Yoann deserves all the exposure he can get. Guy is a freakin' beast on the trails and an amazing teacher. His channel is incredible, great vibes and a lot of knowledge.
This is by far one of the best episodes I have seen on PinkBike in years! Christina, Yoann and awesome guidance explained simply and effectively! More of this, please PinkBike!?
I got my fair share of ski coaching back in my ski racing days and from that I recon Yoann is a great coach. He is so on point, its amazing. More of him please!!!
45 year old beginner here - the 'head up' just made a huge difference at the pump track for me. I felt like I had so much time through the turns. it felt really relaxed and stable but was absolutely faster. Thank you!
Chistina and Yoann are two truly worthy people to be doing these videos. So often the credibility just isn't there. Not with these two. I seriously appreciate watching them both.
6 seconds was a huge gain! 10% faster and more confidence which came from being specifically intentional about exercising control. You owned the trail vs the trail owning you! Great instruction!
He forgot step 1 to becoming faster: be French! J/k of course - an amazing coach and rider. Between these, Christina’s other vids, and the Ben Cathro series, PB is killing it with the tutorials lately!!
I would have liked to see her ride it three times. One to see it, two to adjust, and then a third after having two run's worth of knowledge. THEN...have him give her the advice, and have her do 3 more runs, so that it takes trail familiarity out of the equation, and really illustrate how the change in technique made her faster. But....still, a great video, and those tips will make her faster everywhere!
101% agree studying the zones. I did that on my 1st race experience. i did practice the same race track for 5 days. using gopro you can see the zones u want to target your lines and zones for improvement normally it was marked on yellow or red.
Christina, the videos you’re putting out are the best in the MTB RU-vid-verse. Whether it’s riding progression, follow cams, or random rider interviews. Pinkbike, pay Christina and anyone helping her 10x.
The commitment to examine your riding faults and exercise those changes in the stream are what sets pros above most. If you tell yourself the line and the braking are here and there, and then actually hit those markers at speed, it’s really rewarding. I think for me the head up exiting the corner, or obstacle, changed my riding and I never looked back. The braking has always been before and then exit with speed, but I’m too dangerous about not caring and believe in myself to adjust to anything in a blind situation. How to adjust with pre-brake/visualization to a blind at speed safely without overthinking is what I got from Yo in this exercise. Thank you! 🤘🏼
Yoann, Christina, Pemby, Spring 2022 and life is good. Thx for making this video, Yoann does a really good job of explaining all the fundamentals I've heard before but makes them way easier to understand. Christina soaks up the knowledge and demonstrates the techniques with the cameras rolling, great job! Theres so many nuggets of riding wisdom from Yoann in this I'm definitely going to watch it few times. I really like the ones about the "millions of different corners"
Very enjoyable to see someone being a great teacher. There’s definitely a knack to it and Yoann has it. I don’t get to ride anything like this, but I’m inspired to try.
Good on ya Tina! Sure you could have made it 10. Yoann is always in the zone I guess. :D Love how hes flying through tech sections like it´s nothing. He´s good at seeing nuances and explainging things as well eh. I suppose he´s just that guy you wanna ride with for a few days when you wanna progress.
I'm broken right now, fractured right clavical, had a Open Reduction Internal Fixation surgery a week ago and I'm super worried about recovery and loss of fitness, strength and confidence. Love to see something about that.
Since getting on mountain bike scene, I notice that the industry are more focused on being light not on safety. Coming from Snow board and paintball, the sport over emphasized on safety. I'm always full gear. I learned my lesson from snow boarding to wear helmet at all times espcially being a beginner. On paintball, you have to have full gear because you slam your whole body on ground on purpose. I know these two are pro mountain bikers, but never once in this video they talked about safety! They wear their helmet, but that's about it. No body armor, knee pads, elbow pads. If you're a beginner not knowing anything, you try what these pros are doing, you'll have a rude awakening after you get your first injury. Our body isnt made to slam on anything hard going 15 mph+! you'll need the right gear to prevent or minimize injuries. If you ever watch friday fails, how many of those people you see wearing full gear on and they're trying things way above their skill level?
@@ninjazzrhythm400 thanks bro. Yeah I wear a good Helmet Bell R2 MIPS, IXS X-Matter knee and elbow, been riding since I was tiny, guess I'm atleast 25 years into propper mountain biking, some bmx, flatland, skateboarded for like 6 years, had my fair share of injurys, snowboarder a couple of seasons too. Never have I busted a collate bone before, but sadly there is not any body armour I know of (I work in the industry) that would protect a clavicle. Done my elbow, got landed on in the park and off peast on the snow, ankle on the skateboard, wrist and concussion on bmx, and pelvis a few years back on mtb. Injury was a random pedal strike at the entrance to a trail I've run litterally a hundred plus times, so go figure. Just shit luck at less than 15kph and did a full otb flip to back if sholder as 1st point of impact. Is there anything in the snow sports or paintball sector that can protect upper body and clavicle? I was already planning to get better protection for some local trails and bigger bike parks, impact shorts, knee/shin and a upper body armor, helmet is already EWS compliant, but maybe even a really full face lid. Very difficult to find gear that fits when you're a 6'4", 235lb gorilla! 🦍😂
It looks like when he does the gap he is braking on his rear tire, it stops spinning but when Christina does the gap her rear tire is spinning. Why does he do that? I noticed it a couple of times in the side by sides.
Tom would be good at helping you win after won at the PinkBike Academy. I mean he clearly won landing a gig at PinkBike and represented at Sea Otter this year 🤣
