Teaching my younger brothers how to hit drops on their MTBs
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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In this video, we take Macky's younger brothers, Remy and Boden, to Pajarito Bike Park and turn them loose on drops and gnarly trails. Chaos ensues.
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How is it exactly that Macky’s entire family are just legends on camera?
I don't know why, but I always love it when my favorite UA-camrs get their families involved in the channel. It's always so fun to watch the interaction with parents and siblings and children. This looked like a really fun bonding time with your brothers. And I love everyone's names! Your parents had some imagination. Sorry, Macky, but I think Boden wins this one. His name is the coolest (not that it's a competition) 😉
😂 "we thought you were just wimps and sort of just rode around having fun, making videos."
Awesome video, love the brothers!
So I think we can see when Macky said he had a base for his Everest challenge, we can see this through his brothers, this is no joke. They all had title championships at a very young age. They crush it, always!
Nice video 👍 you two! You're doing a great job making entertaining videos. The production value and your story telling has really come into it's own in the last 6 months or so. Keep it up. Like you brother said, "what you do is actually hard."
Almost kind of a direct quote "If we wanted UA-cam views, we would do a tutorial on drops or something, not an Everest"
😂 got us!
Seems like a legitimately nice family. We need more like this! Nice work. :)
Great video. Lots of fun. Props to the Bubbas. Their enthusiasm is contageous.
When Bo crashed, it's because he was trying to lift the front end by pulling up on the handlebars with his arms (notice his elbows are bent). That actually moves your chest down and center of mass forward, causing the front wheel to drop. When "holding the front end up" on the drop, you should be doing it by moving your hips backwards, and your elbows stay straight. Just like good manual technique.
The "pop a little harder" that Mackie is talking about is a shift down (to compress the suspension) then straight back (not up) in the hips. It's all in the hips.
Rem's crash, he's compressing on takeoff but popping his hips up, not back.
Just my take on this, but a "good manual technique" is an advanced maneuver and these drops are beginner/intermediate. When he crashed on that 3-4 footer it was because his weight was back when he landed. When there's no need to go up or out in a drop scenario, why do it?
Proud of your patience while teaching your brothers ✌️😎❤️
I'd say one of the points of failure was that neither of Macky's brothers learned how to execute a front wheel lift like Macky does on 12:00. They more or less only did small English bunnyhops to try to get off of the end of the drops 15:05. If they cleaned up their technique on the smaller drops earlier they probably would have had cleaner landings on the following drops.
Great raw film ,just regular dudes and gals having fun.
Glad to hear you are now sponsored by Competitive Cyclist... great gear!
Love the video! It reminded me of the time I caught a mouse in my garage and let it loose in the field behind our house.. I gave it part of a biscuit for it’s journey in the wildness. 😊
Perfect timing...we have a pretty big drop at one of our local trails...it's such a mental thing....I can't wait to film it
Great video Syd and Macky! My wife took up mountain biking six months ago and I she really likes having a female perspective!
well done lads, great progress in a short time,everybody falls off and if they say they don't then..... enjoyed the video.
Macky you are a great brother ! Matching elbow gashes .
What a fun video I’m new to drops can’t wait to try some of the tips you guys provided in the video 💪🏾💯
Great Teacher Macky!
Literally my biggest challenge right this moment.. thanks everyone!
Giving new meaning to "Send It Bro!"
Good vid. I've never done a drop but now I have an introductory knowledge of the technique. I also think the landing would be a lot different on a hardtail.
It's a bit rougher on a hardtail, but the technique is the same!
New title: Macky teaches us all how to do drops.
I thought in the Everest Q&A drop videos were just for views! Awesome content as always team
Good insights on how to do drops!
I think the ideal thing would have been to practice a super slow trials drop off a curb first. Showing that not only can you drop things going very slow/not moving at all but it's very important to get that front wheel up and keep it up until the rear comes off. The first drops they did were awful, Bo's nose dive and Remy just jumping using his clips. The train looked good but I think you guys coulda saved them a little pain had you gone over techniques and basics before moving on. I guess that's some of the benefits of riding Enduro over XC! ;P Just kidding cheers y'all.
(Also shout out to Bo he seems like a super awesome and wholesome dude... Obviously from the treatment of animals but also coming up and checking on Rem after he dipped. Cool kid!)
That kid puts off a good vibe.
I'm going to try and remember Macky's tips on how to ride drops when I'm in the BC bike park
really enjoyed this- great video =)
Great coaching by Macky, great content guys.
I'm still not learning drops though :)
Learned lots from that vid, thanks 👍
Those mice deserve their own episode
Awesome fun video. I would pay to spend the day with you all.
@15:46 Bo practiced/envisioned his crash Rofl
2:26 top right corner 😂😂(watch in slow mo its the funniest thing)
Well spotted!
Great vid!
$25,000 plus in mountain bikes in a $500 harbor freight trailer. Makes perfect sense. 😂
Fun stuff!
Lifting front wheel on drops is a bad technique. You will get nose heavy and crash. Proper technique is pushing the bike forward when your frontwheel is about to drop and going back at the center of the bike after the rear wheel passes the drop.
Yes, that is correct technique for certain drops at certain speeds, but not for every drop at every speed.
SYD and MACKY Agreed. I was busted by commenters for doing this vs the Rich Drew “push” method. Huge drops are a lot different than trail drops
For where the Bubbas are in their development, that tip is just right. I’m sure that Mackey will fine tune it as they move to bigger and faster drops.
The elbows have become swell bows. After a little ice they turn back into elbows.
Here from Berm Peak!
Welcome!
What kind of shades does macky wear?
Amazing family!! New subscriber❤️
Welcome! The glasses are the Shimano Technium. Last I checked they were out of stock, but here's the link: bit.ly/2HVJyhA
This video needs a random Sasquatch in the background that never gets mentioned.
The fun part of the crashing is finding out what have you scraped and bruised when you hop in the shower.
Looks like Macky has a future in coaching.
great job guys..boden takes a champ to fall and get back up and hit that again..
It takes a lot of practice to be good at MTB. Oh I forgot some pain. But it's worth it.
Like the Weasley twins. A nice family.
Where can I purchase the Niner jerseys you wear?
These are our custom race jerseys, but we did pre orders for a similar jersey without the sponsors and with #bemoreawesome on it instead. We'll be doing another set of pre orders for next year's jersey in the next couple months, so stay tuned.
Funny, I thought I was the only one who rotated his animals.
Do you have the link for the pads? I need beafy stuff for downhill.
Link in the video description.
@ 9:48, are Bo and Syd clapping their rear suspensions on the small log drop?
Nope, it's cable slap
Still kinda surprised that you went to Pajarito for this... the run out / transitions on most of those drops aren't spectacular. The skills area drops at Angelfire are in much better shape usually. The La Tierra dirt jump drops aren't bad, either.
Probably should have towed your bro into that last one or at least had him do some practice run ups first before hitting the drop .. maybe those just werent on video but it looked like he was both trying to get a feel for the wood feature and hit his biggesy drop in one go. Glad hes ok. Definitely some big cajones to try that!
Yeah, we probably should have had him try it without the drop a time or two...
The Mouse said F U Guys. Lets get to the MTB lol
Those baggies will save your bib shorts from tearing in a crash, and also save some skin too ... so not just a "fashion" item
Yeah, we were just poking fun at my brothers 😁
Those Rudy's are soooo ECCC :)
I've been watching other bigger MTB channels and they don't seem to agree with you guys. They say pulling on the bars is bad technique
I may have misspoken. It's less pulling up on the bars and more compressing hard and leaning back, while also pulling in the bars. I'd say "pulling on the bars" is fairly accurate but "lifting the bars" is wrong. It's also worth noting that just because a channel is bigger doesn't necessarily mean they are more knowledgeable 😉
What trail or trails at Pajarito did you guys ride in this video?
Dogpatch then Drop Zone then Red Dog
ohhh..Remy..not quite fast enough bro..YIKES.but brave as all heck man..
2000 IQ trailer
What Osprey hip pack is Syd using?
That's the Osprey Tempest 6L (bit.ly/3gyaK40). The Talon is the men's version (bit.ly/3b40kbe)
@@sydandmacky Thanks!
Awesome video. I think he crashed because he popped straight up off the drop instead of just shifting his weight back
I think that MOUSE should teach your brothers how to hit drops. Sick gap, little bro.
ok I kinda wish to have brothers or sisters after watching this video...
Do a dirt bike vid
They needed to shift their weight back more on the pop instead of up
I am immediately suspect of the NM state mountain bike racing scene
Why didn’t you use van??
Only has two seats
SYD and MACKY ohhh 😮. Van has more bike capacity than human seating!!!😂
Of course!
Maybe some upper body strength training will help a little these young dudes.
All of dead ancient Spartans and Spartiats disagree, I do too, Bruce Lee would also.
My back hurt when I saw how you pull up on front before the drop, stop doing that and save yourself the pain of the time when you misjudge and endo. EDIT: Saw it happen @21:13
PLEASE! NO PORCH DROPS!!!
Why isn't he towing them in?
We aren't generally fans of towing people in because we believe people should learn to access features themselves and decide if they can do them in their own. Towing people in tends to lead to bad crashes or people getting a false sense of their abilities which leads to even worse crashes later. There are exceptions, but it's generally when a feature (usually jumps) is big enough that you can't see the landing as you're hitting it and you have someone with a similar skill level who knows the correct speed to hit it at.
@@sydandmacky BTW, seeing your bros crash makes me feel better that my kids are occasionally crashing as I'm taking them on the trails.
Yup, nothing wrong with learning where your limits are!
Most people are into casual mtb and riding specific trails, hence why guys that do that have hundreds k or millions of subs, not many people are into racing. Used to watch you guys a year ago, checked to see where your at and surprised at 57k. But weekly uploads that are usually random, not like your really vlogging your road trip life and rather training vids about prepping for racing not everyday riding..
Jesus, I hate putting my bike rack on my hitch. Setting up that trailer is a full deterrent from me going to the trails for the day.
You should have demonstrated a drop off a 12' deck. I think you are holding them back.
First
I feel like I always first
I have a really hard time believing that they have to talk about that 3 foot drop. They have a lot of years of experience in biking. Don’t they know to just pull up? Not difficult
Dude the shakey cam is an instant close the browser window. I know you don't have like 5 gopro 8 cameras, but as soon as I see a shakey camera I immediately shut off the video before I get sick. That even goes for the parts where they're holding it in their hands filming each other, it's like instant nausea. Maybe I'm in the minority, but just food for thought on future videos that there are plenty of people that can't watch videos like this.
So... are they supposed to do no POV footage at all? Run a gimbal all the time for for all riders? Neither option is really doable or acceptable. It's not like it's overly shakey either, H7 and H8 are leaps and bounds ahead of previous gen GoPros.
@@IBCMTB No, but if you have 2 good cameras then use those cameras to film the entire thing. You don't see channels like Seth's, BKXC, STS, etc., using crappy unstable cameras. They take the extra time to film everything with good equipment. If that means you have to stop more to film the other riders, then that's what you do. They all talk about how much work and time it takes to film the rides because they have to stop and film, then keep riding, etc. If the only extra cameras you have are old unstable cameras, don't put cameras on them. When they get to the drops which is what this whole video is about, you stop and you film them on a good camera doing the drops.
All I'm saying is that footage like this is an instant close for me and people like me. Like it's physically unwatchable, and there are ways to do it so you don't have headache inducing footage like this.
@Hardcaslte all of our cameras have stabilization so I'm not sure what it is you're talking about. No, we don't use gimbals when riding and are never going to. Gimbals make sense if you aren't racing or riding super aggressively and if you don't mind constantly fussing with them, but we do race and ride seriously so they don't make sense for us. If you don't like the vlog-style handheld camera, this isn't a good channel for you, which is totally fine.
@@sydandmacky Look at 6:55 and 7:05 this is what I'm talking about. As soon as I saw the camera doing that I was like nope, this isn't going to work for me. I skipped around in the video thinking maybe it was just that part but it seems like their cameras are doing it, maybe the way they had their cameras mounted wasn't working well, I don't know. I've watched other videos of yours and don't get this sensation so much with the camera shaking and vibrating so hard, maybe I just happened to get lucky on all of the videos I've seen previously. I can't find the hand held part that seemed harsh to me the other night, maybe I already had a headache going on so everything seemed worse. Yeah most of the hand held stuff where you're standing and filming them is normal, but I feel like I had clicked on a certain one unluckily and it was shaking the way the person was holding it and walking around or something.
To be fair I was just watching a Jesse Melamed video where he was studying a course and it was fine until he stopped and started looking left and right over and over again and I had to X out of that one too, but his racing videos are perfectly fine because he's just looking straight and his camera is super stable on his helmet even over super rough courses. Sometimes it's just all in the framing of the camera and what's going on with it.
Anyway, I'm just saying as a non-UA-camr that watches an excessive amount of UA-cam videos, that kind of shaking camera like that effects some people. If you want to take that as constructive criticism or not it's your channel, not mine. I'm just some random dude watching videos on here.
Wow whole fam is fit 👏👏💪💪
I think Macky’s lil bro’s is awesome knowing that all gods creatures have a right to life even if sometimes unbeknown gets in a wrong spot. Great man 👏👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪💪
Everyone should act like this.