Author Topic: Are better now than BITD ?? (Read 2437 times)

sean · « **on:** July 16, 2008, 10:58 PM »

I'm not. In fact the last time I rode I got dizzy, felt a bit nauseous and had to sit down for 5 minutes....

and I thought getting 1ft out of the 1/4 pipe was high enough .....

But there must be some who got better...

macky · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2008, 11:28 PM »

I think some in some areas i've improved...

got 9ft out the 10ft 1/4 at Rampworx few weeks back... don't think i got that high BITD?? (almost hit the roof )

Was made up with that... but i seem to get 'pop-out-itis' every other month!!!

able to do a few more combo variations than i did back then too......

I just get knackered too easily nowadays though... fall off more too!!

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2008, 11:44 PM »

I'm way better than I was. Changed what I do completely

JT71 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:57 AM »

when i was a kid i did a few dirt jumps rode round a crap track and that was it.

my wheelies were good though.

Now, I'm not an accomplished rider at all, but, I have dropped in a mini ramp, and the pool and big bowl at saffy and got
an inch of air out of a 1/4, carved a vert ramp, bunny hopped roughly 19" and almost managed one of them fakie roll back things.

I'm defo better, but then that wasn't hard.

SaMAlex · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:03 AM »

Im still chasing tricks I have done before and since lost

But on sunday I did do a new trick, so its not all old stuff

evamedia · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:48 AM »

I'm better, no idea why, maybe got a bit more appreciation of what I'm actually doing.

But riding's changed a lot, I rode a lot of mini ramp in the 90's , but never aired out of them. Now I get a regular 5 to 6ft and do a whole lot less lip tricks.

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:30 AM »

Cr@p then and cr@p now

Mr consistant me

zed4130 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2008, 11:34 AM »

nope, as i lived on a bike then, and dont get out on a bmx as much now, plus too many injuries , i bounced bitd, now i go snap

Bosanova Bill · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:59 PM »

In some ways I'm better and in others I suck even worse!

kev-s · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:04 PM »

ive lost a few tricks that i used to be able to do in the 90's, im more worried about getting a bad injury and not being able to work so that holds me back a bit, wish i could go back to not caring if i got hurt, on the upside im trying more lip tricks now than i used to

jedi · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:08 PM »

i'm trying to get better every ride.
it matters not wether i was better or worse back then as its all about the now for me

nosepickben · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:41 PM »

i would say im past my best.

dirtyvans · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2008, 09:07 PM »

I was a racer and dirt jumper so any skatepark trick i learn is new and exciting

i learnt 3 new tricks on monday night, tyre grab, lazy one hander (inside hand) and taboggon all done over a hip, then on a big quarter, then crashed not getting the hand back on and got my danglies stuck between the back wheel and frame

need to try em on vert next

i go from one injury to the next, i guess everyones the same

Sean 2000 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2008, 03:31 PM »

U was lucky it was just ya trinkets mate, thats how i broke my leg y'now!

See ya soon bud.

billstup · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2008, 03:36 PM »

I`m better at racing, but thats as far as it goes

dialledbikes · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2008, 04:27 PM »

I was average to above average as a kid, but wasn't scared at giving ramps and jumps a try (I was usually one of the first off it whenever we built a new ramp or jump).

Nowadays I'm still average when compared to the people I race against, but have difficulty finding the bottle to get my wheels off the ground. It comes back occasionally, but not for very long.

Getting older doesn't bother me, but the thing that pisses me off most about it is the brain develops a self-preservation gene we didn't have when we were kids, which holds back progression.

jedi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2008, 04:29 PM »

do you ride park too mike?

rosscoe · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2008, 04:53 PM »

still just cruize around............in my own little world

Broggie · « **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2008, 09:27 PM »

I'm better because I have a BMX bike these days, (seriously) and because of Bmx I feel better in myself too...even if I only just gawp at them at times

Ray

motomagII · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2008, 06:50 AM »

im pretty varied i used to just everything when kid now i cant jump but im def better on the track even though still crap .doesnt bother me one bit how ba i am its the smile i get on me face everytime i ride that gets me goig .

tricknuts · « **Reply #20 on:** July 20, 2008, 07:41 AM »

I'm completely shite now.

wasn't very good BITD, but i had balls to try stupid stuff.

nowadays i won't attempt a kickturn without a foampit

oldschool rider · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2008, 01:38 PM »

I wasn't very good BITD and I'm still not very good today but I just can't give up,
this little 20" kiddys bike has a power over me !!

BUT when I do ride and get about a foot of air or do a flatland trick and I hear or see someone saying YEAH it's such a Fookin rush ....

39 in a cpl of months and I just bought myself a newschool ride and I'm lovin ridin it, FREESTLYE best sport ever invented I think I'll be riding when I'm 60+

riding nearly 28yrs and still lovin it.

subversion · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:33 PM »

I'd say yes but I said to myself a few years back that I'm not down to progress my riding anymore, just to have fun & enjoy doing what I do. Sometimes you still discover new things within your abilities & that leads to a certain amount of progression which keeps you chomping at the bit to get back in the saddle

As long as I'm enjoying it I'm not stopping, regardless of if I'm going forwards or backwards (to fakie?!) with my riding ability

lodge · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2008, 04:21 PM »

Not easy to answer this one but what i will say is that today i ride and do stuff that feels good to me, bitd due to competing the fun element was taken away to an extent due to learning tricks for the sake of competing not because they were fun to do.

Trev · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2008, 04:31 PM »

as far as flatland goes, there is no way i'm gonna ever get back all my tricks.

i was never that good on ramps bitd, but still had some lip tricks which i can't do now. although, i have learnt a few bits and pieces on a mini ramp which i couldn't do before. maybe i am slightly better on ramps now than i was before. but there's not much difference between rubbish and really rubbish is there.

Author Topic: Are better now than BITD ?? (Read 2437 times)

sean

macky

JT71

SaMAlex

evamedia

zed4130

Bosanova Bill

jedi

nosepickben

Sean 2000

dialledbikes

jedi

rosscoe

Broggie

motomagII

oldschool rider

subversion

lodge

Trev