Is seat hopping a jump a hard thing to learn. I wanted to try this technique but i am afraid of standing up to late and being bucked over my bars. i need to learn it though for those hard to clear jumps.
Let me guess, you aren't the fastest in corners? The reason (IMO) seat bouncing is an advance technique, is because you shouldn't need it until you can absolutely rail a corner and not make the jump after it. Seat bouncing before you have you corners skills down is just putting a band-aid on it (again IMO).really james? its one of the first things i was taught when i started riding track.
This is generally referred to as seat "bouncing" and yes it's considered to be more of an advance technique. The basics are to stand up just as you leave the lip, however it's not quite that simple.
Just go try it a few times and let us know what happened.
Let me guess, you aren't the fastest in corners? The reason (IMO) seat bouncing is an advance technique, is because you shouldn't need it until you can absolutely rail a corner and not make the jump after it. Seat bouncing before you have you corners skills down is just putting a band-aid on it (again IMO).
I would never mention seat bouncing to somebody, until they have their corners and form down pat. Heck I wouldn't let the last guy I helped take any jumps for a couple days, we worked on corners and form non-stop. He dropped an insane amount of time off his lap times after that.
she was a pro... you were not. ill take her advice any day. besides this one corner is not a railable corner. Sure i could prolly be faster in that corner but you still need a seat bounce.
but it worked for me. I learned it in about 1 hour and now im not scared to try it if its needed.
That video was awesome The dude is sitting there in a Yamaha MotoGP shirt with a goldfish displaying in the background. I pulled off a seat bounce once and the chair broke out from under mereally james? its one of the first things i was taught when i started riding track.
granted i got lucky and met a ex pro and she taught me a few of what i thought was the basics. I was trying a step up type jump and having problems. she said lets go try this one jump over and over. It was not a big jump but it was right out of a corner so it was hard for me to get speed to clear it. Apparently thats the best use of a seat bounce. when there is a jump real close to the berm. Took me a good hour or so to finally clear the jump using the technique but once it "clicked" that jump became easy.
here is a great how to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1c3ryEDTJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ALXpkL1d8Here, this is mine, sorry the slow mode is scetchy I hope it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ALXpkL1d8
Your killing me with not adding the link in here.
Nice Bounce by the way.
when you embed the video, I Cannot see it, but if you add the link as well, then i can view it.Why add the link?? Thanks! I learned seat bouncing through AX
when you embed the video, I Cannot see it, but if you add the link as well, then i can view it.
no she was a pro teaching someone she knew was not experienced... it worked out better for me in my case.My point exactly.