| Have fun flying through the air with your ATV | | | | shirts, pants and any other protective gears |
| | | | that you have. |
| So, you've seen the other ATV riders do it | | | | |
| and you feel that it's about time you try | | | | Since you are only going to start out |
| that flying through the air stunt yourself | | | | learning to jump, there is no need for you to |
| too, but you are not sure how to go about it. | | | | jump with a downward-sloped landing. If you |
| You could try asking those who have tried it | | | | do not already know, you should never hit a |
| before to teach you, but then again, they may | | | | jump while sitting - your rear shock will |
| not have enough time to sit through with you | | | | compress and fling you off like a catapult, |
| to guide you from A to Z on the skills of | | | | which is not going to be a very fun thing to |
| jumping your ATV. The theoretical part of | | | | happen during a jump. Start by selecting a |
| learning may sound easy, but you need to | | | | smooth ramp-like take off and keep steady on |
| practice again and again to perfect your | | | | the gas and start out slow in the attack |
| skills. | | | | positions - that way, you are neither |
| | | | standing all the way up or sitting down. |
| You may be sitting there and reading this | | | | Keep your arms bent, elbows out because this |
| while at the same time wonder how do they | | | | will help to absorb the landing as well as |
| make their ATVs fly through the air almost | | | | the impact of hitting the face of the jump. |
| effortlessly? You could be asking yourself a | | | | When your front wheels approach the face of |
| lot of questions and that is a good start to | | | | the jump, blipping the throttle will keep the |
| learning. When you have learned how to jump | | | | front end of the quad up so that you will be |
| an ATV, it sure adds a whole lot of fun to | | | | able to make a safe landing. Once you are |
| your riding. However, many people do not | | | | comfortable and confident with small jumps, |
| understand the mechanics involved between | | | | you can slowly move on to bigger and more |
| themselves and their ATVs and it is usually | | | | exciting jumps. |
| the "not knowing" part that frightens people | | | | |
| - and it should. When you do not know | | | | The importance of landing well |
| something, you would usually go all out to | | | | |
| learn about it and the first and foremost | | | | After your first few jumps, you should be |
| important thing about jumping your ATV is to | | | | able to gauge your speed to make a perfect |
| learn the very basics on how it's done. | | | | landing on the down side of the jump. Once |
| | | | you are more comfortable with your jumping |
| Jumping an ATV is equivalent to learning to | | | | skills, you can start to work on landing on |
| walk for the very first time. When you were | | | | the front wheels first. This has to be done |
| a child, you didn't just suddenly get up and | | | | with great care. Should you land with the |
| run without first learning to walk. The same | | | | nose of your machine too far down, you will |
| concept goes with jumping your ATV. You have | | | | be in for an ugly experience. One way to do |
| to start out on a smaller scale and not try | | | | is will be to press down on the rear brake to |
| to outdo yourself by going to a supercross | | | | stop the momentum of the rear wheels, |
| track or something like that. | | | | bringing the front wheels down. Another |
| | | | method is to manually push down the bars to |
| Here are some helpful tips, that we, at | | | | bring the front end down. Depending on the |
| Jackel Motorsports, hope will get you started | | | | jump, speed and position of your ATV, you |
| on learning to jump your ATV and more | | | | could also combine both methods during your |
| importantly, to land safely too! | | | | jump. In the event that the front end is too |
| | | | low and you think that you may just go over |
| Getting started - safety first! | | | | the bars, don't give up - hold the throttle |
| | | | wide open to speed up the momentum of the |
| Before you ride out to experience your first | | | | rear tires which will bring up the front end. |
| jump, please check and make sure that your | | | | |
| ATV is in good working condition. Check the | | | | As the saying goes - practice makes it |
| tires, wheels, shocks and suspension and be | | | | perfect, so our last word of advise is to |
| sure that everything is tight. And remember, | | | | practice and keep practicing until you have |
| no ATV ride (or jump for that matter), is | | | | mastered the basic techniques. Once you are |
| safe without you first putting on your safety | | | | confident with the small jumps, it is time to |
| gears - that is, your helmet, goggles, | | | | 'gear up' and take on the big ones! |
| gloves, boots, chest protector, long sleeve | | | | |