Take your hands off the handlebars. Jump your butt off the seat. Catch your motorcycle with your ankles. Now throw your hands into the air. Sound like a scary stunt?
The cliffhanger has been part of freestyle MX for more than a decade, but it's still unnerving to some of the sports top riders. But just because it's an intimidating trick doesn't mean that it doesn't get thrown down often. Most riders in freestyle mx do the cliffhanger with variations like a no handed landing, or while simultaneously doing a flip.
Here's a video from Red Bull with some of the best riders in freestyle MX talking about the Cliffhanger.
