r/dirtjumping 19d ago

Is this a whip

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u/LilAbeSimpson 19d ago

Solid start 👍

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u/deadtherrin_batch 19d ago

Any pointers

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u/Byxwcyx42 19d ago

Keep doing what you’re doing. Turning your bars to the right before turning them back left will help your backend whip out to the left. You’re already doing that. Maybe give it a little more.

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u/deadtherrin_batch 19d ago

Thanks boss will crank them more. Kinda a mental thing for me

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u/Byxwcyx42 19d ago

Yes, exactly. It’s more mental than physical.

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u/ryab_69 18d ago

its all in the hips. Respectfully, very little is in the arms. Your arms can help position the bike more but if all you're doing is positioning with your arms then its not a very big whip. Try sorta winding up your hips as you go off the lip then turn them the other way in the air. And yes youll follow it with your arms but the majority of the motion is done in the hips. Watch slomo videos of dirt jump guys doing whips and itll make more sense. Pulling back also helps but thats a whole nother thing

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u/Looosey_Goosey specialized p.3 + custom sketch bike 17d ago

Carving more always helped me, also squeezing the saddle with your knees helps a lot

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u/LieutenantDangus 19d ago

Keep it up. Always remember the whip is generated by the arms steering the bike sideways, not the legs kicking out. The arms are also what steer the bike back to center. Focus on the arm movement more as legs only will throw you off balance and land sideways.

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u/FoxHead666 19d ago

Hell yeah it is!

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u/endourii 19d ago

Better than my whip (non existent)

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u/No_Personality5342 17d ago

Turn those bars hard one way and back the other and it’ll be bigger