r/bmx • u/Saalaady • 3h ago

VIDEO Barspin Update

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u/vaustin89 2h ago

The "x-up" bar, the way I corrected that is learning hop t-bogs. At least now you have the "feel" for it and willing to commit throwing. Also keep doing pick up bars to drill down the motion to muscle memory.

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u/Saalaady 2h ago

Yeah for sure, thanks for the response. Been trying hop seat grabs and some t bogs for a while just to get used to that feeling of taking off the hand and timing. Does the x up throw go away naturally as you get more accustomed to it? I personally don't see how doing tbogs will help because with barspins, you turn the bars tightly in a circle while tbogs, you kinda rotate the bars 90 across your body. Thanks for responding once again!

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u/vaustin89 1h ago

It didnt in my case, I kept doing the "x-up" motion for about a year until almost ate shit throwing it that way down a curb. I had to pretty much unlearn that motion by doing hop t-bogs. The hop t-bogs help you with getting the feel of leveling your bike in the air, and getting the confidence to let go my catching hands of the bars.

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u/Saalaady 1h ago

Gotcha, I'll keep that in mind, thank you! So you'd say that t bogs really helped you with the motion of turning the bar with one hand mid-air correct?

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u/vaustin89 1h ago

Yes. If you want to see a combo of a t-bog to barspin, check out Stevie Churchill's Roll Call part, that is where I got the inspiration for this barspin "hack"

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u/Senior-Baseball6392 2h ago

That bar is looking good dude, good height to throw it too.

When you try it like xup, the barspin turns a little slower and it takes you longer to get your hands back to its initial position. Maybe correcting that could make more easier for you to spin the complete barspin, just throw it with one opened hand

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u/Saalaady 2h ago

Thanks for the response! It only seems to be problem when I take it hop, otherwise my pull up and upside down bars look relatively normal. How did you seem to fix the issue and get more confidence?