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[QUOTE="bbbom, post: 99558, member: 16301"] I know what you are saying about losing confidence. After my crash at Vantage, rocky downhills intimidated me. I finally just made up my mind that, one hard crash (or several) were not going to slow me down. In the more technical sections I tend to stall out on a couple areas near the house when I lose my confidence. Usually, if I just tell myself at the beginning of the section that I'm going to hit it hard I can make it through easily. I don't always hit it hard enough though and then I have to go back and do it again. What I think about when I come to a section that has kicked my butt before is - This time I'm doing it!!! At least it usually works for me. Another option is to take it one step at a time. Go a little faster, and a little faster until you are back where you were or beyond. On the trail I mountain bike, there is a great little section where you come down a steep hill, hit the bottom and go straight up the next hill but have to make a 90 degree right hand turn just past a tree then continue on the trail along the side of the hill (I call it the whoopdy do). Karl just fly's down the hill and glides up and around the tree. I have tried it probably 10 times but always chicken out coming down the hill to slow or when I get to the top of the other hill instead of letting the inertia send me back around, I stop. Finally, yesterday I did it and it was soooooo easy but, I had to be totally confident to keep my speed up on the downhill. I had built my confidence by going faster and faster and getting closer and closer to doing it each time prior. Now, it's easy. [/QUOTE]
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