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STALE FISH SARAN WRAP
This is a completely underrated trick today in FMX. It can be tweaked slightly and involved as a combo with other tricks to create awesome, new and never before thought of tricks; tricks which may be too technical to be understood by the mainstream media and the average fan.

Video 1 (Under/side view)

Helmet Cam

After you feel you have the saran wrap down pat, you may want to try a stale fish saran wrap. Start by brushing up on your saran wraps until you can do them without hesitation. If you feel you have got them down pretty good, start the stale fish by easing the pressure off of your leg that will be on the outside of your hands, while you are doing a saran wrap. Each time you jump, do a saran wrap and try taking your foot off of the peg a little more each time you jump. Once you are to the point where you are doing a pull blown one legger while you are doing a saran, you will be able to pull your body forward on the bike using your arms, because your foot isn't on the peg to restrict you. You can start pushing your pelvis towards your arms, and once you get comfortable with your timing, you can start kicking your legs at the same time, almost like a no footed can can. Try sticking your legs up and to the outside of the motorcycle, as far as you can stretch them before you take your outside foot back to the peg, and saran wrap your other foot. Its good practice to attempt clicking your heels while in the stale fish position (only if you feel comfortable, and airtime permits). This will help you keep both feet stretched towards the outside of the bike and your stale fishes will look much more extended. For added style, pull your hand WAY off the bars when you saran wrap your leg. That looks super cool .

Step by Step

Okay. Same ol' thing. Body centered, in the sweet spot of the ramp. My arms will be in control on this trick and I know it, so I prepare to tense them up and make my toes light as I leave the ramp.

Boom! I've popped good in order to get my body to bounce away from the bike (as with most tricks) and my legs decompressing is already starting to show while my rear tire is just leaving the ramp. You can also see how I'm already pulling myself forward over the handlebars.

Before I get too far over the bars, I gotta get my right foot (or left foot - however you wanna do it) through my arms and over the crossbar. To make room, I'll keep my arms strait as I pull myself forward.

It almost looks like I'm doing a heelclicker here, and that's almost exactly how you approach this trick. Same upper-body motion, same weight distribution. Just a different motion with one leg and your hips. Right here is where it's important to know where your foot (in this case, my right foot) is as you put it through. You never wanna get hung up on any trick, but definitely not on a "through the bars" trick.

My right foot cleared and is through, and I continue my heelclicker-like motion with my left foot/leg. Now that my right leg is through, I can just push it strait over and begin to cross it in front of my chest.

Now my feet are on the same page and almost together, so their motions will be identical. I'll simultaneously move them left and up, while I keep continuous pressure on both arms to keep them strait. I'm mainly focused on my left arm however, because now all my weight is on that handlebar.

Here we go. You know you've got this trick extended when you feel your crotch hit your left wrist. Until then, you're straitening and pushing with your right arm a little and your left arm a bunch.

Okay. The first step in coming back is to reverse that pusing motion of your arms to get your butt and upper body motioning back toward the opposite side (in this case my right side). I want to get my weight back more in the center before I relax my legs too much, but I can allow my knees to bend slightly here, but the main thing right now is to get more centered.

You can see that my left leg is dropping quicker than my right, and that's because I'm allowing it to be sloppy. My main focus here is my right leg's path - the path it needs to take to saran properly through my right arm.

Right here my right arm has left the bar as I saran my right foot around the bar-end. As I do that I must be careful because all my weight is on my left arm/hand. I must not relax that grip, and to help stay centered I keep my head & upper body strait and focused on my landing.

Ahhh. I got my leg cleared, and now my right arm is back on the bars. With that finished, I can begin to straiten my left leg to prepare for landing (my right foot isn't yet on the peg). I tense up my arms slightly to prepare for the landing as well as make any corrections I may need.

My foot is back on here, and I am crouching slightly as an effect of my weight moving back so quickly from my saran and push-off when I brought my legs back. That's okay, because my upper body & arms are in control now. My feet just need to stay on the pegs and prepare for touchdown.

Okay. Same ol' thing. Body centered, in the sweet spot of the ramp. My arms will be in control on this trick and I know it, so I prepare to tense them up and make my toes light as I leave the ramp.	Boom! I've popped good in order to get my body to bounce away from the bike (as with most tricks) and my legs decompressing is already starting to show while my rear tire is just leaving the ramp. You can also see how I'm already pulling myself forward over the handlebars.	Before I get too far over the bars, I gotta get my right foot (or left foot - however you wanna do it) through my arms and over the crossbar. To make room, I'll keep my arms strait as I pull myself forward.
It almost looks like I'm doing a heelclicker here, and that's almost exactly how you approach this trick. Same upper-body motion, same weight distribution. Just a different motion with one leg and your hips. Right here is where it's important to know where your foot (in this case, my right foot) is as you put it through. You never wanna get hung up on any trick, but definitely not on a "through the bars" trick.	My right foot cleared and is through, and I continue my heelclicker-like motion with my left foot/leg. Now that my right leg is through, I can just push it strait over and begin to cross it in front of my chest.	Now my feet are on the same page and almost together, so their motions will be identical. I'll simultaneously move them left and up, while I keep continuous pressure on both arms to keep them strait. I'm mainly focused on my left arm however, because now all my weight is on that handlebar.
Here we go. You know you've got this trick extended when you feel your crotch hit your left wrist. Until then, you're straitening and pushing with your right arm a little and your left arm a bunch.	Okay. The first step in coming back is to reverse that pusing motion of your arms to get your butt and upper body motioning back toward the opposite side (in this case my right side). I want to get my weight back more in the center before I relax my legs too much, but I can allow my knees to bend slightly here, but the main thing right now is to get more centered.	You can see that my left leg is dropping quicker than my right, and that's because I'm allowing it to be sloppy. My main focus here is my right leg's path - the path it needs to take to saran properly through my right arm.
Right here my right arm has left the bar as I saran my right foot around the bar-end. As I do that I must be careful because all my weight is on my left arm/hand. I must not relax that grip, and to help stay centered I keep my head & upper body strait and focused on my landing.	Ahhh. I got my leg cleared, and now my right arm is back on the bars. With that finished, I can begin to straiten my left leg to prepare for landing (my right foot isn't yet on the peg). I tense up my arms slightly to prepare for the landing as well as make any corrections I may need.	My foot is back on here, and I am crouching slightly as an effect of my weight moving back so quickly from my saran and push-off when I brought my legs back. That's okay, because my upper body & arms are in control now. My feet just need to stay on the pegs and prepare for touchdown.