That chicksands video, wow – have any of his mates actually bothered to help him out or just let him get on with it and filmed it for the “bantz”? You just stay central on the bike on that drop and give the bike a little bit of a pump off the lip. Easy as pie, there really is no reason to hang off the back and panic like that – the trick is to make people feel comfortable translating techniques they have learnt on small things to bigger features like that.
Someones putting him up to this without giving him proper advice. He’d be a pretty decent rider if I had some mates who disciplined him a bit in terms of technique. If he was out riding with me, I’d be mercilessly taking the piss before trying to coach him a bit in a controlled, repetitive fashion. 🙁
I’m pretty shit as well, no where near as quick as my brother, I’m just not a dangerous rider though.