Transition Skating for Beginners

SkateIQ - Transition Skating for Beginners [VIDEO] Watch this. Absorb it. Helped me a ton. I still haven't prefected the technique, but I can successfully drop in. Can't do it on a bank, though.

That thing looks like a quick drop. Meaning you cant just slam down the front, or you may go too far forward. Also you have to be quick with your drop so you don’t fall back either. Honestly I’d rather drop that ramp in the back than this thing, but I know how to drop in. Coping is easier because it stabilizes your truck so you don’t roll backwards when you drop. Mitchie Brusco explains it better for beginners than I

OP, here is a good SkateIQ video on coming back into the ramp after a 5050: [VIDEO] That's where he first starts talking about it, but he keeps talking about it for a lot of the rest of the video, a bit here, a bit there - I'd suggest you sit through it all. He mentions transferring all your weight to your back trucks, which will naturally turn you into the ramp - I'd forgotten about that. Will be practicing that aga

I learned recently from those Mitchie Brusco vids recently that you should be power sliding into it. This way if forces your front trucks and back trucks to lock in. In fact, power sliding into coping seems to be the hack to transition skating that I was not aware of. [VIDEO]