BLACK TRAIL SKILLS
SCRUB JUMPS Squashing or scrubbing jumps is more than just a way to look cool. If you can hit a take-off at full speed and stay low in the air so you don’t need to brake, then you’re going to reach the finish line faster! The term ‘scrub’ comes from motocross in the early 2000s when James ‘Bubba’ Stewart first pioneered the ‘Bubba Scrub’ – leaning his bike over and sliding the wheels up the take-off, to take jumps at full-gas without overshooting the landing. As mountain bikers, we obviously don’t have an engine on our bikes, so the scrub doesn’t translate directly, but the principles are similar. Read on to find out how it’s done!
96 MOUNTAIN BIKING SKILLS
