HOW TO DROP IN THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL!
HOW TO DROP IN THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIAL! by Braille Skateboarding is a skateboarding tutorial for the Drop In. Braille Skateboarding frames the drop-in almost entirely as a commitment problem and gives one memorable physical cue to solve it: pretend you are reaching down to grab the nose of your board.
What this video teaches
Braille Skateboarding frames the drop-in almost entirely as a commitment problem and gives one memorable physical cue to solve it: pretend you are reaching down to grab the nose of your board. Doing that automatically dips the front shoulder and angles your body forward, which is exactly the weight shift the drop-in needs. The drill order is flat ground first, moving all your weight from the back foot to the front foot and slamming the wheels down, then a mellow bank as a middle step, then a real quarter pipe. He is blunt that there is no bail option once you start, so you never take your feet off the board.
Key tips
- Practice on flat ground by shifting all your weight from the back foot to the front foot and slamming the front wheels down
- The cue that makes it work: pretend you are reaching to grab the nose, which drops your front shoulder and angles your body forward
- Use a mellow bank as the step between flat ground and a real quarter pipe, expecting a small jerk as the back wheels start to move
- If you do not fully drop the shoulder and stay back, the board shoots out and you fly backwards; too far forward and you fall forward
- There is no safety on this one, so do not step off mid-drop and do not stand at the top overthinking it
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Drop In