July 19, 2022, 11:46 a.m. -  LWK

I'm only a few years younger than Cam and have put a fair bit of time and energy into trying to learn MTB skills (manual, wheelie, bunnyhop, jumps, drops, basic trials moves, etc) over the past several years. my observations: 1. if you understand a given movement and are willing to practice (alot) you will improve. Maybe (likely?!...) not to Danny McAskill levels but certainly improve 2. I firmly believe that anything you can do to improve your balance on the bike will result in better riding overall 3. the manual is a J or L shape of pushing the pedals down and forward to loft the front of the bike. Your hips do need to be lower - a progression practice is to get your butt low enough to buzz with the back tire. You dont need to be that low to actually manual, but thats the general idea. 4. yea, its harder on bigger, longer bikes. 5. Ryan Leech ([https://learn.ryanleech.com](https://learn.ryanleech.com)) is your friend. For a visual learner, I'm not aware of a better learning resource. Seriously, subscribe even if just for a short time to go thru a class (manual, wheelie, etc) that you might be interested in. More trials focused but I've also found [https://trashzen.com](https://trashzen.com) to be a useful and free web resource