Bunny hopping and meerkat position I've been watching and trying out Seth's tips on bunny hopping by doing the meerkat position first. I was able to get the feel of actually pulling with my weight and it kinda feels like floating a bit. I was just wondering when getting to the meerkat position, does it really suddenly get "lighter" halfway towards the peek? I was able to do it but was shocked that it suddenly started pulling to my waist faster as it got higher. I'm not sure if I was about to loop out at that point but I don't think I do because I was standing up and my weight was probably a bit ahead of the rear axle.

According to my experience the bike does tend to feel a bit lighter, usually when nearing the apex of the movement (manual-type movement) so I have to compensate and move my hips toward the bars - **I compensate for the lifting of the bikes front end** ( _put the bars in my lap_ ). At this stage the bike does get ligter. After this **do not forget to** _scoop_ **the rear wheel off the ground**![bhop 4]( and **push the arms forward**.![bhop 5]( After this relax and straighten your arms and "brace for impact".

I hope that this helps you in any way...I am not in any way a professional of a teacher of mtb-ing for that matter although I helped a few of my friends lift their wheels off the first time :)

P.s. the images for this answer were from Phil Kmetzs video on bunnyhopping (

). I do not claim the ownership of this video and/or images that I used.