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all of them i just rolled about trying to look cool.unsuccessfully i might add
Quote from: J.T on July 28, 2008, 03:45 PMall of them i just rolled about trying to look cool.unsuccessfully i might add i'm in that club too
Quote from: losidan on July 28, 2008, 04:27 PMQuote from: J.T on July 28, 2008, 03:45 PMall of them i just rolled about trying to look cool.unsuccessfully i might add i'm in that club tooYup and me, endos, wheelies and jumps where all I could do, and now I cannot even jump..
Quote from: toys19 on July 28, 2008, 04:39 PMQuote from: losidan on July 28, 2008, 04:27 PMQuote from: J.T on July 28, 2008, 03:45 PMall of them i just rolled about trying to look cool.unsuccessfully i might add i'm in that club tooYup and me, endos, wheelies and jumps where all I could do, and now I cannot even jump..Yep! I'll join that club too!!Never did skateparks and proper ramps BITD just dirt jumps and homemade ramps out of any old wood lying around.Could do all the basics and used to be a good jumper but now if I get air I panic and my balance is way off.Not rode since '85-'86. Only started riding on the roads last summer and only started back on a BMX in April.Apart from racing OS and a few practice sessions at the track and the 9 weeks layoff with a dodgy foot, thats about it!!!I need more practice. My brain thinks it can still do stuff but my body flatly refuses to even attempt it!!!And if it does attempt it, half way through it screws me over and leaves in a mess on the floor!!!I need to sort my balance out!! I can barely stand up straight let alone trackstand!!! Do you think anyone will laugh at me if I use stabilisers?
My mate could do a most stylish no brakes rockwalk super smooth and well fast. It looked the dogs b0llocks I could only do it using me brakes im still not sure who was doing it the right way
Quote from: PK RETRO on July 28, 2008, 07:00 PMMy mate could do a most stylish no brakes rockwalk super smooth and well fast. It looked the dogs b0llocks I could only do it using me brakes im still not sure who was doing it the right way did you have any mates mart?
I kinda got left behind when flatland started being about rolling and not hopping about. Could do ankle-busters and the odd long backwards wheelie and that but all these fire hydrants and rolling frame whips (as we called them) were beyond me. That and fooking bar rides. Could never get over the mental block of taking me hands off and standing up. Always had an all too vivid picture in me head of the bike collapsing under me and me getting to know my Skyway pegs in the biblical sense... Oh aye, my airs were cack too.
There are loads of tricks I never really tried, or only tried a few times and didnt get. One of the older tricks I have tried over and over is front wheel squeakers. A backwards nose wheelie where you are scuffing the front wheel. Ive tried sittin on the seat using both feet, or one foot on the peg and one foot scuffing. I never manage more than about 4 scuffs.As far as newer (90s) tricks, Ive tried loads and loads of icepick grind, to stall, to fakey. Like Joe Rich did in his first Standard section. NEVER got ONE! I have also tried many many tailwhip nose pics (with a front brake!), and only ever made 1 ..... in about 94!
Well... for me right now its nopsepicks on a mini ramp. Used to be able to do them, and ive totally lost the knack! i WILL master it again though.