How can I practice a tabletop without killing myself?

Answer 1

First, practice practice practice jumping small, simple, straight jumps. Get your takeoff nailed down so you can do it in your sleep. Then move on to larger jumps that give you more air time so you can work up to tabletops or whatever else you want to try.

Second, and this should be first.....get a good hardshell or fullface helmet and think about full padding for your elbows, knees, and shins.

I've seen people practicing their aerials by taking an old bike, removing the wheels, derailleurs, chainrings, and pretty much everything but what is needed to hold it all together. They super-pad everything and put axles or something between the dropouts so they won't bend, and then get on a large trampoline. I've also seen giant, deep foam block pits that are made with a steep jump just so people can practice.

If the water is warm where you are, get an absolute beater bike from a garage sale or pawn shop and make some lake jumps. A bunch of guys around here set those up in the summer. I haven't done it but it looks like a blast! Also looks like a good way to get hurt if something goes wrong, but they usually ditch the bike before the hit they water.

Answer 2

practice getting your jumps higher and higher the higher you get the more time you will have for the trick, do the trick (only when you feel ready and have a well fitting helmet and a good set of knee-shin and elbow pads) do the trick by pulling on one side of the handle bars and with the foot opposite to the pulling hand and push down a little on the pedal to help your pulling hand then when you feel that you are loosing height pull on the other hand to make you come straight back, land, sock the impact and ride off smiling, and if this is not the tabletop you meant so here is a different one that you may mean

http://extreme.com/video/video.asp?vID=249&sWhere=tricks&sWhich=MTB

Answer 3

La mejor tableta que la puedes comprar se encuentra en amazon, una buena variedad de modelos. Mi mejor tableta es la que he comprado hace unos días en amazon, cumple exactamente con la descripción, tiene un montón de aplicaciones y Wifi, es fácil de utilizar y no pesa mucho, la Tableta es aun mejor que en las fotos.

Answer 4

start with small ones, or even build one yourself out of wood that you think you're comfortable with.

I build jumps, teeters, and drops myself out of 2 by 4's quite often, then drag them onto the road and ride them.