The concluding test required that the top four riders in the standing jump the course riding their rivals' horses.
The shot was a miss, but it frightened the two riders and both of them jumped their horses into the brush.
But more commonly, riders will run and then literally jump onto the bike seat.
The cabin door swung open as the two riders came to a sliding halt in front of the building and jumped to the ground.
In a criterium race, a rider is often jumping out of every corner.
Six-bar: riders jump six fences set in a straight line.
The hips should always move backward from the neutral position, not forward (a sign that the rider is jumping ahead).
They enable riders to jump from the top of the incline to a raised landing.
If the rider jumps more than four fences, she is disqualified from the show.
The rider then jumps onto the board to land in the starting position.