What's a good way to learn how to jump?

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  1. trek101

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    I would like to start jumping logs.
     
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    start with sticks
     
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    as in bunny hop them? Or do you have a jump you want to fly off of? not sure what youre asking?
     
  4. OC rider

    OC rider i need a motor

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    gear up and take the slams of learning!
     
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    Rockinthecasbah A.D.D. Unleased

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    come ride the 4x track at fontana with me
     
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    da big hills happy night trails

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    I jumped a rabbit last night, it was a true "bunny hop". Made sense at the time, but once in the air I realized how stupid it would be if he moved where I was landing.
     
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    tink bell the food fairy

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    pad up & do it, but i suggest starting small(ish).
     
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    [email protected] hilo boi

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    start small, film and study. or start big, film and study. either way.
     
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    First learn to fall. Trust me.
     
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    Buy a full face helmet pad up and do it. Spoken from a cross country doood.
     
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  13. Practice......or Go back in time, when being a kid didn't hurt so bad! Take what you'd a learned, and bring it with ya to the future!
     
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    When you riding the 4x track?

    Or he could just stay back in time and use what he knows now back than and conquer the the world! MUHahahahaha...
     
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    mpmffitz Farm Freerider

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    0 mph More waves than time~

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    Falconer Who are you? who who

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    Try hopscotch first when you can beat the grammar school kids move on to jumping rope.
    When you think you are ready wrap your self up head to toe in bubble wrap, get a good running start
    and jump that log !
     
  19. BMeX

    BMeX I push my bike up hills

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    Start by hitting those ramped cutouts in sidewalks and move up from there.
     
  20. uzziboy

    uzziboy hi Ron...it's Ron

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    2 bricks and a board (1 by 6) when you've conquered that add another brick. That's how I learned.
     

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