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Re: Ambidextrous = Ultimate flatlander? posted on 2006-05-12 08:02:25

I can decade, hang 5, steam, whiplash (singles only), pinky squeak, and do some of my scuffing stuff with both feet/on both sides. Mostly its just practicing, after a while you don't even think about it anymore and it becomes just as natural as the way you first learned it. trouble is that lots of folks would rather spend time learning something entirely new that learning something they already know the opposite way. I find it kind of fun, though. Jody Temple is a great ambidextrous rider, he learned everything on the left first and then went back and relearned everything.

Re: Don't hate me for this but... posted on 2006-05-12 07:58:31

Why would we hate you for that? btw, if you are trying flatland tricks, you are a flatlander. Don't worry about labeling your riding so much. Some of the best riders in the world are guys who don't limit themselves to one way of riding or one way of thinking. I've seen Simon Tabron pull a stretched no hander off a parking block, Jay Miron do a flatland link that's as hard as anything I know how to do, and Penonzek roll through dirt rhythm on a Quamen with only front brakes.

Anyway, your question.....technically the forward version of a Karl is called a Dave Duster....but you can call it a Karl and no one will get upset.

You don't have to switch hands to go into the Karl...have you thought about learning them on the other side, so you can just pull the seat to your side and roll that way. That would be a lot easier than trying to switch hands mid roll.

It sounds like you have the motion down, all you really need to do is practice the balance point. Try pushing into the karl position from a stop. Just hold the seat and bars like you normally would, have one foot on the ground, the other on the peg, lift up and push yourself in that position. You'll kickstand around for a while, eventually you'll learn how to roll it. That will help you get the balance point down. If you are going over forwards, position you head and center of balance a bit back, and vice versa if you are falling backwards and dabbing your foot on the ground. Experiment with how high to hold the bike (by the seat). Higher might be a little easier to hold. Remember that every flatland trick has three things to learn: getting into it, actually "doing" the trick, and getting out of it.
Let us know how it goes.

Re: KHE tires in 1.85 posted on 2006-05-11 10:18:04

Anyone? Pat, have you heard anything? I need some new tires and I'd love to go with these, but I'll wait if they're going to be available in 1.85 later.

Anyone want to make some $$$ doing shows this summer? posted on 2006-05-05 12:38:09

Yeah, the Duke toured with them for at least one, maybe it was two summers a few years back. He was the TM and rode flatland in the shows. Tour life isn't for everyone, but I think he had a good time that summer.

Anyone want to make some $$$ doing shows this summer? posted on 2006-05-05 08:02:03

[quote="Harris"]if i dont have job or dont got gf before then...im thinking about it[/quote]

You should try it, Mark. Since McDaniel is apparently busy, 2-Hip needs another good flatlander. Maybe you can get them to start making flatland stuff again, too.

Anyone want to make some $$$ doing shows this summer? posted on 2006-05-05 08:00:17

[quote="Fraksured"]Seriously, I'd like to do this but i dont think have enough consistancy or variety to make the cut.[/quote]

Like hell you do, Smee. You've definitely got hard enough tricks. Call Wilkerson and let him decide. I wish I could go, but alas age and job has got me tied to a desk for the summer. Kids love nosewheelies anyway.

you dont see these everyday..... posted on 2006-05-05 06:19:49

Its funny, those frames were not received really well when they came out in 1996 or so. Now over on vBMX there's a bunch of guys who really go crazy for them. I guess they were a little ahead of their time.

A flat bike with a mono tube might sell really well these days. Everyone is obsessed with clearance, right?

Did anyone actually ride those Jad frames? I remember the famous Ride test, but I don't think I ever saw one being ridden in a normal situation.

Is racing really that popular? posted on 2006-05-02 11:29:48

Racing would be a lot more fun if it happened on Sunday afternoon instead of Sunday morning - hard to party on Saturday night and get a good snap out of the gate at 10 am the next day.

KHE tires in 1.85 posted on 2006-05-01 12:17:23

Are these going to be released? Or are they sticking with the 1.75's?

Hoffman Love Handles posted on 2006-05-01 07:08:26

I've got a pair of 7/8 Love Handles that I'd be happy to sell to someone on here if they want them. They are the tapered ones, cut down a bit. Good bars.

Is racing really that popular? posted on 2006-04-30 07:58:43

I raced last summer, but only once. It was fun to hang with my friends, but I can't really imagine being serious into it. Almost everyone there were either little kids or their parents rolling around on cruisers.
Its much more of a family activity than any other part of bike riding.

what scene is better around the world? posted on 2006-04-28 11:35:48

As long as I have people to ride with that are my friends, places to ride, decent weather, and the time and health to ride I have a great scene. I've been lucky enough to have great scenes in most of the places I've lived over the past 14 or so years.

JUST ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE posted on 2006-04-27 06:52:47

According to a friend of mine who works in television (for CNN), every year the ratings get lower and lower for the X-games. They are changing up their format, trying to get people watching again. The 14 year olds that make up the X-games demographic were only 7 when Hawk first landed the 900, 8 when Mirra did the double flip, and 9 when Hoffman did the no handed 9. Flips are as commonplace as cherrypickers were in 1986. X-games thrives on the spectacular, and there's only so much progress in big, big, dangerous scary looking tricks every year. Their running out of things to impress people with.

When the X-Games was first on the air, it was insane. Unless you just happened to be a rider, you'd probably never seen anyone do a flip, or even realized it was possible. It was all new the TV audience, and bikes took center stage b/c we go the fastest and the highest (before moto-x was added)

A flip whip is cool but doesn't have the impact of a double flip or a 9 on the average pudgy 14 year old, couch dwelling, X-Box player wearing Etnies and an XXXXL t-shirt with a Bam skateboard collecting dust in their closet. Flatland is even a harder sell.

Cutting bikes from the lineup in Asia is an unusual choice, it was probably done from a pure budget standpoint. There's ALWAYS been more skaters than bike riders.

But changing events up completely and altering the event lineup every year cannot be a good thing - remember when the MTV Sports and Music Festival went from being a regular contest one year to a "real street" contest the next to a vert only contest on a 19 foot tall ramp?

This is discouraging posted on 2006-04-25 06:21:37

The first few months of flatlanding can be very frustrating. It can be a bit tedious, kind of like learning to play a musical instrument. Give it some time, put a strong focus on what you want to accomplish, set realistic goals, and ride as much as possible. Don't give up on anything. I always say that when someone says they "can't" do something, to try it 1000 times and see how well they can do it then.

hang 5's aren't all that hard but you WILL go over the bars a few times learning them. I did my first ones about 15 years ago, when I was 13 or 14 years old. Search through the archives and you'll find some instruction about that one. Its a great trick, still one of my favorites to this day, and one I'll do everytime I ride until I stop riding.

Tall bars or short bars... Hmmm..... posted on 2006-04-24 06:37:51

I'm 5'10", I've been riding forever, and I feel most comfortable riding bars with 7.25"-7.5" rise. Anything smaller feels too cramped and makes me too hunched over, anything bigger to me makes it hard to get a leg over the bars for certain tricks. Believe me, this is after years of study into this, over the years I've ridden Peregrine bars, Standard 6-pc Strips, Hoffman Love Handles, Dragonfly Daytonas...my current favorites have to be Odyssey Skim Milks and the old Hoffman Low Drags II's. If someone would make a modern bar with the exact rise and sweep of the Low Drag II's, with 7/8" grip tubes, I would ride those bars until I stop riding. In fact, I just might put the Low Drags back on my flatland bike.....

The Scura Trick, Freestyle's Toughest Trick posted on 2006-04-21 10:58:07

I always thought it would be cool to learn the flip part to land on your front pegs and keep rolling, then you could link it to other stuff. Goofy looking but kinda cool maybe.

DADA Flatland shoes posted on 2006-04-21 07:07:35

I'm buying a pair when they come out. first ever flatland shoes!

HOLLYWOOD JAM ROUND 7 FLYER posted on 2006-04-20 11:56:58

God, Zuma is a beautiful place. Might be one of my favorite places to ride, or be, ever.

Woo Hoo... hit my first "link" tonight.... posted on 2006-04-18 19:52:51

Congratulations. You've just taken your first step into a new world. Welcome to the club. Keep us updated on what you're working on/learning.

BMXTRIX.COM Finally dead?!? posted on 2006-04-18 12:15:22

A guy named Brian ran the flatlander.com. Unusual guy, lived up in the suburbs of Atlanta, didn't really ride much, appeared from basically nowhere, wanted to be in the scene, but seemed to want nothing to do with any of the other Atlanta riders. The AFL contest in Roswell was pretty strange, here we all were, locals, and none of us knew that all these riders were in town a few days beforehand, they were all hanging out with the flatlander.com guy. Later on he decided he was too busy to run the site, and offered to let someone else run it, as long as he retained ownership and everything else that came with it. Lame.

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