[HowTo] X-Up [D][P][V]

[MCHardmanUK]

HowTo
Do a normal jump, make sure you have enough speed to get some air.
In midair hold on to your handlebars and turn them 180 degrees without taking the hands of them. (ie you cross your arms over)
Make sure that you return them before your land (its really not fun if you land while you turn the bars)
Land
Thanks to: Jayvoh

[packowski841]

lean back , grab seat with knees and spin and grab

[Maiden]

you want to wait until you are close to the peak of your jump before you turn your bars.

[grinding2kill]

i have to lean back when i do them.

[macneil1]

Its ded anoyng caus mi tail wips out and i cantget the bars ad the tail back

[zacaroo]

Ok, x-ups are a fairly difficult trick to learn. But once you have them you can't ever really lose the feel of them. For me i ride right foot forward and turn my bars to the left which i thought would be my oppo way but it isnt. my tips would be jump and turn your bars and get more and more comfortable and keep getting further, i started out doing 90 deg bar turns. now today i x-uped on my 22inch bars. a mates 25 inch civilians on a four pack and 28 inch sunday triumphs on a rl device. they feel really good with big bars but they arent hard at all. i just started by airing once. then turn the bars a bit and then as i said above keep going til u get it down.

hope it helps someone as i know riders who are alot better than me who cant x-up.

ps they also look sick with 28 inch bars.

[zacaroo]

sorry but here is my list.

1. Air over a gap or box and get comfortable with clearing it.
2. Air it and turn your bars a little bit. Keep trying to get them further around each go.
3. Keep repeating step 2 until you can get them.
4. Have fun.

[TypiKaL]

self explanitory trick but tricky to keep hands on the bars.

[komplexvn]

this is a trick i neglected to learn early

[zacaroo]

oh keeping legs straight makes it easier to get the bars around

[Levimoody]

what about the fact that my whole body folow's my bars?I cant stop it...is there a way to lossen up my arms?

Levvy

[RiD3rN3vErDi3]

Its Fairly easy i got it in couple hours. trying it out of a flyout lean bak and do it u will finally get it

[Levimoody]

i will keep trying.

Levvy

[zacaroo]

do it at the peak of ur jump?

[elijah]

i found it was much easier to x up while doing a manuel before trying it out of a jump, i think the trick is to start turning your arms while you are still getting higher, if you know what i mean. not when you are completely air bourne like i thought when i first started trying to learn x ups...

[RiD3rN3vErDi3]

u start turning ur bar when u in the air u will no wat to do

[zacaroo]

i got them on my new bike this arvo 2 attempts and bam over the box :D

but when i do them it is a t the exact peak and not when i just leave the coping like on my old bike coz i get more air :D

[danwheeldon]

i keep trying these but i still cant get the hang of them

[CMcMahon]

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Just turn your bars whichever way feels more comfortable (I prefer to do it towards my rear foot, although I can also do it... albeit not as clicked... towards my front). Start off doing turnbars to 90 degrees, and just keep cranking it harder and harder on successive tries until you get to 180 (or greater). Remember, the more clicked it is, the more the girls will be on your jock. And, unless you're homo (not that there's anything wrong with that!), having girls on your jock is totally awesome.



Sidenote: It's far easier to do x-ups/downs (and turndowns, lookbacks, indowns, etc., etc.) with wider bars; Beringer Lights FTW.

[gtbmx0222]

if i do them all the way i like throw out my shoulder...
any ideas/suggestions?

[CMcMahon]

Icy Hot.

[jawn]

I find it easier to do x-ups if I pinch the seat. Especially 1 hand x-ups.


Sidenote: It's far easier to do x-ups/downs (and turndowns, lookbacks, indowns, etc., etc.) with wider bars; Beringer Lights FTW.

I find it's easier to do them with bars that fit, i.e. aren't too narrow, but aren't too wide either.

[ashy]

no offence but none of your how to help they just say what the trick is not anygood tips on doing it

[zacaroo]

yo dude hot pic man yeow that like 90 degs over clicked

[zacaroo]

http://www.bmx-forum.com/57368-my-x-up-how.html

my x up how to there might help more than this

[Aestysu]

lean back , grab seat with knees and spin and grab

thats a bar spin

[jajaquette5364]

would it be a good way to learn by just wheeling before u go to air

[RideBmx92]

jst do it in air get the feel of it try to do x-up on the ground well i jst went for it..... didnt think about anything else

[Jake Eats Cake]

someone might of already said this but when i try x ups tjr back of my bike whips out! do you no what i migght be doing wrong?

[RideBmx92]

yo i think u need to be in that position haha not my best xup its lyk 1month old or more

[parkrider04]

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