Steps for Doing a 180 BMX Trick

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Series Summary

A fairly recent craze has hit cyclist everywhere. Bicycle MotoX, known as BMX, has gained international attention. Formed in California in the late 1960s, BMX originated from a group of young teenagers engaged in some healthy imaginative play. Imitating their motocross heroes, these kids started to do tricks on their bicycles. Extreme sports has never been the same. Now, there are extreme BMX competitions all over the world! Within these competitions, two primary forms of BMXing emerge: racing and freestyle. BMX racing focuses on the racer who can most successfully master rough terrain and dirt jumps. Freestyle BMX riders are asked to creatively blend tricks and stunts to achieve mystifying combinations.

In this free video series, learn how to do the popular 180 BMX trick. With Nick Gralike's instruction, you can learn the step by step instruction for your BMX tricks. Also, learn how to style you BMX trick, and learn safety tips for practicing a 180 BMX trick. So, if you have been thinking of finding some new tricks to do on your BMX bike, take some time and learn how to do a 180 BMX trick today!

Video Transcript

"Alright, this trick or this clip we're going to do a 180. A 180 is just like it sounds, you're going to do a 180 degree spin on your bike. What I mean by this is you're going to be pedalling forward. You got that forward momentum going this way and this whole time you're going to do a bunny hop which is when you pull up your front tire, lift up the other one, you're going to be in the air, so you're going to pull up and you're going to spin a 180 degrees and you're going to land still moving backward 'cause you still got that forward momentum going this way and you're going to land like that, so like I said you're just going to keep going forward, forward, forward, bunny hop, hop up, turn, land like this, you're landing backwards this is where the whole fakey thing comes in which is where pedalling backwards where you can turn on of it, you can roll away straight and that is a 180."