Getting closer to the coping

[@Sure2Skate]

Drop in's are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks! After 10 years of skating I have finally found a drop in technique which feels great. Maybe it's even "the right way" to do a drop in? I'm so happy for finally realise how to do it / what I was doing wrong 😀

[@Sure2Skate]

Grab the nose thing?

@@Sure2Skate No, I'm not trying to grab the nose while dropping in. Instead I'm focusing on keeping my front foot pulled up "as long as possible". Here, on this near vert ramp, I'm crouching / bending real low while keeping my front foot pulled up. Then I lean slightly forward to perform the drop in. That makes my body automatically extend the front leg to make the front wheels get in contact with the ramp. But the important part is to keep the front foot pulled up during the whole motion instead of trying to "slam down" the front foot. Because the second you apply pressure on the nose the back wheels will probably touch the ramp and then the board will start moving and you will feel like you're "losing balance" and instinctively start doing bad stuff. 😲

[@Sure2Skate]

wow, it actually makes a lot sense. When i drop first few times on banks i went for nose. Soon have realized that is too aggressive with front foot to slam into it. So i tried something like you did. Went few times on quarter but i get to dizzy there lol

@@Sure2Skate Did you get dizzy because of the height of the ramp? Like a vertigo feeling? One trick I use is to not look down the ramp, but instead focus on what I'm doing at the top of the ramp and on/with the board. Look at the tail of the board while you are placing it on top of the coping. Look at the tail as you're placing your back foot on the tail. Pull up your front foot and look at it (and the front bolts) while you're placing the front foot over the front bolts. Keep your front foot pulled up and lean forward to drop in. If you're an a steeper ramp, try to crouch down more before leaning forward. While I'm crouching down, I'm kind of looking at my front foot as a way to ensure that I keep it pulled up while I'm crouching. It becomes a very focused but also relaxed / zen-like ritual almost 😀

[@tonicandsails]

dude you are really close keep at it just keep seeing it in your head and follow through

[@rubennovelli2320]

Hi 3 recommendations from another skater: 1) Do only backside kickturn and go more high every time, in some moment you will touch the coping. Do that to be more comfortable 2) Learn how to drop in from axel position. 3) Practice fly out to go in top of the quarter in a backside position like 45 degree, then try to put in a axel lock and drop from that position.

[@Str8representing]

why are you constantly jumping off at the top?

Very good question! I think it's an instinctive reaction, caused by "fear" - my brain is too "scared" to let my body stay on the board. This happens quite often for me in - and others - in skateboarding. You have to break this bad habit to unlock a new trick / movement. I managed to break through it on a similar ramp/bowl a month ago, but this situation is a bit different, so now my brain/body gets scared again :(

[@Adam-i2s9q]

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