In the third part of our video series, Jon has headed to the mythical Herts Shore to meet Tony ‘Jedi’ Doyle of UK Bike Skills to talk about how ‘north shore’ is just singletrack and why people can perform small drops but balk at larger ones despite the physical technique being exactly the same. It’s all in the mind…
If you’ve missed the other two parts then take a look at our Vimeo channel to catch up as well as seeing all the other nice things we’ve made…
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For those hung up on the woodwork in the background, just ignore it, pretend it’s not there. I’m shit scared of heights, you wouldn’t catch me doing any “north shore” style riding more than a foot off the ground, but everything that Jedi says in this video is totally true and can be applied anywhere. That they chose to shoot the vid on location at Herts shore with the skinnies in the background is neither here nor there really, focus on what he’s saying instead.
I’ve been riding for 15 years or so, I’ve got a reasonable skill set but many bad habits, and didn’t know the correct technique for approaching drops or corners. Just follow the man’s advice, it really works!
Completely convinced, must be the Jedi mind bending, so after 17 years of not leaving the ground I’ve booked a session to face the Fear……in November…….I will report back, who knows I might be able to sell the story back to Singletrack 😉
simples 🙂
Bear in mind Jedi’s training abilities are not just limited to Drops/Jumps – they cover the whole skill set.
I had a one-to-one a month or so ago and heartily recommend it – and am currently in the middle of trying to replace my bad habits with the goodness Tony taught me.
Each one-to-one lesson is likely to be somewhat unique as Tony assesses how he feels you are best likely to absorb instruction and teaches you in that manner.
hodge1365, now you know 🙂