What old school tricks do you still do?

[Justin]

I love the decade. For me it will never die. I'm trying to learn decade tailtaps now, just so I can keep it in my bag. Anybody else?
(The Old School forum has been kinda dead lately, just rtying to strike up a conversation...)

[GTPFT1993]

i am a fan of flatland tailwhips....still workin on a decade i could never nail it....trying a Miami hopper too

[Justin]

i am a fan of flatland tailwhips....still workin on a decade i could never nail it....trying a Miami hopper too


Yeah! The Miami hopper!
I bet that comes back as a ramp trick sometime soon, just like lawnmowers.

[jawn]

I still do rockwalks a lot, in fact I do it just before the edge of something so I can do the 2nd part of it as a half-cab off :>

I still do no foot, no hands or no hand 1 foot curb endos. I try no hand toothpicks from time to time, it's not oldschool but I get the idea from the curb endos.

[gtbmx0222]

im too young...
whats a miami hopper?

[GTPFT1993]

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http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/how_to/article/0,15737,1604166,00.html

[jawn]

www.bmxfreestyler.com/images/miami_hopper.jpg

Edit: Or that ^

[jawn]

Oh yer, I still do framestand stuff, like framestand feebles.

[ozzy]

tire grab i think thats oldskool

[SeattleBMX]

its all about the bunny hops man!

[Justin]

Oh yer, I still do framestand stuff, like framestand feebles.

I'm working on framestand tailtaps, just so I can decade out of them!

[maras91]

whats a framestand?
is it just standing on your frame or something

[Justin]

Yeah a framestand is when you basically stand on the top tub right in front of the seat tube. Back in the OLD days, frames had platforms there.
There was a time when people would do framestand grinds, just grinding with one foot up on the top tube.(still holding the bars, not like a framestand on the ground where you stand up) My good buddy used to do framestand icepicks and framestand icepick grinds. Pretty sick.

[jaredmi]

perry merver??? anyone remember him, he used to jump from his pedals to his handlebars and stand up, while coasting around like that.

[elijah]

i do wheelies and skids 8)

[Justin]

perry merver??? anyone remember him, he used to jump from his pedals to his handlebars and stand up, while coasting around like that.

"Perry's Doom", I believe it was called. He was good, even back then.

[stev78]

love to do street surfing even try to do it on grind ledges to make it new...

[blkbike]

I have never been "old school" but I do tire grabs, grizz airs, and I surf on my bike once in a while.

[Simon1]

jaredmi, If i'm not mistaken, Perry Merver jumped from his rear pegs to his bars. He's one of my favorite riders. Wonder if he still rides..

[takeivy21]

I am and still always will be a fan of the Dead Sailor, may not be actually considered a "trick" though. Still sweet to see

[Justin]

I am and still always will be a fan of the Dead Sailor, may not be actually considered a "trick" though. Still sweet to see

Most people seem to do those from time to time without trying!!!

[elijah]

ahaha i learnt dead sailors not long ago i think they're rad as

[jason21218]

LAWN MOWERS

ceppie mayes for ever

[ZachS]

DMC miami hopper to fakie on vert <3.


i do tire grabs and dem grizz airs.

[Vert1go]

You guys are making me want to put some fork standers on my bike! :D

[dylanc14aim]

and dem grizz airs.

I just imaged searched those and those are badass, i wonder y no pros do them...:hmm:

[jawn]

I had a good day @ the park today. After doing a few no hander landers off a flyout jump last week, I tried some 1 hander landers over the box today, luckily without any crashes. I also pulled some avalanches (old Hoffman stall where you stall on grip tube & rear peg), but I could already do them (just hadn't in a while).

Oh, and did I mention I still do bus drivers instead of barspins sometimes? For those who don't know what 1 is, it's when you do a barspin, but use the 'throwing' hand to push the bars all the way around, instead of throwing.

[Justin]

I still try busdrivers from time to time. I also started trying one-handed double peg grinds to one-handed roll in-on quarters. I use to have one hander-landers dialed.
I did a few flatland rock-walks on my MTB today.

[jimbethyname]

I still do rock walks, pogo's, framestands, when I first started doing them, I put my right foot on t.t., and my left foot on the rear brake caliper, platforms werent even invented yet.
I also do all sorts of endo variations, my favorite is no handed footjam on a deadman ledge

[Wildbill]

I love tire grabs, i want to try to start doing flatland decades out of fufunus/abubacas except i only have about 3in of post sticking out of my seat tube, so its hard to get my foot inbetween to do them. I also do on ledges from time to time one hander landing into a feeble grind.

Anyone do nac nacs anymore?

[groovesection]

the timeless miami hopper..classic trick

[Justin]

I pulled out a few boomerangs during my last flatland session.

[vinniesac]

I Love the endo no footer and the endo to rear tire bunny hop over and over then just balenceing in a wheelie while on the rear break without moving for as long as possible

[BMXMB]

tailwhip ;) footplant yes, how long you guys practised for decade?

[Dion Rides]

Footplant
No-footed foot plant (between two columns, you have to grab the seat)
Rear peg wheelies
Rock-walks
Kick-outs on garbage cans
curb skids

-I'm waiting to get my gyro in so I can go for spin stuff. I realy want to re-learn tailspin footplants and boomerangs/decades. No footed footplant (between two columns) and grab the seat, then you can do a bar spin.

It's a learning curve on a 26", but it's all possible.

[Dion Rides]

Oh yeah, I can also do the thing where you are on your back peg and scuffing the rear wheel backward to go in circles.

[Justin]

tailwhip ;) footplant yes, how long you guys practised for decade?

I seriously practiced them for almost a month. From the time I could get the front wheel up and jump off to the time I could actually pull them. I dedicated a lot of riding time to learn just that trick. I almost burned myself out on them too, it's good to have some variety during practices to avoid that. Everybody learns at a different pace though.

[Dion Rides]

I seriously practiced them for almost a month. From the time I could get the front wheel up and jump off to the time I could actually pull them. I dedicated a lot of riding time to learn just that trick. I almost burned myself out on them too, it's good to have some variety during practices to avoid that. Everybody learns at a different pace though.

If I can remember, in order to get a good decade was to being to throw your body one, slight step before you actually you get your front wheel off the ground. The inertia will help not only get the front wheel up, but the peak of the front wheel being off the ground and your body above the bike will match up evenly.

Geez... I don't know if that makes sense :hmm:

[jawn]

^ I know what you're saying.

[Justin]

I get what you're saying as well, and I think you have the right idea. Try this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGyVKrUpDyY

[AbstractBMX]

swirling zagnuts, jelly-donuts, and helicopters. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you need to go buy 101 Freestyle Tricks the book(1989). And probably go buy Aggroman too and watch it.

Actually I still do can-can footplants.

[Justin]

swirling zagnuts, jelly-donuts, and helicopters. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you need to go buy 101 Freestyle Tricks the book(1989). And probably go buy Aggroman too and watch it.

Actually I still do can-can footplants.

I have part 2, video and book, but I don't have the book for part 1. Just the tape. I'll have to refresh myself on those!

[manulin matty C]

I ocasianll do cherrypickers even though I am not from that era. megaspins even those are still popular today

[NEWRIDE]

wow, this place really is dead. I didn't know rockwalks were old school, I'm trying to learn them now and they seem imossible. I cant rollout of them.

[darkslider802]

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did anybody notice , they were taking it way too serious , maybe it was that serious back then , but i dont think it is so much today.....

[FreeEnterprise]

all my tricks are old school... As I learned them all pre 1992.

Chase and I came up with this one. We spent a couple of hours just coming up with different lawn mower variations.

The "thinker"

[Justin]

That's awesome. When you refer to "Chase", are you talking abou THE Chase?? Gouin?

[FreeEnterprise]

yeah. Chase



actually Kevin was there too.

Here are some others we came up with.

switch handed



framestand aka Dizz


and just for fun here is a pic of a standard can can lawnmower



Thats my old bike there, my new one is a little flashier...

[jawn]

Whoa, Chase & Kevin, flatland royalty!

P.S Love the thinker, lol :>

P.P.S Anyone else see Aaron Ross' no handed feebles?

[Justin]

I rode with Chase a couple times when he used to hang out at Chenga 1, many years ago. (7-8?) Very cool guy. Fun to ride with, even though he was WAAAAY better than me. He was very supportive of what I was trying to do.

FreeEnterprise, you should post some video of your riding. You seem to have the flatland expereince that makes for great viewing!

I'm gonna go search that Aaron Ross thing now...