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your arse off the seat (this is why your

knees need to be bent) and roll off the

throttle, but keep the clutch half way out so

it is hovering on the friction point. Throw

your weight forward and if need be push

through the handlebar but don’t just rev it.

6 / MORE SPEED

Once you feel the rear wheel has climbed

over the log using momentum, you can sit

back down or jump on the footpegs and

ride off. If it’s a big-arse obstacle and you

don’t have enough momentum for the rear

wheel to crawl over the fi rst time, roll back

into position and this time try with more

speed and spring out of the seat, throwing

your weight further forward.

Editor Mitch Lees

who’s it

for

SKILL SET:

Intermediate

GENRE:

Extreme enduro, trailriding

PRACTICE:

Find a few logs or rocks in a paddock

and practice when you know what’s on

the other side and no one’s watching to

apply pressure. Once you’ve got the

timing right, then take it to a hill.

STRENGTH & HEIGHT:

This trick favours the tall. The longer

your outriggers the better chance you

have of stabilising yourself. Strength

through the legs and upper body will

also help it give that last minute push

that is often needed.

WIDOW POTENTIAL:

Medium – don’t whack your nuts

BRAGGING RIGHTS:

Climbing a hill littered with obstacles

while seated will raise eyebrows. You’ll

also look like your hopping obstacles

with ease while your mates wheelspin

out of control.

EJECTOR SEAT

TRY TO MAKE sure you are not still

seated when the rear wheel smashes

into the obstacle. Hitting the log at

speed with the shock compressed

means you will get a big boot up the

backside from the seat and this will

either launch you over the ’bar or knock

you off balance and cause the rear

wheel to spin up. This trick is about

momentum, not brute force and

ignorance.

WATCH THE

REPLAY

THIS TRICK CAN be seen in action every

day thanks to video footage from

events like Erzberg. At Erzberg you’re

constantly hopping obstacles, with

many riders using this technique or

standing over their bikes and helping it

crawl along. On a recent ride, Ben

Grabham did an entire extreme section

sitting down using this technique as he

climbed a rocky hill.

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Whatever

you do, don’t

stand up and

spin the rear

wheel