Cornering
Slalom Cornering Drill: Classroom
Slalom Cornering Drill I often joke that the slalom drill is the holy grail of turn drills. Practicing the slalom drill until you can do it well and without conscious thought will allow you to access the correct foot quickly as you move from turn to turn. Get a set of cones and get cracking…or…
Riding Off-Camber Turns/Terrain
Riding Off-Camber Turns/Terrain Off Camber Turns or sections of trail can be tricky. In the blog below, Simon illustrates how riders can create traction and control by turning their body in hill to put pressure into the inside row of knobbies. This also keeps the rider from looking where they don’t want to go. In…
Corners With Changing Camber
Bermed turns, flat turns, off-camber turns – so much to learn about riding various kinds of turns!
Read MorePre-Turns – Intro to Double Footwork
Drill Zone: Pre-Turns Pre-turns can help us elevate our game in a number of circumstances. They can help us set up a pass, change lines, make switchback turns possible, and can help us turn decreasing radius turns into increasing radius turns in many instances. Learning double footwork will change your ability to deal with terrain……
Read MorePre-Turns: Linked & Unlinked
Pre-Turns: Linked and Unlinked Turns
Read MorePre-Turns On Trail
Using pre-turns on trail can help open up tricky corners and enable you to find flow.
Read MorePre-Turns On Technical Terrain
Pre-turns can help you navigate technical terrain and turns
Read MoreSnapping Turns
Snapping Turns – how to get started
Read MoreMulti-Apex Turns
In the classroom session below, I break down a multiple apex decreasing radius turn. What does this mean?
Read MoreMaking a Decreasing Radius Turn Into an Increasing Radius Turn
Watch this classroom skills video to learn how we can modify the shape of a turn using a pre-turn.
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