The Scrub.

Well first you need to know the difference between the whip and the scrub, which are commonly misunderstood. A whip is when you turn the bike sideways in the air which is used to look cool or set up for the corner after the jump.

The scrub is used to scrub off height which makes you stay lower to the ground. Some people believe is reduces speed to but it doesn't it just reduces the height.

When whipping you turn the bike in the air. The scrub is when you turn the bike while going up the face of the jump.

When racing dirt bikes your goal is to get around the track as fast as possible. If you could find a way to stay lower over jumps you would be able to go faster.

When you go up to a jump and your behind someone you can scrub a jump which will keep you lower to the ground so you will be able to go faster. Basic physics prove that you lose speed in the air unless you do something like riding off of a building on your dirt bike.

Therefore you can be on the ground and accelerating why the other rider is still in the air. That could be the difference between winning the championship and getting second.


The scrub will allow you to go faster. The the Dirt Bike Blogger said "whip for show, scrub to go" which is a correct accusation because the whip is to look cool and the scrub is to go faster.

The scrub is a very hard trick to master. It can take a lot of practice to master the scrub. If you master the scrub it can be the difference between first and second place.

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