MTB Tricks from A-Z

Mountain biking techniques and MTB tricks in alphabetical order:

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Back Flip please see 'Backflip'
Backflip A backflip is a jump with a backward rotation of 360 degrees around the...
Backflip Barspin Jump combination of Backflip and Barspin. Want to learn how to Backflip Barspin...
Backflip Tuck No Hander A Backflip Tuck No Hander is the combination of a Backflip with a simultaneous...
Backflip X-up A Backflip X-up is the combination of backflip with half handlebar rotation....
Barspin A jump in which the handlebar is rotated once by 360 degrees is called barspin....
Barspin to No Foot Can Can The Barspin to No Foot Can Can is a trick combination. You need enough air time...
Berms A Berm is what is generally called a steep curve (an elevation on the outside...
Bunny Hop A Bunny Hop is a jumping technique used to jump over small obstacles while...

Climb please see 'Uphill'
Cross-up The Cross-up is a handlebar rotation of 90 degrees, which is performed when...

Double If you are confident with jumping over tables, you can also try jumping over a...
Double Tailwhip The Double Tailwhip involves swinging the frame of the bike around the head...
Doubles please see 'Double'

ET Jump and continue pedaling in the air - this is called ET. Why? The little...

Front Flip please see 'Frontflip'
Frontflip A frontflip is a jumped 360-degree forward rotation around the horizontal axis....

Jump please see 'Jumping'
Jumping This is how you learn to jump with a mountain bike. These MTB tutorials will...

No Foot No-footed means jumping with both feets off the pedals. It might be a good idea...
No Hander Both hands let go of the handlebar when jumping. The legs fix the saddle so...
No-footed Jump please see 'No Foot'
No-handed Jump please see 'No Hander'
Nothing Nothing means that neither hands nor feet remain on the bike during the jump....

One Eighty please see '180'
One Foot One Foot or also called One Footer means that one foot is taken off the pedal...
One Footer please see 'One Foot'
One-footed Jump please see 'One Foot'
One-handed X-up Unlike the X-up, which keeps both hands on the bar, the One-handed X-up...

Squash Jumps Jumps usually reduce your speed. By pushing jumps away you keep the maximum...
Step Down A Step Down (also called Step-down) is a jump ramp where the landing area is...
Step Down Jump please see 'Step Down'
Suicide No Hander To jump a Suicide No Hander both hands are taken off the handlebar and the arms...
Superman When jumping a Superman, the body is stretched out horizontally above the bike....
Superman Seat Grab The Seat Grab version of the Superman. The body is stretched out above the bike...
Superman Seat Grab Indian Air The Superman Seat Grab Indian Air not only looks extremely cool, you can hardly...
Switchback Turns please see 'Switchbacks'
Switchbacks Riding downhill through switchbacks requires a precise choice of line, because...

Tail Whip please see 'Tailwhip'
Tailwhip The tailwhip is a dirt jump trick where the frame is rotated once 360 degrees...
Three Sixty please see '360'
Tire Grab If you want to jump a Tire Grab, you release one hand from the handlebar and...
Truck Driver please see '360 Barspin'
Tuck No Hander A Tuck No Hander is a no-handed dirt jump trick. It is done by pulling the...
Turn Bar please see 'Cross-up'

Uphill The ride uphill is exhausting. The correct weight distribution on the bike and...

Whip With the Whip, the wheel is placed crosswise when jumping in the air. Steering...

X-up one-handed please see 'One-handed X-up'
X-up to Barspin The X-up to Barspin is the combination of an X-up (180 degree bar rotation)...

180 The 180 (also called One Eighty) is a jump with a 180 degree rotation that you...

360 A 360 is an upright 360 degree rotation around the vertical axis. Whether left...
360 Barspin The 360 Barspin (also called Truck Driver) is the combination of Three Sixty...
360 Double Barspin In the 360 Double Barspin, during the jumped 360-degree rotation around the...
360 X-up The 360 X-up is the combination of a 360 (Three Sixty) and simultaneous X-up...

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