

Barnes & Noble, Amazon, IMBA, and both of those guys all sell it for about $20-$25. Also, get "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills" from Brian Lopes and Lee McCormack. You'll have a much harder time jumping with your squish than someone with a shorter-travel stiff bike, but you can do it all the same.just takes more effort and control. Try to keep your body loose yet controlled.stiffness will cause you to pull something to one side or the other and you'll have to correct for it before you land. Look at where you want to land.don't focus on trees or stuff on the ground.

It's common and easy to be all out of position, so try to pay attention to that and see if it helps. Come into the launch with your shoulders and elbows spread out and symmetrical.

As said above, you can unconsciously apply more force with one leg, but more often than not it has to do with your upper body. With experience, you can launch even a poor approach pretty well, but it takes practice. o) Your balance issues almost certainly start earlier than 's all in the takeoff from the kicker or ramp. Start out with 2 pints and work your way up to 15. i have no problem doing 30 ft drop offs.but doing the same distance of a dirt jump mid air my ballance goes of centre.or to one side.
