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[QUOTE="Saratoga, post: 226057"]
There is a advanced technique used mostly for rough sections while accelerating where you stretch your body back and your butt is hovering over the rear fender.  This allows the front tire to stay up and not drop down.  Effectively the tire floats similiar to the BMX technique used while going through whoops.  When your arms are stretched back, you cannot reach the lever unless they are high.  It will be hard to picture until you see someone actually doing this.  Look through tapes of outdoor Nationals and you will see all the Pros doing this over whoops and chop.

Also, when you grip the bars properly, your fingers do not point down.  They actually point to the crossbar or to the inside.  Again, this is hard to visualize until you see someone else doing it.

For years this was a mystery to me.  I have taken several lessons from Pro MXers and now ride with levers high, elbows up, and all that other stuff.  These techniques really work.  The proof is just as someone said prevciously when they asked why all the pros do it.
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