backwards grind

Riding Advice
1

i was wondering if anyone has tried a backwards grind. it’d be kinda cool as u’d ride up, jump and do a 180 and land on the rail and grind down, then jump and do a 180 off and land forward. jw

2

Yep,

Quite a few people have tryed and done backwards grinds. Alex Toms has probably done the best one i’ve seen on a fairly long ledge at a skatepark.

I’ve seen people attempt to slide rails backwards, but never actually land one. Maybe it’s been done by now, but if not i’m sure it will be done pretty soon.

-Dan

3

yup. it’d look more impressive on a rail than just a ledge

4

Kevin McMullin does it in Universe 2, a couple of times…

5

really? i didn’t see that. i guess i’ll watch it again

6

Kevin McM’s not in Universe II…

7

Shaun Johanneson has naild a longer rail backwards then Alex Toms. And Kevin McMullin.

Simon

8

I am pretty sure he is, actually I am almost positive you see him ride in it.

I still think he is in Universe @, but I know that he is in Spaced out… Maybe I’m just confused…

9

i just watched universe 2 and i didn’t see him. theres one guy that does a backwards grind but not on a rail

10

That would be a really awesome trick. If anyone can do it, please take a vid of it. I’d like to see it.

11

Hmmm, nope, I don’t think Kevin’s in U-II. You might be thinking of Dan Doerkson, I think he does a couple backwards grinds.
I remember Kevin saying that he wanted to be in U-II, but he couldn’t get together with Dan to film.

12

Hello. I’m not in UNiVERsE 2 at all. In spaced out, i do a pretty decent 180 grind on a bench. go to www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albus80 and in my “sponsor video” or whatever its called, theres a 180 grind, and a 180 grind 180 out in the middle of thge video somewhere. those are all from a pretty long time ago, but the riding is decent. ive tried them onto handrails, but no success, and pretty painful failures too.

Kevin

13

<threadjack>
Hey Kevin, what was the song originally in your sponsor video? Because that was one sweet song, and I don’t remember it or the lyrics, but it was awesome…
I’ve searched the forums, but to no avail.
</threadjack>

14

<double threadjack> Also Kevin, is there a high quality version of your video, I love it, but would like to see it in a high quality form … </double threadjack>

15

hello. to answer the threadjacks, the two previously used songs were: my life story by mxpx, and 99 red balloons, but i cant remember the band for 99 red balloons. and no, thats the only version of the video available. sorry. i never put it back to my video camera, and a while ago, i lost everything on my comp. so thats the only one.

see ya, Kevin

16

Its either by Bjork, Goldfinger, or Goldie, but i really don’t think those are the songs in your video…

It’s one long techno song in your sampler I am thinking of, not the footage in Spaced Out.

17

Hey ,
As Dan and Kevin have said, 180 grind have been done on to ledges/ benches. As far as I know no one has done one on to a rail, the few attempts I have seen have ended with the riders being in quite a lot of pain. I’m sure some one will pull one off on a rail before to long

  • Jeff

http://www.mountainunicycling.com/spacedout/

18

The techno one is the new music. I remember before that it had two songs, one of which was Goldfinger’s 99 Red Balloons.
My Life Story was the other one I was looking for, thanks Kevin!!