Learning To Jump? You NEED To Hear This! 

Good stuff, dude! One step at a time.

I want to see more lessons with Colin so I dont have to take you to the hospital again. Thanks.

Here's a quick tip: when you jump, you can control two main things: how high you jump and the speed going into the jump. These two factors are independent of each other. There is acceleration in the y-axis (gravity,) but none in the x-axis. Therefore, assuming you hit a jump at a constant speed every time, the only way to jump farther is to jump higher.

-I don't know how to jump -I see this video on my recommended -I am happy that I might learn something here -I see BOBO as the creator -I get even more hyped and click -RU-vid DOESN'T LET ME START THE VIDEO

Dude this is exactly what I struggle with and have had the fear since going nose heavy really really badly like you one time but luckily I rolled out of it somehow and just recently have gotten some confidence back and sending jumps, however I still don’t preload much or boost them hardly at all, I just can’t seem to nail it and I get timid. I know your feelings! Great video!

Always good to see people progress. Pumping and popping off the lip is a crucial part of jumping, whenever you get that feel down you can start to figure out how to stay more neutral in the air and rotate your bike nose down or however you want into the landing (like Colin did in the follow cam) once you reach that buttery smooth transition you know you’ve mastered it.

Video thumbnail is just a tease; we want to see Bobo clear that wooden jump ramp! Nicely explained with the inflatable doll: couldn't be clearer LOL Landing jumps will take some coaching too before anything else.... And to practice the preload, a couple (or even a single) 2x4 and an old plywood sheet is fine. aah the old days of elementary school yard long jump bike contests....

Great job! Love seeing the "switch" get flipped!!!

The most underrated channel ever his fill making is amazing and has the best editing

Dude, love the drone shots! Great job even getting back in the air. It’s so scary after a crash and it’s great to see you back👊🏻

I would love to have a jump line like that near me. Looks like a great place to learn. Also great tips

'I was trimming that Bonsai tree!' :P :))

I recently had a similar insight at my local skills park. After hearing forever (years) to do most of the preload with my feet and not much in my hands I decided to try to copy what the good jumpers were doing- bring that bar in to your hips while standing up after the pre-load. Well, best results I ever got! The one thing that can happen is if you pull up unevenly you can get crooked in the air. But I guess I let that fear get the best of me. Keep it up! Arms baby!

This is great! Killin it with the drone footage, love the video!

Thanks for sharing this lesson bobo! I'm stoked for you for perfecting your craft 💪

Great vid! I’ve only recently started hitting local bike parks and improving my jumping abilities. I still have a LONG way to go and it’s always humbling to see a 14 year old smoke you on the coarse. But it’s been a blast! I really can see having someone to help perfect the movements being a huge help.

These were som solid pointers you've seem to have gotten!! I'm also hitting a decade of biking without coaching and first if all I'm gonna start trying to actually learn new stuff and secondly doing it with help from people who knows how to. 37 is old enough not to be to proud to take advice 👌 I would love to see coaching on cornering, definitely what scares me the most for some reason!

After being off my bike for 3 months with a shoulder injury, I have had very little desire to watch any RU-vid MTB stuff... This was just the type of video I needed! Watching Seth, Singletrack, Van Duzer and BKXC doing their regular thing (talented boys in cool trails) was just making me jealous lol. Well done, funny (as always) and inspiring vlog. Back on the trails tomorrow. Cheers!

It was good to see someone sessioning jumps and learning on each one. And I hear you when it comes to fear about jumps, I'm 48 and tired of the numerous nights in the hospital. Off to find a coach.

Really digging the drone footage. The last shot/pan out was beautiful! Keep it up buddy, you're doing great!

I Love Dupont! That drone footage grabbed hold of my heart!

Looking forward to seeing the progression. I feel like i'm also in a spot where I have decent jump skills, but get spooked on larger jumps. I'm afraid of getting bucked, and on the jumps I get nervous on, I notice I tend to screw up more. I think Colin brings up a good point where he talks having to pump and preload into all jumps otherwise you'll lose control/ get bucked. That really seems to be my issue is that on the larger jumps or jumps I know I've struggled with, I get nervous and ride them more timidly and don't preload into them, causing me to have problems. It makes a lot of sense to try and be more aggressive with my preload coming into them like I do on jumps I know I can clear. Mental games and blocks...

You got it! I can tell from the video it’s all confidence! You look timid coming in To every jump! Great work love this type of content!🤙🤙

such quality content my man. Have a good weekend

I had the same experience when I tried to teach myself rollerblading and snowboarding. I wasn't a natural, so no matter how much I practiced, my skill level would not rise beyond a low ceiling. When I took lessons, I broke through that ceiling and took my skills to a higher ceiling, but then I was stuck there. Every time I took a lesson, I'd reach a higher ceiling. I just wish I had gotten a teacher when I tried to self teach myself how to fly an RC planes. The cost of the teacher would have saved me thousands in destroyed planes.

Good episode, I took a lesson last year and it deffo helped. A week ago I ate shit off a big jump so it would seem that a small refresher when you’ve just learnt something is also a good idea!

Oooo i liked the cinematic drone shots at the end!

Awesome vid as always Bobo. That really shed a lot of light on jumping for me cause I honestly had no idea how to jump either properly lmao. Thought it was all about max speed and hope for the best.

Bobo, I’d love to see Colin hit the same jump as your practicing on in a side by side comparison. Maybe in slo mo? Thanks for the video!

Have you used to drone to lift a 6 pack yet?

I had a lesson some time ago: body position and line choice for cornering, it was very useful. As you’re learning the pump/preload, you could try the bunnyhop, I believe it will further improve your jumping skills stop. Great edit and still good to have you back - stay safe!

yeoooooooooooooo awsome work bobo nice to see you getting better and better each day

That was quite the improvement! And they visualization at the end was very helpful!

Great video man, Breaking for sure. An underestimated critical part in maintaining speed and flow and I really want some tips too, lol.

You are definitely one of my favorite mountain bikers! I love your content and your personality. I wish my channel could be more like yours!

I actually just crashed on a gap 2 weeks ago because I didn’t preload and ended up going over the bars. I think this video is really going to help and I can’t wait to get back to the trails to see what I can do!

The drone shots are sick!!👍

That last bit of footage was awesome at the top of that hill!

Can we just acknowledge how cool this jump park is. We have little 7 yr olds ripping it up and grown men drinking beer while getting schooled on how to jump.

Glad to see your back on the bike! Stay out of the hospital!!!

Fantastic, informational episode.

Love your videos Bobo ... you seem like an all around good dude.

Good job BOBO! I learned a lot from that video! Like how you finished at Cedar Rock!🤘

Cool video, I like how Colin explained how to jump

We were just at Kolo 2 days ago and that dude was killing it! Great little park!

I finding out ( when it goes perfect) that I catch more air and feel more in control. My sight is on the trail so I stopped focusing on jump height. Continuing practice to be more consistent is my goal as a new by sky pilot. After the ride, I go back and session jumps I need to do better on. Those wooden launch pads are a whole nother story. 😮

I need to take one of his classes too I can see you putting it together already amazing episode!!!

Yes, Bobo is back

I did a jump 101 clinic about 18 months ago and it changed my abilities 10 fold 🤘

Good stuff Bobo 👍

As certified Snowboard instructor, I approve of this Video! hahahaha yeah next year putting the letting in some lessons and thinking of taking some myself.

Great video! Riding a pump track will help you get that felling of loading your bike.

Epic drone shots!!!

Nice work Bobo. We become so complacent in our riding, it's just what most of us do. Reaching out for pro help is smart. I should take a lesson. A-LINE here we come!! Well next year anyway, hopefully. F'ing COVID.

Great Job man! Let's see a stoppie next ha!

Super great vid and tips!

Wow Bobo can jump after all. Nice.

Awesome bobo. Keep on it.

Something that helped me to learn to preload and stand up in the jump is think about pulling the bars toward your stomach when leaving the jump. It sets you up to preload without thinking, and leaves you in an upright position with lots of arm mobility to push the bike into the landing. That’s what helped me anyways.

I think I learned something new here! I've had some pro coaching for other aspects and I think I have grown enough confidence to practice jumps. Wish me luck, lol 😂

I've never taken actual lessons but was fortunate to hook up with riding buddies early on that were actual coaches. They would give me lots of suggestions to improve my skills. I actually spent most of my life riding hardtail bikes. One suggestion I would offer is start out in a smaller gear so you can get abit more speed coming into the jump

I had a beer just to watch this lesson, preloads for me this wknd 🤘 Clearing the little double is entirely dependent on getting speed out of that berm (sneaky)

God am I happy that I started riding dirt Jumps with a stiff dirtbike. After my year and 5 months riding i am complete confident with Black jump trails and I do not have any Problems. Im really happy with how it turned out But maybe its also differenciating between another. Otherwise great Video!

Great video! I need to get out there and get a lesson. Jumps are intimidating

Great video Bobo!

even better than just preloading is boosting, aka a preload into a full bunny hop

I had the same fears of jumping, I ended up going to Bryce and picking up confidence. Then I showed up at snowshoe, and the jumps there are so flows on Skyline that I was going hard after 2 runs and haven't looked back since! I've got a few videos on my channel out there, going from being scared at local jumps to hitting decent gaps.

Great video!

Spot on comment Paul

It seems like you enjoy your new drone! :-D

It's cool watching this video and then watching your newer stuff. Great Progression Bobes. Also did your drone crash into the tress at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="675">11:15</a>?

A few months ago, after watching a bunch of jump videos I tried a steep jump and tried to preload it, my feet came off the pedals and I crashed pretty bad. Nothing broken but on crutches for two months. Now I am too chicken to go fast enough and also afraid to preload so I am only rolling over jumps. An afternoon of jumping lessons here in Southern California is $240.

Good One Bobo ! Cheers from Poland over the other side of the Globe ;)

I am ok at jumping as I can do a 15 foot double but on the first jump he wasn’t using the whole lip. When you jump preload a second before you reach the top of the lip and then just pull back and lean forward, but not too far as you may go over the bars but some jumps make you nosedive the jumps to do them correctly so ask people about it.

most times we over think things. you did pretty good. i will go to my grave not being the bike rider i always wanted to be..but i still dream :D

I learned to jump by myself by practicing pumping with my arms more. The problem is at kanuga, i started pumping way to much with my arms and launched my self so far away from the jump like a spring exploding and i flew over my bike. I have so many good images of the crash tho so i can look back and laugh

I should have watch this video before breaking two ribs!

Cornering!, it is a game changer 💪🏻

Great vid Bobo. How is your Manual game? Maybe string a few manuals over some rollers? Keep up the great work and the drone footage looks great too

Haha, I just finished a MTB edit with this song in it. Hit the play button on your video and then started hunting around for the mystery open window that was playing mine. There was none. It's in your vid. Good times!

You said it yourself in a previous episode Bobo, you need to learn how to do a proper bunny hop. I need to learn that as well, so take lots of video! :)

I managed a perfect jump at a local dirt track, it felt like I was riding over a hump, didn't feel the take off, didn't feel the landing and felt weightless in the air, it was the perfect parabolic flight. Never done it since but I can see why when you get it right it feels natural. Being scared and scrubbing the jump ( bringing the bike into you ) feels safe but opens up the potential for a bad flight. Cornering next, It seems to open up everything else

Another killer vid dude (except for the PBR and intro music lol) but yeah, I'm at the same point and too old to find out through trial and error anymore! Coming back after a serious injury is a HUGE handicap man!

I just love seeing my friend try to jump.. I told him what he has to do and what he's doing wrong so many times.. tried to teach him every single day.. And he still doesn't pump into the lip, and he still pushes his bike down to the floor in the middle of a jump..

52 weeks will fly by. U got this..

Just like gymnastics, setting high in the air is scary, but safer because you have more time to react and control it.

Love the content; Your Videos and the editing are getting so much better.. Hope to see the Subscriptions and views take off.. Those last shots, were those filmed with the new drone?

Would love to see Colin to teach yo to boost higher off dirt jumps, I tend to just hop from peak to peak in a horizontal trajectory where as the good riders hang in the air way higher and then nose it in !

Cornering and Drops! I'm developing the Skills I need to do justice to the new Bike I'm working on buying. I got a 26" 2007 Reign 1 to learn on but next year its a 2020 Tallboy Carbon CC 29er. I've only been on 1 other bike besides the Reign 1 so I don't know what to expect from it. I Love to Climb because of the Earned Reward namely "The Decent"! I need some skills development though because 2 Helmets in 5 months is too much. I'm going to try Downhill and Parks next year when I turn 65 and I'm not into dying just because of a lack of MTB Riding Skills. I guess I'll have to take a lesson or two.

We all know that you need professional help. However I guess that this qualifies. You are really stepping up your video editing game. It’s being noticed. Great job bro

You are so good

Learn bunny hops next, they will also help on your jumping skills. Great video as always💪😁✌️

came here for the bobo, stayed for the crimson ghost tattoo.

Would live to see some tips for riding tech!!

KOLO, great place to learn, although did get the worst pedalbite of my life there haha

Just need to practice bunny hop (the American one), man. When I started mtb 2 years ago, I spent maybe 100+ hours on just bunny hop and got really comfortable getting 40-50cm height. Then I cleared the similar size of the jumps in the video the first day after just a couple of tries without any jumping experience.

I’m gonna have to look into this. I consider myself a strong rider but my jumping has never been where I wanted to to be

BTW the Drone footage is killer

Inspiring episode, I will be drinking at the bike park 😉

I did need to hear that. I'm always so scared to pre-load and get that pop