{"id":47817,"date":"2025-05-14T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/?p=47817"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:05:07","slug":"staff-stories-the-mtb-rock-jump-liked-by-70-thousand-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/staff-stories-the-mtb-rock-jump-liked-by-70-thousand-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The MTB rock jump liked by 70 thousand people."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09831-918x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47830 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09831-918x1024.jpeg 918w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09831-689x768.jpeg 689w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09831-768x857.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09831.jpeg 1179w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 918px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 918\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The weekend before last, I headed to the famous Wharncliffe woods in Sheffield to ride one of its most technical features: The Skipper. Built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jp_sculpt?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\">James Pettitt<\/a>, this line is not only pretty intimidating, but a work of art in itself. This staff story looks at the jump behind more 70K likes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DI83zoWs5o0\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Merlin&#8217;s Insagram page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-were-you-thinking-going-into-this\">What were you thinking going into this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"955\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09481-1024x955.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47835 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09481-1024x955.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09481-768x716.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09481-1536x1432.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_09481.jpeg 1836w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/955;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening prior to going to Wharncliffe, I had watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CYJKA13Mkod\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Craig Evans<\/a> do something similar on the feature during his <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zyo-vlhFlc0?feature=shared\">50:01 Orange video segment<\/a>. From this, I saw that it was possible to get enough speed to clear the whole thing. However, when looking at the jump in real life the next day, I had many doubts about whether I would actually be able to clear it. From the takeoff of the gap I was planning to do, you couldn&#8217;t see the landing. This increased the scare factor massively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-did-you-prepare-in-the-run-up\">How did you prepare in the run up?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1182-1024x705.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47840 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1182-1024x705.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1182-768x529.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1182.jpeg 1179w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/705;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, the first thing I had to do was ride the line normally which was scary enough in itself. Once I had ridden it cleanly however, I felt much more comfortable about the gap I was planning on doing. Four more goes of riding the line normally meant I felt the most prepared I could&#8217;ve been into the run up to the jump. With the camera filiming, I tried a slightly harder gear and went for the jump, which I landed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-would-you-do-it-again\">Would you do it again?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0958-1-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47852 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0958-1-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0958-1-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0958-1-1536x1095.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0958-1-2048x1460.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/730;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This gap is something that I&#8217;m pretty intent on not doing again as it was pretty high consequence. Despite this, I would like to go back to ride the line normally as I think it&#8217;s a really cool feature. I also think it would be interesting to see whether filming with a GoPro over it would do the line justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about what we get up to at Merlin, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend before last, I headed to the famous Wharncliffe woods in Sheffield to ride one of its most technical features: The Skipper. Built by James Pettitt, this line is not only pretty intimidating, but a work of art in itself. 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