Footjam TailWhip

[Prodigy]

ive been practicing the footjam tailwhip..i can get it all the way around but i cant land back on the bike...like i cant get my leg back over the bike...any1 got any tips or anything anything will help

[p8ntballguy 666]

When the tail comes torwards you use your foot that is not on the tireand put it on the top tube and stand on the toptube while you put your other foot on the pedal. I hope I helped.

[Prodigy]

hmm i will try that mayb i shoulda posted this in the flatland section

[punk_porcupine]

Sorry it is one of those things you have to try over and over. Someone worked out it takes approx 603 attempts to get em dialled.

[ReptoN]

Sorry it is one of those things you have to try over and over. Someone worked out it takes approx 603 attempts to get em dialled.

*takes note* :D

[true2blue92]

/\/\/\ WTF! your avatar is hilarious. I hope thats not how you look. :?

[thibert0]

Sorry it is one of those things you have to try over and over. Someone worked out it takes approx 603 attempts to get em dialled.

Jeez, I better get practicing.

[fairtrade]

Well it's pretty obvious. Just imagine yourself doing it 602 times, then go for it. Dialled!

[thibert0]

I wish it would be that easy, fairtrade, but I have terrible balance so flatland tricks don't come easy to me.

[Prodigy]

damn im gonna b soar after this lol well let me get cracking

[Ichabob C]

Use the force.

[roperfan]

lol this makes me ****ing laugh!!

[prerunnerXJ]

when the seat is close to getting all the way back around i kinda guide it the rest of the way with my foot thats not footjamming, that helps me get back on the pedals

[a]

Is it easier if you brake the rear wheel, or does the angular momentum help?

[Louis K]

yes if you hold your back brakes it will make it alot easier.

[gdude335]

if u stand on the toptube to stop it it can help.

[band aid]

i'm having the exact same problem as "Prodigy."
But i have a question should you push the bike around really fast or nice and slow? to start.

[Molesrkool]

i landed first proper one today.. both feet to pedals
ok

when you do it..
go a a moderate speed to start with
and at the same time.. jam and kick
kick quite hard but not so you overpush it and fall
then guide it with your hands by following the bike with your bars
when it comes round.. put your kicking foot over the bike and then remove jamming foot to pedal.. then at same time bring your kicking foot in aswell

it takes loads and loads of trys.. today it took my and my mate a whole 2gb memory card to get a landed sequence

but ive only been trying for 2-3 days

[Easternrdbmx]

lmao 603 attempts...actually, your about right, i used to try them a few times everyday for the last 5 months, then the a few weeks i started landing em

[BurnoutLS13]

WOOO, if tailwhips are hard, imagine trying whipflashes

[Levimoody]

Yea,those would be sick....

Levvy

[Wombles]

ive only been tryin for a few days now but i cant fully get the bike around all the way.... ill keep tryin though

[BurnoutLS13]

when the frame gets like 270 degrees around start putting your foot out for the catch

[Wombles]

good advice...

[highflyerbmx]

ive been doing these and can get my foot on one pedal.. i think it helps to watch the outside pedal works for me ohya and practise

[BurnoutLS13]

heres how i first learn, try to get the motion of the whip at first, when you foot jam twist the bars a bit so your jamming foot pushes the front of the downtube, and your backfoot should push the cranks sideways towards your spin. when you first start off i found it good practice to turn yourself halfway to meet the frame instead of letting it do a complete 360, meet it halfway then work up. sorry if i didnt help :P

[fitbike61]

whip it faster by moving ur body (starting with the ass) the direction ur whipping like ur gonna do a g spin and commit

[excess01]

i have been tryng them for 2 weeks i got the tailwhip part but not the ride off

[Sliderman]

ive been trying for 2 days and i can get my foot on the top tube almost every time, but i cant land them.

i started really struggling to kick my frame round fast enough, but i slammed my back wheel and it made a big difference (easier to get it round)

im just gonna keep practicing a couple each day :D

[primobmx]

i usually watch as the bike comes around i watch the pedal that my foot jamming foot goes on and try to get it on there but thats about when i lose my balance