How to Backflip a BMX
Be really comfortable on a BMX., Adjust the flip for a nice landing, but for starters get a good 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) of air., To give you an idea of how you want to pull off the ramp, picture you are on a roller coaster going through a loop., Try...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Be really comfortable on a BMX.
It's best if you have been riding a few years and have other easier tricks like 360s down first, so you know how your bike likes to move. -
Step 2: Adjust the flip for a nice landing
It's easiest to learn on a 5 foot (1.5 m) ramp, not too steep, and not too mellow. , You know how you're looking ahead with your head back too see where you're going? That's exactly how you flip. , Then get a feel for the transition of the ramp pumping into it, and starting your rotation then taking your feet off and landing holding your handlebars. , This gets your rotation started and really is the key to flipping.
Pump hard into the ramp, and picture like you're going through a loop on a roller coaster. , No matter what happens, don't let go until you can see the landing! If you go off the lip starting a flip and let go right away, your body will keep rotating and your head and back are going to hit the ground harder than you have ever hit it before, and to top it off the bike could land back on top of you.
If you hold on, even if you don't make the full rotation, you're only falling from 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) up, you might get banged up but you're much better off. , It's that simple.
Your body will usually correct small imperfections in your rotation automatically and as long as you judged your speed right, you're about to roll away from your first flip! Now if you went too fast, or rotated too quickly (which is pretty easy to do on a new ramp), you may over rotate.
This may sound scary, but it's usually no big deal.
If you feel you're over rotating, once you see the ground, take your feet off and ditch the bike. 9 times out of 10, you are going to land on your feet...just go a little slower or pump into the ramp a little less next time. ,,, -
Step 3: but for starters get a good 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) of air.
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Step 4: To give you an idea of how you want to pull off the ramp
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Step 5: picture you are on a roller coaster going through a loop.
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Step 6: Try taking a few practice runs
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Step 7: going as fast as you're planning on going for the real one.
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Step 8: As you approach the ramp
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Step 9: pump into it
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Step 10: pushing forward into it
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Step 11: going with the transition as if you were trying to pick up speed.
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Step 12: Now you're off the lip
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Step 13: flipping upside down.
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Step 14: If you go completely around on the rotation and you see the ground
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Step 15: it will happen faster than you can think
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Step 16: but just land.
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Step 17: Now if you went too slow
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Step 18: or didn't commit to the flip enough and you under rotated... good luck
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Step 19: odds are your front wheel is going to land first and anything from having sore wrists from the front impact
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Step 20: to landing in a tangled heap on your bike can happen.
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Step 21: Next try pumping harder into the ramp going off the lip
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Step 22: this will speed up your rotation and get you over rotating
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Step 23: or landing on your wheels.
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Step 24: Wear pads
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Step 25: all of them
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Step 26: every time you ride your bike.
Detailed Guide
It's best if you have been riding a few years and have other easier tricks like 360s down first, so you know how your bike likes to move.
It's easiest to learn on a 5 foot (1.5 m) ramp, not too steep, and not too mellow. , You know how you're looking ahead with your head back too see where you're going? That's exactly how you flip. , Then get a feel for the transition of the ramp pumping into it, and starting your rotation then taking your feet off and landing holding your handlebars. , This gets your rotation started and really is the key to flipping.
Pump hard into the ramp, and picture like you're going through a loop on a roller coaster. , No matter what happens, don't let go until you can see the landing! If you go off the lip starting a flip and let go right away, your body will keep rotating and your head and back are going to hit the ground harder than you have ever hit it before, and to top it off the bike could land back on top of you.
If you hold on, even if you don't make the full rotation, you're only falling from 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) up, you might get banged up but you're much better off. , It's that simple.
Your body will usually correct small imperfections in your rotation automatically and as long as you judged your speed right, you're about to roll away from your first flip! Now if you went too fast, or rotated too quickly (which is pretty easy to do on a new ramp), you may over rotate.
This may sound scary, but it's usually no big deal.
If you feel you're over rotating, once you see the ground, take your feet off and ditch the bike. 9 times out of 10, you are going to land on your feet...just go a little slower or pump into the ramp a little less next time. ,,,
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