Advanced Jumping Clinic Blacksburg

Location

Blacksburg, Virginia

Group Size

6 people per guide

Duration

3 hours

Advanced Jumping Clinic

Progress your jumping skills

Are you feeling pretty comfortable on the Blue rated Jump trails with table-top shape jumps and want to learn more mid air style? Are your straight air skills looking pretty good and wonder what's next to keep progressing?

Maybe you are already hitting the jump lines but are having inconsistent outcomes. Sometimes it goes fine, but other times it feels weird and out of control.

This clinic is a great intro how to progress through some basic mid-air tricks like whips and tables. Even if you don't want to do tricks, this clinic will help you dial in your intentioanl skill applicaton depending on the size and shape of the ramp when approaching at different speeds. During the clinic, we'll focus on some of the fundamental elements of making the bike move in the air and lead you through a series of drills to build confidence and control.

Cost: $44 per person. This clinic is sponsored and subsidized by the New River Land Trust, the Town of Blacksburg, and the New River Valley Bicycle Association to keep the cost less than a 1/3 of normal pricing. Consider signing up for a few clinics! 

Who should take this clinic:

• Riders should be comfortable riding blue rated jump trails prior to taking this clinic. We also offer an "Intro to jumping" clinic earlier in the weekend. 

• This clinic is great for those looking for the next step after achieving some consistency on basic jumps.

• Riders who want more refinement on their technique for different size/shape jumps. 

What to expect:

• We’ll start with an intro to listen to your previous experience and goals, then set expectations and a plan for the clinic

• Then, we’ll move into a skills assessment and move through the essential pre-requisite skills including Body Position / Balance and creating effective “Press and Absorb” technique in an open area and on a practice jump.

• Next, we’ll move to applying these foundation jumping skills to the practice jumps at the Gateway Skills Park. We’ll get a ton of repetition on those jumps with individual analysis and feedback from our professional coaches (including video analysis).

• We'll spend most of our time riding blue rated jumps with specific drills and assignments in mind to help progress your skills in an intentional and step-wise way.

• Depending on the level of the group, we may progress to some individual jumps at the lower end of StoneCutters Hollow. As always, we need to dial back the challenge of the terrain to be able to actually practice new things!