HOW TO WHIP 

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#1 - Load into the face. #2 - Just BEFORE you are thrown upwards (vertical acceleration) due to the jump face and the rear spring rebounding, you shift your body to one side, and slightly "release" the bike in the other direction. Usually this release is accompanied by your body shifting back, and arms extending a bite. Sort of like you are letting bike "get away from you". #3 - If you are going to whip standing, you have to be pretty stiff so that you load up the springs. A whip is about USING the energy from rebound and the jump face to crate side rotation. If you are going whip from a seated position, you will have a lot of energy put into the springs, because you are on the seat, and all that energy is going load up the suspension through the seat. When you are sitting the amount of side motion required is less. So be careful. #4 - This underlying physics is that you are creating a misalignment. If your body's center of mass is in line with the direction of vertical acceleration due to rebound and the jump face, you will not whip. If your center of mass is "off axis" from that force vector, it will create a rotation. That rotation is a whip. It is all about moving your body at just the right time, to create that misalighment between the force vector and your center of mass. It is all about timing. Load into the face with your body in line with the bike...then as the bike is giving the energy back...you will have shifted to the side. To whip the bike left....you shift your body right at just the right instant. It does not take much. Timing is key. With a whip, your are using body geometry and rebound/vertical acceleration to create a rotation to the side. Scrubbing is COMPLETELY different. With a scrub you are using bike position to eliminate rebound in the vertical direction, so as to change your trajectory by manipulating the center of mass of you and bike combined.

That thumbnail is super clean

Complete the title "Without wake up at the hospital..." Always a pleasure keep your tips AJ

In this video we learn that AJ taught himself to go both ways

legit the only person that really describe the reason how people even start whipping

bruh i love how straight up this guy is

This is the best explanation I have heard. Good of you to say its a natural progression. I'm no where near trying that.

I think you're right AJ, too many times inexperienced riders want to scrub, whip and pull tear offs in the air just because they all look cool. Many of us, me included, need to work on building our basic technique first and progressing to those things, well, if we do progress to that point. Great job man.

Thanks AJ ...great tips! Best of luck in this years SX! I’ll be sending good vibes from Australia 👍

thanks A.J. for one more grate lesson.you are a great teacher man.Keep up the good job with the vids.they are truly appreciated!!

Looking Great on the bike Aj, Good Luck this season buddy 💯💯👍 Great information and tips ALWAYS also. Awesome video Thank You 👍

Thanks for the tips, keep up the good work!

Very good explanation, AJ. I was racing moto (mid 70's-early 80's) before you were born, but hung up my boots (due to knee issues) earlier than I would have liked. Whipping wasn't even born yet back then. There was something called a 'cross-up' but it was a 'style' thing- not something developed out of the desire to lower lap-times. Great to watch, but prbly not going to add that skill. Not checking my lap times these days. Keep up the great vids.

Best video on this subject for sure

Lucky for me it's muddy here, so I won't be trying my new "tricks" today. Good video!

Woah the camera quality is amazing

amazing this actually helped me

I saw a wheelie machine once that helped you learn to wheelie. I wish somebody would make that for the whip. I want to do this so bad.

Great insights. Thanks 👍

looking good on that mean green machine!

Great video, and great thumbnail dude 🤙

From my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, you are basically counter steering your bike on the face of the jump to get that lean off the take off. Kinda like riding a motorcycle, you counter steer the bikes handle bars to get it to lean over in the turn.

Coming from Skateboarding/Motocross background, trying to explain a whip is like trying to explain the Ollie.

Hi! Nice video. Do you have any fitness advice? What training should a rider do to be ready?

This last year I was conftervale 1 way but my finish line jump was faced the other way so now I’m more comfortable on that side then the other

Aj’s like “don’t do a whip if you’re not ready for it” then he’s like “but they are really fun” it’s like he’s trying to make me choose bad decisions😂😂😂jkjk

You should come to Murphy’s mx located in red rock, Texas !!

When you talk about the weight shifting leading up the face.... say we are going off a jump out of a right hand corner, so you completely un-weight the outside footpeg and put all you weight on the inside/right footpeg and pull your body further towards the right of centerline of the bike? at this point do you have any weight on the bars either side? thank you

Nice working on the graphic! We know you can ride but your editing and graphics skill are doing great man.

I think what also makes whipping the bike difficult to explain is that there are many factors. The jump itself plays a role. Peaky jumps require a different technique to jump period. Add whipping to that jump and you're adding exponential difficulty. There's speed. Jump face. Jump style. Suspension setup. I've seen slow motion video of several different riders doing whips. And sometimes they're hanging way off the back of the bike as they're taking off. Sometimes they're neutral. And this is what makes it such a feeling type of skill. You really would have to get to a point where your skill can tell you everything you need to know about the jump before you try to whip that jump. Examples are the tracks I ride. Orlando MX. Pax Trax. And Mesa MX. All 3 completely different dirt. Different style of track. And most importantly the jumps are shaped completely different. Pax jumps are big. But have a lot of transition. Which makes them pretty easy once you get over how big the jumps can be. Orlando has smaller jumps wit good transitions. But tend to be a short distance from ground level to the take off. So you have less time to execute proper technique. Most of their jumps are quick. Like from ground to face happens faster. And Mesa has almost no transition and they're peaky. Mesa it's like it's flat then abruptly goes up. It almost feels like a G-out before you take off. Point to all this is that whipping is difficult in and of itself. But unless you can pick a jump that is ideal and just work on whips all day you're not going to learn them easily. It really is something that happens with progression.

I never get to rude where I have a good jump face with good traction. I have some really good faces but super dry slippery dirt. I know once I get that jump I will be able to slowly learn. I’ve been riding for 14 years and know I have the potential.

the thing that always scares me about whipping is that I'm aiming my bike off the track so i feel like if i did that i would land off the track, how do you combat this and land on the landing?

I know if you break tap brings the front end down and throttle vice versa, but what happens if you hit front break in the air?

Hey aj i just got a 2021 Kx 250 and i’m only 14 and it’s my first time racing a 4 stroke any tips

Thank you that helps

Whips seems super technical at first but it's pretty easy now. Just find a really small jump, like really small but something you'll come a few feet of the ground. When you go over the jump just turn the bars a little and follow the flow of the bike.

Step 1: Get balls big enough to hit a big jump! That’s where I’m stuck 😭

Probably getting ahead of myself watching this, caught my first air last weekend. It was about 1 foot off the ground.

I use bmx to practice both directions. Also change pedal placement too while trying it. Party on

I struggle with bringing the bike back straight in the air when it gets away from me, never mind attempting a whip, any advice on getting the bike back into line when it gets squirmy in the air ?

Bellrod can throw a whip like a mad man

One question how dose the bike come back if you rev the throttle will it come back

Im just a moving up to intermidient tracks have any tips

Do you think I can on a 60foot double?

Is it like doing a sit bounce?

So are you turning the bars after you lean or are you letting the bars do they’re own thing

do you normally sit down when u throw ur whips

Is a 125 best to learn on?

Didn’t know you had to carve out 😭 gave up on this so long ago bc everytime I leaned and tried to flick the bars it’d try to launch me off the side of the jump.

Whats the difference between a scrub and a whip

great video, how long is this jump? what are the measures from start to finish?

Ik how to whip I just want to know how to make it looks really really cool

Practice practice practice is all I know how to learn

That last one was... damn. The FAA gonna be checking for a license AJ💪💪😎

Can you do a video on how to do a back flip?

Im 60, is it possable for me to whip?

I started throwing whips on doubles or tables with the nice jump face about 2 months ago.been doing moto for 1 yr 6 months. The technique almost feels natural and does come with experience. However i can only do it well when i throw it to my left. Any reason why?

How can I sign up for a private lesson with you. Looking to improve my riding. Love the videos

Do you like to start the whip seated or with your butt off the seat? Or does it just depend on the jump? Thx

I can't whip, but I understand how to. One thing you didn't say was, when you drive up the face of the jump ( I think I've seen all riders do this ), they push with the downside hand, as they lean for the whip. It looks like the rider is turning left when they lean right.

Isn’t it kind of a gyroscopic effect and body positioning that makes it all work and not solely body strength?

I just really learned how to whip in 2019 and I’d been racing A class for 9 years at that point. So i don’t really thing it has to do with what level of riding you’re at.

Aj likes to go both ways huh? Interesting.... jokes aside lol thanks for the video. I'm really strong going right since that's my dominant side and when I try throwing it left it looks like I'm having a seizure 😂. Keep up the great content!

I don’t whip yet, but I notice it kinda happens naturally

Do you think seat bouncing is a necessity when trying to whip?

AJ, AJ, Aj 🙂. The whip is the very first thing a rank novice should begin to learn as he takes to the air. If u cannot control the bike against a cross wind, if u cannot stop a slight lateral kick on the ramp from becoming a 90 degree landing error, 90' feet later 😲, then long before u earn enough points to become an amateur u will become just another casualty. Just because a whip is not visible to a bystander does not mean that the bike (exoert rider) isnt actually whipping against some equalizing force (ie: a cross wind or a takeoff kick). U definitely need a BIG followup video 🧐. (PS: I gave u a thumbs up for this vid in anticipation 👍😀)

Aj goes both ways?!😂🥸

I over jump 50ft jumps all the time, how do I know how much I need to scrub something to actually make it to the landing smoothly?

I'm these whip instruction videos, no one ever explains the physics that makes the bike lean over and yaw on takeoff, and then what makes it yaw back in the other direction and straighten up in the middle of the air. This is what I want to know.

Yessssssss

I’m good at scrubbing and can do it both directions and it comes natural on most jumps it’s just muscle memory but I just can’t whip and I don’t why

Exactly

I think it really depends on the rider. some guys are just good with style and some aren't.

Can you teach us to nae nae too?

I just don’t go to the track often enough

I m trying this.... haha still cant do a whip

Im ride Kawazaki kx250f 2016!

Sir teach me how to whip 😁😁

There or 2nd idk

I did a backflip, but the cameras were off

Is this sitting or a standing whip

What's the difference between a scrub and a whip? Isn't a whip just style and a scrub ia about speed? I don't know, please correct me.

I've learnt by trial an error many errors lmao, definitely don't recommend going from 250 to 450 and thinking it'll be just as easy. I learnt pretty quick it's not

hello aj

Good to know so you can save yourself if you end up side ways by accident.

never been in top top first 10 comments before

Some good stuff here but everyone wants to know how to bring the bike back after the rear is kicked out. The mechanics of pushing on the bars and pulling back with your legs. Need a re-do on this one 😬. Can’t tell you how many pros I’ve asked about this back in the day, and since they all naturally talented they don’t really know what’s happening, and struggle to describe.

I’ll practice in the dunes first🤣

Riders who aren't pro only to want to learn to whip for there Instagram.

Ricky Carmichael did a good video on this a century ago lol jk

im so scared to start leaning on the faces...

I liked the "whips" towards the end of the video! I have been in a gnarly dirt bike accident in my past... Maybe not as bad as others have. The bike landed on top of me from 25', flew off the track obviously a bad landing. It (250f) landed on top of me. Long story short, broke 5 ribs, collapsed that lung, chest tube inserted, and lacerated liver... Bed rest for 4 weeks after so I didn't kill myself. Ended up not playing football that year (first year of high school football), but played basketball. Blah Blah Blah.. Rode my bike home, had someone start it for me(wilcox), and pick it up. They took me right in, obviously. When you hit a 55' top at a different speed, and you're bike lands on you, and the ppl watching ask to call 911... fuck them. JK I should have taken their response. All in ALLL I rode my bike back through the woods and leaned my 250 up against a barn. The neighbors dragged me to my parents who then nascard to the hospital.!! 5 broken ribs, collapsed lung and lacerated my liver stage 3... Bed rest for 5 weeks. I was doing wheelies down my road before I knew I was hurt.. Lets fucking go.

Racers

@ 5:30 I think what you are looking for::::: (most every street rider knows this because we will ride with one hand once in a while) when you want the bike to lean left you’ll steer right. Anyone who doesn’t agree with this is simply foolish. This is not a debate. It’s fact. Moving on...when on the jump face I think you’re trying to speak about that. Steering the bike (or tripping the bike) downward gets the bike flat. The gyroscope effect helps bring the bike back vertical. Something I’ve noticed watching a few thousand whips. - good riders are whipping sometimes beyond 90° the only way they can get the bike straight again is by leading with their body. Just adding my Full Geek observations. 💪🏼

Warning :Tried this and now I am in the hospital

I know a d rider who can throw massive whips

whipping comes with speed and time not something you can teach

Get a clue!!