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Message: [QUOTE="YZ250man, post: 33754, member: 16133"] At my in laws there is a small dirt mound (for my younger kids to play with their trucks, etc) that I use to teach my 10 and 12 yr old to jump. Once my 10 yr old got 'some' confidence just dropping off over it, I told him to come around in 3rd and let it flow over. It was a beautiful jump; about 4 ft high and about 15 ft, and landed perfectly. When I looked over to him, through his full face helmet, I could see his face was red and he stopped over by me, removed his helmet and was wide-eyed!! When I told him to do it again, he said, "Nope!". [img]http://dirtrider.net/forums/ubb/smile.gif[/img] He did do some more later, thoough in second gear but with great fluidity. I got goose bumps reading thise stuff about the hill climbs! I love hill climbs especially when I had my 83 XR 350. There was this one hill that I used to have problems with a previous bike (YZ250), but the XR would ease up awesomely. I had a blast that first day going up AND down, though first time going down was intimidating. Now, on my WR, I'm a little nervous about going up big hills (flashbacks of 2 strokings coming back!). I'm going to try some tomorrow though. I've learned the best way to learn was to drop off (like BKX says), that way you learn how to position yourself. Once you do enough then just jump some small 'bumps' (2 ft, not steep) and just flow with it. Once you get that good feeling from a good jump, it's addicting! ------------------ Dave 89 YZ250WR [/QUOTE]

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