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How to Drop In

Skate IQ2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2024 to 2025
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560K views · 2 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Skate IQ short on how to drop in on a ramp or bowl. Covers body position and commitment in 43 seconds.

Why skaters like it

Linked in beginner threads on fear of dropping in. Commenters pair it with advice to commit and lean forward over the front foot.

“… please watch this and just commit, practice on a bank first, will be easier ( something without a coping on top …”

u/KGBswy · Full comment

What skaters said on Reddit

u/FramingHips2025 · 49 points

It sounds corny but practice them on flat. Practice a tail stall on the ground and leaning forward to get the motion. You have to lean way forward, like almost in front of the board when you’re pushing down. [VIDEO] Your body will unconsciously want to lean back because it’s quite literally falling, and our instinct is to stop our body from falling forward, so you’ll lean back. Practice tail stall lean forward on flat, do it a ton of times, then go for it. I recommend wrist and knee guards if you’re geeked. You got this.

u/KGBswy2024 · 1 points

[VIDEO] - please watch this and just commit, practice on a bank first, will be easier ( something without a coping on top ) , extra easier if you have a friend with you that knows how to drop in already, he can hold your hand or something so you get less scared

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