Author Topic: How to pull off Tailwhip?  (Read 5365 times)

Offline MokiCzech

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How to pull off Tailwhip?
« on: April 17, 2010, 10:30:19 PM »
This trick really grinds my gears. I can't do it for 2 years (yea, lol), I rode out of it like 3 times. I can do Barspins, Steamrollers, Fork Glides, Peg Wheelies and stuff, but this one is just aaarg. Anyone can give me an advice?

I usually make the frame do 360, but it a) continues in next 360 (I fail to stop it, mainly because I try to land directly on pedals for some reason) or b) I manage to stop it, but it totally kick me off the balance and I don't manage to land on pedals.

It makes me kinda sad, since it's fancy, 'show-it-to-guys-who-want-to-see-what-flatland-trick-is' trick that looks relatively nice.

Anyone here had / have same problems?  :angry:

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 01:33:14 AM »
I'm assuming you mean a footjam whip? 
If so, try stopping the bike by putting your foot on the top tube next time instead of the pedals.
Then when you get that dialed you can try straight to the pedals
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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 01:47:21 AM »
the better you are centered on the front tire, the easier it is to ride out.
try to have your foot ready when the frame swings around, and reach
out with that foot. i always aim close to the seat tube.
also i don't jam my foot. i start from the peg, and when the frame starts to swing
i step onto the front tire.  that works better for me than the foot jamming style.

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 01:53:00 AM »
Put your pedal in the right position, then land the top tube in the middle, take your foot off the tire and pedal out. Or you can try the peg version as Havok suggested. Like a stationary whiplash.

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 03:01:08 AM »
Okay if footjam tailwhips teach you anything it is how to push yourself to the brink of insanity with frustration only to get like zero in return in terms of trick usability. Stop the foot jamming, do it from the pegs.

I was trying to do one of these the other day and I sh*t you not it took me like ten tries to land it and even then it was sketchy and it was the first god damn trick I ever really learned how to do.

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 10:41:33 AM »
Okay, thanks. I'll try to concentrate more on landing on the top tube instead of pedals themselves. Also, you guys say that Tailwhip is useless, and I should rather try Whiplash? I tried it the other day (just 3, 4 tried to see how bike physic works with it) and I wasn't even able to move frame more than 45 degrees. On the other hand, what should I expect from 3 tries. I was just surprised how hard it actually is to get a back part of the bike from the ground.

And I was talking about footjam tailwhips, yes.

Havokflat: So basically Whiplash, except that you are stepping onto tire instead of the other peg, right?

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 11:00:59 AM »
Front brake on, and use both front pegs without even touching the tire.

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2010, 06:12:32 AM »
Okay if footjam tailwhips teach you anything it is how to push yourself to the brink of insanity with frustration only to get like zero in return in terms of trick usability. Stop the foot jamming, do it from the pegs.

I was trying to do one of these the other day and I sh*t you not it took me like ten tries to land it and even then it was sketchy and it was the first god damn trick I ever really learned how to do.

Once upon a time
There was a boy
The lad was a confused loner
The product of an over bearing mother
And an alcoholic father who would often sodomize him with a cricket bat
He did not fit in with the boys at school
He would often neglect his race-car and G.I. Joes and choose to play
With his sisters barbie and ken dolls

One day the pipsqueak decided to learn the tailwhip
The boys ridiculed him
They called him names
They said he was not a man
They said he was a lover of male genetalia
He would never learn tailwhips
He was a fool to even try

The boy was deeply affected by their criticism
He cried himself to sleep that night
In his dreams
He saw their faces
Some laughing
Some screaming
Some Howling
All making contemptuous fun of the poor lad
An adolescent TJ Perry

He was determined to prove them wrong
He would prove he was a man
He began to devote himself to the act of practicing the tailwhip
He learnt the tailwhip
But he did not prove them wrong

He went home tired
Ready for a beating
His mother would supervise all his other extra-curricular activities :
He would mastrubate while being forced to recite random verses from the bible
This would continue until he had finished ejaculation

He was forced to smoke crack and then give oral pleasure to his fathers penis while getting stabbed
He was a sexual slave sold to "family-friends" on an hourly basis

He is tortured by the truth of his existence
He masks his insecurities by assuming a position of leadership among beginners of flatand
He is a wolf among sheep

I am a wolf TJ Perry
Not a sheep
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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2010, 07:18:43 AM »
jesus christ.

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2010, 07:37:42 AM »
what the f*ck..
Signing out...

Offline Flatgod

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2010, 08:26:02 AM »
Okay if footjam tailwhips teach you anything it is how to push yourself to the brink of insanity with frustration only to get like zero in return in terms of trick usability. Stop the foot jamming, do it from the pegs.

I was trying to do one of these the other day and I sh*t you not it took me like ten tries to land it and even then it was sketchy and it was the first god damn trick I ever really learned how to do.

Once upon a time
There was a boy
The lad was a confused loner
The product of an over bearing mother
And an alcoholic father who would often sodomize him with a cricket bat
He did not fit in with the boys at school
He would often neglect his race-car and G.I. Joes and choose to play
With his sisters barbie and ken dolls

One day the pipsqueak decided to learn the tailwhip
The boys ridiculed him
They called him names
They said he was not a man
They said he was a lover of male genetalia
He would never learn tailwhips
He was a fool to even try

The boy was deeply affected by their criticism
He cried himself to sleep that night
In his dreams
He saw their faces
Some laughing
Some screaming
Some Howling
All making contemptuous fun of the poor lad
An adolescent TJ Perry

He was determined to prove them wrong
He would prove he was a man
He began to devote himself to the act of practicing the tailwhip
He learnt the tailwhip
But he did not prove them wrong

He went home tired
Ready for a beating
His mother would supervise all his other extra-curricular activities :
He would mastrubate while being forced to recite random verses from the bible
This would continue until he had finished ejaculation

He was forced to smoke crack and then give oral pleasure to his fathers penis while getting stabbed
He was a sexual slave sold to "family-friends" on an hourly basis

He is tortured by the truth of his existence
He masks his insecurities by assuming a position of leadership among beginners of flatand
He is a wolf among sheep

I am a wolf TJ Perry
Not a sheep

Does TJ know who you are personally? If you have so much of a problem with him then maybe you should come out and tell him who you are and what your problem with him actually is instead of posting your awful f**ked up fantasies. Insecurities? Take a look in the mirror. Jug - is that you under a different user name?

Offline MokiCzech

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2010, 06:24:45 PM »
Okay guys, today, I finally make my 1st Tailwhip this season!:P And not only one, but like four times. It still looks sucky, but it finally... looks :) I found out that my problem was that when I put my foot on the top tube, it placed it very close to bars instead of seat and thus I haven't got enough balance. I think I'll have it nailed in few days. Thanks for every advice!

Who the hell is that 777 guy?


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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2010, 03:15:43 AM »
Flatod,
"Jug - is that you under a different user name?"
 No. ^_^  I have just one name on here, JUGGARNAUT!

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Re: How to pull off Tailwhip?
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2010, 04:16:00 AM »
Okay if footjam tailwhips teach you anything it is how to push yourself to the brink of insanity with frustration only to get like zero in return in terms of trick usability. Stop the foot jamming, do it from the pegs.

I was trying to do one of these the other day and I sh*t you not it took me like ten tries to land it and even then it was sketchy and it was the first god damn trick I ever really learned how to do.

Once upon a time
There was a boy
The lad was a confused loner
The product of an over bearing mother
And an alcoholic father who would often sodomize him with a cricket bat
He did not fit in with the boys at school
He would often neglect his race-car and G.I. Joes and choose to play
With his sisters barbie and ken dolls

One day the pipsqueak decided to learn the tailwhip
The boys ridiculed him
They called him names
They said he was not a man
They said he was a lover of male genetalia
He would never learn tailwhips
He was a fool to even try

The boy was deeply affected by their criticism
He cried himself to sleep that night
In his dreams
He saw their faces
Some laughing
Some screaming
Some Howling
All making contemptuous fun of the poor lad
An adolescent TJ Perry

He was determined to prove them wrong
He would prove he was a man
He began to devote himself to the act of practicing the tailwhip
He learnt the tailwhip
But he did not prove them wrong

He went home tired
Ready for a beating
His mother would supervise all his other extra-curricular activities :
He would mastrubate while being forced to recite random verses from the bible
This would continue until he had finished ejaculation

He was forced to smoke crack and then give oral pleasure to his fathers penis while getting stabbed
He was a sexual slave sold to "family-friends" on an hourly basis

He is tortured by the truth of his existence
He masks his insecurities by assuming a position of leadership among beginners of flatand
He is a wolf among sheep

I am a wolf TJ Perry
Not a sheep


wow that really took a lot of guts.....
































to call someone out anonymously behind a keyboard, I bet you're the type that yells at cars after they're too far to hear you too.  :rolleyes: