MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice Articles

How to practice your MTB Skills

How To Practice Your MTB Skills

First, learn the correct techniques. You can not practice a skill you don’t understand. Just riding around practicing “cornering” when you don’t know;         what the GOAL of the skill is,         the STRATEGY to achieve that goal is,         how to “DO” the skill,  ...
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Coming back from an MTB Crash of Injury

Coming Back From An MTB Injury, Crash, Or Setback

I have gotten a lot of emails about this tough mental process, and so far this year I have had two student cancellations because they injured themselves less than a week before their course. I think this is an area where many people struggle, certainly for me I have...
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How to fall less and ride more!

How to Fall Less and Ride More

An unfortunate truth about mountain biking is that you will fall, no matter how good you are. Most of my falls have nothing to do with skill, nor with taking chances. Most of my falls happen on the easy parts of a trail when I just lose focus for a second. A simple...
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The most important MTB Skills

The Most Important Mountain Biking Skill

Have you ever been told you are really smart? Told/know that you have a high IQ? Are you really analytical? Then you probably suffer from the same mountain biking skill error I have been fighting all my life - trying to think your way through physical skills! This...
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