We started the session with the skills check where I discovered
that Roald had perfect footwork, but I needed to work on body positioning and
looking, so I set to work, and he quickly understood what was needed, and was soon
cornering perfectly. He then showed me that he knew how to un-weight the front wheel
and I just needed to correct looking. After a few set up changes, we moved onto
the drop technique, where he was quickly riding off the largest drop and
landing perfectly. He even began to style it up whilst in the air. I then
showed him the skills trail, where we linked both bermed and flat corners, rock
gardens, fly outs, steps and drops, and he was soon linking all these together,
flying down the trail. After a quick lunch break, we moved on to rolling down
steeper things which he did without worry, and was soon dropping in sideways. I
then showed him a table top, where he could really feel how much he could push
his bike in order to jump, and he was soon jumping both a 6ft table top and 6ft
gap jump. I then showed him another gap jump, that involved going round two
corners first, which he rode comfortably. We then moved onto some north shore
where I showed him how to dismount correctly, and he was quickly riding a long
ladder which finished with a drop. I then showed him a 9ft gap jump which he
rode comfortably. We finished the session on a different trail, where I showed
him how to manual over table tops and we rode the trail top to bottom to
finish.
Great session Roald!
Nath.
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