How Do YOU Hop?...

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I can hop with either. I prefer to hop left foot forwards because i can
hop, ohh lets say, twice as high. I can see you are quite new so i
would just stick and practice with whatever foot feels right.

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I'm not that new i was just wondering.I've been riding for just over a
year so maybe new but i dont feel new to the sport atall anymore.
I think I should learn to hop with my left foot forward so that its
easier to jump gaps with a rolling hop without having to make sure my
right foot will be first.

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I can hop both sides, landing just gets a bit hard when I'm using my
left foot forward <_< I filled in right. No one going to kill me,
right? I SAID RIGHT. HAHA.

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I hop with my right foot forward, though I can do it with my left foot
forward, I'm not good at it, but I'm trying to switch because I hold
the seat with my right hand.

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James_Potter said:

...but I'm trying to switch because I hold the seat with my right hand.

Why would holding the seat with your right hand make a differance with
which foot you use?

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Rodgeriego said:

Why would holding the seat with your right hand make a differance with
which foot you use?

Joe

well, I've decided that for seat in front hopping, it would be best to
hold the seat with the hand that is the same as your back foot....

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i disagree...i used to hop with left foot back and left hand on
seat...it was very uncomfortable for me si i hop left foot back right
hand on seat.

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well, the reason I think that is because when I land after hopping seat
in front, the seat falls towards my back foot because theres nothing in
the way to stop it. if my hand was on one side, and the leg of my
front foot was on the other side, I think it would work better.

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I hop right foot back, left handed seat out. I find it much easier to
hop to the right, so thats why I hold the saddle with the left hand.
The right arm (for me) is more effective at maintaining balance during
grabs.

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I have my right foot forward, right hand on the seat and hop to the
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litldude2 said:

I have my right foot forward, right hand on the seat and hop to the
left.

I'm Exactly the same, I can't hop to the right but then again ive never
needed to cos i just turn around instead =P

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I can hop to the right but it is very uncomfortable, I just 180 too. I
can hop about a foot in the opposite crank position, I haven't
practiced it at all though because I have never really wanted to be
able to hop in both.

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swarbrim said:

I can hop with either. I prefer to hop left foot forwards because i can
hop, ohh lets say, twice as high. I can see you are quite new so i
would just stick and practice with whatever foot feels right.

Mike

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I hop to the right, right hand on saddle, and right foot forwards...
When I do rolling 180/360's I turn left though, isn't that a bit weird?
Wow, I can say I do blind 180's all the time...

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I see people posting about hopping one way or the other...does this
really matter? the reason I'm asking is that i really have no distance
preference..do most people?

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I can hop using either my left foot foward, or my right, i prefer my
left foward cause thats just my regular footing, but everything ive
learned on a uni i can do both ways =p

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I don't think it matters. Just do what comes natrually.

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well what i do is hold the seat with my left hand with my right foot
forewards and i prefer to jump to the right... i think i am the only
one here who does this... ahahah

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