How Do You Do Variations Of 180 BMX Tricks?
The 180 is an essential trick to have in your bag of BMX skills. Learning to do variations of the 180 properly and with ease will allow you to tie a string of tricks together. After you’ve mastered some basic variations, you can learn more complicated tricks with the 180. Become very comfortable with the basic 180 BMX trick prior to working on variations. Learn to turn a 180 into a fakie by riding forward and doing a traditional 180. Rather than stopping at the point your bike hits the ground, allow the momentum of the 180 to carry you backward into a fakie. Even if you can’t ride fakie very far, coasting at this point will help you improve your skills. Perform a 180 out of a fakie by riding fakie and turning your handle bars until you’ve turned out of the fakie about a quarter of the way. At that point, use your brakes to stop the backward roll of your bike, and lift the front wheel sharply. Pull your handle bars sharply toward your chest while leaning back so your center of gravity i
