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- Wow, first off, take a look at that backdrop.
I'm out here in, where am I?
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I'm out here in Hellsend Bikepark, Stellenbosch,
just outside Cape Town in South Africa.
This is a great place to tell you how to progress
from tabletops to the oh, so scary double.
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Right, before you get into it,
before you go and throw yourself
over a big double or whatever,
there's a few things you gotta take into check.
And that is, are you comfortable with jumping?
So you're comfortable you're clearing this jump.
And the next one is, you're confident.
If you're clearing this,
you're confident in your jumping skills.
The next one is finding the right jump for you to do it on.
Cause you don't want to go find a big jump
and you're not comfortable with all the speed
that you're coming into the jump,
and it's just not gonna work out.
But it's the same principle.
Not all jumps are the same.
So this tabletop's totally different to the double
that I'm eyeing up, which is just over there.
I know that ones different to this, but it's the same thing.
It's the same technique, same jumping technique.
There's just another few things that you need to consider
when doing a double as well.
And I'm gonna run those through you right now.
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Right, the first tip that I'm gonna give you
is do not dwell on that gap.
Don't look at this gap and go, oh my goodness me.
What you wanna be doing is concentrating on your abilities.
Be confident with that jumping skill that you have.
Because you know you can jump that tabletop confidently.
And you can clear it.
So why can't you do this here?
So what you wanna do is look ahead,
you wanna spot your landing.
You're gonna know that's there
and that's gonna fill you with confidence
because you know where you're gonna land.
You don't wanna concentrate on the back of that landing.
That's not gonna help you.
You don't wanna concentrate in the middle
of those two jumps,
because that's not gonna help you as well.
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Right, so now how are you gonna calculate
the speed to clear this double?
Well, the best thing to do is,
if you've got a friend that's pretty comfortable
with jumping this jump and he knows the speed
and all of that, then following them in is perfect
because you can govern your speed,
you can ask them questions as well, do they brake,
do they do this?
And they're gonna help you clear that jump.
Well, I've chosen this gap jump.
You're probably asking me why have I chosen this one?
I'll tell you for why.
See that kicker?
It's the same size as the tabletop
that I'm pretty comfortable on jumping.
The landing's the same thing.
The only slight issue is it's a little bit
longer than the tabletop.
So the only adjustment I'm gonna have to do
is come in a little bit faster.
But technique's exactly the same to clear this jump.
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Ho, ho!
Well, I think I've got the speed to do it,
but I'm gonna go a little bit faster,
a little bit faster than normal,
than I think I should go to clear it,
because I don't want to case it.
And what I mean by casing is I'm gonna land on top of it
or on the back of that landing,
and that's never comfortable.
I'd rather over jump the landing because I know
there's a lot landing I can use.
So go in a bit deep on the landing, it's not all that bad.
Casing.
Horrible.
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Right, two runs in, I know my speed, I'm confident with it,
I've been walking up, visualising, I can jump that jump.
I know I can do it. I've got the right speed.
Now, I'm gonna put a deal on myself.
When my feet are on my pedals and I'm dropping in,
I'm rolling in, I'm confident.
And I'm committed to jumping that jump.
Because you don't want to be second guessing yourself
at the beginning or in the middle,
cause if you're second guessing,
you're gonna make a mistake,
and that probably won't end very well.
So you've gotta be confident that you can do this jump.
I'm confident.
I'm second guessing now,
but my feet are not on my pedals yet.
I'm confident, I'm gonna do it.
Whoo!
All right, kinda landed that one,
luckily I thought, right, go faster.
Cause I landed that kinda good.
Had I thought go the same speed
as what I thought I should have, I would have cased it.
Haha!
Right, another tip.
When you're actually jumping it for the first time
is the most scariest part.
Doing something for the first time,
getting over that mental barrier
for doing a gap jump like this.
When you're in the air, what you don't wanna do is,
like, tense up.
You don't wanna tense up when jumping,
because you're gonna make a mistake.
You want your bike to move around in the air,
it's naturally gonna do that because depending
on the way you jump or whatever,
let your body and your bike move together.
Just be calm, don't tense up because you're gonna make
a mistake and when you land you're gonna be all tense,
especially if your bike's moved out to one direction
and you're tense, it's gonna like, make you go all weird.
So relax when hitting jumps.
It's key.
Quick recap.
It's all about being super-confident.
Because you know you can jump the tabletop
and you can clear it,
there's no reason why you can't jump a double,
it's just a mental issue, because there's a gap in between.
But don't dwell on it like I said.
Be confident you can do it.
Because you can do it.
You've just gotta, just grow a bit and do it.
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