What is a BMX Bunnyhop Trick?

Series Summary

Bicycle motocross, or BMX, is a style of competitive cycling that is performed on earthen tracks and performance of tricks or “freestyle.” Internationally, BMX freestyle has become increasingly popular, even more so than BMX racing. BMX biking became popular in the 1970s in California. Today, the Union Cycliste Internationale, or UCI, sponsors the BMX World Championships where riders compete amongst other riders on a manmade track. Freestyle riders can participate in various disciplines including street, park, vert, trails and flatland. Street riding is performed on public streets; park riding is performed in public parks (usually skate parks); vert riding is performed on a ramp that has two quarter pipes facing one another; trails riding is performed on trails that have ramps and jumps made of dirt or mud; flatland riders perform on smooth or flat surfaces such as parking lots and basketball courts.

In this series of expert video clips, you will learn how to do a bunny hop, one of the foundations of BMX freestyle tricks. Get tips on various stunts and variations on the bunny hop move from an expert freestyle rider. Start your BMX experience with an introduction to the safety equipment that is necessary for riders of all types.

Video Transcript

"Hey this is Nick here at Rip Riders in Saint Louise and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. Okay in this clip we are going to talk about the bunny hop. The bunny hop is what you do whenever you pop both wheels off the ground this is a trick that you can use for it is basically the basics of anything. You use it to jump off of ramps, you use to jump on the ledges, for drying you actually have to know how to get on the actual rail or ledge what ever you doing. For spins like a 180 when you are doing a 180 on the ground a fakie you throw a bunny hop into it. Bunny hops are very simple I am sure that everyone knows how to do them if not really easy. It is like you need to make sure your balance is good, good speed, you would be ready for it. You are going to get ready and you are going to pull up with your front tire while kicking back with you heels. Kind of actually pointing down a little bit to bring your back tire up so you would be kicking back to bring your back tire up. "