Hitting all the fun jumps up in Cooke I see.
The axys doesn't necessarily break in any specific spots, more or less an issue of they just wear out really fast from the hard impacts. There is minimal mounting of everything and all the rivets and hangers have a habit of getting sloppy and rivets getting loose. If you have good shocks that helps a ton since the landings are less jarring.
The only things I run with is a set of IceAge hillclimb braces and Elka stage 5 shocks. If you were up at Spring Sled fest up there you saw all the big jumps. Ive hit all of those hundreds of times this year and actually blown the bump stops out on the rails without bending or breaking anything. The braces definitely have saved me on some botched landings catching bomb holes in hard spring snow.
One word to the wise is grease the skid OFTEN. There is a lot of clearance between the shafts and arms and they blow the grease out pretty quick. More slop means more risk of things banging together and breaking. I try to grease mine every ride if I can or every other ride. Also helps make it that little bit smoother on the landings.
Also focusing on landing really smooth is key so your not yanking on things. Hitting the same one over and over and getting comfortable landing in a more aggressive forward stance and pushing into the landings. That squated leaned back landings are notorious for snapping off seat mounts and bending steering posts etc from getting slammed into. Also feels a lot better on the body.
