How To Jump On A Mountain Bike | Beginner MTB Skills

Are you still struggling to jump your MTB, or just starting out? Then this video is perfect for you! Blake Samson is often asked, "How do you make it look so easy?" well today he's going to show the fundamentals that he still follows which make his jumping seem effortless. This video will help you perfect your pop and have you jumping straighter than ever to get you progressing your riding to the next level.

⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 - Welcome Back You Beautiful People!
1:00 - Step 1 - The Take Off
2:18 - Step 2 - Getting Air
3:28 - Step 3 - The Landing
4:45 - Recap On The Technique
5:29 - Common Mistake When Jumping A Mountain Bike

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[ZagelMedia]

One more tip is that if you aren't clearing jumps, don't just use more speed. Good technique makes up for extra speed when jumping. I took my large 29er dual suspension to a dirt jump park and I was either casing, or accidentally nose-bonking table tops because I was going in with too much speed. I had a hard time figuring out what was wrong, but then I just hit the tables with less speed than I thought I needed and focused on standing up to the jump face and I cleared the whole line with ease!

[slide_drexler]

He forgot the most important tip to jump on a MTB: make sure you have excellent health insurance.

[comradedoggo]

The quality of filming is mindblowing. Every shot feels like a movie scene. Cudos to the host as well. Good luck all of you beautiful people

[mitch_smith]

Well timed video. Went up from 26" 110/130 to 29" 150/160 and the first ride happened yesterday. Jumps feel remarkably different now. I'm over cooking everything.

[deividas_kimontas]

Good bunny-hop takes time. Enjoy it and take your time learning it. It's worth it! 🤘

[zwingler]

Not sure about the scooping the feet part. Generally if you just lift your legs/ bend the knees the pedals will naturally follow, but as all things go, the only way to do is to do it. You can only learn by doing the thing you wanna learn.

[Vala_Bike_Trails]

Thanks Blake, my MTB Hero as always! 🤜🏼🙌🏼

[transmath]

maybe 1 key parameter not covered here ( and it’s the case in 99% of the Jumpping tuto videos): The speed! You could perfectly know what to do “Compress, stand up, look at landing zone etc” if you don’t have proper speed nothing will happen or you won’t be able to clear the jump properly.

[Cameramanmatteo]

In addition to these great tips, this video was very well made! Great camera work, excellent sound, nice natural lighting, efficient editing.

[danielt]

I'm very confident I'm not going to jump very high or land well 😅 Good thing confidence is a key for this skill 😅

[Nomads_Rowing]

Cheer ms Blake,
Next stage of my mtb progression is jumps and the thoughts of what can go wrong can override what can be done but with your usual excellent explanations along with your default enthusiasm, I’m going forward with a plan of those steps to work with 😎

[amir_mtb]

There are many jumping tips videos - this is by far the best for succinct fundamentals!

[ronnie_]

Thanks for this! I live in British Columbia, Canada where there are endless amounts of trails. I've just recently got back into MTB.

[eziola]

Thanks Blake. Another great video! I think there's still debate on the timing and amount of pre-load (and rebound) of the FRONT fork on steep lippy jumps on a full suspension bike. Is there no fork preload? Some? Lots? When?

The video on jumping that I would LOVE to see, but no one has ever made would be to suit up in a full face, and a protector with a nice deep foam pit and have y'all demonstrate getting sent over the bars (safely into the foam pit of course). I've been sent over the bars in two main ways (with no foam pit haha), the first is like you said, putting your weight back and getting catapulted, but the second way I get ejected is when I accidentally let my fork slam or soak up a very lippy jump, and then when the front tire comes off the lip, the fork rebound in the air pulls me forward. It's sort of like preloading too late, or letting the fork suck up the face of the jump.

Sorry for the long comment! It would be great to see you guys get bucked forward or dead sailor into a foam pit in slow motion!

[ZoZooZoooZoxxxx]

Nice, u said something about the pedals, I found that’s the most important part for beginners especially to learn to be with the bike and use the tires as feet! Cheers

[jmotravelingteam]

Started the video, saw Blake do the little jump spin on the tabletop, paused the video and hit the thumbs up. Haha. Great stuff!

[nightfighter]

I managed to get my front wheel up a few times today. One time i landed wrong and flew off the bike so that was fun.

[patrickl]

Before this video i was seeking for tips to help me jump and now im convinced that i just suck at jumping and i should just roll everything xD

[xXKyonXx]

Thank you, for the mistake part, haha I kinda of feel off honestly. So I might try again someday but am not sure but now am going to slow enjoy riding my bike.