We're revisiting the basics this week and talking about BRAKING! Specifically, braking body positions and becoming acclimated to our controls again. So this week we're going to work on our Straight Line Braking drill - which can be found here: https://www.skool.com/thepracticeloop/classroom/ca3aa4f0?md=fa016fc81a67453caa346d5f4b047b8c Once you get familiar with that, you can start playing with the progressions inside the "5 Drills To Build Downhill Confidence" https://www.skool.com/thepracticeloop/classroom/379f6c73?md=0c4035343b264b99991ff9711980979e Starting with just going down a hill as slow as we can - aiming to try and "stop" in the middle without putting a foot down. Then progressing to balancing and stepping over the bike to build some muscle memory for those situations where we can't get to the ground quickly in technical situations. And the next progression being working on turning down hill. Progressively making the turn tighter and tighter. @Mason Swan you get to work on Stoppie turns...just cuz. @Johanna Huber since you asked about tires, most of us in the group run Plews Tyres - which are primarily trail tires, but I think you'd enjoy the Grand Prix which I've linked below. You can get it for 10% off from Risk Racing (the link I've sent you) using code SPLAT10. This is a deep lug tire with a paddle tread so it should hold up in silt, sand, and mud pretty well too. https://riskracing.com/products/plews-tyres-grand-prix-intermediate-soft-deep-lug-enduro-rear-tire?_pos=5&_sid=556ac5b71&_ss=r

Nick introduced me to a new way of power delivery, and I had a crazy breakthrough this morning. We'll talk about it on tonights call.

Probably a silly question that I'm overthinking. Does everything in the videos for clutch pops and weighting the bike translate the same to a 4 stroke? 4 stroke doesn't seem to wind up as fast as a 2 stroke so would it just be a matter of slowing that sequence down? Plan on having a 2 stroke eventually but for now I'm on a big heavy 4 stroke.

Here’s a quick little snippet from this week’s homework assignment. Had a lot of fun with this one. It can be tricky if you’re short like me, but I found that having something to put your foot on this 10 times easier to coordinate and develop confidence on. And yes, sometimes out on the trail. I’ll find a rock to stand on for big moves like this. 🙌