How to Do a Bunny Hop : BMX Tricks

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Learn how to do the BMX trick called the Bunny Hop in this instructional video.

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Posted by BMXNOOB23 on Monday, 14 July, 2008 at 2:23 PM

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hello im new and have ben doing FREESTYLE BMX for awile on my old bike i could do a manul wheely ad a bunnyhop i toatled it and got a mongoose KO to replayce it on thes bike i cand do any of the following wheely;whin i try to do one it just shooys back down manul;sane outcome as the wheely and the bunnyhop; on my old bike i could bh(bunny hop)about one foot on the new one i cant at all. is it mee or is the bike to heavy smooth rides

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How to Do a Bunny Hop : BMX Tricks
Hi, this is Mike, and on behalf of ExpertVillage.com, and in this clip we are going to be showing you how to do a bunny hop. Now a bunny hop can be used in several different ways, you can use it when you are riding ramps, street or even when you are doing dirt. It is going to be pretty much one of the fundamentals when you are doing BMX. To do a bunny hop when you are first starting out, your first inclination is going to be to try to lift up the whole bike, both front and back tire at the same time, but this is not really the proper way to do a bunny hop. What you are going to want to do when you do a bunny hop is lift the front tire up first and then once you start leveling out, pick up the back tire. The reason you can do this is is you can get a lot higher using a lot more of your muscles, and this is a lot more efficient of a way to do it. And once you get it down, you may want to try moving it to smaller obstacles that you can jump onto, like a curb, and maybe once you get real high, you can start trying to jump over things and even onto stuff like picnic tables and over trashcans and stuff. But that is going to be more advanced, and you want to stick to the basics first.

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Expert: Michael Novelli has been BMX bike stunt riding for over 11 years and has competed in numerous professional competitions across the US. Read More