How To Drop In, On vert or bowl

[Sk8erchk07]

This entails starting from the top of a transition and "dropping in." Before trying the tail drop, you should be comfortable rolling all the way up and down the transition. Set your board on the coping with the nose and trucks out over the coping and the tail resting flat on top of it. Do the following all in one motion: with your back foot in position on the tail, step out over the board, set your front foot in place, and crouch over the board as it and your body simultaneously tilt downward into the transition. Be sure to lean plenty forward and "commit" because any hesitation will send the board shooting out from under you. In the same way, if you just plunge forward ahead of the board, you will find yourself racing down the transition headfirst with the board coming down behind and independently of you. This is not desireable. It is sometimes useful to learn the tail drop by grabbing the nose as you step out onto the board and guiding it downward with your body until you're actually rolling down the transition, at which point you let go of the nose and allow your front foot to set it down as you extend your legs and pump. It is crucial that you keep your body centered over the board or else it will shoot out from under you. That's why grabbing the nose is helpful, it keeps you and the board in synch

[AlmostMystery]

I haven't tried it, but I was told it was difficult.

[Korin Ri-Do]

my lil bro does it all the time. Hardest part I say is getting over the fear of you know, falling and DIEING HORRIBLY, which never happens XD

hmm... don't go out and watch the hidden vids on THPS3 right before dropping in... might make you not wanna try...

[AlmostMystery]

OK, but I have never played THPS3. I have only played THPS4 THUG and THUG2, but that doesnt scare me. I have never tried it because I have never been to a skate park; we just got one built in my town and I haven't been able to sign up, but anyways I am more of a street skater right now.

[Korin Ri-Do]

haha, streets awesome I wanna take up vert though, cuz I suck @ street XD

cant drop in though, so it makes it kinda hard XD

[AlmostMystery]

Well, I say just keep practicing.

[Sk8erchk07]

Dropping in is a bitch, I still havnt done it but im gonna eventually LOL.
I skate bowls all the time, but i just walk in....I was gonna drop in the other day for the first time so while i was standin there figuring out if i was gonna, this guy went flyin by me and did a rolling drop in and fell, and yeah that changed my mind lol

[AlmostMystery]

I will eventually try it I just haven't been allowed to go to the skatepark yet

[kldfjlaksdj]

ooo...yes dropping in...its not as hard as u think...its all mental...after u do it once u can do it a million times again...when i learnt to drop in that was my problem....i was just kinda freaked out...also start small then get bigger...or u will just fall on ur ass...lol...good luck

[AlmostMystery]

next weekend hopefully I get to go to the skate park and learn to drop in yay!

[Korin Ri-Do]

good luck

[AlmostMystery]

thanks

[Griptape12]

Yeah dropping in is a mental thing. You just can't think about it. I know I must admit the bigger stuff is scary and I don't always commit, but once you can drop in you can drop in on anything. It took me 3 tries to drop in on a 3 foot when I was learning. Then 1 try for 4ft, 1 try for 5ft, and 1 try for 6ft. It's just blocking out your mind and letting your feet do the work. (Or getting really pissed at yourself for being a baby and throwing yourself down it like I did for the 6ft hehe) I still have yet to drop in on a 7ft.

[Flare12345neo]

Drop in's aren't hard. Everyone can do them except me, I always end up in a manual.

[kldfjlaksdj]

if u keep ending up in a manual then just keep leaning foreward all the way down the QP or wutever it is...its all mental and weight shifts