How to Acid Drop - Skateboard Lessons
How to Acid Drop - Skateboard Lessons by GOSKATE is a skateboarding tutorial for the Acid Drop. Rob from GOSKATE teaches the hand-held version, where you hold the board, swing it out, and jump onto it as it comes back.
What this video teaches
Rob from GOSKATE teaches the hand-held version, where you hold the board, swing it out, and jump onto it as it comes back. He is specific about the grip: four fingers over the graphic side and thumb over the griptape, held in the hand that is in front of you, so a regular skater holds it in the left hand and a goofy skater in the right. The swing is driven by pushing pressure into the thumb to send the board away, then pressure into the four fingers to bring it back, and you jump with both feet at the same time and level shoulders the moment it starts returning. He recommends first practicing over gravel or grass so the board does not roll away under you while you focus on the motion.
Key tips
- Grip: four fingers over the graphic side of the board, thumb over the griptape, held in the hand that sits in front (left hand for regular, right hand for goofy)
- Push pressure into the thumb to swing the board out, then into the four fingers to pull it back toward you
- Jump the instant the board starts coming back, with both feet leaving at the same time and shoulders level
- Jump only high enough to get the board back under you and catch it before it touches the ground
- Practice into gravel or grass first so you can focus on the trick rather than stabilizing a rolling board on landing
Summarized from the video transcript.
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Acid Drop