Episode 4: Vert Progression - Can I air it?

[@EGLately]

good stuff man! fear and vert go together nicely lol

[@DanRoworth]

Gotta be sure to respect it, lesson learnt there! Don't get comfortable

[@darrenwood6589]

Great efforts.

[@the.rolling.sloans]

Just came across your channel. First off, great work in the vert. I was never good at riding bowls or vert, but watching this motivates me to give it a go. Hope you heal up quickly. Thanks for sharing. Keep rollin'!

[@DanRoworth]

Thank you 🙏 I'm not particularly great at keeping a flow going, that's something I'm working on as well! Just gotta get in there and keep working on it =D Good luck!

[@thephorest]

I could feel the pain through the screen on that one...ouch. That is a huuuge bowl. Big props for trying it!!

[@DanRoworth]

Definitely felt it, 4th day later and I'm still struggling to sit down! Haha Thanks though!

[@beraw6584]

Looks really good!! Killinit

[@DanRoworth]

Thanks for the support man!

[@InlineStruggle]

Hell yeah! 🔥🔥🔥 Much respect. That is some serious vert to air out of. I know exactly what your mean about being terrified but still skating.

[@DanRoworth]

Yeah it's pretty intense but the ramp itself feels so good to ride, just a matter of trusting the process to get the air. Thanks for the support though! Keen to get up and try it again, soon as I could walk I went straight back to airing a 7ft at the local to keep the good feeling about airs up.

[@ThirtyandRollin]

Nice work! Just let that ramp send you up and out. If you jump or do any kind of push or pull motion upon launch the momentum will take you over the deck or back to flat like the last one you did. You looked good on a few though! Keep it up! You will get there, just focus on pumping the transition and let the wall do the work. Just stay still and tucked when you leave the ramp. Cheers!

[@DanRoworth]

Thanks Brenden! You're totally right, it's just a matter of trusting that it'll work, can't wait to actually have this on lock so I have another means of working on grabs. Appreciate the feedback

[@ThirtyandRollin]

@@DanRoworth No prob! Love me some ramp airs!

[@skrankesvin]

Like Thirty and rollin said, do not jump the air on vert. Practice pumping hard to gain speed, keep your knees bent and if you get too close to the coping on landing, then just put one foot down on the coping and use it to guide you out(Do not stand on it, just a slight tap on the coping...) Air on rollerskates on a vert is basically gain speed and bend your knees when exiting the ramp. Spend 15 years vert skating on rollerskates, have not been skating for 10-12 years (Too much work, all the other guys got kids, and many other excuses....) Hoping to be skating again in the new year, if the knees can take it (I am 43...)

[@DanRoworth]

skrankesvin cheers for the advice! I went straight back into practicing my air on smaller ramps again, I think I’ve got a pretty good idea thanks to everyone’s input! Hope you can get back into it, I saw a clip the other day of a 70+ year old skating around town causing trouble so it’s clear it’s really never too late to pick up a pair again 😜