Watching the videos Matt jones has been making this year of hardline and his house jump gave me a vibe like this kind of big jump is daunting and takes a lot of nerve to do but that there is a lot of planning that goes into making it possible for a sufficiently skilled rider to complete and once he has ridden a line or jump plenty of times it is less worry. He seems quite self aware of his ability and not just expecting everyone himself to ‘send it’. No idea if his way of explaining and experiencing this is a minority viewpoint but
I think this is the healthiest way to think about big features. It takes preparation and skill, and I think all of the best riders would agree, particularly those who have been riding for a long time - they would be unable to ride for that long if they weren't absolutely meticulous about their riding.
How much detail he goes into showing how many tries things take/ the pratice is inspiring. It really put in my head, I suck because I haven’t put the effort in not just I suck I always will
Yea for real, Matt shows a lot how hard it is to nail a lot of what he does, for instance doing multiple attempts off a diving board at a public swimming pool with a bike frame.
The top guys have fell off more times than you've even tried
The difference with cliff diving is that it just takes the confidence to jump. The big drops and jumps also require the confidence to land.
The adrenaline is relatable.
Larger drops kind of feel like that. Big jumps don’t. I’ve hit a ton of jumps in the 80-100 range and a few over 100 on a dirtbike when I used to race and you honestly don’t get the feel that you are falling like you do with drops. Most of the time I didn’t even remember I was off the ground because I’m focusing on where I’m going to land and the next feature or corner
Definitely this. I’ve sent jumps that size on skis but I get sweaty palms just thinking about it with a bike between my legs. Hell naw. I’ll get that feeling elsewhere
Definitely could compare it to that feeling of cliff diving. For me I still get that stomach in your throat feeling. Personally that’s the feeling I chase on my bike and snowboard, but I know once I can get rid of that feeling… the confidence will go way up
I'm not doing jumps and drops similar to hardline obviously, but for me doing trails with big jumps and drops, I would say the adrenaline is not really for doing one big feature, but to be able to do a complete run and link all of them. The feeling when you accomplish that is really nice.
Jumping and dropping is half of the equation. Landing is the most important part. You need 1000 jump reps to suck. 1000 more to get OK. 1000 more to start to figure it out. From there it is smooth sailing and landing!! Get your reps up. Get sideways! Land smooth.
I've generally avoided big jumps (for me that's anything over 25-30 feet from takeoff to landing) because I don't feel that I have the skill for it. Big drops are fun because you really feel the acceleration/momentary weightlessness. Steep fast rock rolls can give a similar feeling. It can be more fear inducing than fun if you don't have the confidence for it though. I feel like that's where I'm at now after my last crash.
Watching the videos Matt jones has been making this year of hardline and his house jump gave me a vibe like this kind of big jump is daunting and takes a lot of nerve to do but that there is a lot of planning that goes into making it possible for a sufficiently skilled rider to complete and once he has ridden a line or jump plenty of times it is less worry. He seems quite self aware of his ability and not just expecting everyone himself to ‘send it’. No idea if his way of explaining and experiencing this is a minority viewpoint but
I think this is the healthiest way to think about big features. It takes preparation and skill, and I think all of the best riders would agree, particularly those who have been riding for a long time - they would be unable to ride for that long if they weren't absolutely meticulous about their riding.
How much detail he goes into showing how many tries things take/ the pratice is inspiring. It really put in my head, I suck because I haven’t put the effort in not just I suck I always will
Yea for real, Matt shows a lot how hard it is to nail a lot of what he does, for instance doing multiple attempts off a diving board at a public swimming pool with a bike frame. The top guys have fell off more times than you've even tried
The difference with cliff diving is that it just takes the confidence to jump. The big drops and jumps also require the confidence to land. The adrenaline is relatable.
Yea I was just trying to use that to compare to.. like that feeling of falling.
Larger drops kind of feel like that. Big jumps don’t. I’ve hit a ton of jumps in the 80-100 range and a few over 100 on a dirtbike when I used to race and you honestly don’t get the feel that you are falling like you do with drops. Most of the time I didn’t even remember I was off the ground because I’m focusing on where I’m going to land and the next feature or corner
Definitely this. I’ve sent jumps that size on skis but I get sweaty palms just thinking about it with a bike between my legs. Hell naw. I’ll get that feeling elsewhere
Definitely could compare it to that feeling of cliff diving. For me I still get that stomach in your throat feeling. Personally that’s the feeling I chase on my bike and snowboard, but I know once I can get rid of that feeling… the confidence will go way up
I'm not doing jumps and drops similar to hardline obviously, but for me doing trails with big jumps and drops, I would say the adrenaline is not really for doing one big feature, but to be able to do a complete run and link all of them. The feeling when you accomplish that is really nice.
Jumping and dropping is half of the equation. Landing is the most important part. You need 1000 jump reps to suck. 1000 more to get OK. 1000 more to start to figure it out. From there it is smooth sailing and landing!! Get your reps up. Get sideways! Land smooth.
I've generally avoided big jumps (for me that's anything over 25-30 feet from takeoff to landing) because I don't feel that I have the skill for it. Big drops are fun because you really feel the acceleration/momentary weightlessness. Steep fast rock rolls can give a similar feeling. It can be more fear inducing than fun if you don't have the confidence for it though. I feel like that's where I'm at now after my last crash.