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If it looks fast or feels fast it is probably slow! Ever have that descent on your mountain bike where you felt like you were flat hauling?! At the bottom you were thinking (or telling a riding buddy), “wow, I nearly hit two trees, a big rock and that huge stump! I was flying!”. Believe it or not, despite feeling like you were right on the edge of your skill limits that was probably not near as fast as you could ride that descent (with your current skill). If you look at rock four feet in front on you, you are going to be there (at the rock) in a fraction of a second, if you see the rock when it is twenty-forty feet in front of you you have plenty of time to go around the rock and you stay calm and relaxed. This video reminded me of that. Notice how tense you get when the helmet cam is point down and how you almost breathe a sigh of relief when the rider looks further down the trail.
As you probably know, I love mountain biking but mountain biking can be bad for you. I am not talking about crashing (which is definitely bad for you) but simply riding mountain bikes. Mountain biking, like many sports can be PART of a very healthy lifestyle. I stress the word “part” because mountain biking should not be your only form of exercise.
Wow, Zach might have out "life" designed me! First he started and built my favorite surf school in Costa Rica in his early 20's then he starts a new venture reporting on cool learning vacations all over the world! If that wasn't enough he has a very cool girlfriend sharing his travels with him. Check [...]
It is easy to get overwhelmed looking at the big picture of some trails ("wow, it is just one challenge after another") but breaking it down step by step makes it much less daunting! I just got an email from one of our students about National Trail on South Mountain being rather daunting and it [...]
