Electric Mountain Bike Network's video: How To Climb Rock Steps Get Up Over Obstacles Learn With Chris Akrigg

Learning how to climb up and over trail obstacles is an important skill on any mountain bike. In this video, trials bike legend Chris Akrigg shows EMBN presenter and long time downhill rider Steve Jones a technique that can help uses body weight and timing to help get up rock steps. Chris explains that good timing and technique can really help make light work of the situation and is much better than using excessive amounts of energy to bunny hop or speed to smash up the obstacle, which could result in damage to the bike. Subscribe to EMBN: http://embn.me/subscribenow Pick up official EMBN merch: https://embn.me/Lo Follow us on Instagram or Facebook! @emountainbikenetwork Sign up to the EMBN newsletter: https://embn.me/newsletter Please submit your content to our uploader: https://upload.embn.com/ we love to check out what you have been up to and may feature it on the show! Watch more on EMBN... 📹 Chris Akrigg Power Hour - https://embn.me/AkriggPowerHour 📹 Check out our features playlist - https://embn.me/Features 🎵 Music - licensed by Artlist seriously-future by yarin-primak feel-ii by d.a.h.-trump dont-hold-me by kicktracks footsteps-in-mars by skygaze time-to-move by veshza The Electric Mountain Bike Network (EMBN) is the world’s leading electric mountain bike (eMTB) channel and community. Dedicated to igniting your passion for eMTBs, EMBN delivers weekly original content to inspire you to take your riding further, faster – and with more fun. Whether you live to conquer the techiest terrain – both up and down; to access and explore the beautiful backcountry; or simply to pack as much fun as you can into the precious riding time you have, EMBN is dedicated to covering eMTB from every angle. From inspiring you to go electric – helping you understand what you need, where and how to ride to get the best from your eMTB experience, and more – through showcasing and exploring the latest, most innovative tech, empowering and entertaining features, to skills videos that help you progress and can tackle ever-more adventurous terrain, and much, much more. Every week we bring you informative and entertaining videos on… - The know-how… - The skills… - The tech… - The inspiration… ...to go faster and explore more! EMBN is mountain biking… fully charged: helping you go faster, further, and with more adventures than ever before. Join the EMBN community: Facebook: http://embn.me/facebook Instagram: http://embn.me/instagram Twitter: http://embn.me/embntwitter Thanks to our sponsors: Specialized: http://embn.me/specialized Canyon: http://embn.me/canyon Husqvarna: https://embn.me/Husqvarna Ergon: http://embn.me/ergon Maxxis: http://embn.me/maxxis Garmin: https://embn.me/garmin Muc-Off - https://embn.me/MucOff Bell Helmets: https://embn.me/Bell