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Skateboard Mini Ramp Basics - How to Drop In, Pump, Kickturn, and Exit/Fly Out

Never Stop Improving4 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2016 to 2023
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323K views · 11 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Never Stop Improving walks through mini ramp basics: riding fakie, backside and frontside kickturns, pumping, getting out, and dropping in. Chapters make it easy to jump to one skill.

Why skaters like it

Go-to link in r/NewSkaters for first-time mini ramp riders. Commenters point to the pumping section at 3:25 and use it as a starter before hitting the park.

“I usually come at the ramp slightly crouched, extend my legs when I start going up the ramp, and then crouch back down when I start to come to a stop”

u/Tovarish-Aleksander

What skaters said on Reddit

u/ixAp0c2017 · 12 points

Check out this [VIDEO] video man, you should be fine. If you don't feel comfortable pushing and balancing on flat, by all means just stick to parking lots & similar terrain. If you can comfortably push, balance, steer, stop, etc. & overall feel comfortable maneuvering around, hit up the park and learn how to skate the ramps. It's easier to start your way from the bottom of the ramps and work your way up, just work on

u/neurospex2016 · 2 points

Good call. Here's a video for u/Civilized_Hooligan of Tony explaining it: [VIDEO] Most of the other videos I could find about pumping don't do a good job talking about pumping up as well as down the transition. This is another one that does do a good job: [VIDEO] Basically, you're bending your legs before you hit the bottom of the transition, and straightening them as you go up. As you come back down, you bend your l

u/Tovarish-Aleksander2019 · 2 points

I usually come at the ramp slightly crouched, extend my legs when I start going up the ramp, and then crouch back down when I start to come to a stop, then extend again as I go down, and finish off with slightly crouching again here’s a video I found that shows what I’m talking about, skip to about 3:25 [VIDEO]

u/BrooklynOGSk8r2023 · 2 points

Check these out - lots of good vids out there for basics- [VIDEO] [VIDEO] Get some safety gear!

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