Jumping 40FT gaps at WARLEY Bike Park

Описание: This is a video about how I built up to sending the 40 footer at Warley. I had been here once before, but it was a couple of years ago and this jump didn't exist then, this line was all new to me.

Since I went to Audi Nines, people always say to me "oh these jumps must be easy/small after that!" but the big difference is the setting. At a big event you are surrounded by people you can watch jump everything so you can see it works and analyse how to ride it yourself, there are people to follow and medics on hand if things go wrong.

When you ride at a quieter spot in the woods, or even a big bike park where everyone is spread out, it is totally different. Often only a small number of people have hit the biggest jumps, so like this day, there was no one there I could watch do it first and I could potentially have a huge crash with no one around immediately. In that scenario, it's down to me to calculate everything. How much speed I need, how much pop I need, will the lip be kicky, are the conditions good enough today, is it worth the risk and does it really even work?!

As this line was totally new to me, it took me a few goes to go through this process, figuring out where the jump was in the line, finding all the places I could pick up speed, trying to look up to get just a glimpse of the landing and get that feeling that yes, I have the speed and I can see myself doing it. Up to that point I wasn't sure it was happening, but as soon as I'd ticked all the boxes... there was only one thing left to do.

Thanks to Lee Piper, Beth Bishop, Suzanne Lacey and all the other cool people I chatted to that day. Warley you were awesome, thank you!

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