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Dirt jumping is one of the names given to the practice of riding bikes over jumps of dirt or soil and becoming airborne.

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated Mtn Bike, MTB; or ATB, for all-terrain bicycle) is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling.

Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.

These typically include suspension on the frame and fork, large knobby tires, more durable heavy duty wheels, more powerful brakes, and lower gear ratios needed for steep grades with poor traction.

Downhill mountain biking (DH) is a genre of mountain biking practiced on steep, rough terrain that often features jumps, drops, rock gardens and other obstacles.

Freeride is a discipline of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking and dirt jumping focused on tricks, style, and technical trail features.

It is now recognized as one of the most popular disciplines within mountain biking.

Enduro is a form of Mountain bike racing in which there is a number of timed downhill sections of trail, and a number of uphill transfer stages, which are not timed, but might have time limits to complete.

It is a stage-race format where the winner is the rider who accumulates the lowest combined time from the various timed sections.

Mountain bike enduro competitions typically take place over the course of 1 or 2 days, however, week-long enduro competitions do also exist such as the Trans Provence and the Andes Pacifico.

A typical one-day enduro race consists of 3 to 5 timed "special" stages which take place on technically demanding, generally descending terrain.

These special stages are linked by predominantly ascending "liaison" stages.

Although a rider's specific performance on the physically demanding liaison stages does not affect his or her result, the liaisons are often associated with a time cut-off (i.e. a latest permitted arrival at the summit of the next special stage).

The sport has taken root mostly in the Northwest of United States, and in Europe, locations known for their miles of winding single-track trails alongside old growth forest and bubbling creeks.