| For those who are beginner ATV riders, let us first | | | | whoop and move on to the next one without losing |
| explain what whoops are. Ever seen the little moulds | | | | your sense of direction and balance. If you do...you're |
| of dirt and sand that are all lined up one after | | | | in for a rough and sometimes violent tumble. The |
| another that could potentially send you and your | | | | secret of smoothly going over whoops is to keep |
| ATV head over heels on the trails? Yup...those are | | | | the front end of your ATV light. How do you do |
| called 'whoops' - and how appropriately named they | | | | this? |
| are, right? | | | | Well, for one thing, when approaching the first |
| Even for experienced ATVers, going at the whoops | | | | whoop, lift the front end of your ATV a little and |
| at the wrong speed and angle could result in a | | | | give it a little bit of throttle. This will send the back |
| tumble, so, we should never try to be too whacky | | | | tires spinning and the front up a little...and you're going |
| when approaching whoops. With the right technique, | | | | over the first whoop in the series. When you're over |
| you can actually overcome the whoops without | | | | the first whoop, do the same thing...lift, gas and go. |
| losing the edge you have over the ATV rider behind | | | | Once you get used to this, you'll be HOPPING from |
| you and still keep the wheels of your ATV on the | | | | one whoop to another without losing your balance! |
| ground. | | | | But this takes quite a bit of practice. |
| In order to understand the proper way to ride over | | | | To keep the 'ouch' out of the whoop, remember not |
| whoops, you'll first have to imagine yourself standing | | | | to approach the whoops with too much speed |
| right in front of a lake. And you're trying to get to | | | | because if you do, you'll end up with a high-flying |
| the other side and the only to do this is to step over | | | | rear-end that could potentially topple you and your |
| the stones all lined up on the lake, right there in front | | | | ATV headlong into the next whoop faster than you |
| of you. You would want to just skim the top of one | | | | can say...'whoops! |