Welcome To Fluidride Online
Welcome to our online learning page. With this tool, you can greatly enhance your riding by unlocking your true potential. We teach The Fluidride Method, and Simon Lawton, the Owner and Founder of Fluidride, will be you personal guide in this journey. Be ready to progress rapidly as you learn new skills and remove habitual patterns which aren't serving you.
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Learn how the fluidride method builds consistency
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Discover your ability to surpass your own self perceived limitations
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Develop the skills to diagnose your own riding
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Progress your riding more safely and confidently
Build Confidence And Consistency.
Riders often feel like they need to heap on layers of really complicated movements in order to progress. With The Fluidride Method, we've found that keeping things simple is the best way to help riders grow. We've also discovered that removing incorrect movements can greatly enhance a riders game. Riding well means riding more safely - and more quickly - with less conscious thought.
Recent Skills Articles
Core Skills
Body Position - Braking - Steep Descents - Cornering
Short Steep Descents
Short steeps descents or Roll Downs can be intimidating, as we are often not able to see the upcoming terrain. By creating the habit of moving into terrain, we can learn to roll down the steep ground consistently and safely.
How to Hop Your Bike
How To Hop Your Bike In this video, Simon explains how to hop the bike properly. This move is typically called the J-Hop or American Hop, but is basically just a correct bunny hop. Before we get into learning to hop a bike well, let’s talk about the name of this skill. People often refer…
Featuring AKA Jumping Off Natural Terrain
Learning this technique will transform the way you look at and ride trails. Open up the doors to speed can control with this technique.
Featuring To a Landing
After you get comfortable with the takeoff portion of Featuring, you can add in a landing. Be sure to start with a small gap and a non-consequential landing.
Progressive Trail Skills
Bunny Hops - Manuals - Wheelies
How to Ride Wheelies
Anyone who has spent a lot of time on bike can either ride a wheelie, or wants to be able to. This elusive skill isn’t used a lot on the trail, but it’s a great tool for working your balance.
Air Skills
Drops - Featuring - Jumping
Squashing / Racer Style Drops with Jason
As our trail speeds progresses we need to modify our drop technique in order to not overshoot landings. This is especially important for racers who are trying to beat the clock.