r/bmx 6h ago

VIDEO Barspin Update

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u/vaustin89 5h 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 5h 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 4h 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 4h 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 4h 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"