BARFLIP PROBLEM!

[vignjo]

any advice?

problems with barflip

[2flat2furious]

Alright, this is going to be insulting and nitpicky but you need to hear it.

First off, why do you not even have a front brake if you can't so much as barflip? You really need to throw one on and start from there. In my (not so) humble opinion people who ask for help on basic tricks that go brakeless are kind of out of their depth. This isn't always the case, but you aren't asking how to do something incredible difficult and it seems you're having a hard time even holding the balance point of your steamrollers. Take a few steps back and think about this.

As for the flip itself, you aren't committing at all. Both of your feet are landing one foot on the peg and one foot on the ground at the exact same moment. It looks (to me) that you aren't dedicated to getting back on the front wheel after you jump up. Just go for it. Land on the peg and if you eat sh*t well that's part of learning barflips.

I might get some flack for the first statement there, but it's amazing to me that people go straight to taking off their brakes before they get at least a few of the fundamentals down, like steamrollers.

[vignjo]

I was learning some combos and some harder tricks...I didn't learn basic like barflips, funkychicken etc.
I have landed barflip today...but it's little bit sketchy, I need to practice it more

[stopkaiross]

I found it easier to learn  flipping from switch handed steam to normal, so that I was landing in the more stable grip, maybe give that a shot and see how it feels.

[jpoliti]

i don't really agree with 2 flat 2furious about doing this preferably with brakes. i learned that w/o brakes but i might be wrong since i was doing the flip with both feet on the pegs before jumping, well...

anyway i agree with 2Flat when he says that you need to have the courage to land and see what happens, you'll probably hurt yourself a bit, but not doing it will keep you from building confidence, and finding the right balance.

that said i don't think you're far from landing it, just concentrate on getting your feet on the peg and the other one NOT on the ground, best adice i can give you.

I'm not even sure i can do this one again, havent done it for a long time. My pinched nerve in my elbow keeps from from doing any tricks holding the seat anymore.

[2flat2furious]

i don't really agree with 2 flat 2furious about doing this preferably with brakes. i learned that w/o brakes but i might be wrong since i was doing the flip with both feet on the pegs before jumping, well...

I'm not saying he needs to use brakes for this trick in particular, but he's barely holding on to steams at this point. It's not smart to pull your brakes off when you're at that level.

[UFO]

your bringing up the frame, Keep it out

[jpoliti]

alright 2flat, i did not get that part.

i think i should put some vids so tat you can may be help me with theses Nose manuals i still can't do after a year...i'll try and do that

[Lam47]

Your steams look solid enough to me. 2flat is opinionated with his support, it's just part of the deal.
He is right though, you're not comiting to the landing. All you need to do is keep that left leg in the air, or stick it on the other peg.
Almost there!

[vignjo]

I have only problems with landing...I land it on peg to switch hand steam, and fall down...It seems like I need to go in turbine or what?

[thestraw]

the trick is way easier if you kick into a steam instead of turbining it.  try going more in a semi arc than circles

[1WM]

don't over rotate the bars during the flip. it looks like you spin the bars to much and dont jump (lift your feet) so hi.

[Wouter van der Linde]

Aks Gonzalo Bellanti, he teached me this perfectly with a very funny but helpful video.


http://youtu.be/c1kEJvXskGU

This was my first barflip I ever landed. There were a few things that helped me much, go faster, lean way more over your bar, you have to float above your bike almost not standing on your foot but all you wait on your bar, and then just go for it. And go in a almost straight line.


This was a few months later, pause and check how much I try to hang above my bike. I still don't have this trick dialed though, but thats more due less riding haha.. good luck bro!

http://youtu.be/nzUI-qrvq1s

[ondo]

yeah, stick to these tips ^

for me it was much easier to jump when close to the bars and land close too, not trying to go in a turbine (that will come with time)

just concentrate landing on one foot. you got this

[vignjo]

I'm learning this trick for 2 weeks...nothing
just come to my right foot on peg, but left foot is still going down or my bike goes foward (away from me)