Radical Rick's Top Five BMX Tricks
A rad countdown.
About time rad fans.
In this one, we’re logging the best of the best. No frills, no gimmicks, and no instant replays with crotchety umpires melting down on camera.
In other words, we’re not overanalyzing… and we’re not drawing any finish line for radness that never slows and never stops.
Read on for our five part countdown of Radical Rick’s greatest, recurring BMX tricks.
Number FIVE: The Alley Oop Airspace Violation
Can’t beat a classic.
Of course, Radical Rick’s version of the classic alley oop keeps going and going…whupping out of bowls, pools, and halfpipes with so much air that NORAD picks up some Rad activity over restricted airspace.
If the Energizer Bunny had a BMX bike, we might see a similar pattern of launch, landing… launch, landing… THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.
Just without the big air.
If you’re not gonna push the limit, why bother?
FOUR: The Tabletop Transfer
Who would have thought that Radical Rick’s flawless tabletop would work just as well on a ripping shortboard?
Turns out it does.
More than that, it’s a great reminder of Radical Rick’s ability to transfer any BMX move to another sport (…pretty much any sport ever invented) like a true Renaissance athlete.
No Chromoly?
No problem… like a boss.
THREE: The Bike Breaking Bonanza
Though he’s not quite a Breaking Bad fan, Radical Rick has been known to Break Bike once in a while…
… like when MX Mug forces him to throw down in front of a gang of freestyling, beatboxin’ biffin’ back alley bleakniks.
You might think there’s no trick involved; but on closer inspection, Radical Rick’s offbeat moves are full of them. From whips to wheelies to a rad magazine cover pose for a finish, should we be surprised that a radster who wins every competition he touches also has rhythm?
TWO: The Nuclear Centrifuge Corkscrew
TOP SECRET: A study by the International Atomic Energy Association just confirmed that Radical Rick’s top speed vertical corkscrew has enough centrifugal force to enrich weapons-grade Uranium.
Yikes.
Good thing great power collides with great responsibility in Radical Rick, who only uses the compound-altering move to escape a meat grinder at the Whammo burger factory.
For the love of all things rad, (and if you don’t want another Chernobyl on your hands…), don’t leak this one to Mean, Inc.
Leak, hehe.
BONUS TRICK: One Handed Skuzzer!
Got you.
You didn’t think one Skuzzer Switchblade was going to let Radical Rick hog the spotlight did you?
Royal pun intended.
If you thumb through Radical Rick, turns out riding, slashing, pulling wheelies, and stirring up mischief with one hand on the handlebars is Skuzzer Switchblade’s signature move.
Or more accurately, his highness’ royal riding style.
When your the ‘King of Wheeled Evil’ and your goal in life is eliminated anyone more athletic than you, one hand for balance is apparently all you need.
Rad Trick Tee Shirts!
Before we tap out with Radical Rick’s NUMBER ONE BMX trick, take a gander at these rad, classic, trick-themed tee shirts:
Not to be outdone, here’s one with Radical Rick in a one hand alley-oop:
Both of these bad boys are in stock and available on the official merch page of RadicalRickBMX.com.
If you snag one, wear it with pride.
Because nothing beats pulling off a BMX trick while also wearing it!
And finally…Radical Rick’s Greatest BMX Trick of All Time:
Look far, Rad fans, but you won’t find this one on the cover of a magazine.
But off-camera, off print, and in a thousand different ways around the BMX universe, it’s there every day. In more than one comic panel, Radical Rick reminds us that the most heroic, courageous BMX move is…
The Big Air Sacrifice.
That’s right.
In a trick he pulls off time and time again, Radical Rick sacrifices himself so that others can live to ride another day.
Talk about selflessness.
Hero that he is, Radical Rick doesn’t hesitate to jump on the grenade…even when that means launching himself high above innocent bystanders with a Whammo-sauce dirty bomb that’s about to go off.
We can’t help but give this move the number one spot…even if it makes us share MX Mug’s horrified reaction on seeing his hero explode mid-air.
“Now what am I going to do the rest of my life?”
That’s all rad fans!
Don’t forget to be a rad hero. If you see the opportunity, step up and show someone what true radness is all about.
See you next time.
