Nose bonks aren't one of the biggest tricks seen by riders-  But when taken to the street (not your local skatepark but actual STREET riding) they can be really impressive.  If you pick up some of the newer street videos you can see riders do bunnyhops to nosebonks to barspins off of trashcans and things like that.  It's just a super fast aggressive street trick.

Probably a good thing to know how to do bunnyhops...  :o)

Rider Submitted How-To #1

The best way to learn these would probably be on the corner of a sidewalk, or where a curb is at a 90 degree angle.

You want to ride at the corner like you are going to bunnyhop over it, but just a tad slower.

Bunnyhop a bit earlier, and just whip the back end of your bike out-this prevents the bike from hitting the curb.

Your front end should be pushed down so that it "bonks" the curb. It should roll off the curb about the same time as your back end lands.

Rider Submitted How-To #2

VARIATIONS:  Anything from doing it one footed to whiplashhing out of it. Whatever you want to try, you can probably pull.

DESCRIPTION: This is a high speed trick. it looks really lame if you do it under 5 miles per hour.

Learn it first at a slow speed, but realize you haven't really mastered it until you can do it full speed.

Let's say you are doing this on a fire hydrant - you can pretty much do this on anything that will stay put.

Ride toward the fire hydrant at a slow pace.

At first. bunnyhop sort of along side it, but just as high.  Try to tuck the back end up a little higher than the front. 

While you are in the air, do sort of the opposite of a kickout - push the front end towards the hydrant while keeping the backend along side it. some people can do this just hopping straight at the object, but then it looks sort of like a nose manual. 

Let the front tire touch down on the object, then immediately pull it away. This should make up for the higher back end-your bike should be level as you land.

This trick isn't that hard, you just gotta be able to whip out the front end. just tap it and pull it back, otherwise you may endo a little and land a little rough. Now do it full speed off a loading dock on the back of a truck.

Submiited By:  Eric L.

Rider Submitted How-To #3

VARIATIONS:  Barspins, x-ups, and one and no-footer variations are some of the easiest, but tailwhips aren't out of the question either. A cool thing to do is do bonk stalls, but those come later.

DESCRIPTION: 1.Ride up to the object, about as fast as you would need to clear or get onto the object. 

2.Bunnyhop

3.Turn your nose down, as in a toboggan.

4.If you are doing this trick on a curb, half-pipe, quarter-pipe, or anything else that only has one side, turn your front wheel slightly so you will start turning as soon as you hit the object. You've probably seen a manual done on a half-pipe. This is exactly like that, except you do it on your front wheel. If you are doing this on a box jump, fire hydrant, low wall, etc., etc., land with your wheel going in whatever direction you want to go. Swing the back of the bike to the the right or left slightly, so that when you fall off the object, you won't hit it with your back wheel.

5.  Land this trick just the way you would a grind.

Submitted By:  Brendan

Rider Submitted How-To #4

DESCRIPTION:  First try this on a low parking curb or a 90 degree curb.

If doing it on a 90 degree curb, approach at a speed like you are going to hop over it, but hop a little early, kick your back end out and just ride down the opposite edge of the curb with your front wheel.

As you feel comfortable with this, try to hop a little higher and push the front wheel into the center and pull it back off and land on both wheels.

Maybe practice this on manholes or lines on the road first. It might be even easier to do this on a skinny manual pad or parking curb.

Ride at a slight angle to the pad but still nearly going beside it. Hop sideways, like you are going to hop right over it but swing your back end way over and push your nose into the center.

If you are going slow enough you can let your back end touch while the front wheel is still on, but if you are going to fast or on something to high you might loop out and crash.

Point your bars in the direction you are going.  To get the feel of this try going very slow and lift your front wheel onto the parking curb. Do a bit of an endo and lift your back end over to the other side and ride your front wheel off.

Try doing this faster until you are hopping on and off. Be sure to really focus on where you put your wheel and make sure your back end is high enough that it won't clip the obstacle.

This will also help you: nollies and nose manuals. Just remember to focus on where your front wheel is going and to keep your weight far enough forward. Try to nollie off the obstacle by pulling the rear up and really pushing off with the front, then pull the bars towards your chest until you clear it and land with two tires. This is a fun trick.

Submitted By:  Danny Cox

Rider Submitted How-To #5

PREREQUISITES:  Bunnyhopping and basic bike control

VARIATIONS: Anything you want (barspin, onefooted, xup, jumpover, 180, 360-out......)

DESCRIPTION: This trick may look hard but its really not difficult to get the basics down

1. The "obstacle" can be pretty much anything of any size(i.e. trashcan, picnic bench, ledge) but a simple curb is best for beginning. If it comes to any kind of point, this will help (corner of a curb)

2. Ride at the curb at the fastest speed your comfortable with (but the faster the better), and at not to sharp an angle. if what your nose bonking is straight, go at it at the softest angle you can(5 or 10 degrees). but if the "obstacle" comes to a corner, just ride at like you would to bunnyhop over it.

3. Bunnyhop, like you're going to go up or over it. But remember to hop sooner than you would to get up it. Right before your front wheel passes over the "obstacle" push down on your handlebars, so your tire "bonks" the curb (or whatever). You don't have to worry too much about lifting your tire off the "obstacle", just turn your bars slightly away from it, and you'll just roll off.

4. "Whipping" your back end out is what looks like the hardest part of the trick. but its not hard at all. You don't really need to make much of a conscious effort to do this. its more the kind of thing you'll do automatically. The only thing you can do to help whip the back end is just slightly shift your weight on the back, away from the "obstacle". You should do this right as you push your front tire down on the object

5. To ride away from a nose bonk, all you need to do is lean away from the object, and turn your bars away from the object.

This isn't the kind of trick that will take years and years to do, as long as you try hard, it shouldn't take more than an afternoon.

Submitted By:  Jared Lindh

Rider Submitted How-To #6

PREREQUISITES:  kickouts, bunny hops

VARIATIONS: 180 nose bonk to fakie roll back

DESCRIPTION: This tricks should be started on the corner of a small curb or sidewalk.

You should start at a comfortable speed, bunny hop about a foot before the object you're using.

Kick the back end of your bike out to the opposite side of the ledge or curb that you're using so your back end doesn't hit the object.

When you're over the object press down on your front wheel so that it touches the object.

When getting off pull your front wheel towards the side you kicked out, ride away smoothly.

When you have mastered curbs move to something bigger like a bigger ledge or recycling bin, if you can get this trick smooth it looks awesome. You can also practice for toothpicks with this trick.

Submitted By:  Syko Miko

Rider Submitted How-To #7

PREREQUISITES:  Bunnyhops are the basic necessity. Tailtaps are somewhat similar and you get the feeling of hitting the tire and going. If you know nosepicks or icepicks that's great. Curb endos actually might come in handy...

VARIATIONS: As many as you can imagine. Use your imagination...

DESCRIPTION: Okay kids, you are gonna need a bike for this one. Got it? Good.

Nose bonks are in the same league with manuals, feebles, and good old burly gaps cuz they are really just basic street stuff. 

Find a curb or a ledge or whatever you see that's flat. It all depends on how high you can bunnyhop.

All this trick is about is giving the curb/ledge a good smack with the front wheel of your bike.

The best thing to start on I would say is a small curb maybe like 6 inches tall.

Approach it on an angle but straighter is better. Go at a medium speed.

Know how to land front wheel first? We've all done it a couple of times. Aim your front wheel on top of that curb and lean slightly forward.

Your just smackin' the curb and getting right back off.

After you start feeling it, try riding next to the curb and shifting the front tire over onto the ledge, keeping your back tire up. After you "bonk" the tire lean back and try to land level and straight.

If you go fast its just slap the tire and go, but like most tricks if you take it slow it becomes more balance, which leads into toothpicks, nosepicks, and nose wheelies. Its just a matter of controlling the bunnyhop and muscling the front end over. Just bunnyhop everything.

Submitted By:  Troy Termyna