Why learning to think intentionally and develop your own process is the key to thinking less while riding. So often, our goal as everyday mountain bikers is to get out into nature, challenge ourselves, have fun, and let go of all of the information that was floating around in our minds before the ride. It’s because of this that when I ask a rider to think intentionally, to plan, or to visualize, it’s often met with some resistance. But Jake, “what about the flow state?” “When I ride at my...

If you’re anything like me, and a lot of the riders I see, chances are, you’ve arrived at a point in your life where you no longer crave more  things … sure new bikes are fun and all… but more than the latest model who’s differences are negligible from your current bike, you’ve realized what you actually crave is more experiences . This may sound cliché, but in a world where most of us are lucky to have more stuff than we even have time to use, and can access any and all information at the...

For a lot of riders, the reason they’re not yet riding to their full potential is not necessarily that they don't possess the skills, or can't find ways to learn them, it's because they haven’t yet been able to carve out enough time to take what they already know and turn it into embodied wisdom - skills and movements that happen on 'auto-pilot' while we hurdle down the trail. This lack of time problem is only exemplified when they do get out, because it soon turns into a ' better make the...