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When did anyone ever say " I'm whipping my body " a certain way? The direction of the whip , soley goes to where the bike is headed.
Compare it to a straight jump. The bike is rotated left. Obviously flat as well but left, the bike if it was upright is now fallen over to the left side. Thee difference between a turn up, turn down and regular whip is the position of the fulcrum in two axis.
But yeah it’s a whip left - is he ‘whipping it to the left’ or something, to me that just weird and makes it sound like you jump straight whip your but and the bike to one side and wahla a whip to the right. A whip is more influences by the direction no leaning setup on the ramp which is all left.
Unless you are doing butt whips only this is left
The Shop
‘He is whipping to the... right/left’
Based on that specific wording it’s even more clear. He is whipping to the left, leaning to the left, the bike is turning to left, the bike is being whipped in every sense to the left.
Again a unless you jump straight and butt whip your ass to the right like ddavis then this is the left in ever sense.
The rear wheel would not be in the position it is in unless the rider used his own mass to reposition the bike to the “left.”
Therefore, the final and correct answer is: left
I REST MY CASE. No further questions your honor.
If a car driver steers left to drift around a right hand corner, which way is the car going? Despite having his steering wheel turned to the left, the car is following its designated course to the right.
In this case the drift is the equivalent of the whip.
OP's pic is whipping to the right.
It's called best whip, not best turn. Two different maneuvers. A whip frees the back end of the bike. The back end in that pic is swiveling to the right.
If you had the exact same picture but he would have started it as a whip rather than a scrub, then it would be a whip to the left. Obvious, isn't it?
Pit Row
But every part of the bike movement, direction change, body movement and momentum is a turning left therefore it is whipping to the left. Anyone that think otherwise has clearly never complete a ‘whip’
Especially considering the picture looks like the majority of the bike movement is not in the turning but in the leaning of the bike. Saying this is a whip to the right is like saying a bike that fell off a stand and broke a clutch, fell to the right and somehow just ended on the left side.
But please I would love if GuyB or someone could do a video compilation of rider answers at monster cup. Print the picture take it around and get video answer.
I would put money on riders that actually do whips, especially this racing style whip, would agree that is clearly to the left.
When you start doing turn up and then down and backward whips it can get tricky but this is very very straightforward.
I'd be willing to bet if we took a poll from all the pro riders all of us know that it would teeter on 100% "whipping to right" answers.
As well as the direction of the bike, which consequently will land further to the left than if he’d gone off straight.
No different than when I whip it into the left lane on the highway, directionally, I end up in the left lane, even though the rear of my car is facing right.
Looks like the votes are about 2/3 to the right, 1/3 to the left. Wonder if its a regional thing?
If a rider steers left with the bars, leans left with his body, puts on the power and the rear wheel slides to the right, would you say he's turning right??
Of course you wouldn't you numbskulls!
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