82 BMX Tricks On Ramps (Mini/Kicker/Launch/Quarter-Pipe) + How-To


Here’s a list of tricks you can do in all kinds of ramps. It includes lip/tap/stall tricks. The tricks are listed in relative order of difficulty, from the easiest to the hardest.

You’ll find the ‘how-to’ for these tricks following the links on their titles and/or pictures, which will take you to a new tab, to one of the tricks trilogy posts (beginner, intermediate, and advanced tricks) on which this list is based.

If there is a trick you can’t find here, make sure to check the links above.

That being said, let’s jump right into the tricks!

1) Drop In

Getting into a quarter-pipe/bowl.

2) Air

Jumping from any kind of ramp.

3) Crankflip

Turning the cranks backwards 360° while in the air.

4) Funbox Jump

Jump over the funbox.

5) Bar Turn

Turn your bars 90° with the front wheel in the air.

6) ET/Accelerate

Pedaling forward while in the air.

7) TE/UFO/Reaccelerate

Pedaling backwards while in the air.

8) One Foot

Move one foot to the side while in the air.

9) One Hand

Taking one hand out of the bars while in the air.

10) Frame Grab

Grab your frame with one hand while in the air.

11) Seat Grab

Grab your seat with one hand while in the air.

12) Butterfly

Turning your bars 90° to both sides while in the air.

13) No Foot

Release the pedals and move both feet to the sides while in the air.

14) X-Up

Turn your bars 180° while in the air without letting go off the bars.

15) Tire Grab

Grab the front tire with one hand while in the air.

16) Footplant

Planting one foot on the ground while holding your bike in the air as you jump out of a ramp.

17) Disaster

Landing on the coping of a ramp with your front end on the transition and your rear end on the deck.

18) Feeble Stall

A stall with the rear peg on the coping and the front wheel on the deck.

19) Smith Stall

A stall with the rear wheel on the deck and a front peg on the coping.

20) Un-Luc-e Stall

Standing with your front peg and front pedal on the coping and the back wheel in the air.

21) Tail/Tire Tap

Standing on your rear wheel coming out of a quarter.

22) Can-Can

Throwing one foot over the tube to the opposite side while in the air.

23) Nac-Nac

Kicking with your front leg behind your back leg while in the air.

24) Barspin

A 360° rotation of the bars while in the air.

25) Pedal Stall

A stall with the front pedal on the coping.

26) Candybar

Taking a foot over the bars while in the air.

27) Tire Slide

Skidding on your back tire with your front tire in the air.

28) Downside Smith

Hitting an element with your front peg as you ride.

29) Abubaca

Standing on the coping/edge/rail on your back wheel and jumping backwards to a Fakie.

30) Double Peg Stall

A stall on both front and back pegs.

31) Luc-e Stall

A stall on your pedal and back peg while the front wheel is below the coping

32) 180 Barspin

A 180° jump on both wheels including a spin of the bars while in the air.

33) Moto Whip

Turning the bike 90° perpendicular to the direction of your jump.

34) Lookback

Looking back, turning the bike and the bars to the same side, simultaneously, while in the air.

35) Turndown

Turning the bars along with your head 180° towards the ground, while in the air.

36) Tabletop

Turn your bike 90° to one side with the wheels facing the sky.

37) Toboggan

While in the air, turn your bars 90° while leaning back and grabbing the seat with the other hand.

38) Fufanu

Standing on the coping on your rear wheel and hopping back into the quarter.

39) 360

A 360° turn on the vertical axis while in the air.

40) Alleyoop

Doing a loop in the air in the opposite direction to where you’re jumping.

41) Footjam

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your front foot.

42) Can-Can Footjam

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your opposite foot.

43) Vader Footjam

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your front foot in front of the forks.

44) Canadian Footjam

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your front foot while rotating 180°.

45) Can Vader Footjam

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your opposite foot in front of the forks.

46) Grizzly

Taking your face close to the front wheel in a vertical position and simultaneously taking one foot backwards, while in the air.

47) No Foot Can-Can

Kicking with both legs to the same side simultaneously while in the air.

48) Tri-Star

Opening both legs and one arm wide while in the air.

49) Tuck No Hander

Holding your bars with your thighs and abs and opening your arms wide while in the air.

50) Suicide No Hand

Opening your arms wide behind your back while in the air.

51) Tailwhip

A 360° rotation of the frame around the front end.

52) Opposite Tailwhip

A 360° rotation of the frame around the front end pushing it with your front foot.

53) Double Barspin

Two 360° rotations of the bars while in the air.

54) Nothing

Opening your legs and arms wide while in the air.

55) Lawnmower

Standing on your back wheel with one hand in the air and one foot on the back tire.

56) Ice Pick Stall

Standing on the coping/edge on the rear peg with the front wheel in the air.

57) Footjam Tailwhip

Standing on your front wheel jamming the tire with your front foot while doing a 360° rotation of the frame around the front end.

58) Downside Footjam Tailwhip

Doing a 180° turn of the frame while jamming on the front wheel on the opposite side and doing a 180° turn.

59) Opposite Downside Footjam Tailwhip

Doing a 180° turn jamming on the front wheel while the frame does a 180° turn on the opposite direction.

60) Toothpick Stall

Standing on your front peg with your back wheel in the air.

61) Nosepick

Standing on your front wheel on the quarter table.

62) Euro Table

Doing a 90° bar turn towards the ground and putting the bike parallel to the ground while in the air.

63) Invert

Folding you and your bike in the air, perpendicular to the ground.

64) Superman

Straighten arms and legs putting your body parallel to the ground while in the air.

65) Bus/Truck Driver

A 360° rotation on the vertical axis including a 360° rotation of the bars while in the air.

66) Indian Air

Rotating your body 90° and opening your legs forwards and backwards above the seat while in the air.

67) 180 Tailwhip

A 180° rotation on the vertical axis with a 360° rotation of the frame around the front end.

68) Downside Tailwhip

Getting air on a quarter adding a 360° rotation of the frame around the front end in the opposite direction.

69) Decade

A 360° spin over the bars while in the air.

70) 540

Jumping and landing on a quarter doing a 540° spin on the horizontal axis while in the air.

71) Triple Barspin

Three 360° rotations of the bars while in the air.

72) 360 Tailwhip

A 360° rotation on the vertical axis with a 360° rotation of the frame around the front end.

73) Double Tailwhip

Two 360° rotations of the frame around the front end.

74) Bikeflip

Flipping the bike while in the air.

75) 720

Two 360° spins on the horizontal axis while in the air.

76) 540 Barspin

Jumping and landing on a quarter doing a 540° spin on the horizontal axis adding a 360° rotation of the bars while in the air.

77) Backflip

Flip backwards while in the air.

78) Frontflip

Flip forwards while in the air.

79) Flair

Flipping backwards while rotating 540° in the air.

80) Backflip Barspin

A 360° rotation of the bars while flipping backwards in the air.

81) Triple Tailwhip

Three 360° rotations of the frame around the front end.

82) Double Backflip

Flipping backwards twice.

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Photo Credits: [Drop In: by Gerardofegan / Flickr / CC License] [Funbox Jump: by Neil Kodner / Flickr / CC License] [One Hand: by xDanielWeiß / Flickr / CC License] [Seat Grab: by Ricardo Abengoza Hernan / Flickr / CC License] [Butterfly: by Richard Masoner / Flickr / CC License] [X-Up: by cyp / Flickr / CC License] [Tire Grab: by ian / Flickr / CC License] [Footplant: by Kevin Cortopassi / Flickr / CC License] [Disaster: by Scott / Flickr / CC License] [Feeble Stall: by Brett Hiltz / Flickr / CC License (modification: cropped)] [Smith Stall: by Gerardofegan / Flickr / CC License] [Tail/Tire Tap: by -Maik- / Flickr / CC License] [Can-Can: by blah blah photos…blah bl / Flickr / CC License (modification: cropped)] [Nac-Nac: by Teh Airteck / Flickr / CC License] [Pedal Stall: by Scott / Flickr / CC License] [Candybar: by Neil Kodner / Flickr / CC License] [Tire Slide: by / Ricardo Abengoza Herna / Flickr / CC License] [Abubaca: by AdamCookMedia / Flickr / CC License (modification: cropped)] [Double Peg Stall: by Klaus Friese / Flickr / CC License] [180 Barspin: designed by Freepik] [Toboggan: by blah blah photos…blah bl / Flickr / CC License (modification: cropped)] [Fufanu: by
dh Reno / Flickr / CC License] [360: by Owen The Signal / Flickr / CC License][Can-Can Footjam: by Glyn Roberts / Flickr / CC License] [Vader Footjam: by Glyn Roberts / Flickr / CC License] [Canadian Footjam: by WillVision / Flickr / CC License (modification: cropped)] [Can Vader Footjam: by Alexander Steffes / Flickr / CC License] [Grizzly: by michael ibarra / Flickr / CC License ND] [Tri-Star: by Ricardo Abengoza Herna / Flickr / CC License SA] [Opposite Tailwhip: by michael ibarra / Flickr / CC License ND] [Nothing: by Katy Warner / Flickr / CC License SA] [Lawnmower: by Brett Hiltz / Flickr / CC License G (modification: cropped] [Downside Footjam Tailwhip: by Ricardo Abengoza Herna / Flickr / CC License SA] [Opposite Downside Footjam Tailwhip: by Michael Emmendoerffer / Flickr / CC License SA] [Nosepick: by Bristol ridin / Flickr / CC License G (modification: cropped)] [Toothpick Stall: by Tom à la rue / Flickr / CC License SA] [Invert: by Jos Wissink / Flickr / CC License G (modification: cropped] [Indian Air: by Ricardo Abengoza Herna / Flickr / CC License ND] [180 Tailwhip: by re up photo / Flickr / CC License G (modification: cropped)] [Triple Barspin: by blah blah photos…blah  / Flickr / CC License G (modification: cropped] [Bikeflip: by -Maik- / Flickr / CC License ND] [Frontflip: by Ricardo Abengoza Herna / Flickr / CC License SA] [Flair: by xDanielWeiß / Flickr / CC License G]

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