Skate Life

Quarter Pipes and Dropping in.

Yea,

Went to the skate park today.
Got atop the quarter pipe.
Looked down. And said to myself "fug this".

So yea, how does one drop in to these things, and how long did it take any of you to over come that "Oh Shiz" feeling when looking down on one?

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Permalink Reply by Simon Soondra on December 1, 2011 at 6:53am

It never really goes away. But after you've done it once it's not that scary anymore. Start small.

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Permalink Reply by Nate Snow on December 1, 2011 at 8:20am

Bend your knees, just roll it out.

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Permalink Reply by Ray Rolle on December 1, 2011 at 8:23am

i fingured I was just going to have to do it.

The skatepark only has 2 quarters (Its a small park) And they're like 8-10 feet.
I've been getting the hang of goign down these elevated ramps (Kinda like steep hills)

But when I look down the quarter My steel balls turn into cotton balls and I just puss out =\

Thanks for the advice!

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Permalink Reply by Bsnorks on December 1, 2011 at 7:47pm

Basically just like Nate put it, it took me a coulpe times at the park, but once you do it even once you will be like wow what was I so scared of.

Nate Snow said:

Bend your knees, just roll it out.

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Permalink Reply by pj dupnak on December 5, 2011 at 7:58am

You just have to go for it. In sports like this ur mind will take you out. Just dont be scared and do it. Once yiu do fear is gone

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Permalink Reply by Topi Ohayashi 小林 on December 7, 2011 at 9:46am

Yeah, be sure of yourself. Use helmet. Just remember to lean forwards, DO NOT LEAN BACK, you will do a nice long manual and then bail and hurt your butt.

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Permalink Reply by Subtorch on December 9, 2011 at 4:42pm

You have to commit to it! You can crouch down "... bend your knees" like N ate says. It'll make the height less impressive. Once you start going down, just staighten your legs as the skates go down the transition. Your legs do all the work, your upper body shouldn't be moving that much. So, in reality, you wont have the impression that your head is going down. This is why everybody is saying that once you commit to it, it really isn't scary at all. Trust us!

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Permalink Reply by The Kaiser on December 13, 2011 at 7:36pm

Hurt yourself a bunch. That was how I did it. I sucked at first but my willingness to just suck it up and go eventually turned into sucking less and less. Start small and work our way up.

Also,learning to just go with the fall, never fight it, also helped. My worst injuries happened early in the game for me and the injuries were from the least spectacular trick attempts. Later in my blading life when I got good I had falls that looked epic to the naked eye ( pipe, vert etc) but I faired better than I did from my falls jumping over a curb.... Go figure.

I always had a great supportive crew I bladed with. We always pushed each other. I think that last one is the most important.

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Permalink Reply by Rann West on December 14, 2011 at 11:06am

close your eyes and hope

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Dixon on January 11, 2012 at 7:41pm

Like Nate said bend your knees and lean forward. I was trippin the first time I dropped in but after that first time its easy peezy. Just go for it and don't psych yourself out. Good Luck bra.

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Dilligaf Smith on January 19, 2012 at 9:15am

Yea dude you're gonna wreck. Just wreck soft. But eventually you'll get it and then you will learn to fly and realize all those wrecks were worth it. I'll never forget my first drop in I was scared as hell but I'll also never forget the first time I aired out on a 13 foot pipe. Incredible.