How to Jump your MTB (with NO FEAR)

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Published 2022-06-26
I've been working on this one for quite a while. About a year, to be exact. I really feel as though this one move I cover in the vid can help riders (like myself) who battle with jumping confidence. What do you think?

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All Comments (21)
  • @freesmoke8088
    Who else is getting super nervous and excited watching this only to put their phone on their nightstand and go to bed 🥴
  • @jasoncass8771
    I've been mountain biking around 40 years and never could jump very well at all. Could it be as easy as just standing up? Well, I tried that yesterday on my brand new local jump trail and was amazed that I was clearing doubles and tables that I would always case before! This simple thing immediately unlocked what I've been trying for figure out for decades. Thanks Ryan!
  • @Na-ju4jf
    It's funny how we jumped our bikes all the time as kids, but as adults we forgot how. Probably more fear now. Nice, quick and to the point tutorial!
  • @ScootsMcDoots
    I cleared my first double today thanks to this video. I've always been terrible at jumps and so I would avoid them unless they were simple little bumps. Thank you so much
  • @71hernandez
    I will be singing "stand up to the jump " in my head every time I hit a jump from now on . Thanks. No , seriously, thank you.
  • That’s a bold move incorporating a choreographed rap chorus into an MTB jump tutorial. 😂
  • @33Goaty
    Cleared my first tabletop yesterday! The feeling of landing on the downslope was the most incredible feeling I've had riding! OMG, I couldn't wait to ride the jump line again! My confidence went through the roof. Thank you so so much. I'm 50 years old, and I have been riding since 1985, and your tip just changed my whole ride experience! I am so pumped! Then I hit a new trail and I was clearing the tabletops and it was so much fun. Thank you! Huge fan!
  • @bimmerfan729
    I don't know what it is but your "how-to" videos just click for me. I'm hot garbage when it comes to jumping but after having this in the back of my head I was the most consistent I have ever been today. Just like your cornering video, just clicked for me! Idk what it is but thank you and keep it up!!!
  • @substrata3642
    I am a coach and experienced trails rider, this is exactly what I teach my students - you need to create some tension throughout your body against the transition, standing up fixes 99% of beginner / intermediate riders jumping issues. It’s the same motion for doing a hop on flat ground or off of something (not double wheel hop, but front wheel then back). A jump just helps you get that front wheel up that much easier. Sweet vid!
  • At 65, and only riding for about three years, your videos just make the most sense because they are direct and simple. Your cornering video is awesome as well. Thanks a lot!
  • @PaoloDenti
    the loam ranger is the best on YT, no BS, straight to the point. Dude, you are the best.
  • @lingmlbb2314
    THANK YOU SO MUCH I’m a 14 yr old Aussie, and only started mountain biking late last year. Today I went out with my twin to hit a local jump track, mill creek’s “hit the turps”. Just before we got there, I watched this video and let me say, I wouldn’t have been able to jump without this advice. Remembering to “STAND UP TO THE JUMP” let me hit such decent bike to two bike length tables with “NO FEAR”. I was able to clear these jumps fully, despite muddy conditions. I am so excited by this progress, and can’t wait to go out on another jump track soon! THANK YOU!!! (I am now a loyal subscriber)
  • For me it's always hard to gauge the speed. I always think I go way too fast, but forget to take into account that the lip eats all of my speed (especially step ups) and I usually case the hell out of them.
  • @vlbz
    This made all the difference. After a year of struggling this helped me clear small jumps in literally one day. I'm confident now, I will be able to hit larger jumps as well, relatively soon.
  • @thwoo-
    This helps, but the problem I face with jumps is 100% psychological. What I find weird is that in my local woods there are a couple small ish jumps. For some reason I’m good with hitting a pretty decent sized tabletop, but as soon as it comes to the absolutely tiny step down I freeze up every time and can’t do it. Hoping this stand up to the jump thing helps next time I’m down there Edit: SENT IT! thank you so much for this video it really helped
  • @MrAlexTech
    Needed this my dude! 😄 Still turn my trousers brown everytime I run up to literally any jump 😅
  • @davidbell644
    Just been out. Struggling to jump. Kept leaning back too much like I was a passenger. Watched this video and absolutely greased two gap jumps. I’ll always have the tune ‘stand up to the jump’ in my head as I approach jumps from now on. Thank you for this video.
  • @dkdaddy78
    This video combined with your cornering is the best how to content on the internet. Simple, entertaining and easily actionable. The why really helps. Thank you.
  • @Jcee4
    I saw a kid in a red hoodie do this technique back in 1982 on his bmx .... he got so high he was back lit by the moon.
  • @kccheng604
    No joke this is THE video that made it click for me. I'm at the tail end of my 30's and just getting into dirt jumping hoping to keep up with the kids and to improve my mtb riding on flow trails. So glad it came out in the summer. My first practice run after watching this vid felt amazing. Then I set my phone down to record myself and adjust my body position more. Seeing yourself is the best way to improve along with watching this vid ;). Thank you so much!