One of the most common jumping mistakes  

Nothing feels worse than floating through the air, off-balance, crooked, and frozen. It's a confidence killer and creates a phobia of jumping. If you can find the issue, you can fix the issue. peace.

I really enjoy how you explain things Josh. The slowmo on the ramp was so helpful to watch. Love the stick idea too, last week Dan and I were contemplating rigging up some PVC pipe in a similar way to push our height on jumps. However, we thought putting something like that on a public jump would not be a good idea, lol. I guess that's where the portable jump really helps. Kudos to your buddy for helping you create this video.

You’re a great mtb jump teacher and a friend to this guy … got so much value watching. I’m like your friend, natural talent, just never had the luxury of an instructor or peers. Living off of luck

Another great tutorial. The breakdown of where to focus plus mixing up the scenery is great.

Great advice. I do the same thing when I pop way too early. Hard habit to break but not impossible. I concentrate on heels down.

I'm working on exactly the same thing right now. I tend to stand up too early while the back wheel hasn't left the lip yet. Even when I consciously try to wait longer, I still haven't got the right timing quite down yet. Still working on it though, and having video of it really helps.

Former moto guy here, I had a hard time adjusting to the pop timing myself. Especially on small jumps. Why? Throttle. On a dirtbike, in the face of a jump, you feel the bike compressed. At the same time, you roll the throttle. Similar position, knees forward, chin over the bars. Sometimes, on a moto, you do coast or float jumps, but that's its own weird thing. SO. I know exactly what he's doing, and you are exactly right. Rep. Rep. Rep. For the timing. Just like a moto, once you "feel" it, you'll know it. Me, I nailed it down on the smaller 3 pack of jumps at Windy Ridge. Cheers,

Great video! Saw myself in the video as I also used to have the habit to pop too early. Good to know it’s quite common for beginners. The only fix is to practice more. MTB hopper definitely helps here but you need a gap that forces you to take the full transition like it was shown in the video.

Great channel and excellent video! I have exactly the same issue with my jumps.

I'm another in the trying to get in the air too soon club, definitely need to delay my pop. Good video.

Its incredibly hard to fix bad habits while jumping. Do it wrong too many times and it becomes muscle memory. 15 min a day practice focusing on technique, repeat everyday for a week or two and you should be gettimg straightened out. Do not push the session past 15 minutes. Think about completely pushing off the transition and how it feels, after lights out / phone down at bedtime.

You have a prior video where you used two cameras to record your jump and show how way different the view perspective is from the rider’s perspective vs. a stationary camera recording from the side. The rider camera made it look as your front wheel was over the lip, so, naturally, you would already be fully extended by that point, ready to fly off. But the stationary profile camera showed really how far away you actually were from lip of the jump, meaning you extended fully way too early. That totally ties in with this video where you explain your friend extends too early (before the lip) causing him to ride the rear wheel for too long and getting out of shape before the rear finally is in the air. Very helpful video (it’s just one of the things I do wrong).

Penny just dropped for me 😮. Always rode bmx street but not jumps. I have a good bunny hop (tucking that back wheel to clear stuff) but i either dead sailor or case mtb jumps constantly. I might as well be watching myself right there.

dude that first jump that he sent with the non-intentional can.... i would have stopped for the day right there and then and tried again tomorrow

It would be much more helpful to have you demonstrate what you’re trying to impart rather than just saying what he did wrong. If you showed the proper way in your own mind, what would be correct and compared it to what he was doing that would be much more helpful.

Seems like he's too immature to follow simple directions, trying to show off in vain