What's this trick called?
09-14-04, 05:40 PM
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What's this trick called?
I saw Chain Reaction 5 this weekend, and dudes were pulling (for temporary lack of a better term) kick flips. Trick is as follows: Catch air, kick the cranks backwards one half or one full revolution, catch pedals with feet, land. It looks pretty stylie when done smoothly, particularly when thrown late after an X-up or something.
Anybody know what these are called? Got any tips or pointers? I'm thinking that figuring out the kick part won't be so bad...landing chocolate foot back will be the crux, since I've never really practiced that.
Anybody know what these are called? Got any tips or pointers? I'm thinking that figuring out the kick part won't be so bad...landing chocolate foot back will be the crux, since I've never really practiced that.
09-14-04, 08:13 PM
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we call'em "Back-outs"....
09-14-04, 09:18 PM
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When I do it I call it destroying my shins...or sometime if I do it well I call it "landing on head heavily"...
I thought that was a kickflip hahaha
I thought that was a kickflip hahaha
09-14-04, 09:22 PM
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A kickflip? A pedal kick.
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Originally Posted by KonaRider24
A kickflip? A pedal kick.
i haven't been able to do one while jumping yet, but i can do them just fine while seated and just riding along
. the movement is kind of similar to kickflips on skateboards... flick down on the back pedal and kick out your front foot to let the cranks spin around, try to catch them again.
09-15-04, 09:17 AM
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Pedal kick it is...thanks guys.
Looks like I need to get out of the woods more and get with the hip lingo.
Looks like I need to get out of the woods more and get with the hip lingo.
09-17-04, 04:00 PM
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Ive heard it called a kick-flip by a few BMXers, and a crankflip by many MTBers. Crankflip seems to make sense to me.
09-17-04, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by gastrocnemius
Trick is as follows: Catch air, kick the cranks backwards one half or one full revolution, catch pedals with feet, land. It looks pretty stylie when done smoothly, particularly when thrown late after an X-up or something.
How about this one: Cranking at a good clip, riding with no hands, adjusting my helmet strap. Front tire hits a chunk of tree bark, wheel turns sharply to the right, I go flying 10 feet over the bars and do a double shoulder roll. I did that one last week but don't know the name of it!
09-19-04, 04:50 PM
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you are all riding without clips or cleats?..... I must have found the wrong forum.
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What do you mean? and why would it be the wrong forum?
And I use flats but thats becuase I prefer not to be clipped in. I like the freedom to pull my feet off for jumps and such. (emergency or trick...)
And I use flats but thats becuase I prefer not to be clipped in. I like the freedom to pull my feet off for jumps and such. (emergency or trick...)
