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Jumping: scared, HELP!
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[QUOTE="Jeff Gilbert, post: 646668, member: 20280"] I was just thinking...uh oh :confused: I've only been riding again for a little over 2 years, 25 year break abd never anything like mx. I would recommend to everyone to attend a day long mx school if they've never been to one. They teach you static body positions and how to help from getting hurt from simple little inexperienced mistakes. It will be the best 100 $ ever spent. I was reminded wannayz about the 1st time during a race as I was approaching the face of a jump at your mentioned 17,000 mph. What a feeling it was! I was on both brakes hard all the way up the face of the stepup from probably a 5th gear pinned. The landing was rather short and the loose/dry powder that forms on top of black dirt was in abundance. I remember thinking "there's no way I was gonna make it!" As I braked to the point of just locking up both wheels to slow, remember I'm already on the jump face, I let off the brakes at I gyess just the right time and floated gently over the top. I down shifted a few clicks in the air and was back on the gas when I landed. I gained so much time on that jump that lap, I never got the nerve to try it again though. :worship: Something else I did, which was new for me (not same race). During a light practice turn out I got the chance to work on a triple. It was actually as double onto a stepup with a 90 after the landing. The run up to the jump was probably over a hundred yards, easy to hit at least 5th , but the landing on the other side said you had better not. Since I was nowhere confident feeling to repeat the 17,000 run up and brake jump technique I opted for a little jumping practice. I attempted hitting it in 4th gear sorta lugged a bit and couldn't hit the top. I scooted up closer and tried it in 3rd and was making it just to the top. On my final drills I started from a dead stop about 15 yards back and nailed it hard and on the gas in 2nd, this technique was by far the easiest. I shot up over the top like a rocket, tapped my rear brake and floated back down to earth. I did try it again in 1st from about 5 to 10 yards and actually made it to the top but it wasn't the best feeling. My take on jumping is that it's not so much about speed (unless your EK) as it is about attack and body position. I know every jump is different but the quickness of accelleration has probably more to do with it than pure speed. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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