John Yull is inspiration to us all, a brakeless backwards decade is no joke and up until today has never been seen. Here is what John had to say:
“When I started riding again in 2009 after quitting for around 15 years this was the first trick that I thought of that I wanted to re learn but brakeless. I quickly learned that it wasn’t as easy as I thought. Getting to a position where I could footjam seemed impossible. When I designed my frame I did it around this trick & the smith jam was practice for this trick. I was beginning to think it would never happen but I continued to chip away at it piece by piece. The last few weeks I’ve pushed hard & taken several slams that should have made me stop but I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. So here it is!!! Push yourself and don’t give up!!!”
John Yull is MOTIVATION! THANKS YULL!
John Yull is a Boss!!!
F’in sick! Thank you Mr. Yull for the motivation-my goal is to just hit a regular double at 49 – gonna kill myself or die trying til I get it!
Just wondering, has anyone ever done a double backwards? (Obviously with brakes!)
ross smith. absolute shame theres no video proof.
Inspiring and motivating.. and of course really hard 🙂
respect.
way to go john! super ballsy trick that is!
that’s some courage, that trick looks super dangerous…but so good !
Rad. Way to push yourself. The journey is what its about. Congrats!
The journey of John chasing this trick, and others, the triple decade comes to mind would be an interesting edit in itself.
Incredible!
sick!!!!
i wonder what.s next…amazing yully
like above. what’s next? it’ll be a hard one if he’s already managed his unicorn…
Awesome once again! This is the beauty of BMX for me: you set a goal and you determine what you’re prepared to pay, which effort and pain you’re willing to put in to reach that goal. And you get the reward at the end. Either going baby steps like most of us or giant leaps like John. We’ve only seen one slam in this clip, I’m sure there were many more. That one slam alone would be enough for most of us to look for another goal. Apparently not going to make John stop pursuing his goal.
Not sure if all that made sense… All I can say: I love BMX!
Well said Mike. It’s also great reward when you get a move like this on video, so you can share with the flatland world and inspire others!
This is a zillion times better and worth to watch than AJ(ARROGANT JUMELIN)stupid front wheel combos…
Very inspiring and super tech
Wow! I like that he showed the crash.
Wow, didn’t see that one coming! Put a smile on my face watching him pull it!
The first to nail the brakeless triple , stemcade , candy bar , etc , etc and now this ! Such a dangerous , blind , precision trick ! You rule Mr. Yull !