How Do You Do “Hip Jumps” In BMX?
Do mad Hip Jumps on your BMX bike. Use the angles to create impressive jumps that will enhance your riding skills. Astound your friends, moving from wedge to wedge with hip jumps like the table top, 90 degree and flat transitions. Know what a hip jump is. The hip is any place where the ramp angles into a point. Hip jumps are jumps where the bmx bike passes over the hip. Skate parks are full of hips where the ramps change direction. Basically, you’ll take off on one angle and come down at a totally different angle so you have to reposition in the air. Gage your speed. There are so many varieties of hip jumps that you can go very slow on some, like lifting the bike gently in a bunny hop or for higher jumps you can generate a lot of speed and really pop it. How fast you go will depend upon the jump’s steepness, how much pop you need to get over the lip and your own skills at propelling yourself. Stay relaxed. Keep your muscles loose on the bike. If your muscles tense up, you’re reflexes w
