Don’t judge, this is my first season riding!
I wanna learn how to swing my bike in the air but as you can see all I can do is turn my handle bars lol
I want to learn how to whip, any advice?
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by specializeddumbass
Don’t judge, this is my first season riding!
I wanna learn how to swing my bike in the air but as you can see all I can do is turn my handle bars lol
I want to learn how to whip, any advice?
byu/specializeddumbass inMTB
by specializeddumbass
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You look damn comfortable/confident that’s for sure! I feel that’s the most important first step. I want to learn to whip as well!
Looks like you’re jumping great already, watch a few video, talk to your friends and you’ll be there in no time
Great confidence for 1st year. Honestly I think if you went on smaller jumps and practiced jumping from 1 side of the jump to the other it would help with your dead sailor shown in this video. Whipping is just counter rotating your handle bars with rear wheels, so experiment with that on smaller jumps.
That’s mountain creek right? Lower greenhorn is perfect for what the other comments are suggesting. Hitting triple stack first year in is also very impressive. Took me a while to get my balls for those jumps
https://youtu.be/72KP7pEBdW0?si=hnwzZxDQdApgBwvM
https://youtu.be/UvTBcaxI1C0?si=IWI3GV3v4U_m2waq
https://youtu.be/gqDoEMPE6Q4?si=suEe2YrXJnePMu1h
https://youtu.be/cI9Miasz2VQ?si=5IrREIvuC3s9-38u
Twist your hips whichever way you want to whip. To whip the wheel to your right, twist your right leg forward. Twist back to center. Vice versa to go left. Practice on flat by bunny hopping and trying to bring the back wheel out to the side, to me it basically feels like the same type of motion. I practiced on flat, tried to land the back wheel/bike about 45* from the center line of where I started. Start on something small cause the further away from center you are when you land, far more likely to eat shit.
Honestly buddy, ask the dude infront of you 🙂
Your bar turns are pretty good. Basically you just need to keep your core engaged when you do the bar turn, and add a little carve off the takeoff
Exit the jump at a slight angle
Dont squeeze brakes while on the air, then do a bar turn.
Yeah keep chasing the feller in front of you and I’d say you’ll be whipping in no time. Watch out for slimy leaf landings this time of year!
Other than looking fly, any advantage to the whip?