One teacher to another: your presentation is as good as it gets. These kinds of vids take more effort than most people know, it's understandable that you posted two then stopped. At 54, coming back to the sport after 38 years, I've learned to take my time, be patient, and build new skills (or rebuild old ones) incrementally, methodically, precisely, everything grounded in the fundamentals of technique. Piano, recording engineering, composing, photography, and now bmx... videos like this are deeply appreciated, and RU-vid is poorer for your absence as a teacher in this space. Wishing you all the best, wherever you are 🙏🏼
Thanks man! I have been working on a huge video and needed a few more shots but I unfortunately sprained my thumb pretty bad and have had to put it on ice. I will 100% be dropping another video this year
Bro I am 39 and trying and pretty dedicated to learn a proper Manuel, Hop, Hop Bar, 180 and fakie. I work from home and watch ALOT of tutorial video and I promise your videos are the best for beginners. You focus on mastering the build up to the trick and the troubleshooting which is everything when trying to learn this crap. Please keep going and looking forward to a full Manual and 180 video in the future.
Just wanted to say this video is without question the best I’ve seen for progressing your bunny hop as every other tutorial teaches you to go straight for the largest with no build up. Now after practicing the looping out I’m way more confident and now able to commit to the better technique. Thank you and I hope this video blows up as it deserves to do so.
Sorry to ask more of you as this tutorial is so in depth, but I’m currently working on getting the hop higher. You say that you push of the bars harder to achieve this (which I’ve done) but my front wheel still doesn’t come up us much. After watching you bunny hop for ages I notice you pull your bars in with straight arms and then push out which you mentioned. So am I correct in saying that you do a yank into your hips and then a push out? Or does it just look that way and you are in fact just jumping with straight arms and pushing? Not really sure if this is the best wording😂 No worries if you don’t answer I still really appreciate this video!
@@PublicShenanigansall good! When you start getting them higher, the steps are all the same, you just go through the motions faster and with more power. Your arms should stay completely straight until your back wheel starts to leave the ground. If I had to guess, you might be trying to bend your arms to get your front up. Focus on keeping your weight back and arms straight until you extend your legs fully. Hopefully that helps!
@@SlowGrindBMXHey I’ll be honest I was getting quite frustrated as I was convinced I was not pulling the wheel up with my arms as they were straight. So I started again from the very first steps and turns out I just had to wait a fraction of a second longer as I leant back before straightening my legs and now my front wheel is coming up higher and the handle bars are naturally coming closer as I jump. It’s funny, I felt like there wasn’t much progression other than the timing feeling a lot smoother and easier until I watched back my recordings and that’s when I noticed the front wheel and handle bars. The reason I’m writing this is also just to urge anyone trying this DO NOT SKIP OR RUSH ANY OF THE STEPS. I thought I wasn’t but I did and because my foundation wasn’t completely correct I couldn’t progress. Thanks again I really appreciate all your help and I can’t wait for more tutorials!
I,m 50 years old & back in the old school days like from 1987 up to 1991 is when I rode , now in my 50s I,m back to riding again . Back in 1991 I had to quit riding because I had to have a surgery that took away the ability to flex both ankles fusing them together , I lost the ability to bunny hop completely , I,m not in any pain but I just don’t have the flex I need in my feet to do a bunny hop so now all I don’t is flatland & every time I see a jump , my heart gets heavy just because I know I can’t do that anymore , I’ve kinda came to grips with it but my mind misses those days .
nice this is helpful. i've been riding for two weeks and can hop over 12" obstacles, but after watching this I realize my form is terrible haha, I'm just brute forcing it like a barbarian. these details are super useful, I'll be out tomorrow working on my form instead of height.
Like others, I've likely seen EVERY bunny hop video and tutorial. This is the best explanation of the steps and progression I've seen. Thank you for the time and effort. Much appreciated.
Great tutorial. I was looking for a tutorial focusing on the appropriate technique and found this one. It seems that my mistake is that I start to stretch my legs at the same time that I start to lift the front of the bike and that way I don't get much height. I will try to apply this technique in the coming days. Thank you very much.
i can get some bunny hops down from time to time but i got more used to doing an ollie, this vid was the most helpful one yet for me to get the bunny hop right
with a street bmx it's very easy to execute...with a 26" DJ, it requires strength and maybe some bmx jump experience...with a 27" / 29" MTB hardtail, it's quite difficult to do but doable, those who use full suspension MTBs, they usually cheat, lols...with a roadbike, or cyclocross or a fixie w/ drop bars - my my my you're in for a hard time! :)
As a teenager i could hop so high , as a 38 year old every other hop is high but they are tense and dont feel as smooth as they used too Hopping into grinds feels really messy i need to refine the motions more and make them fluid again
how different would it be to do it on a fixed gear? I've seen other tutorial telling people to not lean back but simply jump while staying at the middle. Would be very nice to hear you thought, very informative tutorial btw!
How do i prevent my feet from coming off the pedals when jumping? The last time I tried to bunny hop my left shin got absolutely shredded from the pedal
It’s hard to say without seeing a video but I’d recommend starting small and keeping your weight back. Feel free to post a video and I can give you some pointers
When I see people nose diving, they are focusing way more on scooping than they are jumping. Go through the progressions in the video and make sure you are popping off the back with your arms straight
Hard to say without a video but my guess is that you are trying to use your upper body too much and not focusing on extending your legs. Your legs have to be bent and arms straight while your front wheel is up to jump
You really don’t pull up the back. You have to jump but your body needs to be in the right position. Try to record yourself and match the positions throughout the video
