Mountain bikers, particularly men, are being urged to take it easy, this summer

ACC's 2024 data ending in October reveals there were more than three-thousand mountain biking related injury claims, at the cost of around 18 million dollars.

This year, males were more than three times as likely to experience a mountain biking injury compared to females.

ACC's Injury Prevention Leader James Whitaker says there was a common trend with the cause of most of the injuries.

He says many are attempting jumps, without properly thinking through the landing.