Panic rev (fixing a nose-heavy jump)

A bike is nose heavy in the air when the front drops below the rear after take-off, often because the rider shut off on the face of the jump or was too far forward. Landing front-first is hard on the forks and can throw the rider over the bars.

A panic rev is a quick blip of the throttle while airborne. Spinning up the rear wheel creates a reaction that rotates the bike backwards, raising the front. The opposite trick, tapping the rear brake, slows the rear wheel and drops the nose if it is too high.

It is a correction, not a technique to rely on. The real fix is a steady throttle up the jump face, a neutral body position and weight on the pegs. Practise both throttle and brake corrections on small jumps first.