Chapter 9: Trick FaQ

Ok basic tricks to go over

Bunnyhop
wheelie
manual
stoppie
nose manual
sidehop
rocking (like a trackstand but rocking the bike instead of just trying to ballance)
trackstand
lurching/backhop/various other names

That should just about cover all of the basic trick questions, don't yall think?

Bunny Hop
A bunny hop is essentially 3 movements in a very very quick time period. In order to get the most height to the hop this is the only effective way to bunnyhop. If you think about it, the three basic movements are

1 - Lift front (similar to a manual, lean back and down to bring front up as high as possible)
2 - throw your body up and forward
3 - bring knees as high as possible, bike will follow. At this point, to get more height some riders 'seem' to throw the bike forward. The seat hitting their stomach.

This is a very fast, very smooth motion, typically, when you get used to lifting the rear of the bike, the backend of the bike will go as high as the front. This is how you begin to gauge how high to jump.

Tips
1 - you want to practice this going over or onto small object. Hopping virtual objects is useless and won't tech you very much.
2 - To practice lifting the rear. Practice endos. Simply rolling along, compress your body and explode up while gripping the pedals with your shoes. This should bring the rear up slightly, and slowly build up till you can do full endos. To get a feeling for this, lightly grip the break, this will offer enough pressure to give you the feeling of lifting, but in the end you should be able to do this without needing the brake.

Here are some other explanations
http://www.trials-online.com/techniques-bunnyhop.php
www.bmxtrix.com -> how to -> flat land -> bunny hopping

And a vid to help you out thanks to bmx trix
http://www.bmxbuyer.com/videos/how_...nd/bunnyhop.mov

(This peice was on Maelstrom's behalf)