How To: Ride Smooth and FAST! 

This was 1000x more informative than 99% of the other How-To videos I've seen. Almost all of those were targeting complete beginner riders (how to's on attack position, using the clutch, braking, etc.). This is far more helpful for people like myself who feel comfortable on a bike, but need help with technique and speed (C class riders). You pointed out things I never would've noticed watching good riders do, because my eyes just naturally want to watch the top half of a rider. So thank you for the tips, I feel I can actually apply this to my riding. Keep 'em coming!

Seriously amazing tip! Cant wait to focus on this next time I ride

You have no idea how beneficial this is, literally NO other coach has said any of this, it’s usually all just elbows up, and hips locked. You’re putting out good content, keep it up

Did you just said Jason Anderson looks effortless? Can’t even keep his jersey tucked for 2 laps 🤣👊🏼✊🏼💨

What’s up j-walk. Huge fan although I may not be the first, I’ll be the first one to cross the finish line with these tips! Nice video, keep up the hard work. 👍

If anyone wants to look at ultimate smoothness and flow watch footage of Windham any time he rides. He is probably one of the most naturally gifted people to ever ride a dirt bike when it comes to being smooth and effortless. This was a great video and very informative. Using your legs is essential to have good control

Thank you so much for taking the time to self evaluate and pass on what you are doing while riding. Breaking down high level riding isn't something that you see very often if at all. I've been watching the lower half of riders for a few weeks now after watching aj Catanzaros videos on the attack position. It seems like all the pros use these techniques of keeping the knees down vertical and gripping and unlocking the hips to allow the upper body to stay facing where you want to go while the lower body can move around with the bike. This stuff is genius. Thank you again.

Wow, I was amazed at how much little stuff you do just to keep control of the bike very informative and helpful and I'll definetly try to keep all this in mind with my own riding. Thank you and please do more of these bike control videos!

Looks like some skills left over from bmx/bicycling. Manualing into jump faces and whoops was always my go-to in bmx racing as a kid

Mind blowing, thx for all the tips 🙏🏻 great video

Wow, the very first really detailed explanation of how to ride a bike, thanks been looking for the past couple years Definitely a one of a kind instructional video wish more people understood like Jeff

Are you saying if I'm smooth-shaven I'll be faster? NOTED. This is great, JWalk. Not only are you an absolute rippa, but you're also educated and really well-spoken. You do a great job articulating your thoughts into easily digestible vocabulary and explanation. If you're back home for a while and need footage, something you could do would be to break down other's riding. I'll use myself as an example. but I could send a clip and you could analyze it and explain how I could be riding better. You could do this for subscribers, your Chapparel teammates, anyone who can send a decent clip of them to you!

Perfect timing! I have started to put more focus on just this a few months ago by slowing down and tring to ballance myself on the bike without having to hang on the handlebars. Did a lot of one handed riding and paid a lot of attention on my foot, knee and upper body posision and angle. Yesterday i finally tried all this full pace and my riding is way smoother and my arms dont get tired and i dont get blisters in my palms any more.

SX 2021, lets get it Jeff 💪🔥🔥

the most advanced riding tips ive ever heard on youtube! sick

I seen another comment or two about this. Your style is closely related to the style needed to be a proficient BMX racer. When it comes to manualing, pumping or jumping. Everything is controlled by pushing and pulling with your legs and squeezing the bike. In BMX you control your bike with 90% legs and 10% arms. When I raced motocross as a kid, I would always be so exhausted after one lap trying to manhandle the bike. Fast forward to my late teens and early 20s, with 5 years of BMX racing. I jumped on my friends 250, rode three laps (including sight lap) on an outdoor track. And I rode those laps more fluently and faster than ever! All of the skills I learned in BMX are transferable to motocross.

Really helpful vid dude! I'm a little guy so "man handling" my bike with my upper body just doesn't work too well. I'd always heard controlling the bike with the lower half is the best way to go but I guess it just wasn't clicking for me. Seeing the movements broken down and explained like that made it a lot easier to understand. I'm just a weekend warrior and don't hit the track much. My friends and I are always riding in rut tracks and whatever is in the hills. This is a great technique for trail riding as well. I can definitely see how it would dramatically reduce arm fatigue.

I do motocross for 20 years, but even with all the experience, your video was super informative and for sure you show me some new things that I need to practice! Thank you!

I always find it amazing the little quirks you do while you ride without knowing. Watching clips back of me racing is always fun seeing how you use your weight grab and lose traction at such a precice moment.

I hate when people say ridding a dirt bike is easy as the bike does all the work and this right here may be the best video to show them how wrong they are great video

I demand a series. . . .! Thank you for these tips. These are all things i already do but only took me decades of experience. These clips will help those who want to get serious.

Love this type of video... learnt alot in short time, looking forward to the one!

The best technique break down video I've seen. At first, watching Your clips in this video I thought that JA21 is all over the bike while You're more of "text book" perfect rider. But during frame-by-frame breakdown I've noticed that You're seriously doing similar stuff with Your hips and feets. It takes a lot of hours on the bike to build confidence big enought to apply those things but it must be really beneficial. Thanks for posting this!

Started to pay attention to control the bike only with the lower body. Excellent results!)

I'm a huge fan of wheel tapping over obstacles but I would have never thought to do it over an entire small jump LOL. really good stuff gonna give it a try!!!. I really prefer this type of learning. Seeing what you're doing in slow mo is proof that it works!

As someone who has seen most of your vids, this may be your best one yet

You should do a side by side comparison to the last clip and compare momentum and time savings being able to wheel tap.

we need a lot more videos like this one !

could be a trainer in future

That. 1st sequence was awesome..watching in full speed you could not see the offset knees. -Frickin awesome- such great info i watch videos daily the offset knees is maybe the best advice i ever got..and the narration was easy to listen too..helluva a good video

Jeff how long have you been riding? I think you are definitely a person with natural ability to control your bike naturally without giving it much thought. What I do like is your ability to make really good informative videos that actually have good information. Cheers to you and all the great videos you have done so far. The video on clutch systems and the different systems and there characteristics I think is probably the most useful video I have seen so far. Probably seen 500 at least. If you have not seen that particular video it’s a must see. Thanks Jeff and keep up the great work. True professional.

Great video! Big fan of vids like this that provide technique improvement tips. 👌 As an off-road guy I'm definitely nowhere near as comfortable in the air as I'd like to be. Maybe do a video discussing your jumping tips?

Wow... that was great to watch thank you for that information JWalk

This was intresting and fresh 👍

Great video dude! Great to hear how you breaking every detail down.

I'm gnna give these techniques a go thanks for taking the time to make this video bud !

Great content. As a beginner it’s difficult to pickup on the technique that the better riders use. The slow it down break it down in the video really is helpful. I’m always just applying pressure on my pegs trying to turn and get traction. I can see now how really the hips and using your legs works. Thanks

Good video. Going to test some of this when I ride in the woods next time 👌👍😊

Thanks for the tips jeff, hope i can do that on the track to.. hope you have a good 2020

This video is awesome and u should do more like this Jeff. A lot of cool things you and other riders do that never gets noticed or told in depth like you just did really enjoyed it thanks

It’s basically mad skills mx😂

Really insightful - I was watching a Roczen video about his first ride on he 2021 works bike . . . seriously, it looked like the laws of physics were suspended at time. . . . Jeff provided a good insightful analysis of how some of this stuff gets done . .

Please more of this!! Amazing explanations and insight, thank you!

that's some next level technique in that left hand sweeper for sure

They where some awsome tips and Very disruptive especially helped with the slow motion clips thanks buddy

Absolutely awesome video, love you bringing up just how important using your legs are. I knew using legs was important, but this video showed me some detail I've never seen before. Thank you!

This was a big help. I noticed when I shifted my hips while taking a turn standing gave me a lot more traction. It increased my lap times and reduced my arm pump

Absolutely love this video my favorite yet!!!! I also enjoy the bike comparison videos! Always great content from jwalk!!!’

Your able to use your body more.... Your very tall and lanky.... Nothing wrong with that.... But for a shorter stockier rider like myself...... I almost am forced to use more upper body..... And watching your videos really make me think that Honda pretty..... Great video bro!!!! Braaaaap!!!!

Great videos Jeff. This video really really helps - excellent technical details about staying in control of your bike. Really appreciate the pointers. Thanks for taking the time to give us such high-quality content

Very cool and helpful man 💪🔥

Hey great breakdown of how you use your legs. Just a thought of another video idea that could be very helpful to many would be a video explaining how far to look ahead. I know that most riders, especially in the beginning, struggle with not looking far enough ahead. I know for me I've tried to do a lot of study from video and pictures as to where in the corners/ruts pros are looking but there is only so much you can see from that. And it is tough because there is a balance of making sure you dont look TOO far ahead. I noticed Christian Craig mentioned that was a contributing factor as to why he hit the tough block at St. Louis this year--he was looking a little too far ahead and it caused him to set his trajectory in a direction that just nicked a tough block. I think it would be super helpful for a lot of riders if you took a few gopro videos and explain roughly where you were/do/should be looking.Things like where do you look right before landing off a jump, how many whoops ahead, where do you look entering a corner, where do look throughout the entire corner, and other things like that. Deep/long ruts (like Red Bud, rather than this track) would be biggest help for me personally. If you were to break down a couple of laps from Red Bud showing where you do/should look that would be huge. Keep up the great work man and look forward to seeing you at Red Bud again this year!

Amazing tip JWalk, Have never seen or read anything about this. Thank You for posting. You even have Derek Hallman complimenting you. Just found you but I'm a subscriber now

U r awesome js. Please keep making videos. B careful out there and God bless you and your family bro

Definitely keep these going! Needing help with corner speed, and how to judge a jump.

Thank you this is helpful I have gone through so many videos and so much work trying to get my dad to let me race even though I’m a girl I’m dedicated to ride all the time!!

Great video. A real masterpiece! If it’s not too far, you should ride at Florida Cycle Park once in a while.

You are coming out swinging in 2020 with some fire content my man!! Excellent video....BUT I'm patiently awaiting some two fiddy two smoker action 🤣🤣🤣 BBBRRRAAAAPPPPP

I guess I never really noticed WHY riders move their leg up and back when jumping sometimes. It's not just style, but they also use it to push the rear end of the bike back into alignment after a scrub or sketchy takeoff. When you said that in the video I had a sort of lightbulb moment lol.

Good video, i am going to try these tips the next time i hit the track

awesome video man! very informative and easy to follow with what you're saying! :D

Finally a friggin useful video on riding rather then the other BULLSHIT from other channels 😂😂

Super video! Great job! Thanks. 👊🏻✊🏻💨🏁

Awesome stuff. You are a great rider. Good luck. God bless

Jwalk, love this type of video...could you do one that shows how to ride a 4 stroke vs a 2 stroke....I just switched and find it hard to ride the 4 stroke correctly. I just want to wind it out ...but know that is not correct.

Smooth riding!

This video is awesome! It's made me realise I need to use my long legs alot more! 😂 Huge fan all the way in Scotland!

Awesome Jeff , smooth is fast

Great content! Very informative.

bro is just too good with it

Thanks for the Video ! I constantly battle arm pump while riding right now but I will try using my lower body and see if I can go on longer between breaks.

Great video my guy🔥🔥

Give us feet placement videos on how keep smoothness and and speed up ..sequences again would be a great format again. Thanks man

Noice!!! Can’t wait to use these tips on tomorrows morning ride!!

Very detailed video!! 👌🏽👌🏽 so nice jwalk! More tips plsss

Great video Jeff Thanks!

I was out there watching you do those wheel taps that day. I don't have the speed/throttle control for those little wheelies. Crazy informative video though. It's all in the hips.

Just my opinion, but maybe turn the background music down just a little bit! It’s a little bit distracting and makes it hard to hear you clearly. Good video though!

How many points do you need to get a 2 digit number in outdoors

Appreciate the tips!

Thanks for the great video ! 👍

Awesome thank you for this video Im gonna try these techniques out! My problem is i've been trying to muscle the bike completely with my upperbody and it's making for a rough day on the track. I want to keep a steady relatively fast pace but I cant until I learn how to make it a smooth ride for myself. Instead of helping me my riding buddies would much rather laugh at me its so frustrating cause I wanna be at their pace already

you should do a whip and scrub vid on how you can save time and have style

really good video! i like the way how u explain those movements. 👌🏽 it would be great, if u can make a video about how u work with your feet.. what the position is when u ride corners, when u stand up or while u are jumping.. greetings from germany ✌🏼

This videos is really good bro🔥

A lot of effort in this video, keep going man

Thanks for the tips man!

thanks! super useful tips never seen on any vid before!

Good tips, J-Walk

another awesome tips.tnx bro.

Can you do a ,,how to scrub,, Video?

6:47 you can do that in a game called mad skills mx 2 and it also saves a HEAP of time and you go so much faster

Hi jeff, Can you make a video about the exercises you do in the gym and your stretching. Because you made great videos and they helps alot. Thank you in advance✊. Regards from the Netherlands

Sweet man, come shred upstate NY! 🏁 ✌️

74 is a sick track we were here for a week and rode every day we could... washeduptv

I don't even really ride MX, and I thought that was awesome! Killer.

That helped alot tbh💯 thx man

I love your videos so much keep up the good work

Great job bud.🇺🇸👍🏼

Very good and interesting video! Thank you :)