"Jumping" when pumping up equals high speed fun in the pool

[@haakkan-6413]

Wow, super high, just a few inch from the top. Fun to watch

Thanks - happy to hear that it was fun to watch! Yeah, I got very close to the coping and I actually - kind of - tried to go all the way up to the coping. Maybe to try to do a slash grind? 😀

[@benoduartebd]

Nice one. Now when your ready do a rainbow carve backside or frontside. I finally learned it. Dont pick up your wheels when you turn. I repeat. Dont pick up the wheels. Its total different than a kickturn. You are ready! Talk to your self and say iam wearing all the safety gear to be safe and one more tip while you carve, be careful not to be too much on the front foot and not enough weight on the back foot you will wash out and it kind of sucks. You feel like a hockey puck. And dont forget to lean on the turn you wont fall, centrifugal force if your going fast enough. You can do it. Its scary at first but the risk is low.👍🤙

Thanks for the encouragement and coaching! I have experimented so much with lifting the front foot lately, and seen so much progress thanks to it, that maybe I'm overdoing it, or doing it in all sorts of situations instead of just the right situations? 😀But what do you mean with "lean on the turn"? In which direction should I lean? I know Mitchie over at SkateIQ talks about "leaning back" during a kick turn / carve (on vert), like really "sitting down". Is that what you mean?