Mountain Bike Cornering | Finding The Correct Body Position 

Your vids keep getting better and better Aaron! So cool to see you giving back. You’re a good dude 🤘🏻

what a time to be alive where we can get a cornering video by a wc rider AND not have to pay for it?

This guy Aaron Gwin may have it down pat. He should think about racing downhill mtb. He may even win a race a world cup or even win one without a chain. Keep up the great work and thank you for giving back to the younger generation and old dudes like myself to remember things to stay up with my 19 your old Son. Well at least to ride the same trails as him. haha Thanks again.

Having an icon, a legend who up with Greg Minaar and Nico and select other downhill greats, explain all of these techniques on RU-vid for all of us us to enjoy and learn from is indescribably awesome. Just points to his character to be giving so much back to the sport.

most clearly taught flat corners video ever. Master class...

Natural instructor. Great reasoning, straight to the point without complexity which can dilute the lesson. Please continue this. Subbed, liked etc.

This video and the ‘Cornering with your eyes’ video just solved 90% of my problems with carrying speed through sections. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

I'm a dirt bike guy using MTB as cross training/cardio and this video was literally perfect for me. Thanks Aaron!

Love these videos dude, always look forward to watching them. Keep it up!!

This is awesome, thanks Aaron. I’ll be practicing this as soon as the snow melts:)

Thx Senor Gwin!! Would love it if you could talk about weight distribution between the tires in your upcoming videos. When are you centered on the bike, when do you weight the front or the back tire . Fear of loosing traction in my front tire is what slows me down the most.

Thank you, Aaron! These are great.

This is fantastic! Can't wait to get out and practice these drills!!

Thanks arron the video was amazing. Really helps when you explain everything probably. Keep them coming.🤙

Thank you Aaron! That was amazing and helpful

What a master class of a series Aaron! You definitely rock & are helping the whole world along with stuff like this 🌎🚲💨😎

Thank you so much for the advise! Keep up with the awesome videos!

Master Coach! Thank you for sharing THE developed knowledge and perspective in a super dynamic and conducive format complete with beautiful scenery and great production!

Love it! Thank you Aaron! I am subscribed and following! I am going to start practicing with my kids in the yard and driveway.

Really well explained and good detail compared to other cornering videos I’ve watched. Thanks!

Excellent video Aron - thank you!

How awesome to have Aaron Gwin himself teaching cornering! I am surprised that RU-vid did not recommend this video to me earlier. So helpful!

Good to see you taking a stance on the foot down vs level pedal debate, with a bit of nuance added. Nice thing about your videos is that their is no question that your techniques work.

great inspiration before i get on the bike today, thanks!

Wow. amazing, been riding years but learned loads !

Thanks Gwin. I especially appreciate the MX references. Your videos are very helpful. Keep it up.

Thank you. Excellent communicator of technique and application while simplifying the complex.

When I saw "Aaron Gwin" and "Cornering" on my feed I was pumped to watch the video. Awesome tips! Can't wait for more to come. Between Aaron's channel and Ben Cathro's recent series I'm sure learning a lot.

In Part II id love to see you provide coaching on the “scandi flick” and to demonstrate these concepts at WC pace. Thanks for taking the time to produce these AG!

Thanks a lot man! Love the way you broke it down.

Even for me who’s an experienced rider these back to basics videos are much appreciated. You’re a brilliant mentor Aaron. Thankyou.

Another great one Aaron! Thanks for sharing 👌 I get moto cornering basics such as weighting the outside peg and the attack position. They translate to MTB so well!

Thanks Aaron! This is really gonna help me ride faster at my local races. Your vids are much appreciated!

Very well explained, thanks Aaron

Loving your videos Aaron. Your breakdowns and explanations are so clear and easy to understand. I can't wait for the rain to stop here so I can get out and work on my turns. I broke my rib after washing out on a berm a few months back and have lost a heap of confidence coming into flat turns and berms. Need to build that back up again and you've given me a great place to start. Cheers!

Thanks Aaron I'm gonna try it this week and dial in my turns! Keep the video coming!

Started watching your learn to series. I loved the previous one and learned a lot (the use the whole trail if you can to look for a faster path not just the main trail) You're a natural instructor! Very clear explanation and easy to understand

the best corner video I have seen, thanks!

This video really helped me improve my cornering. Thanks!

To get this type of content from arguably one of the best is amazing! All the best in the up coming season mate 🤗

Awesome Awesome VId Brotha... Thanx so much for all you do and keep shredding!!!

Super helpful! thanks for the breakdown and simple drills

Aaron thabk you so much for sharing you knowledge and experience. I've been working on my corners technique and those exercises/drills will be very welcome. Also noticed that your videos are getting a noticeable higher quality. Thank you so much for you time, effort and knowledge.

Knowing your subject good enough to explain it simply is key to a great video like this! Thank You Aaron Gwin! This will make me a better rider!

Really great to have a pro rider teaching fundamental bike skills. That knowledge and experience really comes through and the style of teaching is really accommodating. Thanks Aaron

Very detailed and easy to understand. 👍I hope I can improve this year utilizing these points. Thumbnail is on point too 🙂👍

Such quality information. Cornering correctly in different types of turns is one I struggle with. It’s easy to forget just one of the many parts that goes into it. When you do get them all together and rail a corner the feeling is so good. Thanks for posting and sharing the techniques used. Now once the snow melts I can get back out and rewatch this video. Cheers bud 💥💯🤙

Great tips, very well explained, thanks!

Oh yeah!! Getting after these tips!!!!

This stuff is gold. Thanks!

This is helpful stuff! I especially like the part about different foot forward vs left or right turn.

Great video Aaron! Loving the "how to..." videos. I am interested in learning more about dynamic weight shifts throughout supported and unsupported turns; how your weight shifts from front to rear as you move through the turn. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work!

Excellent! Very helpful. Great job 👏🏻

Great video! you're an excellent teacher.

Very clear and detailed Aaron, I'm going to use the one hand leaning with the kiddos of our bike school... I'm sure they'll have fun trying it!! 🙂

this video is awesome and perfectly explained.

Thank Aaron for awesome lesson !. I used to ride downhill bike but I quit it for sometime. But after watching your video, I feel I want to ride again ! 😊😊

very helpful!! just what I was looking for 🙏

Great video. Exactly what I what I was looking for to improve flat turn speed and traction during gravel racing.

Awesome tutorial! Probably one of the best cornering video I've seen.

Great video! im in my late 20's and have been riding for a while now and am pretty decent and picked up some of this naturally. however, I never had the recourses to get proper instruction. Ive watched a ton on the internet and it was nice to see how you took this huge topic and really broke it down. Im looking forward to practicing this in the near future its still snowing where im at but the spring I just around the corner! I really appreciate you taking the time to do this and im definitely taking out the old go pro so I can analyze myself after the fact. I think that will help me a ton with reassuring myself that Im doing what you said to do right! keep up the great work!

Fantastic !!! Thank you so much that was so well explained and great practical tips , Stay healthy and happy 🤩🤩🤩

Thank you. I’ve been really going backwards in my riding coz of lack of confidence (& skills) in corners (choosing to walk many)! I’m gonna totally take it back to basics and try to get this dialed. Thank you.

Thanks a lot. I am riding bikes for years now, but it's super heplful to get reminded on the most important basics!

This was immediately useful. Been riding for decades and flat turns were always my biggest challenge. I learned more in the first 8 minutes than in all or the 4 or 5 other videos I’ve watched. Clear explanations broken down simply. Great video, thank you.

Best instructional material on youtube, thanks man!

Very helpful vid! Thank you for insisting on the learning process, step by step recepe for learning.

This will help me immensely. Thank you

So important, so good. Thank you 🙏🏼

Awesome video. Thanks for the tips.

Brilliant, if only I'd seen something this good years ago! Thanks Aaron

i was dubious about watching an almost 20 mins vid about cornering, now I'm glad i watched it! great presentation dude, big respect to ya!!

Best technique Video i‘ve seen👍🏼 good to hear you talk not only about the „how“ but also about the „why“!this ist missing in a lot technique videos! Keep it up 🤟🏽

Such good content. Thanks!

That was nice to watch. Thanks!

Really good advice and technique shown in this vid. I've 3 boy's ....all avid mtbers, all at different levels. this will help us all. And help close the gab in levels so we can all ride together going forward as a group. 3 great drill we can practice in our spare time at home. Then take it to the trails on the wkends . thanks a million.....!!!🚵🚵🚵💪💪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Great video! I came from dirt bikes and haven't ridden bikes since I was a kid and just couldn't get comfortable. I could see my friends do this in the first turn or 2 until they lost me but I couldn't break the mental cognative dissonance and get it right. Thank you for the explanation and video examples.

Very well explained!

Aaron, just wanted to thank you for these. My daughter and I watch these and study them. She just joined the HS MTB team so anything to teach her to be faster. Great training aid, keep them coming. Murrieta local🤙🏻

Even when u can't get too the mountain doing drills such a good way to improve I am gonna go do these today

This is freaking awesome! Thank you!

Wow…I’ve always had questions on whether to fully drop the outside foot. If the corners come at you quickly, it gets very awkward. You explained this very thoroughly. Thank you.

This was really helpful. I learned cornering on a Streetbike where you actually position your body on the inside of the bike/turn and kind of hang off the inside of the bike in order to get a knee down and keep the bike more upright. I never realized it was the opposite for bicycles or dirtbikes.. Will give it a shot, Cheers!

Thanks for confirming what I've always thought about the 'range of foot drop' for different cornering situations. Growing up motocrossing, we always weighted the outside peg - and I've maintained that line of thinking with my mountain biking. That's where experimentation and rider experience really factors in. But, this is the first time I ever heard a rider of Aaron's caliber describe this nuance so effectively. Great video! Little mental trick - draw a straight line from your tire contact straight up, no matter the lean angle and the perceived center of mass is always straight up from there - gravity always follows the path to the center of the earth, so orienting yourself within this vertical path provides the most cornering grip into your tires.... (and illustrates why when Aaron says not to lean your body into the corner, as this takes you off the center of mass path)

As a beginner, I have learned a lot from your technical videos. Your demonstration and subtitles helped me more cause my English is not good enough. Excellent channel. Thank you Aaron!

Brilliant video. Thank you.

I’ve been struggling with this for a while. Watched your vid, hit the trail, and it just clicked. Absolute game changer for me - thanks Aaron!!

Loved the video. You have a great skill in communicating the queues for good cornering technique. Thanks for sharing. . I’m really hoping you might explore and explain the technique for a steep tight slalom loam track in a future video. Thanks man.

Love the emphasis you put on the feet rather than just pressure from the hands that I tend to see from a lot of mtb guys, coming from moto it makes a lot more sense!

Realy good tips !!! I often teach rider and all my tips are the same 😊 Good job 👏

Pretty much what we teach per the BICP program. Great points Aaron!

Great stuff Aaron, many thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge. In the future videos that you mentioned at the end would you help me out with fore/aft position and weighting/torsion on the bars for most grip please? I used to sit right back and look massively around the turn. Kinda made the bike do the turn on the back wheel so I can’t say I ever washed out because of it but it definitely limited my speed. Working on this aspect everything feels so much better now. Keep up the good work. Thanks again. 💪🤠👍

Your videos are so good dude

Subbed. I really like that you gave specific examples of how to move your body instead of just saying "separate bike from body."

I'm sure my cornering technique is horrific. I'm definitely going to take some time this spring to work on this!! Well done Aaron.

Thank you for this. I'm really focusing on my turning right now and got a lot out of this video.

great video, thanks dude

Nice explanation of a basic skill. I can use this.

After coming back to mountain biking after 10 years, I’m glad to find new mentors, like yourself, to level me back up. Been working on cockpit setup, using my heels, and suspension tuning on my Intense 951 XC for the last couple of months. Some rides are better than others, but I learn on every ride. Gonna throw these drills into the mix. Time to buy some short cones! Thanks Aaron!

This is such a great video tutorial on turns! It may seem obvious, but I feel it’s important to point out (as you did) that turns are made standing.