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Message: [QUOTE="Jeff Gilbert, post: 197350, member: 20280"] [b]Re: jumpin and a blip of the throttle[/b] I'm not by any means an expert but I can give you my experiance. 1st of all how you hit the jump would depend several factors,the approach, face, landing and what's after the jump. If your anything like me when you do your 1st few races you will probably have an andrenline rush to help you go a little faster. For a 50' double I would recommend watching & asking others at your track how they do that particular jump. It may also help if you follow someone over for the 1st time to get a feel for it. I found in a race situation I tend to go a lot faster than I do in practice so I hit the jumps a lot faster. By the time I'm at the face & realize that I am likely to over jump I brake hard on the face but always back on the gas at the last second enough to launch me over. If it's a big jump you'll have time to relax for a nano second so take advantage of it by staying loose and just flow with the bike, you should have plenty of time to react for correcting a bad fly. I'm always standing and in the attack position when I jump, I find I have more control by using body english in that position . For certain, if at all possible, be on the gas when you land, this will make your suspension work otherwise you'll bounce like a pogo stick. [/QUOTE]