Drop In

You stand on the coping at the top of a ramp and lean forward into the slope, rolling down into the ramp. Almost every other ramp trick starts with it.

1. Set up

   Put one skate on the coping with the bar in its groove.

2. Second skate

   Bend your knees and bring the other skate beside it.

3. Step

   Move one skate forward so your stance is staggered.

   CueStagger the stance

4. Lean

   Lean in and drop, keeping your weight over your feet.

   CueCommit, no hesitating

5. Ride away

   Look down the ramp and roll out with knees bent.

1. IfLeaning back at the top.
   ThenPush your knees and shoulders forward so your body sits square to the slope.
2. IfHolding the fence or coping.
   ThenLet go before you drop; holding on twists you sideways into a fall.
3. IfHesitating halfway through the lean.
   ThenDecide before you start, then lean in all the way in one move.
4. IfFeet sliding together going down.
   ThenKeep a staggered stance with one skate slightly ahead.