Hey, ive been working on the tail whip for a few weeks now and just cant get the ride out perfected....do you use the front break at all during the tail whip?

I learned them with both brakes.

You hit the front brake while you are putting your right foot on the top of the front tire, between the forks and the tire. With your left foot you kick the back end of the bike around. When the bike gets 270 degrees put your left foot on the top tube back at the seat post and clamp down on the rear brake, this way you can rock the bike back off the front wheel and then using the momentum that you are creating let the bike come back down to both wheels and release both brakes, and the bike will start to roll forwards, find the pedal and ride off.

As you get better you will be able to let the bike go 360 all the way around, but when learning it is easier to just do a 270, which puts you in a "trackstand" position, which is pretty easy to ride out.

no get out there and practice...

good luck.

make a quick little circular motion with your arms to help speed up the whip

brakes help a lot at first but are really not necessary.  Your foot jammed in the front tire should keep the front end sturdy and if you get to a pedal fast enough at the end you shouldn't need to hit the back brake.

learn them brakeless

"breakless is was seperates a tailwhip from a whiplash..I always thought."

i think u can do a footjam tailwhip breakless. what seperates it is you are rolling during the whiplash.

ive been workin my tailwhips recently and have also found that if i make a real conscious effort to kick the frame w/ my left foot (aftet jamming the right foot) it really helps get the frame around quick, which minimizes the time you have to balance over the bars.