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Gapping, Take Off Position


Phil H

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Unless its a flesh eating virus from the tropics tell it to f*** off and ride regardless. The riding will actually increase your blood flow and improve your red a white cell production... the increase in white ones will aid in getting rid of your virus quicker.

So if it feels hard to ride like you normally do just go out and have a play with the technique on smaller gaps than normal, you'll still be able to ride and you'll get better quicker.

Riding is good for many reasons :D

If you can't bend down to get things off the floor because your glands feel like they are being ripped out and all your muscles ache and you get a headache from walking up a couple flights of stairs then riding is not the way forward man!

Its savage and the worst thing is im barely ever ill, took my first day of school in over 5 years on tuesday.... and now this!

Ontop I've bust 2 maggy leavers in a couple of weeks so im stuck for that atm.

Phil

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I find that I stay really far back from the edge, mostly because I do big pedal kicks, but depending on the size of your kick and how your body moves, you have to find the right spot for you

Expriment with different positions and sizes of kicks to find the one you are most comfortable with (Y)

Nathan :)

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Interesting theory :blink:

Its my way of curing lots of things.

If you can't bend down to get things off the floor because your glands feel like they are being ripped out and all your muscles ache and you get a headache from walking up a couple flights of stairs then riding is not the way forward man!

Its what i always do if ever i feel like that. Does the trick for me despite being MAJORLY hard work.

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What a lot of people don't do properly and this really helped me get those big gaps sorted is pre-load, learn to throw your weight back and down before you gap and spring out, use your legs and arms as much as possible, a lot of people rely on a kick but you get bigger distances with you body not the kick. relax youself and become supple, try exagerating all your movement until the 6 foot gaps become easy then start trying further once they are done with ease.

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