How to Jump your MTB (with NO FEAR)

Who else is getting super nervous and excited watching this only to put their phone on their nightstand and go to bed 🥴

I've been mountain biking around 40 years and never could jump very well at all. Could it be as easy as just standing up? Well, I tried that yesterday on my brand new local jump trail and was amazed that I was clearing doubles and tables that I would always case before! This simple thing immediately unlocked what I've been trying for figure out for decades. Thanks Ryan!

It's funny how we jumped our bikes all the time as kids, but as adults we forgot how. Probably more fear now. Nice, quick and to the point tutorial!

I cleared my first double today thanks to this video. I've always been terrible at jumps and so I would avoid them unless they were simple little bumps. Thank you so much

I will be singing "stand up to the jump " in my head every time I hit a jump from now on . Thanks. No , seriously, thank you.

That’s a bold move incorporating a choreographed rap chorus into an MTB jump tutorial. 😂

Cleared my first tabletop yesterday! The feeling of landing on the downslope was the most incredible feeling I've had riding! OMG, I couldn't wait to ride the jump line again! My confidence went through the roof. Thank you so so much. I'm 50 years old, and I have been riding since 1985, and your tip just changed my whole ride experience! I am so pumped! Then I hit a new trail and I was clearing the tabletops and it was so much fun. Thank you! Huge fan!

I don't know what it is but your "how-to" videos just click for me. I'm hot garbage when it comes to jumping but after having this in the back of my head I was the most consistent I have ever been today. Just like your cornering video, just clicked for me! Idk what it is but thank you and keep it up!!!

I like that tune you put in all our heads. One thing though; at 4:28 the 3 body positions clearly show your weight is always pushing perpendicularly into the ramp and not the ground. The posture of your back isn't important, the 90° angle of your straightened legs towards the ramp is what counts. It is just physics.

the loam ranger is the best on YT, no BS, straight to the point. Dude, you are the best.

I am a coach and experienced trails rider, this is exactly what I teach my students - you need to create some tension throughout your body against the transition, standing up fixes 99% of beginner / intermediate riders jumping issues. It’s the same motion for doing a hop on flat ground or off of something (not double wheel hop, but front wheel then back). A jump just helps you get that front wheel up that much easier. Sweet vid!

At 65, and only riding for about three years, your videos just make the most sense because they are direct and simple. Your cornering video is awesome as well. Thanks a lot!

At 4:30, I noticed that not only is his torso always perpendicular to the ground but his legs are always at a 90 degree angle from the angle of the jump. On the green jump, his legs are at only about the 5 o'clock position, whereas on the black jump they are at the 4 o'clock position, but they are always at a 90 degree angle to the average slope of the jump. This video made a huge difference in my jumping skills. After a really bad crash and dislocated AC joint, I had lost my confidence. This video simplified it and gave me just one thing to focus on when approaching the jump. I'm back to sending!! Thank you!!

Needed this my dude! 😄 Still turn my trousers brown everytime I run up to literally any jump 😅

Dude, you've changed my life. I've been mtbing :) for two decades now (I'm over forty) and couple of years back I decided I want to try smthg different than just tourist approach to riding MTB, and went trail riding. I have taken lessons with guys, who let mi overcome my fear of riding up the face of the jump and even jump a little over the lip :) , always safely landing on top, and alway - just tabletops. Never had the guts to jump any higher or further than that, because I have tried a few times and almost always got bucked, and that gave me some serious heebie-jeebies. But I never gave up, tried from time to time with different techniques that I read or saw on the internet., to no avail. It was your video, that changed everything. Immediately felt the difference, could easily clear tables iIbarely ridden up before, to the point I was scared to be too long in the air :) Still getting used to it. Sure, there is an occasional kick from the rear end from time to time, I'm still working out the timing, but let me tell you - this is the first thing everyone should be teaching when it comes to jumping. Thank you and keep up the good work. Now to go and try those scary gap jumps....

THANK YOU SO MUCH I’m a 14 yr old Aussie, and only started mountain biking late last year. Today I went out with my twin to hit a local jump track, mill creek’s “hit the turps”. Just before we got there, I watched this video and let me say, I wouldn’t have been able to jump without this advice. Remembering to “STAND UP TO THE JUMP” let me hit such decent bike to two bike length tables with “NO FEAR”. I was able to clear these jumps fully, despite muddy conditions. I am so excited by this progress, and can’t wait to go out on another jump track soon! THANK YOU!!! (I am now a loyal subscriber)

That's awesome!! Gotta give it a go next time!

This made all the difference. After a year of struggling this helped me clear small jumps in literally one day. I'm confident now, I will be able to hit larger jumps as well, relatively soon.

No joke this is THE video that made it click for me. I'm at the tail end of my 30's and just getting into dirt jumping hoping to keep up with the kids and to improve my mtb riding on flow trails. So glad it came out in the summer. My first practice run after watching this vid felt amazing. Then I set my phone down to record myself and adjust my body position more. Seeing yourself is the best way to improve along with watching this vid ;). Thank you so much!

This video combined with your cornering is the best how to content on the internet. Simple, entertaining and easily actionable. The why really helps. Thank you.