Donkey Kick Tutorial

Cheers mate, but what I can't get is the cranks to flip fast enough and
when I can I'm nowhere near the pedals when I land. I had the same
problem when landing flips.

Jas

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May be this can help you guys a little.

Concentrate about jumping high up from the uni, while kicking the wheel
at the same time.
Try to get stabilized before kicking and jumping.

Here's a clip: http://enhjulingsfolket.se/uploaded/Donkey-kick.wmv

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thanks Fred, that's a help!, will save that vid and watch it over.

Thanks again,

Jas

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unifreak7 said:

It's believed we could all fly, move things with our minds, read minds,
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helps if your going really big. If there's no fear, (tech stuff), it
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Hey see if this video helps:

http://tinyurl.com/ygb5x3

Notice how my upper body leans over the seat, that is important. You
want to lean over seat. Don't jump to high, probably a few inches off
the ground is fine. Concentrate more on the kick then the jump. It's
hard for me to explain what your feet do, but you should be able to do
tell from the video. They aren't too hard to learn, but you have to
commit to the trick (try to land it), and that can take some time to
get your body to do that.

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Fredrik_Justnes said:

May be this can help you guys a little.

Concentrate about jumping high up from the uni, while kicking the wheel
at the same time.
Try to get stabilized before kicking and jumping.

Here's a clip: http://enhjulingsfolket.se/uploaded/Donkey-kick.wmv

I recommend everyone watch this.

I love it! Thanks!!!

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that's really helpful, gets me excited to ride. Too bad whenever I leave
the pedals I get some kind of injury.

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I was actually starting to practice these things, sort of, today, after
I met some new streety riders around my area.

I managed to nail zeroplant-donkeys within a few minutes, but I expect
the real thing to be harder. However, I'm going to have to use
something other than an XTP to practice the proper donkeykicks :p.

This trick seems so much more simple to learn than crankflips and even
normal zeroplants in my case for some reason. 😕

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zero plant donkey kick?

explain how that is possible please

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ivan said:

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Well, it's probably not the correct name, but that's the impression I
got out of it, this is what I did:

Ride along SIF, jump, and place the forward foot onto the ground, as if
doing a zeroplant crankflip, but at a slower pedalling speed and don't
let the cranks rotate.

I am left foot forward, so basically I jump off the uni as if I were
doing a normal zeroplant, and have the left foot jump onto the ground,
and at the same time, my right foot lands on the tyre.. So for a split
second, the tyre is touching the ground, as well as my left foot on the
ground. Then i give a sharp kick backwards with my right foot, spin the
cranks back, and land onto the pedals.

I guess one could just as easily get into this move by doing backwards
riding, but hey, that's how I learnt it today.

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thanks!

I think I'll try it.

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Haha, have I invented a new amateur street trick? 🙄

No, I doubt it, it's only a matter of time before someone else on the
forum says: 'sorry, this was done ages ago :p '.

Meh, it's good fun, especially for someone who rides purely trials.

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It just came to my mind, if you think it's hard to kick the wheel with
your other foot on the frame, you can try learning the donkey-kicks
with the foot on the crank instead. It's muck easier, and perhaps it
will make it easier to learn real donkey-kicks later.

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One thing that I noticed you doing that I don't do (which is probably
what messes me up so much) is that you are pulling your foot back with
the tire. When I do it I tend to kick it more down and flick with my
ankle. When I do that it ends up pushing the uni forward and then away
from where I want to be landing.

Thanks for that video Fredrik_Justnes

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skate4flip said:

Hey see if this video helps:

'Donkey Kick and Hick Donkey Kick Video' (http://tinyurl.com/y3bbfr)

Notice how my upper body leans over the seat, that is important. You
want to lean over seat. Don't jump to high, probably a few inches off
the ground is fine. Concentrate more on the kick then the jump. It's
hard for me to explain what your feet do, but you should be able to do
tell from the video. They aren't too hard to learn, but you have to
commit to the trick (try to land it), and that can take some time to
get your body to do that.

Did you guys not see that video I edited together? I put donkey kick
and hick donkey kick in normal motion, slow, and even slower motion.
Take a look and see if it helps. (I should of edited out that freestyle
run. Oh well, just keep watching it and you'll see all the
slow-motions)

Ive never thought of that crank method before (puting one foot on crank
instead of frame). Maybe that could help me learn tre-donkey kicks,
I'll have to try it.

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I managed to get them today as a mount. Not as hard as I remembered
from long ago. I think I would be happier if I could go from normal
riding to it, instead of mounting into it, I don't find it very
impressive.

Mike

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skate4flip said:

Did you guys not see that video I edited together? I put donkey kick and
hick donkey kick in normal motion, slow, and even slower motion. Take a
look and see if it helps. (I should of edited out that freestyle run.
Oh well, just keep watching it and you'll see all the slow-motions)

Ive never thought of that crank method before (puting one foot on crank
instead of frame). Maybe that could help me learn tre-donkey kicks,
I'll have to try it.

oh whoah, that was crazy!

thanks.

also, is it easier on a freestyle uni?

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i was mucking around yesterday and thought up a !!hopefully!! new
trick.
sideways donkey kick. eg like sideways one foot ww but you jump, kick
and rotate 90 toward u and land. any tips or ideas usefull.

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It's been done, some french boy does it, think he is called Arthur? He's
in ILL so check it out.

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unifreak7 said:

It's believed we could all fly, move things with our minds, read minds,
tell the future, if we used 100%. To me believing in yourself not only
helps if your going really big. If there's no fear, (tech stuff), it
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