Air to Fakie

You ride up the ramp forwards, lift above the coping without turning and land back on the same wall riding backwards. On a halfpipe it is the plainest air out.

1. Pump

   Build speed with a few pumps.

2. Rise

   Ride up the wall forwards with knees bent.

3. Lift

   Spring up at the coping, chest to the ramp.

   CueUp, not out

4. Spot

   Look at the wall where you will land.

5. Land fakie

   Touch down backwards, skates staggered, knees soft.

1. IfPushing out away from the ramp.
   ThenJump up, not out, so you come back down onto the wall.
2. IfTurning your shoulders in the air.
   ThenKeep your chest facing the ramp the whole time.
3. IfLanding on the flat bottom.
   ThenStart low and always land on the curve, never past it.