[How To] 360 HOP (with vid)

[blkbike]

so these have taken me a very, very long time to learn. I started doing them but I would pivot a whole bunch. A proper three should be landed with both wheels landing at the same time. I could never do this no matter how hard I tried. so here is how I learned

1. aproach trick with moderate/slow speed

2. start to carve, some may find it easier to carve alot.

3. when you start your carve you will want to start your hop, and look over your shoulder

4. IMPORTANT!!! its very hard to just tuck your three, so what I do is intentionally nose dive, or "dip" my front wheel. this will feel extremely odd at first but it helps level the whole bike out.

5. keep it tight. the tighter you keep your body rolled up the faster you will go.

6. you are going to want to drop your back end early but you must keep it up if you have a hard time landing a full rotation. sometimes leaning over your bars helps alot (thanks shdowconpiracy)

7. absorb as much of the impact as you can.

8. sometimes turning your bars helps keep the momentum going when you land.

a vid of me doing one in slo mo

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5149103397403878089

keep in mind that this isnt the best three that ive done but it is the one I did today for this vid. watch it carefully

[jawn]

What's goin' on, your bike isn't black! YUO LYE!

[blkbike]

hahahaha. I had a s&m black bike when I first made my acount. I didnt think of the consequences lol.

[gtbmx0222]

how long had you been riding before you could land this?

[gtbmx0222]

and how long did you practice this before you could land it?

[doraora]

looking extremely nice, but one thing i noticed..... you didnt land on straight line, meaning the direction u were going before the hop and after the hop wasnt on the same line, but whatever, props

[blkbike]

i didnt land in the same "line" i was going in because I carve. show me a flat land three that someone doesnt carve atleast a lil in.

ive been riding for about 3 years. I pretty much just learned them. I could almost do them for a long time, so it shouldent take you that long. if you try really hard for a while you should be able to get it

[RideBmx92]

When i try them i intend to take my foot off the landing because i land my front wheel first its scary...

[band aid]

ya last year i was trying to learn 180 hops and i would always take my foot off...this year i came out of hibernating and could do it easily...now i'm interested in doing a bunny hop 3 but as you said i can basically do them with a pivot..

[blkbike]

When i try them i intend to take my foot off the landing because i land my front wheel first its scary...

same thing happend to me man! just gotta man up and keep it on, and take it a few times. I still eat shit trying them once in a while

[pixistik]

Hey, thanks for the vid and the how-to.

I'll get out and try it tomorrow.

[sledneckadam]

looking extremely nice, but one thing i noticed..... you didnt land on straight line, meaning the direction u were going before the hop and after the hop wasnt on the same line, but whatever, props

WTF? so what if he didn't land in the exact same spot as he took off.

Anyways Nice how-to I've made it to 270 a few times then started to get dizzy tryed once more and fell now there's snow on the ground so no biking for a bit.

[DocAvoido]

i can't 180 cause i can't rollback but i can spin 270 flat when i really throw my weight into it, i'm gonna try this tomorrow :P

[Prodigy]

^^^ i would say learn the 180s first....this is a good how to..i have only landed a couple of these with out taps and they do take awhile to learn

[Molesrkool]

i can 180 with ease an upto about 225 with ease, 270 with some weight but thats it. when i do 270s i get dizzy if i try them on after another... lol
how long did it take for you to get the 360 rotation after you could do a 180?cos this is buggin me

[Jake Eats Cake]

when i try to flat 360 i cant stay on so once i spin 180 i come off my bike.

is that coz im bottling it and scared of throwing it a lot or is that becuase of my technique?

[Molesrkool]

jake i guess its because your trying so hard and kinda overdoingit

just go at it like a 180 and push more
dont try to hard cos when i do i stack aswell


i cant do it but can stay on till 270

[Jake Eats Cake]

yer gues thats true ill try tomoz not to try so and spin so fast and hard.

cheerz

[PhoenixBMX]

^ try to 270 and pivot you guys,
ive been trying these for about a month, (with a huge pivot)

good how to man. someone who deserves rep!

[blkbike]

i can 180 with ease an upto about 225 with ease, 270 with some weight but thats it. when i do 270s i get dizzy if i try them on after another... lol
how long did it take for you to get the 360 rotation after you could do a 180?cos this is buggin me

I could 180 for a long time even before I took bmx seriously, so Im not a very good example of how fast you could learn these. I always kinda pivoted when trying these then I tried them for hours at a trime for about three days staight, so thats when I learned them.


when i try to flat 360 i cant stay on so once i spin 180 i come off my bike. is that coz im bottling it and scared of throwing it a lot or is that becuase of my technique?


that happend to me also but I usually just take a foot off which sucks because my crank arm tears up my leg when I bitch out. You just need to learn to overcome it and stay on man. you will feel better once you do even if you do eat shit.

[blkbike]

^ try to 270 and pivot you guys,
ive been trying these for about a month, (with a huge pivot)

good how to man. someone who deserves rep!

thanks man!!!

[mcdan]

the other day i did one but my foot came off from spinning so hard
so reley didnt land it.

[band aid]

good for you^^

[Smickus]

I want to dooooooooo them. Your how-to was very good! :)

[blkbike]

I want to dooooooooo them. Your how-to was very good! :)

thanks man!!! if you have any questions just ask

[Molesrkool]

blkbike.. cheers for making this its great

i kinda got one down today.. i did the 360 rotation but landed back heavy and fell off the back and then i couldnt get another one

when you do it.. do you turn your head all the way round.. on all of the rotation? or just near the end?

[blkbike]

blkbike.. cheers for making this its great

i kinda got one down today.. i did the 360 rotation but landed back heavy and fell off the back and then i couldnt get another one

when you do it.. do you turn your head all the way round.. on all of the rotation? or just near the end?

Im not totally sure what I do with my head, but I kow everyone like to just whip there head around, and i imagine it would work better if you looked over your shoulder the whole way. props on almost landing one. its really hard two land both wheels at the same time so dont get discuraged

[Molesrkool]

thanks alot blkbike.. hopefully i can get closer today

[p41n]

how high shud i need to be able to 180 to have enough time to get the full rotation

[dirkadirka]

perfect explanation.

my tips are just keep centernd over the bike, and throw your head

[blkbike]

how high shud i need to be able to 180 to have enough time to get the full rotation

maybe a foot at the most? its not as important as you would think


perfect explanation.

my tips are just keep centernd over the bike, and throw your head

thanks for the extra help man

[SeattleBMX]

good how to vid. ive been tryin these, ive got 360 tiretaps dialed as of now

[RideBmx92]

i still havnt tried them yet i will try them soon i u made it look so great.
And the pedal grind didnt work out u should make how to of that 2 would b great the ledge was 2 small.

[Robf781]

I can do 180s no bother and I can nearly get the rotation on a 3, but just can't quite get that last bit. I do land back wheel first though and when I nearly get it I usually end up on my arse so I must need to get it more level like you said. I'll have a go when I get a chance and see how I get on. Good [how to] BTW, we need some more like that

[justinmeyers]

i've always had a problem with leveling out, i'll try the nose dive thing tomorrow, thanks for the tip

[monkeyonabike]

thanks for the how to, its really helped i can kind land 270 ones now

[6ikerfoeva]

by keeping it tight, do you mean the bike up close to your body or what? i was confused as there could be several meanings to this

[blkbike]

I mean keeping your bike close and all your limbs sucked in, so you spin faster.

[ShdowconspiracyX]

real good how to bud. one thing that helped me out a lot on them, is leaning forward over the bars like you do. it helps keep the back end up also.

[blkbike]

yeah man I never thought about mentioning that. Im sure it helps too! Ill add it to the how too

[band aid]

i can spin so fast but i still can't do these?

[coldn00b]

i can't do the dive in... i just pull and stay in a straight position ... tried to tuck but feels impossible lol ... how to dive that when i'm straight up :-s and you seem to do them almost everytime over the bars... i can't pull like that its so weird

[sam8madness]

I'm gonna go work on this right now.

Edit: it's to hot out:P I'll try again tonight.

[lalo pro]

this trick took me a long time to learn because i couldn't carve!!

[bicyclist]

Finally got 300 + pivot, now I'm working on dialing them in. Once you commit it's easy. I started learning today. You should be able to 180 first definitely.

[sam8madness]

K guys i really need some help. When i try to do these i can't stay tucked, or dipped. If i try to do either it kills all my spin. The only way i can spin it is if my knees are straight, wich keeps the back end down.

So basically i can either get the height and no spin
or the spin but no height, it's so frustrating because i know what i need to do i just can't do it!!

Should i maybe try them off a little kicker or something first??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqnA4YYiYQ

[blkbike]

hmm.... It looked like a decent attempt. Looks like you arent carving hard or fast enough. There is a point you hit in your carve that will sling shot you. just need to find it. its going to feel out of control at first though. againj if you have any questions just ask. these are tricky for sure. some days I cant even do them all that well

[fitbike61]

hmm..i never even thought of trying these. im gonna try 3 taps first to get the feeling. i did it on a scooter with all ur steps and it was super easy.

[blkbike]

cool man. keep me posted

[sam8madness]

ok so i want to find that "slingshot" point? I have felt that before but like you said it felt out of control. I'll give that a try soon and see what happens. Thanks for the help blckbike!

O should i go faster or am i at an ok pace??