How To Freestyle Bmx Video

Freestyle BMX bike riding includes a variety of styles of extreme BMX tricks. Learn how to freestyle from our BMX biking expert in this extreme sports video.

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Spot your landing
Gain proper speed for the trick
Learn to bunny hop down
Learn to ride faki

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Patrick resides in Campell, CA and has been riding for several years. His sponsors include Mongoose Bikes, Fox, Monster, and Calabasas Cyclery.

PATRICK BUCHANAN: So, a quick breakdown on the 180. What you are going to do, just like a bunny hop, you are going to pull up on the front end, swing it around while turning your head, looking for your landing, you are going pop back the end up like you would on a bunny hop, spot your landing behind you, throw the back end down, throw an end down, roll out, and turn yourself around. Some common mistakes with the 180 is not turning your head; when you bunny hop to go for the 180, you got to turn your head and spot your landing. That is the most important part of the trick. Some other common mistakes, not taking enough speed into the trick; that way, you won't have enough speed for the roll back. Another common mistake would be not having the bunny hop down, so you don't have enough time to actually pull your bike up in the air, hit the turn, and roll out smooth. Another common mistake with the 180 is not having the back pedal, when you land backwards, you are going to have to pedal your bike backwards, turn around, a lot of people need to get the "fakie", which what a lot of bikers call that back pedal as a "fakie", if you don't have that down, you are not going to be able to complete the trick.

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