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Message 3169 (28. Aug. 2007 11:24) (Tree)

Bernhard
bernhard@adinfinitum.de
I caught some air today!!
Yeah, Claudine, congrats to your progress! The feeling really is unbeatable.

Two remarks as to my opinions wrt airs and drops:

- Airs aren't jumps. You have to have enough speed (pushing in the transition) and then you get carried above the coping by your inertia. Hitting the coping you get some impulse towards the ramp which helps avoiding hang-ups.

- At first it is probably OK to drop in standing with both skates on the coping. When you get the hang of it, you might want to put only your fore-foot on the coping and use the hind-foot to gain an additional impulse.

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claudine: I caught some air today!! (25. Aug. 2007 05:09)
 Man, thats the best feeling ever! I was getting bored at the skatepark not doing anything new or challenging, so I decided its time to drop in. Well, not altogether successful yet lol. Got my heart pounding outta my chest lol, sweated up a storm just standing there even, then at the very bottom fell. Tried it again but thought I might have a heart attack up there from too much excitement, so decided to do some pumping and the smaller ramps to chill. Its not that bad but wasnt sure how to balance on the coping yet and couldnt get myself positioned right I dont think. So back to this later.

So thought I would jump the transitions. Man, got a good 6-7 inches of air off the ramp jumping near the top of the half pipe each time! First time really getting real air at the top of the ramp. It was FANTASTIC!! For some reason I seem to get more speed this way too. But my lungs are outta shape for this lol. Wore myself out big time. Great day sk8n! Next time I'll get the drop in better. Just was too tense I think. But the flyin on the ramps was the best feeling I've ever had, AWESOME! So now do I grab my wheels? Its time to do something cool. :-D Getting air's the best thing ever..... Yeah, still flyin!
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sascha "xaxa" fei: I caught some air today!! (27. Aug. 2007 12:48)
 that the best in skatin.. get some air.. the aspect of zero gravity is great.. just keep on tryin higher airs.. its my favorite thing in halfpipesk8in..
keep da world turnin--
greetz from sunny fuerteventura
xaxa

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claudine: I caught some air today!! (27. Aug. 2007 18:50)
 : that the best in skatin.. get some air.. the aspect of zero gravity is great.. just keep on tryin higher airs.. its my favorite thing in halfpipesk8in..
: keep da world turnin--
: greetz from sunny fuerteventura
: xaxa
:

I was pretty excited since it was my first time getting air on the ramps!! Yep, that was the best feeling ever. Since I'm still new at this, guess I have lots more first time highs to look forward too!! :-D
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Bernhard: I caught some air today!! (28. Aug. 2007 11:24)
 Yeah, Claudine, congrats to your progress! The feeling really is unbeatable.

Two remarks as to my opinions wrt airs and drops:

- Airs aren't jumps. You have to have enough speed (pushing in the transition) and then you get carried above the coping by your inertia. Hitting the coping you get some impulse towards the ramp which helps avoiding hang-ups.

- At first it is probably OK to drop in standing with both skates on the coping. When you get the hang of it, you might want to put only your fore-foot on the coping and use the hind-foot to gain an additional impulse.

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claudine: I caught some air today!! (28. Aug. 2007 14:45)
 : Yeah, Claudine, congrats to your progress! The feeling really is unbeatable.
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: Two remarks as to my opinions wrt airs and drops:
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: - Airs aren't jumps. You have to have enough speed (pushing in the transition) and then you get carried above the coping by your inertia. Hitting the coping you get some impulse towards the ramp which helps avoiding hang-ups.
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: - At first it is probably OK to drop in standing with both skates on the coping. When you get the hang of it, you might want to put only your fore-foot on the coping and use the hind-foot to gain an additional impulse.
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So what do you call it when your skates are not on the ground for a couple seconds? Whatever it is, it feels great. I didnt know air was only from the coping lol. I would appreciate having my post removed since this wasnt proper.
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Bernhard: I caught some air today!! (28. Aug. 2007 15:18)
 : So what do you call it when your skates are not on the ground for a couple seconds? Whatever it is, it feels great. I didnt know air was only from the coping lol. I would appreciate having my post removed since this wasnt proper.

I'm sorry if I have caused some misunderstanding. Your post is as proper as can be! I didn't want to create the impression of critizing your posting. I only wanted to give some hint on how to improve technique. I try to clarify a bit: I call jumping the process of excerting force on the ground and thereby leaving it. You can get some air this way. I don't believe you can get 2 m air this way. The technique for high airs is more like the one I tried to describe and very much helped by having a coping.
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