[HowTo] Turndown [P][D]

[Chris]

Article from BMX-Zone.com, http://www.bmx-zone.com/en-article-id-476.html

Trick Description:

Turndown: Turning the bar by almost 180 degrees while looking to the back of your bike during a jump.

HOWTO:

1) aproach the ramp at a moderate speed, the faster you go the usually the higher you will go...

2) on take off pull you bars up.. and kick your bike out to the side that your back foot is on.. (mine being right)



3) pull your hand closest to your whip out way into your body (this would be my right, your left) this will bring the bars round a bit.)



4) now that you have pulled your arm into your body... extend your legs so they are straight, then extend your other arm and push down on the bars, this will make you bring the bars in with the other hand while turning the bars round as much as possible... if you want to get turndowns more and more clicked. you should Lean over the bike... this gives you leverage to push the bars down more.



5) now that your comming down you should bend your legs and turn the bars back and then let the bike whip out of position... and land.





Don't forget to wear your helmet when learning this trick!

[bongs]

thank you for producing this, its very good and im gonna go try them next time im somewhere suitable.

[fitbikeco909]

great how to

[SkaItUp58]

i think you should say turn to what side feels right

cause i ride right foot forward and turndown the same direction as you...i just pedal my foot until its where it should be...its easier than trying to do it the other way

but whatever, still a great how-to

[Chris]

2) on take off pull you bars up.. and kick your bike out to the side that your back foot is on.. (mine being right)

[wtpbmx]

I'm practicing for over a week now.. but can't straighten my legs
is there a special movement to do that ? ..or does it always take long to get the feeling ?

[dirkadirka]

very nice, this helped me with em'

props

[asd]

thanks man. :clap: :respekt:

[Chris]

I'm practicing for over a week now.. but can't straighten my legs
is there a special movement to do that ? ..or does it always take long to get the feeling ?



if you lean over the bike when snapping your bars over... your legs will straighten them selves.

[MonkeyBars]

i wanna go try right now , but its dark and ive got a puncture and one of my grips is missing :cry: such a deprived child

[bmXrated]

great "how to"
as soon as i can find a big enough ramp to gt some decent air ima try one...


and prob land on my face..

[CEP]

itsss gooood mmkay

[Dooda]

STICKY PLZ

[Chris]

STICKY PLZ


Damn dooda, i dunno what you did but it did get stickied :o

[Dooda]

oh yea, its cos im Polish and im super sexy....

[w3t3nu3ndo]

wut's tis whole thing bout de getting de 'click'?

[punk_porcupine]

wut's tis whole thing bout de getting de 'click'?
Stop talking like a gangsta and ill tell you.

[Trimix]

haha ^^
>w3t3nu3ndo - he's just talking about "clicking" or "tweaking" a trick.

[Weeman]

hardest thing about turndowns is that when u kick the bike out ur usually doin it opposite to the easiest way

[reflux]

Then do it the other way?

[Weeman]

then ur turnin ur bars the non regular way... and ur front foot gets in the way

[kalmkidd]

thank you for producing this, its very good and im gonna go try them next time im somewhere suitable.

i agree

[Vex]

that was a sweet ow to when i get my cast off my wrist ill go to a skatepark and give it a go

[HeaTreatedGoodness]

one little tip i used when learning them: if you having trouble whiping the bike out, try laying down in some grass with your bike on top of you and try it like that. it helped me get a feel for em.

[ian]

yeah great how to. lol laying upside down is the way to go it lets you get the feel for it w/put getting hurt. turndowns take time so be patient.

[Sweetman]

i can almost get em, i can feel the bars start to get backwards but i gotta kickout the bike more and get in the front a little more.

[PhoenixBMX]

bump
this should be sticked, wtf

[rideohio]

bump
this should be sticked, wtf
why is that? none of the other howto's are stickied.

[PhoenixBMX]

why is that? none of the other howto's are stickied.

cause its got pics and is detailed, and isnt just like "pu5h w1th yur armzz dood!"
meh
its raining and im bored

[HotDog]

Hi, so i just learned turndowns. this is a pic after ive been trying them for about 15 minutes. it just doesnt really look rite. what can i do to fix it or make it better.

[scerbz]

keep forcing the bars around, get the bars more turned, thats it

[cms9690]

I have been biking for about a year now. And I can't seem to get my turndowns correctly. I will get my waist turned around so I can see behind myself, but I can't get my end to whip like it should or get my bars tied up next to my legs they should look/feel.

Any help or suggestion? Thanx, Cody.

[Chris]

Hi, so i just learned turndowns. this is a pic after ive been trying them for about 15 minutes. it just doesnt really look rite. what can i do to fix it or make it better.



lean over the front more.and push down while leaning over.

[LyfIzBmx]

hey guys i was trying turndown at sk8 park today when i try to do it 2 turndown to the left i whip right and if i do it right i whip left i usally whip left it kinda weird can any 1 help

[jawn]

I'm not sure what you're asking, but I'll take a guess.

When you un-click a turndown, you tend to turn 90' in the opposite direction, that's why people kick the rear end out first.

[LyfIzBmx]

yep that what am saying so i need to kick left then turndown?

[jawn]

If you turn the bars to the left, yeah.

[youcantmakeme]

im going to try them next time i go to a sk8park

[Odysseus]

lean over the front more.and push down while leaning over.

okay so on all my pics everyone says lean over the front more and push down...do they mean..lean over the front like wrap your body around more so your in front of the headtube? and at the same time push your bars away from your body while turning them to get them clicked..thats how you straighten your legs? someone please clarify

[chay]

fanx for dat it helped me a lot

[Chris]

okay so on all my pics everyone says lean over the front more and push down...do they mean..lean over the front like wrap your body around more so your in front of the headtube? and at the same time push your bars away from your body while turning them to get them clicked..thats how you straighten your legs? someone please clarify

when the bike is say infront of you. if you lean over the headtube like you said. your arms push foward, the other pulls back up and your legs stretch.

[Chris]

AHH i just realised my leg is bent in that pic... oh the shame :(

[Dylan]

Great turndown how-to, Now we just need a tailwhip how-to i cant seem to land bike to the pedals on

[Chris]

Give me a week ;)

[RiD3rN3vErDi3]

i jst cant to seem kick to the right that where my bak foot is anyhelp?

[azman]

Cheers dude

[Dylan]

Cheers dude

you've thanked him for a turndown how-to yet you can't air, 180 or even x-up o_O

[RiD3rN3vErDi3]

I need help im left foot foward i whip to the left n turndown that way its feel betta. but am not gettin it am i doin it wrong. i jst cant do it 2 the other way .... help

[Stephen G]

i whip it to the left, but when i try to get the bars turned, i find it turnes into a 180 the oppo way, weird eh? any tips?

[Chris]

Stephen...

try kicking the back end out first... or try bring the bike up vertical and just lean over the top and turn bars round.


Riderneverdie...

you could allways try and switch your feet when coming to the jump?