![]() A bunny hop is exactly that, but instead of going onto it slowly, you do that same exact motion with some speed. You might bump the curb or board a little, but if you do this and ride away, you've essentially bunny hopped, it just looks and feels a little different. You'll then need to shift your weight forward onto the front wheel, push the bars straight in front of you, and hop your feet a little to get the back wheel up. It's now rolling on the other side or on the sidewalk. Lift the front a bit in a tiny manual as you approach, just enough to get the front wheel over the 2x4 or onto the curb. Ride slowly toward the 2x4 or even a small curb. You mentioned being able to lift the front, and also the back independently. Try going at an angle to it, then straight on. You can then step it up after time and more practice. When you start to get it, you'll feel no bump, which means you bunny hopped just fine, but on a small scale. ![]() Having something small there in front of you means that you will not need to go super big in order to feel a success. I'd grab a 2x4 and lay it down on the ground and just go nuts. Small movements combined with forward speed will mean that you actually get some air.Īre you trying to hop over something or are you just riding around on flat ground trying to hop over nothing? If nothing, you may be trying to go too big and that's what's holding you back. ![]() Little front lift, little push with the pedals as you shift your hands and weight forward. It's that weight shift combined with forward travel that gets them over stuff. They lift their front first, then shift their weight forward as they push off with their back paws. They don't just leap in the air with all four paws at once. What always helped me visualize what I needed to do was thinking about how a horse or dog might jump over an obstacle. Maybe that's just me, but it always seemed to work. There must be some sort of object there as a goal to get everything to come together. It doesn't matter if it was over a few people's stacked boards, onto a loading dock or curb, or over a crack in the sidewalk. I used to skateboard, and when trying to teach people to ollie, or even working on any trick on my own, I had to go over or onto something, and teach others to do the same. If you're physically fit and coordinated enough to stand on flat ground and hop in the air, at some point, after doing it many, many times, you'll understand how to coordinate your movements in order to make it happen on your bike. Unfortunately, there's no amount of analyzing or book learnin' you can do that will really help you. Until then it will be a series of annoying failures. At some point you'll get it, and everything will click. Part of bunny hopping or anything similar is just "feel", as I'm sure you've frustratingly heard many people say.
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