| Freestyle BMX otherwise also known as
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| | 10 to 13 feet high and both faces of the
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| Bike Stunt is actually the trick of
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| | ramp have an extended vertical
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| maneuvering bicycles. Well, these
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| | transition.
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| bicycles are not your ordinary ones and
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| | Trails consist of a series of jumps built
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| they come with 20" wheelbase that are
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| | from dirt that is usually compact mud.
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| originally meant for races. Started in
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| | The trick usually consists of taking a
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| the late 70s and the early 80s, bike
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| | steep jump and landing at a slightly
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| stunt reached the pinnacle of its
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| | plainer ground.
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| popularity in the 80s decade but was soon
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| | Flatland is almost a lost form of art
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| robbed of it in the 90s. However, this
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| | which has seen no popularity in recent
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| temporary decline in popularity brought
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| | years but has a loyal fan following.
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| to the market rider-owned bicycle
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| | Flatland is usually performed on smooth
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| companies, which gave a fresh lease of
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| | ground and the tricks are usually
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| life to the bicycles.
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| | spinning and balancing.
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| The Bike Stunt is divided into five major
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| | Different types of tricks
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| genres, namely Street, Skateparks, Vert,
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| | The basics of the freestyling tricks have
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| Trails and Flatland riding.
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| | always been the same and whatever new
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| Street riding is exactly what it sounds
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| | tricks that are found are usually based
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| like, the players use anything on the
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| | on these ones.
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| street to show their skills. Be it walls,
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| | 1. Air seems to be the most common and
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| banks, rails, gaps or anything that forms
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| | most preferred one. It basically consists
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| an obstacle, the best thing about being a
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| | of jumping in the air and landing with
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| street freestyler is that there are no
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| | both legs on the pedal.
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| limits and no stopping. However, those
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| | 2. Bunny hop- making the bike jump off
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| who try BMX Street have a different bike
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| | the ground without actually performing a
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| than the other types like Park or Dirt.
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| | jump.
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| Firstly, they are the heaviest and
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| | 3. Manual - where freestylers ride with
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| strongest types of bikes for these
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| | the front wheel in the air, without
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| tricks, and secondly, they have two or
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| | pedaling.
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| four stunt pegs for grinding. In fact,
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| | 4. Fakie - It simply consists of riding
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| these features make it hard to do Park or
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| | backwards
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| Dirt with the same bike.
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| | 5. Grind - Slithering down any object
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| Skateparks is the name derived from the
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| | without using the wheels.
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| parks that are meant for skateboarders,
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| | 6. Endo - where the bike is stopped with
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| but due to scarcity of space, the BMX
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| | the front wheel and raining the back
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| bikers are forced to practice there.
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| | wheel in the air.
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| Hence, much of the Saktepark tricks are
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| | 7. Wallride - riding along a vertical
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| influenced by the tricks that
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| | wall or anything similar to it.
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| skateboarders do.
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| | There are sub divisions to these tricks,
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| In Vert riding, two players ride on a
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| | but these remain to be the foundation of
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| Vert ramp that consists of two 'quarter
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| | all freestyling BMX tricks.
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| pipes' that face each other. It is around
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