Blake's 6 Common Jumping Mistakes & How To Avoid Them

Blake's no stranger to some air time, but he's got plenty of practice under his belt in order to achieve his master status! Here are some of the mistakes that he's made, or seen others make with jumping technique... and most importantly how to avoid them!

With a bit of practice, you too can step away from making these common mistakes and dial in your skills to suit a huge range of jumps! Once you nail the technique on small jumps, work steadily up in size, scaling up your technique and speed as you go! You'll soon find that this one skill is applicable to a huge range of jumps 🤘

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[EatThan]

Can we talk about how perfectly he's matching his bike

[Gumby]

Cant believe how much air you get from that small jump

[oceanbannedontwitch]

This is late but let’s appreciate that he shows every mistake himself including the dead sailor now that takes some balls

[owen.newportwainwright]

Let’s be honest, you know how to jump and you’ve already seen this video but you saw Blake and you clicked.

[lawrencerodeback]

Holy Crap, I'm a Dead Sailor! I may be the only person capable of bunny hopping and landing on my side.

[Iheartdgd]

I pulled a “dead sailor” a couple days ago on a jump I’ve been building all winter 😂

[ztanner]

Getting back into trails on my 26er hardtail is making me a jumping addict. I'm itching to go to a bike park now! GMBN is the best.

[funkimc]

The Dead Sailor thats happens to me after 7 hours in the bike park.😐

[huntstyle]

I know what to do. It's actually doing it that's hard! I tend to rely too much on pre-loading the suspension. I'd need to take slow motion video of myself to see if I'm getting any weight back.

[robamick]

just the video I needed, thanks blake, I will put this to practice tomorrow.

[jesusmejia]

I'm new to mountain biking. I bought a Trek Fuel ex 5 29er. The last bike i had was a SPECIALIZED Rockhopper 26 hard tail.
All this information is great for this brown boy who is 47 years young. Thank you.

[edenmclaren]

Thanks now hopefully next time I do that jump with out going over the handlebars 👍

[jasonc]

Seriously, I love that you explained this on a small roller/gap, not some big Whistler-style monster! Much more relatable and useful for novices like me. Thanks Blake!!

[marcdemichele]

Your boy has some mad skills. His ability to effortlessly show us the mistakes we make is pretty amazing. Thanks Blake!!

[jenniferosborne]

I used to be Prone to dead sailor with some bad results. Nice breakdown.

[dudlocks]

so basically there's a 1 in 7 chance of not completely fucking this up ???

[rollopost]

Thanks team. Heading to the pump track today to gap the double on my bmx

[YourFavoriteCyclist]

Thanks for the tips! I'm pretty sure I make most of those mistakes! Just have to keep practicing!

[migatron]

Yo Blake, that paint job is looking pretty sick!

[DanielHamacher]

Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot from it.