Learning to drop-in // Aggressive Inline Skating

Before you can think about dropping in, you first need to be able to skate with a decent amount of speed, know your basic breaking techniques, and most importantly, know how to fall.
there are two ways to fall, one being on your knees, the other on your side.
Practice these standing still first, and then make sure you can also do them at a decent speed.
STAND IN TECHNIQUE
Before dropping in from a quarterpipe, you can first practice doing it from a bank.
The difference between a bank and a quarterpipe, is that the bank goes down in a straight line and a quarter pipe goes down curved.
The position of your skates on the quarter pipe or bank is in the middle of your foot. you can practice this by stepping up and over a rail.
Because your first attempt of dropping in, is such a do or die thing to do,
I recommend do to as much other stuff in the skatepark that you can think of before trying it
like rolling off of a ledge in a skatepark or just doing a 180 in the quarter pipe.
There is a rhythm that you are making when you drop in, and it goes like this:
- foot one
- foot two
- Get low
- make yourself strong
If you are lucky, then you have an experience skater that can assist you. Helping somebody drop in should be done with your hand underneath the armpit. if you just hold hands you cant really catch the person if they fall.
The support can gradually decrease.
Then keep repeating this together with less and less support, until you get confidence enough to do it yourself.
A common mistake that i see people doing is putting one foot before the other. While it is true that this is a stable position, you are unable to quickly bend your knees to get down for a possible fall like you saw joy do in the beginning of the video.
Any fall with your feet forward will thus be hard.
SIT IN TECHNIQUE
The crucial thing to learn is how to push your upper body forward.
The first step is to learn this from a curb. throw your upper body forward, push off with your hands, and try to go forward as fast as you can
MOST COMMON MISTAKE
a common mistake by beginners is to put your hips upwards like you see joy doing here.
This is exactly the wrong way to do it and you can never do a sit in like that. Instead of upwards, your hips should go backwards. Doing it from a bench in a bank is a good intermediate step as well.
Most people fall on their tailbone when they fall with the sit in, so practice falling on your side a couple of times like joy is doing here before attempting it in a quarter.
The steeper the obstacle the easier, so a quarterpipe is actually pretty easy, If you however can not do it from the top of a bank yet, then the change is slim that you can do it first try from a quarterpipe.
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[@edgarsi]

its great to see so many ol' schoolers coming back to aggressive skating! I am 36 and tomorrow is my first date in a skatepark after like 20y break lol

[@Pathrissia]

Lol same

[@Smowling]

Better love story than Twighlight.

[@TheShift_OfEnergy]

0:40 to 0:50 conversation full of love, so cute. bless you

[@Aaronlovesmusic970]

The baby making music at the beginning was fresh haha

[@tobiasrechsteiner8459]

OMG that Prince Sax Cover intro was epic

[@ahunnitMyles]

this is what happiness looks like

[@geneticmonster82]

I wish I had someone to share my same interest with!!!! Great stuff you guys

[@waggy7987]

this is so wholesome

[@skydwellingmusic]

Clear and concise instructions. Thx mang

[@JimmyOracion]

Nice tutorial I wish I had to do that

[@Thisissoul]

Thanks!

[@kalox314]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks a Lot

[@Snifffski]

Excellent tutorial

[@lydson]

As always, amazing tips!

[@masterofnone1481]

Tomorrow I’m just gonna send it!👌

[@BAK87]

She's a champ and a keeper :D

[@filmsbysi]

Great video, dude! Keep it up!

[@thequestlivetolearntolive.8555]

Nice just what i needed. Thanks

[@petros8985]

you guys are awesome! Keep it up

[@Thisissoul]

Thanks!

[@thearianmandalorian]

heheh that intro killed me ahahaha. ive seen that happen soo many times, but i also started when i was about 7 and not to brag but a natural on blades. took the biggest vert in europe at the time i was 9 with big airs and more. was one of the first 10 year old that had sponsors like roces and streetmachine etc. even airwalk gave me clothes. soo ive seen alot of falls during my years. and i can say this is an awesome intro video into vert skating. right on mate and keep up the awesome work and content.

[@bytewelder]

Finally a video that shows that you can do knee slides with inline skates

[@rollersbrothers3055]

Thank you for this. I always wanted to "sit-in" but did not know how to properly move my body. I use roller skates instead of inline but seems to me that the skils are transferable.

[@Thisissoul]

Yeah it is basically the same movement, BUT on quad skates you have your feet in front of each other because most quad skates dont have a long wheel base. to counter this you need the stability from having your feet in front of each other. This is a disadvantage though, because it is allot more easy to squat when you have your feet side by side.

[@alleystargrowley2784]

Nice job. The music and tone reminds me if a job training video

[@DaveDEF82]

That ist Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World you savage! ;-)

[@ultrakool]

good tute and she cute ^_^

[@justinfinch2458]

thanks for the tips brother, the cheesy 80s elevator music was also really funny

[@REDISCOVERBLADES]

This is really helpful, would you suggest changing anything fir teaching my daughter. I am and experienced skater and she is 8. P.s. love the overly romantic music 😍

[@irislocal9173]

I thought you need different skates to stand on the rail cliff. Ty for this tutorial, i hope one day i can build up my corage to do that 😅

[@Muhammadfaizprawiro]

Niceeee bro

[@FreiluftJunky]

so now I'm here... I will always remember that one day i spent with a friend in the skatepark. I was about 12-14 Years old and there were other cool kids with aggressive skates. They were skating and jumping like cranzy and we wanted to try it to. Of course i climed up the half pipe and stood there stuck and not quite sure what to do... One oft the other kids come over and said: If i ride backwards down, you go forward. Of course I agreed. And yes, this dude rode down backwards. I stood there, not really shure what i say and what i should think, but one thing was shure: There is no coming back after our agreement. They gave me some tips i don't remember but the last one was the one that counts: Lean forward, bend your knees and everything will be fine... So i stood there, put all my courage into this, bent my knees, and got all the air punched out of my lungs as i slammt backwards on the floor. The only thing that escaped my mouth was a painfull aaaahhhh... I couldn't scream, my lung were empty, only a quiet painful aaahhhhh as soon as i opend my mouth. Well, we went home that day.

[@Thisissoul]

try again! now you have the tips of the video.

[@JR-po5vs]

Lucky guy

[@spacemonkeymin]

step 1 : get myself a girlfriend

[@inlinefreestyle1158]

Is it much more difficult to drop in with a banana rocker setup? I've only dropped in with a flat setup but I want to try dropping in with a rockerd frame

[@erichjyriprikko9179]

Lovely couple ❤ God Bless

[@doloresadrianafuentesm.3870]

I have a question, please. People say, you must go down the pipe with une foot forward the other. But I see in the video that is not necesary and you can do it whit both at the same time, I do it in this way. Qué forma es la más segura o correcta?

[@sploomfussy]

are you guys from the netherlands by coincidence? i recognize that accent lol

[@josephlux9519]

Excellent tips. She's very pretty BTW 😉

[@Thisissoul]

Thanks!

[@eduardorios938]

Hey bro! Where’s that skatepark?

[@danielmuijs_]

Ur NL?

[@KolRevon]

The best way to drop in is just to ride in... sounds kinda sketchy but its the truth. When u ride in u cant go back and u have to commit.

[@glenntheman2310]

Are you giving lessons in Amsterdam?

[@Tenenkaas123]

I coming from the netherlands

[@hellbehemoth1235]

she's doing pretty well :) It's harder to stand on wheels 72 / 80mm on wheels -> 55 to 60 mm + it's easier;)

[@saradvai1]

I did it for the first time in quarter pipe, I fell and it was bad, and hurt my neck too, I don’t know how, I can do it in sloppy but can’t drop in in quarter pipe

[@marcvandenbroeckDaKawa]

Nice couple... and she learns fast it seems.

[@Thisissoul]

She does learn faster! There are a lot of shots that were not put in the video and we have been practicing stuff like falling and jumping before

[@serieuslee2075]

Thats just to f*kng cute. thinking of going back to skating

[@Thisissoul]

Awesome man! just take it step by step and enjoy every step of it!

[@Tenenkaas123]

Samcity in the netherlands

[@TheMorbinMan]

woah! mag ik vragen dat skatepark zich bevindt. ik zou er graag een keer langs willen komen!!

[@Thisissoul]

SamCity in Hoorn! super tof daar.

[@TheMorbinMan]

@@Thisissoul dankuwel

[@dominicmcmahon4798]

Bro I'd drop into a woodchipper for a girlfriend like that. Dutch girls have the best personalities. Great channel. 👊👍

[@kchappelle]

She didn't talk very much...or at all. But she sounds American to me. Didn't detect any Dutch accent. Really need her to talk more or say a sentence to tell for sure.

[@joachimbrandenburg]

I was in the neighborhood, sent message, No response from the school.

[@Thisissoul]

Check our website for contact!

[@jamesalba5732]

Isla Fisher?

[@saradistefano2256]

Gast dat is een uuuuu dur

[@omegamanGXE]

Is that his WIFE?! She is BEAUTIFUL 😳

[@CostaBlancaFrenchies]

Punching lol

[@nathanhadley6411]

How many likes for Ivos soul grind!?

[@Thisissoul]

One like haha

[@nathanhadley6411]

@@Thisissoul make that two haha

[@krystalannawilliams2653]

-23

[@pawetruszczynski1435]

Great. Lovelly you to. But quick questions where your beautiful girlfriend got helmet? Forgot ? Should have it especially when she tries agressive skating.

[@thiesg6221]

wnr je nederlands bent, en je moet engels met je gf gaan praten haha, geen haat btw

[@philthomas4312]

No you don't need to learn to slide on your knees or side, this is some BS. But look, if you can't stop yourself either on your feet or ditching, then you shouldn't be dropping in to ramps, so I guess that's fine to teach. 1. Get used to rolling on ramps before dropping in. 2. Start on small transitions, work your way up. 3. It's much easier/more stable if you have one foot slightly in-front of the other, generally weaker foot slight in-front. You are better off kinda of stepping into it as opposed to the technique taught in this video.