Extreme Mountain Biking Starter Kit

By Quinn Harris


Mountain biking is a sport with many facets to it, thus making it more creative than most other popular sports. There are separate categories of mountain biking, different styles of participating in these events, and throughout it all, riders need to undergo different training exercises with the ultimate goal of developing new skills and refining the current ones that they have. But the category on mountain biking most likely to appeal to the daredevils among us is extreme mountain biking, which offers the best bikers challenges sure to get their adrenaline levels soaring!

In each event, extreme mountain bikers involve themselves in risk-taking maneuvers and navigate labyrinthine courses, which makes one wonder why extreme mountain biking isn't as popular as it should be on a worldwide level. Those riders who excel at extreme mountain biking have worked for years to hone their skills, and can still be surprised by the obstacles and unpredictable terrains thrown at them by the organizers of extreme mountain biking competitions. Indeed, the techniques employed by these highly skilled riders are vastly different from basic mountain biking, and infinitely more advanced.

Extreme Mountain Biking Categories

There are five separate sub-categories under extreme mountain biking, namely downhill, free riding, cross country, street riding and dirt jumping. The competitions may take place over rough, steep, and rocky terrain or challenging tracks but extreme riding can also occur on the narrow single tracks which wind through forests, streambeds, and fields.

One has to train long and hard in order to succeed at extreme mountain biking - this would even apply to those who are conversant with mountain biking in general, but not the extreme form. If a biker wants to learn extreme mountain biking on his or her own, then a good place to start would be on the Internet, where many sites offer a wide collection of extreme videos starring some of the best in the sport in full-color action.

We suggest you go beyond the standard YouTube, lest you get into a flame war with some skinny computer nerd - there are several Internet mountain biking sites that offer goodies like streaming videos, and you can visit your nearest sporting goods or biking store to buy extreme mountain biking DVDs, some of which are "signature" DVDs devoted to a single professional. Magazines, books, and Internet sites devoted to the topic of extreme mountain biking will also offer a wealth of information on the training techniques of world-class extreme mountain bikers.

Learn By Doing

You will soon find out that extreme mountain biking is a sport where practical experience yields improvement. After a biker watches reams upon reams of videotape, countless DVDs and reads a good number of books and magazines on extreme mountain biking maneuvers, he or she should try these stunts individually and ask their fellow mountain bikers (the more experienced ones) on what needs to stay and what needs to go in terms of technique.

Extreme mountain biking is the exclusive domain of the very best mountain bikers in the world. Who knows, it may be YOU, the reader whom we'll be seeing on ESPN2, or competing alongside experienced bikers like ourselves in different tournaments held across the United States!




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