Jono Jones talks about what it was like helping brother Matt Jones pick his way through the Red Bull Hardline course…
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Oh Tasmania is coming up the Hardline in Tasmania yeah I just want you to talk about Hardline because I think it’s having you at Hardline is like I think probably everyone listening would agree it’s like having it’s having a mate there that can talk tell you what it’s
Really like yeah you know what I mean that’s what your videos are to me it’s like oh yes Jon O’s a Hardline your your content if you think about this year this year was tough because I presented last year because I hurt my ankle and couldn’t ride
I was worried that then I wouldn’t be in the mix for this year after having a year out because I’m not racing as keenly let’s say but they allow me back to present again and ride it was so hard yeah because everyone’s practicing and you’ve got to talk about
What they’re doing and practicing down with a proper camera crew and then they’re like oh yeah we’ll change lens if you want to go and do a bit you’re like it’s such a big deal that’s like the scariest thing I’ll ever do on a bike scariest competition most
Overwhelming thing and then it’s like oh GE Kong and then do your jumps yeah so that was tough but then my brother was there and we did the big hey I love that of you to I love that that’s top moment for me on a bike ever I think
Mate Wicked really talk me through it then so we don’t ride together that much completely different disciplines when I’m free he’s not always I don’t Dirt Jump much anymore that’s what he does you know what I mean I don’t enjoy skate parks like he does so we’ll do bike park days which are
Great but there’s sort of do them a lot so then to have him there at something that’s already like I said overwhelming and scary it’s his first time that’s a big deal people who haven’t been to these competitions before your first one is way different because there’s a lot of stuff between
The big jumps um we say features all the time but there’s loads between them that gets overlooked that it’s really tough and they do they have sort of smoothed some of that out over the years to generate more speed to make jumps bigger and things like that but um because they get
Overlooked they also get overlooked by the riders that have been there before and they just focus on the jumps so then you get newcomers come along day one is normally walk the track and then drive up to the big road Gap and ride from The Landing down so don’t do the road Gap
Yeah and then you get into the bottom field jumps they’re big jumps as it like already especially the last one but there’s some of the most technical bits of the course getting between that Rog Gap landing and the field jumps so everyone who’s ridden before knows the line through the The
Rock Gardens they do all of that they do the field jumps and then they’re like right you guys want to go up further and we’ll session further up and you got people like my brother that still stood in the Rock Garden like well hang on I don’t know the way through this it’s
Really tough it’s really sketchy it’s like a big drop to Flat coming out of it and if you don’t know the lines in the rock rocks you’re not Square to go off that and you can’t really go off it you mess the Rocks up you almost have to
Stop and I went up and did another lap and he was like in there with two or three others that hadn’t been before Kyle straight was one actually and they’re like everyone’s rushing off we haven’t even got to the jump to the bottom yet but we like we can’t get off
This drop because we don’t know this bit um so I think that’s definitely overlooked and it shows what an advantage being their second third fourth Years is you don’t have to learn those things so you can focus on actually going quick or you can focus on
Other features that are new it’s more of the focus thing like muscle memory gets you through those bits and then right um like you see when burnard’s obviously very fast there and he pushes down off the jumps and he races the jumps cuz they’re not big new things to him
Anymore yeah they’re like he’s been there enough that it’s now like how do I actually save time well I mean Jackson not win on his first visit this last year this year correct me if I’m wrong I remember that was a St when I was presenting which was everyone was shocked about yeah
Unbelievable yeah yeah so well actually when you think about it why why is Bernard so good there so brave the reason is downhill RAC yeah he tests the jumps you know going back to you testing um the street races and things yeah there’s something to be said for that
G’s done it historically but it’s been injured the last few times so Bernard’s if you want to see more just uh click here is it yeah it’s up there it should be up there about there yeah and then there’s um other ones here other ones there that you might like we’re all
Looking after each other and that’s christmy and that’s the ride companion
1 Comment
Jono is such a great presenter as he feels so relatable. We obviously can't ride the stuff he does though!