Pick up any freeride DVD out there, and you’ll see the biggest and most technical tricks being executed with a level of fluidity that borders on perfection. The stuff at the absolute limits of a pretty talented freerider looks like absolute child’s play when executed by the world’s best.
It’s pretty tempting to hop on your bike after the end credits, head to the dirt jumps, and throw down something that you just witnessed for the fist time. Later that day, while you’re downing painkillers like it’s your job, you may wonder how the pros go out and stick tricks so easily. The truth is that they practice like mad, bringing each trick through a progression of low- to high-commitment settings until they finally bring it to dirt. If you want to learn something new and stay in one piece, take the trick through the paces. Here’s how: Read More …