Well I recently got a BMX bike and figured why not learn a trick I’m totally not ready to learn. This isn’t a how to by any means, just a perspective into how it went learning bunnyhop barspins.
They aren’t pretty, clean, or high and I don’t grab the bars until my bike is hitting the ground, but oh well I’m still counting it!
I’ll clean these up, but for now I’m happy and thought this would be a fun video to make. So I hope you enjoy!
Bro I feel like these types of videos are *WAAAAY* better than any of the tutorials out there.
Thanks man! I’m glad you enjoy this style. This was a fun ass video to make and it felt so good to land those, even if they weren’t high or super clean! Thanks a ton for watching and commenting!
If you want a tip.... I'd say you're holding the right grip too long and you're not pinching the seat w/ your knees. Keep the bike under your body like that and landing on top of the bars is probably how you bent the grip down cause that's the hand your putting all of your weight on when you land... You should be using your legs to catch your weight instead of your upper body, your wrists are going to hate you if you do that in a fly-out bar. LoL Basically bunny hop and push the bars away little bit so you feel your seat between your calves and as you push the bars away you release the left hand and throw the barspin at the same time then catch it when the left grip is pointing at your left pocket and the momentum will cause the bars to be straight when you land... I learned them at speed but a friend learned hop bars first and he said he could never do them moving because his bars never landed straight when doing a barspin. I know this is probably useless but I felt like adding my 2 cents.... 😁
Not useless at all! I appreciate your help! I actually got to where I can do flyout Bars really damn well, but my hop bars still suck. That's due to a lack of riding though, which is sad for many other reasons haha. I definitely felt like I was pinching the seat with my calves, since they got raw feeling from the seat, but perhaps I need to be more deliberate. The most amount of work I need is definitely in the hands. I like the idea of landmarks and catching at the left pocket. I'll give that a shot! Thanks a ton for the tips, I really appreciate the feedback!
@@Tkolbo_ - No problem man.... I always feel like I'm being critical but I'm not trying to be I just want to give my opinion and maybe it can spark a light bulb or something in your mind. When I was younger I was the only one who taught people how to ride when they rode w/ me... I was even getting paid to have kids ride around w/ me for hours while I taught them BMX so it just comes naturally I guess. Whenever I was teaching kids I always showed them the "landmark" style of tricks where you do an action and just put your hand or foot in a specific place like in barspins or crank flips.... It's ALOT easier to learn when you are successful in a trick because doing a hop bar can get difficult, especially when you try to move them to a ramp but it won't work right. I would basically tell people to get the muscle memory down before trying, so basically you just sit on a fence or a bench that let's you feel like you are on your bike but actually sitting on the fence or whatever and your feet are on the pedals.... You just practice the repetitive action of throwing the bars over and over until you can do it w/o looking at your hands then it just feels easier to do, no matter what you try to do it on.
@@xpndblhero5170 all super good pieces of advice! I need to do better at developing the muscle memory for sure! Thanks for the tips! I’ll try to get these down better!
Just landed my first hop barspin cause of this mans right here 👍
Damn! Congrats man! That’s so sick! Make sure you stick with it and keep progressing.
So rad, thanks for sharing the journey - the commentary mid-video from the POV was awesome. I am 48 and just started riding BMX, I am about to try to mess with this one.
Awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed this video! Good luck with your journey, you got this!! Let me know how it goes!
Barspins are just so hard to learn. It took me sooo long. The good thing is u didn't slip the pedals, it happend to me a lot, I somehow slipped from the pedals. Its such a little and unspectacular trick but so much can go wrong if you make a simple mistake. Thats probably why its not a beginner trick. But it just feels amazing when you land them.
Yes they are hard to learn! My bars off of transitions and fly outs have improved so much after learning them on flat ground. Unfortunately due to various life things and injuries I haven’t been able to consistently ride my bmx bike and I feel like I’m back to square one!
Duuuuude I'm totally trying to learn bunny hop barspins. I feel ya man on the frustration. I watched a video yesterday where this guy would bunny hop then let go and just land with no hands. Helped me get use to the feeling
Ryden Dirty it’s a different feeling to trust yourself to let go of the bike. It was killer when I figured it out. I hope you get it down soon!
Let’s go! Just landed my first barspins last weekend so pumped.
Dude! Congrats! Its such a good feeling! I still don't do them often or great with bunny hops, but since filming this video I can land them like 9 out of 10 times. I'd like to get them better, but unfortunately this year really took my time away from the BMX bike. Hopefully 2020 goes better. I really want to get dialed hop 3's and hop whips (yeah right dream on hahahaha). Thanks a ton for watching!
Happy for ya, bro. I get how gratifying it is to finally stick a trick you REALLY want to land. Honestly, some of your bunny hop bars pins don’t look too bad…have fun and don’t give up
Thanks! I appreciate it!
im trying to learn these right now but im afraid to let go and just in general learning to ride again been 9 years since ive rode but im determined to get back into it keep it up!
sum yoonguy it’s a huge mental game for sure! Once you get your first few unsuccessful falls you’ll be good to go! Good luck and have fun with your return to BMX, I’m so glad I picked up a bike and started riding again!
@@Tkolbo_ thinking of getting some knee and shin pads while I'm at it but it definitely is a mental game like you mentioned and I feel it on picking the bike back up it's quite a good workout too
sum yoonguy I was absolutely wearing shin and knee pads in this video and on my silver lake skatepark video I have posted! They are a life saver! Bmx is a killer workout and so much damn fun! Keep it up and look forward to hearing about your progression
Supper great video, just watched this when I was about to stop trying and then stomped it
Hell yes!! I’m glad it inspired you and you nailed it! Really damn cool!
Nice video and ibanez logo hahaha 🤘🤘
AOFIL thanks!!
this was so inspiring, i went straight to my bmx and wanted to really try hard but i was just not brave enough to throw the bars... :( so frustrating, i am a little bit ashamed, everyone seems to learn it eventually but me, even the most average people seem to get over their fears and just do it
Don’t be ashamed and don’t give up. The mental block of taking the hands off the bars us super tough to overcome. Just keep practicing, you got this!!! Eventually it will just click!
very nice. progressed super fast on these
Thanks! I think at this point I have to stop from square one unfortunately.
Nice dude! Cool to see you land the barspin, but I'm mostly enamored with all your home gym equipment since my regular gym is currently closed and I've had to resort to duct taping dumbbells together. haha!
Yeah man I actually have a treadmill now instead of the stair stepper and the home gym has been a savior during this time. All my friends are jealous hahaha. I will never not have a good solid home gym setup anymore.
Dope video dude, makes me want to try them next time I ride !! Love that you wore your helmet 👏❤🤟🏻
JustJamie thank you! It’s a fun trick! I’m still yet to master it but I can land them super consistently now! I always wear my helmet! Spending time working in a neuro rehab unit caused me to never ride without one.
This is your best video so far! 😜 If I did this it would probably go the same way but I would stop after finally landing one hahaha.
Thanks man! I'm thinking more BMX videos are a must. They are fun to make...not so much fun to crash...but the feeling of accomplishment beats out the bit of pain from the concrete.
You made awesome progress in the video. Just getting over the fear of throwing them is a huge step. I have the same issues you're having. If you look close, you're actually throwing overhand and catching too late. If you throw with your left hand, you want to catch with your right when the bars are 270. I've been at the same place your at for years. I can do them off banks about 50% of the time but my throw/catch is so sketchy that I end up falling way too often. I've go my pull up bars correct now, but when I hop I go right back to my overhand style.. I actually seem to do better if I truck it on hops. Oh ya., I'm almost 49 so I know your frustration.
Yep agreed with the overhand throw. I practiced like crazy to stop doing that but always revert back. Such a gnarly mental block. My throw and catch off of transitions is actually really dialed, but off a bank or hop it goes back to being sketchy…it’s a tough trick but so fun!
Also hell yeah still pushing at 49 that’s so radical!
Damn, nice work dude! Nice editing.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
awesome man I remember my first bar spin it feels great !
Justinganje absolutely did feel great! I still haven’t got them much better hahaha I need to ride more
@@Tkolbo_They honestly come cleaner over time with more practice took me 2 years to have mine down without fear
Bad ass fam 💯 proud of you I’m on the work of learning to an your video was good thanks hopefully I end up learning like you did
Thanks a ton man! I really appreciate it and wish you luck! You can do this man, you can do it no problem so get to it! Let me know if you get it down.
I will
Great work. I will keep trying
Thanks Jason! Keep trying! You'll get it, just stick with it. Determination made all the difference for me.
Congrats on the success! I like the Ibanez shirt too. When I was a kid I had one that was swirled just like the Vai Universe Jems. It was super ugly, but man I wish I still had it! Oh well...I play a music man these days anyways. Keep up the awesome riding and cool videos!
Ben Gateno yeah there are so many guitars I wish I would have kept! Damn the cycle of buy and sell music instruments. I’m currently playing an Ibanez baritone 6 string I love it! I’m able to tune down to A# standard without the clutter of a 7th string lol. But I’ve had 7 and 8 strings as well and loved them, but still the biggest fan of 6. I really want a jem by the way. Thanks for watching!
You’ve inspired me I’m gonna try some today
Oh man how did it go?!?!?
@@Tkolbo_ shoot I tried flat 360s instead, still gotta try throwing the bars lol
great job man!!
Luciddrop thanks I appreciate it! I’ve been working on getting them better and then I broke my thumb trying. So I’m set back a bit
Awesome dude!
Thanks man! Thanks for the support and for watching!
Dude so rad! Congrats on getting them down! Who cares how they look! I bet that feels so sick! I fell too many times and now need a bike again haha.
It does feel good and was a hell of an accomplishment for me. If I get my hands in better positions I will be able to land them cleaner and faster. I'll get there! I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Grab yourself another 20" or a DJ and get to learning, its a blast! I'm glad you enjoyed this video.
TkolboMTB I have a DJ, but man it feels way harder to throw the barspin on it!
@@BikeSleepRepeat They are, but still doable. You just need to be more deliberate and flick the bars real fast
TkolboMTB hmm 🤔 maybe I will have a copycat video coming out soon!! Probably with much less success!
@@BikeSleepRepeat I hope you do! I'd love to see it! and I hope you have as much if not more success!
this is so motivating
Rad, glad you thought so! hope you are getting out there and learning hop bars! Thanks for watching.
@@Tkolbo_ how long did it take u to learn them
@@dandanbmx5865 honestly it took about 3 hours of consistent trying to land the first few. But keep in mind I was able to do half ass barspins out of transitions before that
Nice job brother
Thanks a ton! I was stoked about this!
nice vid! keep it up man
Thank you! I appreciate you checking out the video.
I have bought 2 BMX in the last week LOL I was playing around today and practicing bar spins.
I remember when barspins were such a daunting trick and now I can throw them pretty regularly...well maybe not now This semester in med school and the crazy cold winter has kept me off the BMX bike for some time...Keep up with the BMX ridin my man!
Badass man! I enjoyed that. What are you trying next?
Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm not sure...what should I try next?
TkolboMTB can you fakie then half cab or full cab? I need to learn how to exit a fakie. Hell I might try that today LOL!
@@PeepMeRide you absolutely should! I can kind of half cab...Its not great, but I can do it about half the time
Hey sick video man. Do you mind saying how tall you are just so i can get some refrence and what size bike you ride?
So I’m around 5’10” some days a little taller lol. I ride a 21.25” top tube bike, but that’s out of preference not necessity. I hope that’s helpful!
@@Tkolbo_ yea it is thanks a lot
Hell yeah!
Glad you enjoyed!
Nice 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks a ton!
Sick, Dude! Was that just a two day period for you to learn?
yes sir. I actually landed it on the first day of trying but took another day to get them cleaned up and more consistent. Still aren't great but they are fun! Have you tried them out or can you do them?
@@Tkolbo_ that's awesome, Bro.. Good for you! Lol Nah, not yet. I've only been riding for about 10 months now. My goal is to land them before a year. You definitely inspired me! Lol threw a couple yesterday but it seems I'm having trouble gripping the bars too tight when I hop, so I end up throwing the whole bike downward
Patrick Rooney yeah man that can be a problem! What helped me is to act like your putting your throwing hand into your pocket when you throw. Then the throw isn’t downward at all! Hope that makes sense!
Putting the seat higher would help to make Progress faster
I did end up putting up my seat higher after filming this video, Thanks for looking out!
How much hour did you spend? Good job👍
It took me roughly 3-4 hours to land that first one. Thanks for watching!
Well done Travis. How hard do you think it would be to do it on a DJ bike?
Thanks! glad you enjoyed. It would definitely be harder on a DJ thanks to the bigger wheel and its effect on a gyroscopic effect, but it is 100% doable! You have one or thinking abotu getting one? How is the whale tail?
@@Tkolbo_ bought one a while ago. Started our lockdown with the intention of learning to barspin, but haven't begun doing anything like that yet. The whale tail was super fun to build. Done the whole line 3 times but think it's probably not the best situation if I hurt myself, so I'll wait until lockdown is over before potentially needing medical assistance 😂.
@@MTBTrailMagic yeah there is no need to overwhelm the system! Thanks for being responsible!
Yo, great work. i bet you've thrown a bunch of them since this video, huh? first video of yours i've ever seen i hope you stuck with it.
Thanks a ton for watching! I really appreciate it. Unfortunately I did not stick with it. I was riddled with injury and being insanely busy with school. I definitely plan on getting back at it and relearning hop bars though!
What size is your top tube. I've a 20.75 with my bars not cut and I've no room to barspin with my long legs
So I am running a larger frame it’s 21.25” top tube and I did cut my bars, but as you saw at the end of the video I bent my bars. So my new bars are uncut and I haven’t felt the need to cut them. The new bars are odyssey highway bars 9.5” so they are pretty wide. I wanna say 30”
Been trying for over a week now closses I get is a half bar hop getting really frustrated bc it looks so easy when other people do it
Right? Other people make it look effortless! Just remember it’s a really hard truck and will take time. You got this! I guarantee it, just keep trying!
I got dry bars a long time ago, just got pull-up bars and now I’m onto hop bars 🤞🏻 I think I need to grow a set and just send it!! Any other tips?
Aidan Wilkins the thing that helped me the most was looking straight down at my stem (top cap specifically). It kept me far enough forward that the bike wouldn’t fly away and allowed me the best visual field for where the bars are
TkolboMTB awesome! Thank you
A cool Country man's barspin 💗 from india sir
Great job! Did you have to remove the brakes just to do this stunt or are you using coaster brakes?
Thanks Josh! I'm riding brakeless in this, but you can run brakes with either a gyro (detangler) or a long ass straight cable.
coaster brakes lol
You need sum good ol shadow vultus bars
I got highway bars after this happened. There wasn’t much in stock at the time. Vultus bars would have been sweet!
Almost 4K views and 0 dislikes. That says something
Thanks man! I'm really stoked on teh positive response I've gotten on this video! Thanks for watching.
How much time did you get to land barspin?
Surprisingly I got it in about 3 hours. However to get it consistently took 2 more long sessions. I still don’t have it perfect to be honest!
sweet
Thanks!
dats gut
Silver lake !
Yeah buddy! Pretty fun park for sure! I wish there were some good flyout areas, but I just need to get better at rails and such! You ride there often?
gongrats bro i want to do bunny hop barspins too but i can t throw it sorry for bad english i am from romania
Thanks bro! It’s hard to get over that mental block and actually throw the bars. Stick with it and you got this!!
how long did it take you like an hour or 2?
mitchell malin to land the first one it took a little over two hours. It took quite a bit longer to get it more consistent
@@Tkolbo_ that gives me hope i can flyout bar perfect but scared\mental block of hop bars.
mitchell malin yeah man the mental block is real. Once you just throw one and wreck you’ll see it’s not bad and be able to start just throwing them
Damn just 1 day learning 1 day
Barspin
Yeah I mean I had them somewhat in the air off quarters so that helped a lot haha. Have you tried them out?
Nice music taste bro eheh
So the question is are you talking about the main music playing throughout or During the POV shots with the band Aborted playing in the background?!? haha either way thanks!
This day i will try bunny hop bars lets see how Much time i need to learn it
Awesome! Good luck and let me know how it goes!
you land them yet?
🤟🏻💪❤️❤️
Thanks!
@@Tkolbo_ thank you man pretty motivated to me ❤️❤️
@@nuspirit9245 hell yeah! Get after it! You’ve got this truck no problem!
@@Tkolbo_ wait for your next learning trick 🤟🏻💪❤️❤️
@@nuspirit9245 I need to get on it!
Hop bars broke my pointer knuckle lol
Oh dude I definitely screwed my hand up real good a few times in this video. It can be brutal!
Try that the hand that receives the bars is below the handlebar, when I received it with my hand from above I have bent my fingers, and listen to me, you do not want that to happen to you
Oh I’ve been working on it for sure. It’s a lot of breaking bad habits. I’ll get there! Thanks for the tip, I’ve definitely cracked my hand hard a few times. Thanks for watching!
@@Tkolbo_ Thank u for answer me, im in that part to :D
I hope it’s going well for you and you are getting it dialed!
Through it with one hand not both you’re doing a DJ spin that’s what I call it but throw it with one hand it makes easier
Yeah man, that was something I was trying to work through. I still have a hard time with it, admittedly I haven't been able to ride as much as I want. I'm hoping this year I get the technique down a lot better. Thanks for the tip and for watching!
Metal, bmx, in wyo? Duuude what town are you in?
Well I did live in Cheyenne (born and raised) and then Laramie, but now I live in Minnesota. How about you?
Im in Rock Springs man. Good to see another wyo metal bmxer for sure!!!
@@bmxdestroy hell yeah man!! how’s the riding in Rock Springs?!?
Not much to ride here. We got hybrids now so we travel alot.
damn I wish I could land it on flat. I can only land it off a ramp
Just gotta try and practice hard man! Learning on flat made my fly out barspins so much better
@@Tkolbo_ finally I can throw them now
@@DJ_BL00DJEMZ Sick!!! Thats awesome! Way to go, super proud and stoked for you!
Level out bh before throwing bars 😉
Definitely needed too!
how he boutta try and learn barspins ina wet garage
Well I did it (kind of). The wet garage is what I was limited to due to snow and having to move a car out of it and such! Thanks for watching though.
You were throwing with both hands instead of one bro
Yep I definitely was. That’s a hard bad habit to break!
It’s sooo hard bro I’m gettin pissed
Aidan Wilkins it is a hard trick but you’ll get it! Just takes time and dedication
get your bunny hops higher and itll be easier
I can actually hop really high, but when going for the barspins I just experience a block and can’t seem to get high I’m still struggling with it, but honestly I haven’t been riding much lately due to crazy amounts of schoolwork lately. I’ll definitely try to get my hops higher when I throw though! Thanks for your tip!
@@Tkolbo_ hop your highest and then as soon as you feel as the bike starting to come down from your hop..spin the bar. hope this helps
All advice is always welcome and helpful! I just need to get over it and throw. I know that if I just do as you said, hop as high as possible and throw at the top, then I’ll have some good barspins. It’s just getting over the mental block. I must think I’ll get hurt more when I should be thinking I’ll have more success. Thanks!
dude you were soooooooooo close throughout the whole vid
I was getting them at the end. They were still super low though. But man what a rad trick. I still have room to improve even a year out haha. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!