast Enduro trails. So thank you loam Ranger for being the main part if making that teenage dream a reality for me through one video, at age 49, better late than never I suppose, heh heh heh lol. My USA wife thinks ishould turn professional, but I have no interest in that, nice compliment from her though. Thanks dude. Saint Anger
@@venivelovici Apologies for the late reply. Cool, well done you. Age is no barrier at all, it's an illusion. I can shred downhill free-ride faster then advanced rider's, on more expensive mtbikes, who are 30 year's younger than me. Determination, fitness and a "Give em hell" bad ass attitude. I mean look at Northshore Betty at age 76, she's brilliant. Proud of you for going at it hell for leather mate, well done. Be encouraged. "He who dares wins." God bless you. Reverend Alexander
Cleared my first tabletop yesterday! The feeling of landing on the downslope was the most incredible feeling I've had riding! OMG, I couldn't wait to ride the jump line again! My confidence went through the roof. Thank you so so much. I'm 50 years old, and I have been riding since 1985, and your tip just changed my whole ride experience! I am so pumped! Then I hit a new trail and I was clearing the tabletops and it was so much fun. Thank you! Huge fan!
I am a coach and experienced trails rider, this is exactly what I teach my students - you need to create some tension throughout your body against the transition, standing up fixes 99% of beginner / intermediate riders jumping issues. It’s the same motion for doing a hop on flat ground or off of something (not double wheel hop, but front wheel then back). A jump just helps you get that front wheel up that much easier. Sweet vid!
At 65, and only riding for about three years, your videos just make the most sense because they are direct and simple. Your cornering video is awesome as well. Thanks a lot!
Hey Charles, I just turned 63 and have done some bikeing but no MTB exp. It looks like a blast but I figured I was to old to get out there. What was your exp learning?
I remember as a kid just ramming my tires into curbs and driveways and what not and being able to get air. Realized later I had taught myself bump jumps. Then after doing that over and over, I figured out that a slope or curve could more smoothly put me in the air, so I'd search those out. Then after doing that over and over, I figured out if I dive into that curve and push hard with my legs, I can get "huge" air. Then I thought bikes were lame for years, and when I got back into it, I was much bigger and the bike went all different ways in the air. And then I broke some bones. And now, here I am watching tutorial videos over and over to relearn my natural intuitive body position, and get over my fear of going ass over tea kettle.
I was a jumpin' fool as a kid. Never got bucked OTB, never fell at all, despite doing HUUUUGE, high-speed distance jumps. Last week a pretty tame hopper-style ramp tried to send me OTB. Twice in a row. Not sure how I rode them out, but the onlookers were impressed. Sadly, no video. I took this as a sign and gave up for the day. Hopefully I can re-learn how not to suck. And you definitely have a talent for distilling too-complex directions into an essence that I can remember!
Right? When I was like 13, I was able to jump over the big table top on my motocross bike, almost perfectly. With much higher speed than on my DH bike now. Now I am usually going nose dive, sideway or in some weird position and with fear to some small jump in a park. I hate it.
I don't know what it is but your "how-to" videos just click for me. I'm hot garbage when it comes to jumping but after having this in the back of my head I was the most consistent I have ever been today. Just like your cornering video, just clicked for me! Idk what it is but thank you and keep it up!!!
Ditto for me with the cornering video, and I'm excited to try this one. I think it's because he breaks these skills down to doing a single thing rather than most other tutorials which are like "you've gotta gauge the speed, and then compress into the jump when the front wheel is at this exact spot, then at the same time pull up but also back but then also push forward with a rowing motion, it's like a bunny hop but not really but also definitely bunny hop..."
@@TheLoamRanger please check my comment in this thread, someone is passing them self off as you asking to DM via som either channel, I think it's a scammer.
Dude, you've changed my life. I've been mtbing :) for two decades now (I'm over forty) and couple of years back I decided I want to try smthg different than just tourist approach to riding MTB, and went trail riding. I have taken lessons with guys, who let mi overcome my fear of riding up the face of the jump and even jump a little over the lip :) , always safely landing on top, and alway - just tabletops. Never had the guts to jump any higher or further than that, because I have tried a few times and almost always got bucked, and that gave me some serious heebie-jeebies. But I never gave up, tried from time to time with different techniques that I read or saw on the internet., to no avail. It was your video, that changed everything. Immediately felt the difference, could easily clear tables iIbarely ridden up before, to the point I was scared to be too long in the air :) Still getting used to it. Sure, there is an occasional kick from the rear end from time to time, I'm still working out the timing, but let me tell you - this is the first thing everyone should be teaching when it comes to jumping. Thank you and keep up the good work. Now to go and try those scary gap jumps....
THANK YOU SO MUCH I’m a 14 yr old Aussie, and only started mountain biking late last year. Today I went out with my twin to hit a local jump track, mill creek’s “hit the turps”. Just before we got there, I watched this video and let me say, I wouldn’t have been able to jump without this advice. Remembering to “STAND UP TO THE JUMP” let me hit such decent bike to two bike length tables with “NO FEAR”. I was able to clear these jumps fully, despite muddy conditions. I am so excited by this progress, and can’t wait to go out on another jump track soon! THANK YOU!!! (I am now a loyal subscriber)
At 4:30, I noticed that not only is his torso always perpendicular to the ground but his legs are always at a 90 degree angle from the angle of the jump. On the green jump, his legs are at only about the 5 o'clock position, whereas on the black jump they are at the 4 o'clock position, but they are always at a 90 degree angle to the average slope of the jump. This video made a huge difference in my jumping skills. After a really bad crash and dislocated AC joint, I had lost my confidence. This video simplified it and gave me just one thing to focus on when approaching the jump. I'm back to sending!! Thank you!!
No joke this is THE video that made it click for me. I'm at the tail end of my 30's and just getting into dirt jumping hoping to keep up with the kids and to improve my mtb riding on flow trails. So glad it came out in the summer. My first practice run after watching this vid felt amazing. Then I set my phone down to record myself and adjust my body position more. Seeing yourself is the best way to improve along with watching this vid ;). Thank you so much!
This made all the difference. After a year of struggling this helped me clear small jumps in literally one day. I'm confident now, I will be able to hit larger jumps as well, relatively soon.
Tried this out yesterday on some very mellow rollers and doubles and it completely 100% works. You just start effortlessly clearing stuff and it's super fun. You just push back against the ramp as it brings the bike up towards you, stand straight up, and send it. Like he says in the video, slow down, because now you don't need as much speed or you'll jump to flat. I'm 44 and never knew how to jump. Now I feel like I can take this and do all of my local flow trails and have a great time. This is the best piece of MTB advice I've ever gotten. Subscribed!
Just been out. Struggling to jump. Kept leaning back too much like I was a passenger. Watched this video and absolutely greased two gap jumps. I’ll always have the tune ‘stand up to the jump’ in my head as I approach jumps from now on. Thank you for this video.
My friend, you are a genius! Just came from the park today and cleared my first double! I followed your instructions and immediately felt the difference. I never leave any comments but wanted to thank you for the advice!
This video combined with your cornering is the best how to content on the internet. Simple, entertaining and easily actionable. The why really helps. Thank you.
Ok, a week and a half ago I watched this video as someone who has always wanted to jump and be all airy... but just couldn't. Well, I just kept singing "stand up to the jump" and hit the first little table top in the jumpline and completely *flew* over the entire table! 😲 I straight up hucked to flat by accident. Not only did I absolutely smash all the jumps, but I landed with authority and never was nervous. *UNREAL!* In only my second ride after watching this video I went down the blue line and smashed it too. I'm going black now. I never thought I'd even try those jumps, let alone have so much fun on them. Thank you Mr. Ranger. Thank you!!!
do I need to know how to bunny hop or regular hop before trying this? I tried for like 3 hours, couldn't get my rear wheel of the ground on small jumps and on bigger jumps didnt get to the other side
@@11valdano I don't think so, because I don't know how to bunny hop. I have just been getting nice and low in attack position (elbows pointed out and head over the stem) and as soon as I start up the "ramp" of three jump I just stand up. I tell not to push down on the bars too much, but just stand up tall like I'm getting tired. I've found the technique works way better on some jumps then others for an unknown to me reason. The biggest booster I've done since I started standing up is actually a pretty small jump, o I don't think it's size that matters. Must be a timing thing.
I like that tune you put in all our heads. One thing though; at 4:28 the 3 body positions clearly show your weight is always pushing perpendicularly into the ramp and not the ground. The posture of your back isn't important, the 90° angle of your straightened legs towards the ramp is what counts. It is just physics.
I watched my friends jump for two years, I was always the dude going off the lip and landing flat, still super fun, but this advice finally did it for me, at speed, all you have to remember is to standup as you are coming off the lip, the more jumps you do the more dialed you will become, but this is perfect way to get used to being in the air. I jumped with a buddy of mine and was clearing jumps in a single day on a pretty big jump line
It's never late as some say, got my first jump today just following this vid. Been mountain biking for years and had tried jumping on my own few times and none ended the right way! Cant wait to cautiously explore more :) Such a great vid and great service.
My jump life has changed forever! Never will I let the tabletops push me around. Nor will I cowardly squash. With balanced compression, I'll stand up even to the most lippy of them and fly victorious! Seriously thankful Loam Ranger. Vid just clicked and your humor makes it fun.
This helps, but the problem I face with jumps is 100% psychological. What I find weird is that in my local woods there are a couple small ish jumps. For some reason I’m good with hitting a pretty decent sized tabletop, but as soon as it comes to the absolutely tiny step down I freeze up every time and can’t do it. Hoping this stand up to the jump thing helps next time I’m down there Edit: SENT IT! thank you so much for this video it really helped
i watched loads of how to jump videos with very very different explanations. it got to a point where the advise given to me was making my jumps more dangerous. finally after practicing on my own i figured out the "standing technique" once i figured this out my confidence in jumps grew substantially. i was never sure if the method i discovered was "the right way to do it" but i continued using it because it was the only way it worked for me. this video confirms that this extremely simple tip is probably the advise myself and majority of other people needed a long time ago
i started riding MTB pretty late (34 years), and standing up going up a kicker and really extend at the top was probably one of the hardest things for my mind to master. But as you said, once you got that in your head, its a gamechanger! Nice simple, but very useful video :)
@@immoul hmm depends on the jump. For a normal one i just lean back a bit and straighten my arms and keep tension. Im not pulling active on the bars. And the 2nd important part is, when you go over the lip, you NEED to continue your jumping/straightening movement of your body! At first, dont try to jump like you want to jump 2 meters from the ground. Just keep straighten your body and keep pushing with your legs, so you keep compressing the rear suspension. At this moment you dont want do loose tension and let the rebound of the suspension kick you around. If you weight your body against the handlebars with straightend arms and continually keep doing the "stand up" thing, you are in control 👌 The steeper the kicker gets, the more you have to lean back, but as it gets said in the video, you always jump straight up :). Sorry for the late answer, i hope i could help 👍💪 ride on 🎉
@@immoul try standing up like he does in the video whilst riding flat ground and that's how you should also do it over the jump. you should think of it like the wheels are just an extension of your legs. this is probably how some people can ride wheelchairs down stairs and do backflips lol
also keeping your elbows bent at 90 degrees is crucial because it creates an equalateral triangle from your hands, elbow and to your inner collerbone which creates more leverage to your bars. think of how hard it is to do a press up vs push up
Watched the video this morning, went out riding today, and had to come back to say: thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve never felt more confident, never flown so far, never avoided as many cases, and never laughed as much as I did today. This video just made it click for me!
Yes, exactly. Because it's 90+% mental. Perception of fear. Fear management. Little to do with body position-biomechanics, once you understand the technique.
For decades I've been doing this pull up bunny hop thing where in the air I was all crunched up. I couldn't figure out why I was getting no "pop", and just like the video I was relying upon speed to clear anything. I tried "stand up to the jump" yesterday. I wasn't consistent and need more practice, but when it clicked I was clearing jumps with ease. Mind-blown. This really works. Each time I was near jumps on my local trail, I kept on singing "Stand up to the Jump". LOL.
DUUUDE! Thank you SO MUCH!!! I watched hundreds of videos about jumping but still can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. Nobody could explain me how to jump properly. Got SO much anxiety to jump, because every time i tried a dirt jump, i got bucked. It was really frustrated and killed every fun in jumping. Finally found this video and tried it yesterday on a big jumpline (never done big dirt tables before without fear and never cleared them). What should I say, I cleared EVEREY big jump first try, no fear at all! THAT was a BIG "CLICK" in my brain. Again, i really have to thank you for sharing that technique! Can't wait to send even bigger jumps!
This is exactly the tip I was told by a grand vet racer last Wednesday at swinley forest. Suddenly made sense to me and made more progress in that 1hour than the 10 hours practising before
@@mjsmjs2765 unfortunately I’m not the sort of person to go there with soooooo many people watching. I practice on a quiet day in the summit until I can look decent down babymaker
@@GnarlySchralpers ahh The more the merrier I say! I can’t speak for others but I don’t even notice how good people are tbh, as everyone started somewhere
I been struggling to clear jumps, specially tabletops, I applied that to my jumps and it was like a new skill unlocked, I cleared jumps I been casing for a whole year, another thing you mentioned and I thing is just as important is extending your arms at the same time! I can’t thank you enough! God bless!
This video helped me finally clear a 20 foot table. So simple. Stood up to the jump and noticed I was at least 3 feet higher than usual and sailed right into the landing. Such a great feeling.
Exactly what did the trick for me. There’s still a lot to learn after that tip, but that makes jumping 100% safer than just rolling over a jump… I also very much liked your similar cornering video! 👍👍
The mass thing is key to not smashing yourself on a mtb. I don't have a jump park by me anymore but I can recall the point when that body position realization transformed into an almost immediate level up. Speed, confidence and positioning. I went from being scared of the smallest tables to not casing the biggest tables at the Brantford rotary park. Still the lippy doubles looked like death to me. The feeling of floating over a jump under control and nailing it is addicting. I wish I still had access to that.
I started mountain biking in my mid-40s, so learning to jump was, well... not easy and frankly quite terrifying. This video changed everything for me. I am now hitting jumps and feel total control in the air and when landing. Thank you for unlocking the next level of riding and enjoying this sport. Truly the MTB jump tutorial out there.
Thanx man ! I incorporated the stand straight up yesterday on some jumps . My buddies were like your getting so much more lift and air 👏.So today i woke up and im sore behind my knees from jumping yesterday . I think its clicking for me because ive really not ever been sore in those spots from jumps . Also felt so much more balanced in mid jump then ever before . Great clip buddy !
G’day Loamy! I’ve watched zillions of jump vids but your vid broke the whole thing open. Now I hit the trails and I sing, you gotta stand up to the jump, you gotta stand up to the jump! My jumping improved instantly! I’m not any kind of jumping superhero (yet) but my confidence is a 100000% better and I’m trying jumps that I’ve consistently left until ‘next time’. Sing it! Stand up to the jump!
As a beginner this intro perfectly sums up my feeling every time I'm at a jump park. This really helped answer a subconscious question I had about body angle, and something definitely clicked with understanding other jump videos that talk about the bunny hop movement. It seems like the jump face is kind of doing the manual part of a bunny hop for you and you control the landing angle by finishing off the bunny hop movement.
Ooh that's a really good way to put it. Okay so I guess I can stop worrying about not being able to bunny hop yet, hopefully I'll be able to jump at least :)
I've watched a 101 jump tutorial videos and have continued to squash all my jumps, until this one. This one concept has made it so much easier for me to approach everything from mellow to steep and not have to be going crazy fast to clear them. I've been practicing for a a while since I watched this a couple times and today I spent about an hour practicing on a couple local jump lines. I don't think I've ever had that much fun riding the same two lines for an hour. That feeling when you land on the other side without casing is addicting and I had to force myself to pack up because I knew I was getting tired and I didn't want to make a stupid mistake. Big thanks for this one!!!
For me it's always hard to gauge the speed. I always think I go way too fast, but forget to take into account that the lip eats all of my speed (especially step ups) and I usually case the hell out of them.
Easiest thing to do is grab a local/experienced rider and get a tow in. Lacking that, just spend some quality time sessioning different jumps on a line. After doing either or both long enough you'll develop a sense of how fast to go on most anything.
If you are lucky enough to have a bike park close to where you like, I would recommend going there. The first time I went to a bike park I learned so much in just one day, and the jumps are safe and are built by professionals.
I'm the opposite. I always feel I go way too slow and then I overshoot the jump badly. I was always struggling with jumps, never had the proper technique. I saw my mates clear jumps with half the speed I was going into and I was flabbergasted. My best advice to you is to do what I did: Find an easy table jump preferably with a slope beforehand, and just go in without pedaling. If you cant go further back to gain speed until you can. Once you found the spot to clear the jump, move forward about 2-3ft (~0.5-1 metre), and try to clear it without pedaling. Also remember the rule of 3, gotta clear it 3 times before moving forward. Then rince and repeat inching ever so closer to the jump, thus approaching slower and slower. This 'no-pedal-challenge' helped my technique tremendously. I was going at the same jump hours on end until I felt pretty confident and developed a proper technique. I'm still not as confident as my mates with bigger jumps but im getting there.
Watched this a few minutes before I hit a local hill to try and get my jump on. 14 years since I last rode this place and I did 17 laps without incident. This video was awesome, and I really helped me get my jump on again....
Probably the best way to explain to a beginner. If it's a good jump, a stable curve, carving or anything else, it all comes down to the bended knees. This is what I explain everyone who visits my course. Thanks a lot!
I greatly needed this info after riding Bentonville, AR for the first time a few weeks ago. Now to apply it to my fear factor. Not many jumps in Memphis, TN and the new ones we do have are too big.
Late last year I hit a kicky gap jump and because I didn't know this stuff well enough I broke a C7 and a T4 a rib and my hand. Not fun I promise. I have racked my brain ever since to figure out exactly what went wrong. It was exactly what you said about overcompensating with speed and then because I was travelling quicker than the jump was built for it bucked me when I tried to squash the speed in the air. All the momentum went through the back wheel and it threw me on my head. This is the best explanation I've heard of this issue and it really nails what the biggest thing is you need to dial in, technique wise, for any jump and what you need to think about. It's one thing to get it right naturally 'most' of the time but it's another to actually know what you're doing right then you do and why some jumps go well and others don't. I'm all better thankfully but this video would have literally saved my neck. Thanks for sharing man, love your channel.
I always enjoy your “tutorials.” I feel like they apply to most things and tried the jumping one today. Worked out well and my face hurt from smiling so much! Cheers🎉
It's the same idea with snowboarding. I used to always bust my a$$ going over a little kicker, but then i realized i was jumping against the ramp angle instead of the ground angle. Now i can do it easily without even thinking about it, no matter the ramp angle, my upper body position is always the same and i land perfectly everytime.
It’s like when you were a kid going to the playground and standing vs. sitting on the swings and pumping. Or going to the ocean and jumping over the rolling waves. Excellent Loam Ranger!
I've been struggling with the idea of jumping and everytime I reach one of them, I stress out even if I clear them. And now I get it why, because I was too far back, thanks for the video buddy!!
I watched this a couple of weeks ago and got to try this method today. The first run through a set of jumps and I am clearing gaps where I used to squish the landings. I'm in my mid 30s and just now looking back on how many decades of airtime I've been missing out and this is a revelation to me. -message sent from the top of the launch ramp before another set!
Excellent tutorial. I jump this way 75% of the time, but days when I’m not feeling balanced I definitely don’t jump properly. It’s frustrating because most of the time is great…then suck. Thanks for your help. I am positive this is the reason for my mixed results from time to time.
I watched this months ago and have tried to apply the lesson. It wasn’t until this week that I focused specifically on my feet that it came together. For me, the key move is doing the “stand on tippy toes” movement and VOILA! I was clearing doubles that I’ve been casing all these years. Holy unlocked achievement, Batman. I wish I knew this decades ago!!!
This is the best explanation of jumping I've heard. I started riding dirt bikes and mountain bikes really young so I just sort of gained a feel for it, but now that I'm older with two young boys who also want to jump things, I have a hard time explaining what seems to be just a thoughtless process for me. Thank you for giving me something simple that I can pass on to them to explain what I've been doing for 30 years but haven't been able to articulate.
Take them to a REAL instructor. You're about to fuck your kids up with bad teaching. I would have never known I if I didn't buy a REAL lesson from a real professional. Message me if you need the details, but I suggest you do some research.
I'm back here a few weeks later to say that this song rings in my ears EVERY TIME I JUMP! Best part is, it works. I've improved so much over the last couple of weeks and it is largely due to trying to apply this. Thank you for the amazing video!
I have watched numerous videos about jumping my bicycle and THIS VIDEO WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE SENSE. Regardless of other content creators trying to DEBUNK the stand up method, it worked for me. I dont know if you read your comments from old videos, but THANK YOU. After getting my suspension settings dialed in, i stood up and started hitting some jumps. slowly working my way to bigger jumps and gaps, but it works. I feel confident.
I'm getting into MTB after over a decade out of the saddle, and this video is exactly what I needed to start thinking of jumps as approachable. Thanks for making this!
Can you discuss more about body and bike positions once in the air and as one gets closer to landing? Thanks for making this much needed video! Especially for that musical bit #StandUpToTheJump!
This tip changed my life, I hadn't jumped in 30yrs, after two sessions at the jumps, I was about to quit, until I stood up to the jump. The Loam Ranger made it simple.
Can’t wait to try. Was supposed to have been in Whistler but ended up in hospital just before we left for infection around heart so likely season is over but can’t wait to get back and give this a whirl. Makes so much sense. Thanks Loam Ranger.
This was it. The video that helped me unlock jumping. I just had the best session of my life at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder tonight, clearing jumps on the medium and even a couple from the large slopestyle line that I would’ve never dared to try. I felt in control and loose in the air instead of an out of control dead sailor. Thank you thank you thank you.
I was getting sideways or off balance on every jump. I watched this a couple weeks ago, went out today and had the best day of my life. Problem solved. Great video. Had to come back to leave the comment.
To all the folks who’ve learned how to jump: what am I missing?! I’ve been trying this method for weeks, but can’t seem to get it. When you stand up, are you trying to jump straight up, like jumping for a rebound in basketball, exploding upward or just extending your legs? Are u moving up onto your toes or keeping your feet flat? Would you describe the sensation as trying to jump straight up and “away” from the bike?Are u actively pulling the bars up with you, pulling toward your chest, or are they just just following you as you do the jump motion?
I push with my legs and stand straight up let the bike come into your body bend your knees in the air push the bike forward mid air and brace for the landing
Go take a lesson. His lessons are NOT complete and NOT for beginners. All of these questions should be answered in person with someone watching you ride, NOT the internet on a youtube page of a guy with bad form teaching concepts that are complex as if they are simple. He gives NO CONTEXT for new riders. Wish you luck.
This is exactly what I was thinking too bud (woody) and cheers (Richard) for explaining the take off - to mid air - the brace!! Awesome 🙌🏼 I feel the Loam Ranger missed these essential parts to complete the tutorial
@@gazbuck73 basically, if you get the take off correct the landing will come naturally as you will feel the sweet spot arc of your jump, no need to complacate things by describing the landing like other vids..trust me!
I just cleared a table top (several in fact) for the first time in my life after watching this. That's despite several coaching sessions and watching tons of videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thanks heaps for this mate! I've struggled to jump ever since I broke my back on one last year. The advice was super clear and makes so much more sense to me. Hopefully I'll be able to put this into practice soon! Keep up the awesome work legend 💪🔥
The exact same principle applies on Snowboard jumps and probably even all sports with jumps if I am not mistaken. I try to tell everyone I teach how to jump on snowboards that YOU always need to be the one doing the jump, and not let the jump & snowboard do the jump for you as you will always land on your back this way. Also, once you learn how to ollie properly you need a lot less speed to make it through as you naturally fly higher. Finally a tutorial that sums up the basics :)
From my experience it also unlocks dead sailor mode. That still scares me when your in the air so long that it feels uncontrolled. Might be a great next video to cover ;)
Hands down best jump tutorial ive seen on youtube, think other videos sometimes go overboard and give too much advice which you end up forgetting and failing to put into practice out on the trails. Thanks for the great advice 👍
This makes perfect sense! Definitely helpful to a degree. But I would argue that it is more of a second guesser, easier said than done. When you are on the bike doing the jump, standing up perpendicular actually feels like leaning back a little bit due to the force. If you tell someone just to stand straight up, they will be very likely leaning forward. The best way to practising standing straight up is going back to the foundation: practising bunny hop on flat ground.
I was thinking exactly the same, I have been practicing jumping lately and the feeling is more of leaning back, although visually it looks standing straight. Now I still need to figure out how to land properly 😅
This is so accurate. It was a ride every jump fast, rely on the speed, squash them a bit and always felt as if I was doing well, but not quite in control. Some would buck, some would feel perfect, but speed was my friend.... then I tried dirt jumping! Wow, if you want to learn this technique quickly that's the place! Steep lips and landings. First few attempts were terrible as I was relying on speed as I'd always done. Then I started standing up to the jump and a whole new world of fun opened up for me. As you rightly say, suddenly you can go a bit slower, you can pop, you can have fun, tricks become easier. It really is all about standing up tall and this video is fantastic, explained so simply! What's interesting is once you learn the technique you soon notice the difference between well made jumps and trash with bad angles. But because you're not flat out relying on speed, it's safer and more fun! Awesome vid as always!
I tried this technique the other day on some local trails, and after the very first jump, my son yells "holy sh*t dad, you got a massive pop off that lip!" 😂🤘 Finally something easy to remember that works!
After my first trip to Big Bear Bike Park last year I had cased just about every jump there. At 61 and only just riding bike parks since last year, getting over the fear was huge for me. After watching this video I put this technique to the test on opening weekend and I kept singing in my head “You gotta stand up to the jump” and it just clicked. Great advice and it lessened the anxiety. Now if I could only go faster in the berms.
Your videos are consistently very good. I just realized the other day that I was doing this EXACT thing naturally as a progression of jumps from repetition. I just didn’t think about it until I saw this today. Condensed knowledge into one simple idea. I used to lean back a bit on transitions and that would obviously buck me OTB. Learned the hard way, but took me awhile to get back into confident jumping by taking it slow and getting used to it.
Mannnn, You changed my life. Its working!!! and its so simple. After so many instructions that I have tried to follow and nothing seemed to work, this simple gesture changed it all for me! It all falls into place now and I have improved my jumping skills! Thank you so much
I think this is one of your best videos of recent! Clear explanation backed with good visual aid, it should help lots of people. Elephant in the room, what happened on that nose heavy landing 😬
Awesome video. Really enjoy those longer videos. As a fellow framer/carpenter I can truly appreciate your drive for being efficient without rushing things and still providing solid quality
This is good info but your timing is off. Your legs should be fully extended when your back wheel reaches the top of the lip , not your front. you can clearly see at 2:46 that you take off half way up the jump. Slow the standing up motion down to use the whole transition and you will go much higher!
I concur. The info is very sound but his example is off. Bigger jumps are nice in that they slow down the standing up motion by quite a bit. You should not be standing in the bottom or middle of the jump face. Total leg extension should occur when the rear tire is at the lip. Also, short distance jumps sometimes require you squash quickly in order to not over jump. Not all jumps "jump" the same.
The most amazing thing about this video is that someone has figured out how to explain how to jump a bike. I learnt to jump at a very young age so I don't even think about it, and because I don't even think about it, I have never been able to figure out how to explain to people how to jump. thank you so much ahah!
you extend your arms diagonally upwards, point ur feet down so when you pull them up the pedals stay attached to your feet, suck your knees up, spot landing, open up a bit and absorb the landing, and for the love of god bend your knees when you land, i tore my acl when i stifflegged a long jump on accident.
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I've been mountain biking around 40 years and never could jump very well at all. Could it be as easy as just standing up? Well, I tried that yesterday on my brand new local jump trail and was amazed that I was clearing doubles and tables that I would always case before! This simple thing immediately unlocked what I've been trying for figure out for decades. Thanks Ryan!
That’s awesome! Thanks for taking the time to let me know how it went for you. 🍻
@@TheLoamRanger Oh really thank you for making a video that got me up in the air after 40 years!
Now, off the bike, try squatting and jumping straight up. Then do that on the bike. Small jumps with your body to start with.
@@matthornton44 Thanks man, that seems like great advice. I'll give it a go.
@@TheLoamRanger Oh, I hit the local lift park last weekend and finally started clearing some of the tables there. You explained it in such a simple and easy way that even my aged mind could understand it.
Who else is getting super nervous and excited watching this only to put their phone on their nightstand and go to bed 🥴
How did you know what am I doing RN 😅
😂
bro😂 that me r
Getting ready for tmr 😭
Yeah, this is me. About to have nightmares of launching it into space with no idea how to land.
I cleared my first double today thanks to this video.
I've always been terrible at jumps and so I would avoid them unless they were simple little bumps. Thank you so much
You're very welcome! That's so great to hear. Thanks for the support.
I feel you, I’m EXACTLY same, except I still case the rollers, don’t ask how.
It’s such a liberating feeling! Well done my guy I’m proud of you! Once you get the hang of how to position yourself for different types of jumps like steeper dirt jump style jumps, to floaty launch pads where you may have to pull slightly to clear the distance, and how to position yourself depending on the speed, then no jump will ever get in your way again. New jumps you’ll maybe speed check once or twice and with a bit of trail side physics or a tow in you’re good to go!
Dude it's just like trials on PS. The physics never lie. The steeper it is the more you have to lean into it and that applies to Amy fear in life. Lean towards them!
@@jblifts5760I don't really understand, how to jump you need just stand, or you need to stand and do like a hop or what?
I don't care what those professional mountain biker's say, this is the greatest video on how to jump a mountain bike I've ever watched (and I've watched a lot to).
Once I started to stand-up to "all' dirt jumps, wooden jumps etc, I was away once I mastered the technique.
I went from a beginner rider to an intermediate rider to an advanced rider at age 50, not just in jumping, but braking properly, riding burms, shredding, drops, steeps, preloading before a jump, landing the bike safely on a ramp, whip's, bar turns. Riding switchbacks downhill and up Hill correctly, preloading my bike two feet before a small kicker jump to trick the mtbike.
Riding flat corners and much more practicing practicing practicing going over and over and over jumps, mtb trails, all by just sitting down and watching this dude with ravenous, meticulous zeal, then putting the standing up to the jump technique into action, and coming off the bike Umpteen times to, lol.
My wife hit a line of six table tops and two burms 32 bloody time's man, 32 times with sweat pouring off her at age 53 in the middle of a heatwave.
Why?
Cos she wanted it badly. Cos she was hungry and she refused to give up or give in, man those Yanks are troopers.
All because of this dude Lomeranger and this one video, I owe debt of gratitude to this guy for unlocking in me a talent at age 49 that I never even knew I had. I had tear's in my eye's over it earlier whilst me and my USA wife we're waiting for the bus.
Why was I crying?
Cos in the 70's and 80's growing up we had nothing like this in Wales, UK where we were poor. No trails, dirt jumps etc, nothing. Also since my late teens and early 20's I'd always wanted to do extreme dirt jumps and mtbike downhill, fast Enduro trails.
So thank you loam Ranger for being the main part if making that teenage dream a reality for me through one video, at age 49, better late than never I suppose, heh heh heh lol.
My USA wife thinks ishould turn professional, but I have no interest in that, nice compliment from her though.
Thanks dude.
Saint Anger
So rad. I feel much the same way, and I’m roughly the same age.
@@venivelovici
Apologies for the late reply.
Cool, well done you.
Age is no barrier at all, it's an illusion. I can shred downhill free-ride faster then advanced rider's, on more expensive mtbikes, who are 30 year's younger than me.
Determination, fitness and a "Give em hell" bad ass attitude. I mean look at Northshore Betty at age 76, she's brilliant.
Proud of you for going at it hell for leather mate, well done.
Be encouraged.
"He who dares wins."
God bless you.
Reverend Alexander
Cleared my first tabletop yesterday! The feeling of landing on the downslope was the most incredible feeling I've had riding! OMG, I couldn't wait to ride the jump line again! My confidence went through the roof. Thank you so so much. I'm 50 years old, and I have been riding since 1985, and your tip just changed my whole ride experience! I am so pumped! Then I hit a new trail and I was clearing the tabletops and it was so much fun. Thank you! Huge fan!
I am a coach and experienced trails rider, this is exactly what I teach my students - you need to create some tension throughout your body against the transition, standing up fixes 99% of beginner / intermediate riders jumping issues. It’s the same motion for doing a hop on flat ground or off of something (not double wheel hop, but front wheel then back). A jump just helps you get that front wheel up that much easier. Sweet vid!
so this would be pumping the lip? kinda? when people say pull up, would the stand up method basically be the same thing just simplier?
I will be singing "stand up to the jump " in my head every time I hit a jump from now on . Thanks. No , seriously, thank you.
2:08 🎶 stand up to the jump 🎶
hahahahahahaaha!!!
8 months later, and that stupid song is still in my head 🤣
Same!!
Amen brotha
At 65, and only riding for about three years, your videos just make the most sense because they are direct and simple. Your cornering video is awesome as well. Thanks a lot!
Hey Charles, I just turned 63 and have done some bikeing but no MTB exp. It looks like a blast but I figured I was to old to get out there. What was your exp learning?
I am 68 Charles!
It's funny how we jumped our bikes all the time as kids, but as adults we forgot how. Probably more fear now. Nice, quick and to the point tutorial!
Yes, "No Fear" isn't just a t-shirt logo...
I remember as a kid just ramming my tires into curbs and driveways and what not and being able to get air. Realized later I had taught myself bump jumps.
Then after doing that over and over, I figured out that a slope or curve could more smoothly put me in the air, so I'd search those out.
Then after doing that over and over, I figured out if I dive into that curve and push hard with my legs, I can get "huge" air.
Then I thought bikes were lame for years, and when I got back into it, I was much bigger and the bike went all different ways in the air. And then I broke some bones. And now, here I am watching tutorial videos over and over to relearn my natural intuitive body position, and get over my fear of going ass over tea kettle.
I was a jumpin' fool as a kid. Never got bucked OTB, never fell at all, despite doing HUUUUGE, high-speed distance jumps. Last week a pretty tame hopper-style ramp tried to send me OTB. Twice in a row. Not sure how I rode them out, but the onlookers were impressed. Sadly, no video.
I took this as a sign and gave up for the day. Hopefully I can re-learn how not to suck.
And you definitely have a talent for distilling too-complex directions into an essence that I can remember!
Right? When I was like 13, I was able to jump over the big table top on my motocross bike, almost perfectly. With much higher speed than on my DH bike now. Now I am usually going nose dive, sideway or in some weird position and with fear to some small jump in a park. I hate it.
So true man.. I used to send it massive as a kid now I’m just a big puss that has to go to work on Monday
I don't know what it is but your "how-to" videos just click for me. I'm hot garbage when it comes to jumping but after having this in the back of my head I was the most consistent I have ever been today. Just like your cornering video, just clicked for me! Idk what it is but thank you and keep it up!!!
That’s awesome! Glad to hear these vids are resonating with you.
Same here! I will recommend this to friends.
Ditto for me with the cornering video, and I'm excited to try this one. I think it's because he breaks these skills down to doing a single thing rather than most other tutorials which are like "you've gotta gauge the speed, and then compress into the jump when the front wheel is at this exact spot, then at the same time pull up but also back but then also push forward with a rowing motion, it's like a bunny hop but not really but also definitely bunny hop..."
@@TheLoamRanger please check my comment in this thread, someone is passing them self off as you asking to DM via som either channel, I think it's a scammer.
@@jd4000 yeah I got one as well. Seems fishy.
Dude, you've changed my life. I've been mtbing :) for two decades now (I'm over forty) and couple of years back I decided I want to try smthg different than just tourist approach to riding MTB, and went trail riding. I have taken lessons with guys, who let mi overcome my fear of riding up the face of the jump and even jump a little over the lip :) , always safely landing on top, and alway - just tabletops. Never had the guts to jump any higher or further than that, because I have tried a few times and almost always got bucked, and that gave me some serious heebie-jeebies. But I never gave up, tried from time to time with different techniques that I read or saw on the internet., to no avail. It was your video, that changed everything. Immediately felt the difference, could easily clear tables iIbarely ridden up before, to the point I was scared to be too long in the air :) Still getting used to it. Sure, there is an occasional kick from the rear end from time to time, I'm still working out the timing, but let me tell you - this is the first thing everyone should be teaching when it comes to jumping. Thank you and keep up the good work. Now to go and try those scary gap jumps....
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I’m a 14 yr old Aussie, and only started mountain biking late last year. Today I went out with my twin to hit a local jump track, mill creek’s “hit the turps”. Just before we got there, I watched this video and let me say, I wouldn’t have been able to jump without this advice. Remembering to “STAND UP TO THE JUMP” let me hit such decent bike to two bike length tables with “NO FEAR”. I was able to clear these jumps fully, despite muddy conditions. I am so excited by this progress, and can’t wait to go out on another jump track soon!
THANK YOU!!!
(I am now a loyal subscriber)
hit the turps is awesome eh
At 4:30, I noticed that not only is his torso always perpendicular to the ground but his legs are always at a 90 degree angle from the angle of the jump. On the green jump, his legs are at only about the 5 o'clock position, whereas on the black jump they are at the 4 o'clock position, but they are always at a 90 degree angle to the average slope of the jump. This video made a huge difference in my jumping skills. After a really bad crash and dislocated AC joint, I had lost my confidence. This video simplified it and gave me just one thing to focus on when approaching the jump. I'm back to sending!! Thank you!!
No joke this is THE video that made it click for me. I'm at the tail end of my 30's and just getting into dirt jumping hoping to keep up with the kids and to improve my mtb riding on flow trails. So glad it came out in the summer. My first practice run after watching this vid felt amazing. Then I set my phone down to record myself and adjust my body position more. Seeing yourself is the best way to improve along with watching this vid ;). Thank you so much!
This made all the difference. After a year of struggling this helped me clear small jumps in literally one day. I'm confident now, I will be able to hit larger jumps as well, relatively soon.
Tried this out yesterday on some very mellow rollers and doubles and it completely 100% works. You just start effortlessly clearing stuff and it's super fun. You just push back against the ramp as it brings the bike up towards you, stand straight up, and send it. Like he says in the video, slow down, because now you don't need as much speed or you'll jump to flat.
I'm 44 and never knew how to jump. Now I feel like I can take this and do all of my local flow trails and have a great time. This is the best piece of MTB advice I've ever gotten. Subscribed!
That’s a bold move incorporating a choreographed rap chorus into an MTB jump tutorial. 😂
risky as hell lol. I'm not sure how i feel about that
@@Mcfc2Rich like any commercial jingle, it's a deliberate way of getting it to stick in your head.
Says the guy named Ride DMC :)
I liked it!
Bro it works when I hit jumps sometimes it just plays in my head and helps 😂
Just been out. Struggling to jump. Kept leaning back too much like I was a passenger. Watched this video and absolutely greased two gap jumps. I’ll always have the tune ‘stand up to the jump’ in my head as I approach jumps from now on. Thank you for this video.
That's great! Nice work out there.
My friend, you are a genius! Just came from the park today and cleared my first double! I followed your instructions and immediately felt the difference. I never leave any comments but wanted to thank you for the advice!
I'm 62 and with your video finally mastered a decent jump cheers
the loam ranger is the best on YT, no BS, straight to the point. Dude, you are the best.
Love how to-the-point this video is and how valuable this coaching/tip is to enjoying this great sport. Thank u!
Thanks Jordan!
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This video combined with your cornering is the best how to content on the internet. Simple, entertaining and easily actionable. The why really helps. Thank you.
Yes, his cornering video is by far the best. Blasted thru so many PRs after putting the techniques into play and confidence is WAY higher.
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Ok, a week and a half ago I watched this video as someone who has always wanted to jump and be all airy... but just couldn't. Well, I just kept singing "stand up to the jump" and hit the first little table top in the jumpline and completely *flew* over the entire table! 😲 I straight up hucked to flat by accident. Not only did I absolutely smash all the jumps, but I landed with authority and never was nervous. *UNREAL!* In only my second ride after watching this video I went down the blue line and smashed it too. I'm going black now. I never thought I'd even try those jumps, let alone have so much fun on them.
Thank you Mr. Ranger. Thank you!!!
do I need to know how to bunny hop or regular hop before trying this?
I tried for like 3 hours, couldn't get my rear wheel of the ground on small jumps and on bigger jumps didnt get to the other side
@@11valdano I don't think so, because I don't know how to bunny hop. I have just been getting nice and low in attack position (elbows pointed out and head over the stem) and as soon as I start up the "ramp" of three jump I just stand up. I tell not to push down on the bars too much, but just stand up tall like I'm getting tired.
I've found the technique works way better on some jumps then others for an unknown to me reason. The biggest booster I've done since I started standing up is actually a pretty small jump, o I don't think it's size that matters. Must be a timing thing.
I like that tune you put in all our heads. One thing though; at 4:28 the 3 body positions clearly show your weight is always pushing perpendicularly into the ramp and not the ground. The posture of your back isn't important, the 90° angle of your straightened legs towards the ramp is what counts. It is just physics.
I watched my friends jump for two years, I was always the dude going off the lip and landing flat, still super fun, but this advice finally did it for me, at speed, all you have to remember is to standup as you are coming off the lip, the more jumps you do the more dialed you will become, but this is perfect way to get used to being in the air. I jumped with a buddy of mine and was clearing jumps in a single day on a pretty big jump line
It's never late as some say, got my first jump today just following this vid. Been mountain biking for years and had tried jumping on my own few times and none ended the right way! Cant wait to cautiously explore more :) Such a great vid and great service.
Nice work!
My jump life has changed forever! Never will I let the tabletops push me around. Nor will I cowardly squash. With balanced compression, I'll stand up even to the most lippy of them and fly victorious! Seriously thankful Loam Ranger. Vid just clicked and your humor makes it fun.
This helps, but the problem I face with jumps is 100% psychological. What I find weird is that in my local woods there are a couple small ish jumps. For some reason I’m good with hitting a pretty decent sized tabletop, but as soon as it comes to the absolutely tiny step down I freeze up every time and can’t do it. Hoping this stand up to the jump thing helps next time I’m down there
Edit: SENT IT! thank you so much for this video it really helped
i watched loads of how to jump videos with very very different explanations. it got to a point where the advise given to me was making my jumps more dangerous. finally after practicing on my own i figured out the "standing technique" once i figured this out my confidence in jumps grew substantially. i was never sure if the method i discovered was "the right way to do it" but i continued using it because it was the only way it worked for me. this video confirms that this extremely simple tip is probably the advise myself and majority of other people needed a long time ago
i started riding MTB pretty late (34 years), and standing up going up a kicker and really extend at the top was probably one of the hardest things for my mind to master. But as you said, once you got that in your head, its a gamechanger! Nice simple, but very useful video :)
in the same boat, but something feels off for me. Do you pull the handlebar at all as you go up the kicker? or any preload/compresion before/during?
@@immoul hmm depends on the jump. For a normal one i just lean back a bit and straighten my arms and keep tension. Im not pulling active on the bars. And the 2nd important part is, when you go over the lip, you NEED to continue your jumping/straightening movement of your body! At first, dont try to jump like you want to jump 2 meters from the ground. Just keep straighten your body and keep pushing with your legs, so you keep compressing the rear suspension. At this moment you dont want do loose tension and let the rebound of the suspension kick you around.
If you weight your body against the handlebars with straightend arms and continually keep doing the "stand up" thing, you are in control 👌 The steeper the kicker gets, the more you have to lean back, but as it gets said in the video, you always jump straight up :). Sorry for the late answer, i hope i could help 👍💪 ride on 🎉
@@immoul try standing up like he does in the video whilst riding flat ground and that's how you should also do it over the jump. you should think of it like the wheels are just an extension of your legs. this is probably how some people can ride wheelchairs down stairs and do backflips lol
also keeping your elbows bent at 90 degrees is crucial because it creates an equalateral triangle from your hands, elbow and to your inner collerbone which creates more leverage to your bars. think of how hard it is to do a press up vs push up
Watched the video this morning, went out riding today, and had to come back to say: thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve never felt more confident, never flown so far, never avoided as many cases, and never laughed as much as I did today. This video just made it click for me!
Needed this my dude! 😄 Still turn my trousers brown everytime I run up to literally any jump 😅
this made me lol...
@@Jedi-John lol same
jajaja 😆
Yes, exactly. Because it's 90+% mental. Perception of fear. Fear management. Little to do with body position-biomechanics, once you understand the technique.
Same bro. Im out in the morning at 8, definitely going to try this out.
For decades I've been doing this pull up bunny hop thing where in the air I was all crunched up. I couldn't figure out why I was getting no "pop", and just like the video I was relying upon speed to clear anything.
I tried "stand up to the jump" yesterday. I wasn't consistent and need more practice, but when it clicked I was clearing jumps with ease. Mind-blown. This really works.
Each time I was near jumps on my local trail, I kept on singing "Stand up to the Jump". LOL.
This tutorial hit the nail! Easy to remember, felt natural, and improved airtime. Thanks Loam!
DUUUDE! Thank you SO MUCH!!! I watched hundreds of videos about jumping but still can't figure out what i'm doing wrong.
Nobody could explain me how to jump properly.
Got SO much anxiety to jump, because every time i tried a dirt jump, i got bucked.
It was really frustrated and killed every fun in jumping.
Finally found this video and tried it yesterday on a big jumpline (never done big dirt tables before without fear and never cleared them).
What should I say, I cleared EVEREY big jump first try, no fear at all!
THAT was a BIG "CLICK" in my brain.
Again, i really have to thank you for sharing that technique! Can't wait to send even bigger jumps!
This is exactly the tip I was told by a grand vet racer last Wednesday at swinley forest. Suddenly made sense to me and made more progress in that 1hour than the 10 hours practising before
Babymaker is great to practice on!
@@mjsmjs2765 unfortunately I’m not the sort of person to go there with soooooo many people watching. I practice on a quiet day in the summit until I can look decent down babymaker
@@GnarlySchralpers ahh The more the merrier I say! I can’t speak for others but I don’t even notice how good people are tbh, as everyone started somewhere
I been struggling to clear jumps, specially tabletops, I applied that to my jumps and it was like a new skill unlocked, I cleared jumps I been casing for a whole year, another thing you mentioned and I thing is just as important is extending your arms at the same time! I can’t thank you enough! God bless!
The first tutorial that have helped me. It was probably that missing thing omited in other tutorials and finally I started progressing. Thank you sir!
Awesome to hear!
This video helped me finally clear a 20 foot table. So simple. Stood up to the jump and noticed I was at least 3 feet higher than usual and sailed right into the landing. Such a great feeling.
Exactly what did the trick for me. There’s still a lot to learn after that tip, but that makes jumping 100% safer than just rolling over a jump…
I also very much liked your similar cornering video! 👍👍
This is such a killer hack man. I've been riding 40y and racing 30 of those but never jumped confidently. This changed everything!
The mass thing is key to not smashing yourself on a mtb. I don't have a jump park by me anymore but I can recall the point when that body position realization transformed into an almost immediate level up.
Speed, confidence and positioning. I went from being scared of the smallest tables to not casing the biggest tables at the Brantford rotary park. Still the lippy doubles looked like death to me.
The feeling of floating over a jump under control and nailing it is addicting. I wish I still had access to that.
I started mountain biking in my mid-40s, so learning to jump was, well... not easy and frankly quite terrifying. This video changed everything for me. I am now hitting jumps and feel total control in the air and when landing. Thank you for unlocking the next level of riding and enjoying this sport. Truly the MTB jump tutorial out there.
It works.. Cleared table tops and doubles today for first time. 🖖🏻
3:17 into this video was all I needed to completely fix my jumps and make them far more consistent.
Best jump tutorial video I've seen.
Thanx man ! I incorporated the stand straight up yesterday on some jumps . My buddies were like your getting so much more lift and air 👏.So today i woke up and im sore behind my knees from jumping yesterday . I think its clicking for me because ive really not ever been sore in those spots from jumps . Also felt so much more balanced in mid jump then ever before . Great clip buddy !
Thanks Loam Ranger your stand up to the jump vid helped me level up and start hitting big jumps. Amazing
Thanks so much, Laurence!
@@TheLoamRanger 😃😃😃
YAAAAAASSSS! I took this simple advice to my downhill park and it WORKS!!!! Thank you so much. My ride game finally took this major step.
G’day Loamy! I’ve watched zillions of jump vids but your vid broke the whole thing open. Now I hit the trails and I sing, you gotta stand up to the jump, you gotta stand up to the jump! My jumping improved instantly! I’m not any kind of jumping superhero (yet) but my confidence is a 100000% better and I’m trying jumps that I’ve consistently left until ‘next time’. Sing it! Stand up to the jump!
As a beginner this intro perfectly sums up my feeling every time I'm at a jump park. This really helped answer a subconscious question I had about body angle, and something definitely clicked with understanding other jump videos that talk about the bunny hop movement. It seems like the jump face is kind of doing the manual part of a bunny hop for you and you control the landing angle by finishing off the bunny hop movement.
Ooh that's a really good way to put it. Okay so I guess I can stop worrying about not being able to bunny hop yet, hopefully I'll be able to jump at least :)
@@Dieterbe oh yeah, I can definitely clear a few of the tables at my local bike park but can barely bunny hop a stick. :D
I've watched a 101 jump tutorial videos and have continued to squash all my jumps, until this one. This one concept has made it so much easier for me to approach everything from mellow to steep and not have to be going crazy fast to clear them. I've been practicing for a a while since I watched this a couple times and today I spent about an hour practicing on a couple local jump lines. I don't think I've ever had that much fun riding the same two lines for an hour. That feeling when you land on the other side without casing is addicting and I had to force myself to pack up because I knew I was getting tired and I didn't want to make a stupid mistake. Big thanks for this one!!!
That’s so great to hear!
For me it's always hard to gauge the speed. I always think I go way too fast, but forget to take into account that the lip eats all of my speed (especially step ups) and I usually case the hell out of them.
I agree. Coming from Motocross you use engine speed to gauge how fast you are going. So coming into jumps with no throttle is so strange!
you accually gain speed up lips if your form is correct
Easiest thing to do is grab a local/experienced rider and get a tow in. Lacking that, just spend some quality time sessioning different jumps on a line. After doing either or both long enough you'll develop a sense of how fast to go on most anything.
If you are lucky enough to have a bike park close to where you like, I would recommend going there. The first time I went to a bike park I learned so much in just one day, and the jumps are safe and are built by professionals.
I'm the opposite. I always feel I go way too slow and then I overshoot the jump badly. I was always struggling with jumps, never had the proper technique. I saw my mates clear jumps with half the speed I was going into and I was flabbergasted.
My best advice to you is to do what I did: Find an easy table jump preferably with a slope beforehand, and just go in without pedaling. If you cant go further back to gain speed until you can. Once you found the spot to clear the jump, move forward about 2-3ft (~0.5-1 metre), and try to clear it without pedaling. Also remember the rule of 3, gotta clear it 3 times before moving forward. Then rince and repeat inching ever so closer to the jump, thus approaching slower and slower.
This 'no-pedal-challenge' helped my technique tremendously. I was going at the same jump hours on end until I felt pretty confident and developed a proper technique. I'm still not as confident as my mates with bigger jumps but im getting there.
Watched this a few minutes before I hit a local hill to try and get my jump on. 14 years since I last rode this place and I did 17 laps without incident. This video was awesome, and I really helped me get my jump on again....
That's awesome!! Gotta give it a go next time!
Hi Brian! Just curious you commented on this over a year ago, any improvement? Im still doing baby jumps 😅 going to the park again today!
Probably the best way to explain to a beginner. If it's a good jump, a stable curve, carving or anything else, it all comes down to the bended knees. This is what I explain everyone who visits my course. Thanks a lot!
I greatly needed this info after riding Bentonville, AR for the first time a few weeks ago. Now to apply it to my fear factor. Not many jumps in Memphis, TN and the new ones we do have are too big.
Late last year I hit a kicky gap jump and because I didn't know this stuff well enough I broke a C7 and a T4 a rib and my hand. Not fun I promise. I have racked my brain ever since to figure out exactly what went wrong. It was exactly what you said about overcompensating with speed and then because I was travelling quicker than the jump was built for it bucked me when I tried to squash the speed in the air. All the momentum went through the back wheel and it threw me on my head. This is the best explanation I've heard of this issue and it really nails what the biggest thing is you need to dial in, technique wise, for any jump and what you need to think about. It's one thing to get it right naturally 'most' of the time but it's another to actually know what you're doing right then you do and why some jumps go well and others don't. I'm all better thankfully but this video would have literally saved my neck. Thanks for sharing man, love your channel.
I always enjoy your “tutorials.” I feel like they apply to most things and tried the jumping one today. Worked out well and my face hurt from smiling so much! Cheers🎉
It's the same idea with snowboarding. I used to always bust my a$$ going over a little kicker, but then i realized i was jumping against the ramp angle instead of the ground angle. Now i can do it easily without even thinking about it, no matter the ramp angle, my upper body position is always the same and i land perfectly everytime.
It’s like when you were a kid going to the playground and standing vs. sitting on the swings and pumping. Or going to the ocean and jumping over the rolling waves. Excellent Loam Ranger!
I feel like this is the best jump tutorial I’ve ever watched. Thank you!!! 🙏
Thanks!
I've been struggling with the idea of jumping and everytime I reach one of them, I stress out even if I clear them. And now I get it why, because I was too far back, thanks for the video buddy!!
I watched this a couple of weeks ago and got to try this method today. The first run through a set of jumps and I am clearing gaps where I used to squish the landings. I'm in my mid 30s and just now looking back on how many decades of airtime I've been missing out and this is a revelation to me.
-message sent from the top of the launch ramp before another set!
Excellent tutorial. I jump this way 75% of the time, but days when I’m not feeling balanced I definitely don’t jump properly. It’s frustrating because most of the time is great…then suck. Thanks for your help. I am positive this is the reason for my mixed results from time to time.
Everybody have those days, just exept it :)
I watched this months ago and have tried to apply the lesson. It wasn’t until this week that I focused specifically on my feet that it came together. For me, the key move is doing the “stand on tippy toes” movement and VOILA! I was clearing doubles that I’ve been casing all these years. Holy unlocked achievement, Batman. I wish I knew this decades ago!!!
This is the best explanation of jumping I've heard. I started riding dirt bikes and mountain bikes really young so I just sort of gained a feel for it, but now that I'm older with two young boys who also want to jump things, I have a hard time explaining what seems to be just a thoughtless process for me.
Thank you for giving me something simple that I can pass on to them to explain what I've been doing for 30 years but haven't been able to articulate.
He's a fake
Take them to a REAL instructor. You're about to fuck your kids up with bad teaching. I would have never known I if I didn't buy a REAL lesson from a real professional. Message me if you need the details, but I suggest you do some research.
I'm back here a few weeks later to say that this song rings in my ears EVERY TIME I JUMP!
Best part is, it works.
I've improved so much over the last couple of weeks and it is largely due to trying to apply this.
Thank you for the amazing video!
2:09 BEEP BEEP I'm a sheep, I said BEEP BEEP I'm a sheep!
I have watched numerous videos about jumping my bicycle and THIS VIDEO WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE SENSE. Regardless of other content creators trying to DEBUNK the stand up method, it worked for me. I dont know if you read your comments from old videos, but THANK YOU. After getting my suspension settings dialed in, i stood up and started hitting some jumps. slowly working my way to bigger jumps and gaps, but it works. I feel confident.
Great, now I'm singing "stand up to the jump" each time I see a jump. 😂🙌🙏
I'm getting into MTB after over a decade out of the saddle, and this video is exactly what I needed to start thinking of jumps as approachable. Thanks for making this!
Can you discuss more about body and bike positions once in the air and as one gets closer to landing?
Thanks for making this much needed video! Especially for that musical bit #StandUpToTheJump!
This tip changed my life, I hadn't jumped in 30yrs, after two sessions at the jumps, I was about to quit, until I stood up to the jump. The Loam Ranger made it simple.
Can’t wait to try. Was supposed to have been in Whistler but ended up in hospital just before we left for infection around heart so likely season is over but can’t wait to get back and give this a whirl. Makes so much sense. Thanks Loam Ranger.
This was it. The video that helped me unlock jumping. I just had the best session of my life at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder tonight, clearing jumps on the medium and even a couple from the large slopestyle line that I would’ve never dared to try. I felt in control and loose in the air instead of an out of control dead sailor. Thank you thank you thank you.
Awesome i can add that to my other 1700+ tips to remember 😂 seriously though i'm really struggling with jumps so gonna try this!
You can do it! Nothing better than sailing thru the air.
I was getting sideways or off balance on every jump. I watched this a couple weeks ago, went out today and had the best day of my life. Problem solved. Great video. Had to come back to leave the comment.
To all the folks who’ve learned how to jump: what am I missing?! I’ve been trying this method for weeks, but can’t seem to get it. When you stand up, are you trying to jump straight up, like jumping for a rebound in basketball, exploding upward or just extending your legs? Are u moving up onto your toes or keeping your feet flat? Would you describe the sensation as trying to jump straight up and “away” from the bike?Are u actively pulling the bars up with you, pulling toward your chest, or are they just just following you as you do the jump motion?
I push with my legs and stand straight up let the bike come into your body bend your knees in the air push the bike forward mid air and brace for the landing
Go take a lesson. His lessons are NOT complete and NOT for beginners. All of these questions should be answered in person with someone watching you ride, NOT the internet on a youtube page of a guy with bad form teaching concepts that are complex as if they are simple. He gives NO CONTEXT for new riders.
Wish you luck.
This is exactly what I was thinking too bud (woody) and cheers (Richard) for explaining the take off - to mid air - the brace!! Awesome 🙌🏼 I feel the Loam Ranger missed these essential parts to complete the tutorial
@@gazbuck73 basically, if you get the take off correct the landing will come naturally as you will feel the sweet spot arc of your jump, no need to complacate things by describing the landing like other vids..trust me!
I just cleared a table top (several in fact) for the first time in my life after watching this. That's despite several coaching sessions and watching tons of videos.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
That’s amazing! Nice job. 🎉
Thanks heaps for this mate! I've struggled to jump ever since I broke my back on one last year. The advice was super clear and makes so much more sense to me. Hopefully I'll be able to put this into practice soon! Keep up the awesome work legend 💪🔥
Damn, glad you're all healed up, man. Go kick some ass!
The exact same principle applies on Snowboard jumps and probably even all sports with jumps if I am not mistaken. I try to tell everyone I teach how to jump on snowboards that YOU always need to be the one doing the jump, and not let the jump & snowboard do the jump for you as you will always land on your back this way. Also, once you learn how to ollie properly you need a lot less speed to make it through as you naturally fly higher. Finally a tutorial that sums up the basics :)
From my experience it also unlocks dead sailor mode. That still scares me when your in the air so long that it feels uncontrolled. Might be a great next video to cover ;)
yeah.. same here. i tried the stand up technique, and got me the dead sailor. Can't really figure out why, probably the timing is off.
@@leewaychang8483 dead sailor is usually from pulling up on bars too much. Try to keep more of the preload/ push in your legs
Hands down best jump tutorial ive seen on youtube, think other videos sometimes go overboard and give too much advice which you end up forgetting and failing to put into practice out on the trails. Thanks for the great advice 👍
This makes perfect sense! Definitely helpful to a degree. But I would argue that it is more of a second guesser, easier said than done. When you are on the bike doing the jump, standing up perpendicular actually feels like leaning back a little bit due to the force. If you tell someone just to stand straight up, they will be very likely leaning forward. The best way to practising standing straight up is going back to the foundation: practising bunny hop on flat ground.
I was thinking exactly the same, I have been practicing jumping lately and the feeling is more of leaning back, although visually it looks standing straight. Now I still need to figure out how to land properly 😅
This is so accurate. It was a ride every jump fast, rely on the speed, squash them a bit and always felt as if I was doing well, but not quite in control. Some would buck, some would feel perfect, but speed was my friend.... then I tried dirt jumping! Wow, if you want to learn this technique quickly that's the place! Steep lips and landings. First few attempts were terrible as I was relying on speed as I'd always done. Then I started standing up to the jump and a whole new world of fun opened up for me. As you rightly say, suddenly you can go a bit slower, you can pop, you can have fun, tricks become easier. It really is all about standing up tall and this video is fantastic, explained so simply! What's interesting is once you learn the technique you soon notice the difference between well made jumps and trash with bad angles. But because you're not flat out relying on speed, it's safer and more fun! Awesome vid as always!
I tried this technique the other day on some local trails, and after the very first jump, my son yells "holy sh*t dad, you got a massive pop off that lip!" 😂🤘 Finally something easy to remember that works!
Awww that's so wholesome. I would love to ride with my dad.
After my first trip to Big Bear Bike Park last year I had cased just about every jump there. At 61 and only just riding bike parks since last year, getting over the fear was huge for me. After watching this video I put this technique to the test on opening weekend and I kept singing in my head “You gotta stand up to the jump” and it just clicked. Great advice and it lessened the anxiety. Now if I could only go faster in the berms.
Can confirm. YOU are jumping, and you're just taking the bike with you, not the other way around.
Your videos are consistently very good. I just realized the other day that I was doing this EXACT thing naturally as a progression of jumps from repetition. I just didn’t think about it until I saw this today. Condensed knowledge into one simple idea.
I used to lean back a bit on transitions and that would obviously buck me OTB. Learned the hard way, but took me awhile to get back into confident jumping by taking it slow and getting used to it.
Am I the only one that noticed that both tires are off the group before he leaves the lip of the jump? Forward to 4:54
Mannnn, You changed my life. Its working!!! and its so simple. After so many instructions that I have tried to follow and nothing seemed to work, this simple gesture changed it all for me! It all falls into place now and I have improved my jumping skills! Thank you so much
I think this is one of your best videos of recent! Clear explanation backed with good visual aid, it should help lots of people.
Elephant in the room, what happened on that nose heavy landing 😬
Awesome video. Really enjoy those longer videos. As a fellow framer/carpenter I can truly appreciate your drive for being efficient without rushing things and still providing solid quality
This is good info but your timing is off. Your legs should be fully extended when your back wheel reaches the top of the lip , not your front. you can clearly see at 2:46 that you take off half way up the jump. Slow the standing up motion down to use the whole transition and you will go much higher!
This is very true
good point!
I concur. The info is very sound but his example is off. Bigger jumps are nice in that they slow down the standing up motion by quite a bit.
You should not be standing in the bottom or middle of the jump face. Total leg extension should occur when the rear tire is at the lip.
Also, short distance jumps sometimes require you squash quickly in order to not over jump. Not all jumps "jump" the same.
The most amazing thing about this video is that someone has figured out how to explain how to jump a bike. I learnt to jump at a very young age so I don't even think about it, and because I don't even think about it, I have never been able to figure out how to explain to people how to jump. thank you so much ahah!
What do you do while in the air? I wouldn't think you would just keep standing up straight, do you let the bike come up to you?
you extend your arms diagonally upwards, point ur feet down so when you pull them up the pedals stay attached to your feet, suck your knees up, spot landing, open up a bit and absorb the landing, and for the love of god bend your knees when you land, i tore my acl when i stifflegged a long jump on accident.
Always been a baby about jumping.. tried this a few weeks ago and have been seeking jumps since.. insane how simple this makes it. Thank you!
1:03 we turning into mark rober
I've been riding 18 yrs and this has transformed my ride, I had never learned this technique until now! Amazing vid, thank you