Moving your mountain biking skills up a notch takes practice and perseverance, both fairly useless when we don't know the moves required of our body and bike. Maybe it's how to take a corner faster, learning to ride like with the finesse of the best freeriders or just acquiring another skill for your toolbox of tricks. West Coast Style gives a close-up view and shows the way... more skills for the trails... more riding... more fun...

SKILL TIP #1

1. Get the basics dialed

As a developing rider, get your basics dialed. Feel solid with maintaining your Neutral Position, which is placing equal weight over both the front and rear wheels, over all sorts of varying terrain, starting slowly and building up ... Click for more.

SKILL TIP #2

2. Brake set-up

If you want to ride with one finger braking, which is recommended, brake set-up is very important. Below are three adjustments that will make your one finger braking work for you... Click for more.

SKILL TIP #3

3. Riding rocky or rooty terrain using bike / body separation

When negotiating the rough stuff, the above three tips are crucial, but another fundamental element will take you to the next level. As the bike gets bumped around side to side it wants to throw you off balance laterally ... Click for more.