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Offline hiphophippo

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newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« on: May 14, 2007, 03:43:26 AM »
Hi everyone, I know flatland takes a lot of practice and patience, but just a overall question, how long did it take you to learn your first trick, regardless of how hard it was?


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Derek

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2007, 04:14:01 AM »
I think my first trick was fork glide, I learnt to roll it in about 3-4 days. When you get on to one wheel tricks, though - the bar is raised alot.
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Offline Milenko2121

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2007, 05:46:09 AM »
3 hours
Foot Jam Tailwhip

I was getting bored of riding street/park and just getting "air" so i went searching around and found BMX trix. The how-to for tailwhip (air) was kinda complicated, so i went searching around for something else and stumbled upon flatland (never seen/heard of it before). I found tailwhip and checked it out, and it didn't seem too complicated and i hoped it would help to learn it in the air. Anyway i checked out the how-to and memorised it then grabbed my street bike and went out front of my house and started trying to recreate what the how-to said, and eventually i pulled it off.

... I was hooked from then on.

Anyway... that's my story on how i started flatland too.
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Offline leeroy002

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2007, 01:51:02 PM »
hang 5
6 mnths
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TJ Perry

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2007, 01:55:31 PM »
Tailwhips took me 3 months to learn properly, and I still suck at them to this day. However, I can bust out 20+ pinkie squeaks on a whim now adays and BMXTRIX said that they were impossible.

Go figure.
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Offline Kev

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2007, 05:48:40 PM »
Quote from: TJ Perry on May 14, 2007, 01:55:31 PM
Tailwhips took me 3 months to learn properly, and I still suck at them to this day. However, I can bust out 20+ pinkie squeaks on a whim now adays and BMXTRIX said that they were impossible.

Go figure.

haha.

I think it took me like a week to get bw steams walking in and pushing.
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Offline Flatpanda

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2007, 06:41:53 PM »
The initial 180° spin part of a Fork Glide took me fuggin ages. Best part of a month.   :wacko:
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Offline oicdn

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2007, 09:28:21 PM »
^ Go figure, I have the 180 spin DOWN...got it in like 15 minutes.  but I can't scuff or roll it farther than 1 parking space...sucky.  granted I don't practice everyday, I just think it's wierd...
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Offline infamous3140

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2007, 01:26:51 AM »
Learning to do a tailwhip consistently took months, but I only practiced a few days a week for 30 minutes to an hour at a time.
It took about the same time for me to learn to get around to the front wheel and roll a fork glide. I think I learned the tailwhip first, but each of those two tricks were the ones I worked on the most (when I first started riding) and it took months to get them.
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Offline Mike Dood

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2007, 02:18:35 AM »
forkglides were my first.. IIRC it took a couple days and then a few weeks to gradually ride them out 99.9% of the time.

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Offline Actual

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2007, 02:59:40 AM »
Track is "Venom" - Fluid In Motion
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Offline fatboy73

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2007, 09:45:23 AM »
i just landed my first taaaaaailwhip ever about 20 minutes ago it was a foot jam tailwhip to man wut a awesome day i havent had a good day in a while but anyway it took me a good part of 2 months cuz when i started i thought foot jam endos were the sickest thing since a fried mars bar but at least i got those down good now i can do them no handed which sounds gay but i like doin em and my friends sh*t themselves when i do it cuz theve never seen it before
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Offline Sagaris

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2007, 09:47:39 PM »
10 mins for a Barpsin

7 days for a Fork Glide and Fork Wheelie

2 and a half years for a Halfpacker :mellow:. It makes my progression seem quite fast.
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Offline Ras Trent

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2007, 10:00:42 PM »
This thread should really me made a sticky...

I learned pogos in a few days. Tailwhips took me about a month.
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Offline slmgringo

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Re: newb topic: how long did it take to learn your first trick?
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2007, 07:14:45 AM »
My first trick was a barspin, it took a few days.

Whats the first one-wheel trick you guys learned and how long did it take?
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