Where to find dirt jumps

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As you hit the first mound, let the front end come to you by bending your knees — make sure you keep your body position the same. Weight back: As your bike continues to move forwards, move your weight backwards, so that the front wheel stays at the height of the top of the first mound. Extend legs: As the rear wheel leaves the top of the first mound, push down with your feet and extend your legs. Extend arms: Push down the rear end to help pump the backside of the first mound for speed and help you reach the second mound — as you do this, let the front of the bike drop slightly by extending your arms.

Mike Smith says: Approach the rollers with good speed — too many people try to learn half-heartedly. Really push in with your feet to help you pump for speed. Being able to boost a jump is an essential skill. Once you know how to judge depth, you can work out the speed you need to approach a jump with and how much you need to pull up to clear a jump.

Being able to boost off a lip is also handy for hip jumping and transferring to other landing areas, and can be used in regular trail riding for avoiding hazards and jumping your way to safety. Here, Mike demonstrates boosting a jump to the maximum you possibly can. Mike will often do this in competitions for extra style points. Stand tall: You want to keep as much forward motion as possible, so before you reach the transition, stand up so your arms and legs are fully extended, then compress into the take-off.

Push into the transition: As your reach the start of the transition, use your arms and legs to push the bike into the ground. As you come off the lip, pull up and release your weight in one movement, allowing the lip to kick you up into the air.

Tuck the bike up: You could let your pop from the lip keep you high, but Mike goes further, pulling the bike right under him, as if doing a giant bunnyhop. Mike keeps his weight towards the rear of the bike as it naturally nosedives in to land. If you have, learn your lesson and approach slower. Just as there are times when you need to gain extra height to clear a jump, there are times when you need to maintain your speed, or suck up the kick on a jump to avoid over-jumping the landing transition.

Many riders approaching a big jump for the first time will go a little too fast and have to suck it up, so squashing is a great way to ensure you clear a jump and learn the speed.

Usually this will be a simple squash, but the scrub is coming across from motocross now. The scrub is a more aggressive and effective way of achieving the same thing but involves laying the bike right over as you hit the take-off ramp. Note how Mike looks relaxed here, compared to how he was when boosting the jump. Absorb the lip 2 : As the front wheel comes off the lip, let the front end come up to you instead of both you and the bike moving up and away from the jump.

Keep your knees flexible, and let the rear end of the bike do the same. Stay poised 3 : Once the bike has finished coming up against you, push against it slightly to raise yourself off the bike slightly. Extend arms 4 : Now the bike will naturally start to arc towards the landings.