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In today's bmx tutorial, we'll learn how to do a 180.
To do a 180, you’ll need to be really comfortable with bunny hops already. First get going a comfortable speed and carve in the direction you want to spin. As soon as you begin this carve, pull up into your bunny hop as your look over your shoulder. Continue bunny hopping as you normally do, and with a lot of practice you’ll be facing the other direction.
Now the looking over your shoulder part is pretty important if not crucial. You can’t just turn your head a little or glance off to the side. A lot of beginners can’t commit to this part, so they rely on their legs to kick the back end of the bike out. This doesn’t work. You need to bring the bike around using the handlebars, or you’ll just spin 90 degrees. Your eyes will basically be looking directly at your rear wheel.
Once you can get all the way around, you’ll need to turn your bars in the opposite direction that you were carving. Look closely, and you’ll see that by doing this you can use your spinning momentum to get going forwards again. This part is actually much easier than the 180 itself, but it’s still a good idea to practice pushing off a wall or rolling down a hill first so you’re prepared.
With some practice, you can roll backwards for a little bit before you spin back around. This is called riding fakie, and it’s really fun once you get the hang of it. Unless you have a freecoaster hub, you’ll need to crank backwards while riding fakie. Balancing is going to be the opposite as when you’re going forwards, so it’ll take some time to wrap your head around fakies.
Now that you can 180, you can do it off stuff, over stuff, and even on jumps. In the next video, we’ll learn how to finish the job and do a full 360. Thanks for riding with me today, and I’ll see you next time.