Sometimes things just aren’t going right or you misjudge a particular jump. You go airborne but your front wheel just isn’t right; it’s either too high or too low and you know it. Most riders will catch the error at the last minute. If it’s too high they’ll engage the clutch while hitting the rear brake. Down she comes.

If the front wheel is too low, you’ll see them juice the throttle to make that adjustment and bring the nose up. Are these methods the best way to handle the situation? Nope. That just wastes time and momentum, the two things that you can’t afford to waste.

Watch the pros and you’ll see how they handle the angle adjustment. They just go with the flow and use body English. That’s why they win. They never give up any speed or forward momentum. They just use their bike as an extension of their body, not as a tool of it. They use body English to consistently make tiny corrections that saves them valuable milliseconds of forward momentum.

For instance, imagine coming off the jump with the front wheel too high. You know this is going to cost you dearly if you don’t do something right away. You’ll land badly and lose your lead. What do you do? Just thrust your hips forward and that will force the nose down. If the wheel is too high, just do the opposite

After working on this technique, it’ll become second nature. Go ahead on your next practice ride. Go off the face wrong on purpose and use your body to make the correction. Be as one with the bike.