Video: 'Utopia' Is A Poetic Short Film About Jaime Hill's Life - From Gymnastics, to World Cup DH, to Elevating Women's MTB

 She swears by her Vaults

 @Molesdigmyjumps: And when she dismounts, she does a perfect tuck-and-roll tumble.

 And when she does, I bet she's beaming with pride. =)

I super love this video, my daughter is in gymnastics (always injured) and I was hoping she'd take up mtb. Jamie, help me out! =)

 @microfiz: when I retired from gymnastics at 22 and steered biking at 26, I always wished I had been able to learn to MTB way earlier on! I bet I could have learned some sick tricks on a DJ or BMX at the time... maybe a great way to transition is to start with pump track and learning to jump - could be a great way to meld gymnastics training with biking.
And you can always pitch it to her that the fitness she’d achieve by MTBing would be transferable to gymnastics
With a solid gymnastics background she’d pick biking up pretty easy I bet!

 @jaimehi: So true! A lot of the guys and gals competing in BMX big air have a gymnastics background. The body awareness needed for what riders at the pro level are doing is unreal!

 When I was trying to be a better dirt jumper I took up adult gymnastics classes. Just the concept of spotting my landings improved my jumping immensely (look at the landing, not the gap). In a few short weeks I went from feeling like a failure to feeling competent.

Thanks for the vid.

 @iamamodel: Adult gymnastics classes??? That would be hilarious to watch the first few. I remember jumping on the uneven bars when my son was at a gymnastics birthday party. I could've been on #FridayFails.

 @rrolly: LOL. The majority were ex-gymnasts so they rocked at everything. I ended up spending most of my time on the trampoline doing penguins into the foam pit. It was like a children's playground but ten times more fun. Recommended just for a laugh.

 Words cannot express what reading this means. Thanks so much for sharing

 Did an end of season race there once. I thought I was in epic shape, so I lined up at the front. Within the first 90 seconds I was 3/4 way to the back. There must be something in the water. . .