I heard some rumors about someone doing/getting very close to a tripple tailwhip. My source wasn't very reliable but still, have you guys heard anything about this?

do you know who or maybe your friend read it the wrong way it could have said 3 whip which means 360 tailwhip

Greg Gulliote (spelling?), who was a pro in the early '90s, claimed in a letter to Ride a year or two ago that he could do them, along with a bunch of other new tricks. It was never confirmed, and highly doubted.

On the other hand, at the rate that Scotty Cranmer (and plenty of other riders) progresses, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see it soon; according to several people, including Bob from Staff BMX, he's doing frontflip turndowns now.

Joe Johnson, who invented the trick, came very close to pulling triple whips on vert 17 years ago. Not sure if he ever pulled one or not though.

scotty crammer is one amazing guy, at only 16 or 17 doing whips everywhere. i saw him do flip whip over a spine at the ugp jam. I dont think anyone has got triple tailwhips yet. can chase hawk whip?

I don't think he did, but I'm more than willing to bet that the trick could be landed on Hoffman's old ninja ramp. With a motorcycle tow-in by Steve Swope, of course.

Speaking of people inventing tricks, who invented most bmx tricks. Was it like dave Mirra or Matt Hoffman? Is there a generation of bmx that came before those guys that invented them or something.

Dave and Mat have their share of tricks they have invented, but there are thousands of tricks that were invented before those guys.

Tons of vert tricks came out of flatland (ie: tailwhip), and tons of flatland tricks progressed into newer tricks. The days of RL Osborn, Eddie Fiola, Mike Dominguez, Dizz Hicks, Ron Wilkerson, and dozens of other guys paved the way for the tricks of today. It is rumored that Mike was the first to ever pull a 900 on vert, just not in a contest - though he tried.

Flatland stuff was progressing before the Plywood Hoods and Kevin Jones and crew pushed it even further. Now, riders like Jorge and Alex are taking it further still.

Vert and street are almost the slowest to progress with tons of tricks existing for over 15 years. More than half the tricks that exist today are older than 15 years I would guesstimate.

ive never seen Chase Hawk whip but hes still a sick rider

whoa a flip and a whip? never seen that. I gotta watch more of this pro bmxing stuff. thats crazy. is there a place where u can download clips? id love to see this shiizzz

Welcome to three years ago.

Hoffman pulled one in a contest with a dab on the landing about 10 years ago or something like that.

Yeah, but how often did people do them prior to a few years ago? It's pretty much a normal trick now.

Just reminding people that what they think is new and cool may be well over 10 years old... Tailwhips are ancient - one of the most old school tricks around. Well over 10 years old and triple whips were if nothing else, at least attempted a good 15 years ago... When most of the bmx riders on these forums were less than a stain on their parents sheets.

True, true; you've got me there.