Do what you do NOT do well!!!!
If you want to improve as an Enduro rider, or any offroad riding, then you need to practice what you don’t do well as often as possible. Your goal should be to “own it”. Practice until you have got it under control and then own it, practice it until everyone else is asking you how […]
Vision
Vision is important for so many reasons, but in dirtbike riding it tends to predict where you are going to end up. Look at the ditch…. Guess where you will end up. Its the same on Road Bikes but with Dirt Bikes it can get even more critical because whereas on a road bike if […]
The Dab!! A must learn skill
Do you tumble your way through the likes of rock gardens? maybe you need to learn the Dab!!!
Keeping your Balance is the key to happiness on a Dirtbike
I’m guessing you are starting to get the idea that balance on a bike, especially a dirt bike is essential if you are going to master the skills you need too!! Yet it seems to me that I never see newer riders, or even more experienced riders practicing this particular skill. When I got into […]
To Climb a Hill
Hill climbing is the first thing that will destroy your confidence on a dirt bike. Quickly it will become easy but then will come the bigger and more challenging hills with a step-up, root, turn or slippery patch right in the middle. I think the longer I rode, Enduro in particular, the harder hills got. […]
The Wheelie… so Cool!!!!
The Wheelie is very cool but also quite an essential skill to learn. Now there are two varieties of wheelie, the long, balanced, gloriously flashy wheelie that just screams “I’ve got skills” and then there is the get the job done wheelie. Fortunately for us, the Get the job done wheelie is all we need […]
Body Position, think Kama Sutra for the Dirt-bike.
Know you positions, sort of a Kama Sutra of the dirtbike world.
To Weight or De-Weight? That is the question
Ever tried pulling yourself off the ground using a skipping rope under your feet? Guess you understand the need to de-weight then :-).
The frustrations of learning!!!
In the road coaching section I have an article called “How We Learn”. I would start by saying if you have not read that, you should. It might help. Learning is always a frustrating situation. But mindset is everything. If you expect to be frustrated and annoyed, you’ll not enjoy the process. But if you […]
Crazy, Hectic and Madly Calm. It’s the only way.
The first thing to learn, is the hardest thing to learn and will take the most time. But you need to learn it and concentrate on learning it continually until you have become a master. It is the difference between always struggling and calmly leaving everyone behind. Riding on the road, I coach often, that […]
