How to Stoppie With Bernard Kerr - Video

Apr 22, 2017
by Pinkbike Staff  

Bernard Kerr goes over the basics of getting those nose wheelies dialed in.

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39 Comments
  • 115 1
 Call the ER I'm trying it
  • 9 0
 I'm fat. I wish my brakes stopped me like this. They don't. The end.
  • 28 2
 it all looks so simple when I watch these "how to" videos... Then I go and try it and suck big time Big Grin Maybe it´s time for me to try another sport Big Grin Big Grin
  • 12 0
 Stoppies and wheelies are all about brake control. When you feel like you're going to flip over you are just getting close enough to The Sweet Spot. Just push it a little farther beyond your comfort zone and you're there. Once you learn brake control these tricks become much easier. A smaller rotor makes these tricks easier for me. Brakes that are too grabby are too touchy make these tricks harder.
  • 75 2
 I would like to see people follow up videos as they learn this trick, the series would be called "The Learning Kerrve"
  • 7 0
 Brake control and body position...................
  • 17 1
 Well there's one major difference though : try a wheelie and if you are going to far, you just have to hit the brake to save your ass. When trying a stoppie, if you go past the "sweet spot", you are on your own ^^
  • 4 1
 @Aprilfisheye: You need to learn how to bail forward over the bars. That has saved me countless times!
  • 1 0
 @Aprilfisheye: not completely.. Just completely let go of the brake and lean back.. That is if ur not to far over already.. If that's the case jump over your bars.. Start on grass.
  • 3 12
flag DaFam4mDena (Apr 22, 2017 at 22:56) (Below Threshold)
 @molloser: am I suppose to try and learn this on my $5000 bike. One bail could cost hundreds of $
  • 3 0
 @DaFam4mDena: duct tape is your friend!
  • 11 0
 Thank you so much Kerr! He would be such an amazing instructor. It's awesome to see someone at his skill level be able to PERFECTLY explain how to do something tough.
  • 12 1
 "The bike might start to twist and pivot around the head tube'...nice subliminal advertisement there.
  • 11 3
 Just go as fast as you can and stick your front foot in between the front wheel and the fork. You don't even need a front brake. BMXers have been pulling this trick since the seventies without a front brake.
  • 7 0
 *footjam
  • 17 0
 @bikeordie2772: it would be footjam to facejam in my case
  • 10 1
 What kind of sorcery is this? This guy knows how to modulate Shimano brakes!
  • 15 1
 It's a just joke BTW, don't start with "I've been using my Shimano brakes for 200 years and never had a problem with modulation".
  • 7 1
 @passwordpinkbike: been using mine a 100 yrs and never had a problem.. Modulation is flawless!
  • 10 2
 Called an endo, when I was a kid.
  • 1 0
 Bernard gifted us with maybe the best ever term for 'endo', that is "out the front door".
  • 8 0
 "I'm Burn Occur'
  • 3 0
 His explanation reminds me of a quote by J.S. Bach: "All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself"
  • 1 0
 Yesterday I have learnt to ride a unicycle. I took me about an hour or two (I could go 50-100m without falling off). In the past I have been trying to learn a propper wheele or a longer sustained stoppie (with advice from PB videos). I have failed. After several days I could do a maybe 10m wheele (so no real progress). I don't know what's wrong.
  • 4 0
 He really needed to ride over one of those 911 mobiles
  • 3 0
 Greg Minnaar used to stoppie over the finish line pretty good on DH races when he was on Honda.
  • 1 0
 "No, really officer. I didn't mean to t-bone your car. We can just edit that out if you want."
  • 1 0
 what is that nick van berkel from linus tech tips crashing?
  • 1 0
 That's what I was about to say haha I think it's him yeah.
  • 1 0
 Oh sure, np, I can do that, hahahha, nope!!
  • 1 1
 He also forgot to mention: buy a ton of brake pads when they are on sale because you'll go though the front ones a ton
  • 1 0
 Awesome tutorial with some positive advice! RideOn!
  • 1 0
 Edited: Wrong place message.
  • 1 0
 Hold my Beer!
  • 2 1
 nice bike
  • 1 3
 Rob Warner IS (well, i dont know if he can now) the stoppie king.
  • 2 0
 Doesn't hold a candle to Kerr doe!
  • 2 0
 Your logic is severely flawed. If he IS, present tense, the stoppie king he would still need to be able to do them, and damn well. Since you admit to not being sure about his stoppie ability today, you can't claim he is the stoppie king. We live in a society, with rules. You don't just throw stoppie royalty titles around.

Note: This message was not intended to dispute the bike handling skills of any Rob Warners.
  • 1 0
 Well... Anyway... I just paying respect for the old wise ones... Bobby Root doesn't count too?







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