It has happened to every dirt rider: You're bombing along a favorite trail, just clicking off the miles because you've got a great rhythm going, when all of a sudden reality pops up at the last second--there's a ditch in front of you, and you didn't see it coming!What do you do?If you're two-time AMA National Enduro Champion Ty Davis, you may be surprised but you don't let it overwhelm you into freezing--and crashing. You simply take evasive action quickly."You come up to it, you see it, you back off, you just roll it, then you get back on the gas," he summarizes.Why wouldn't Davis recommend simply wheelying into it?"It's an uphill climb, and when you're coming from this elevation and landing , it's just a real hard landing," he points out. Also, it's too far to try to completely jump over.Here's how the Yamaha racer does it.
