“Look, reach, step, go” absolutely works. I’ve reminded people “no brain, no pain”, the less you overthink it, the safer you’ll be. Keep doing what you do, dudes!
I got my board two months ago and just did my first ramp today and fell a lot until I just said “screw it” and just went and then I did it perfectly. No brain no pain
i made a miniramp and i couldnt drop in yet and all my homies were there skating it and they were all like "do it" and i thought to myself "well i spent 2 days making this, everyone wants me to do it, and i really want to do it, so im gonna do it" and i already knew commiting and stuff so i just did it
The first time trying something on a skateboard is always the scariest. But once you try it you'll be able to do it without fear even if you didn't get it the first time
Got my first skateboard the other day, its just a really old one I found in the garage I'm 25 and never skated a day in my life before, been skating a grand total of 2 day now 😎 all ready got a busted knee!! Carnt do any tricks yet I carnt even ollie lol but I spent the last two days just trying to stay on the bloody thing and I can now skate to the shop and back with out falling off!!
The natural tendency to lean back comes from a lifetime of leaning back when we walk down steep hills. You gave to force yourself to do the exact opposite of that on a skateboard
afraid to say I must be one of the few people to have stacked it forwards, after a 20 year break from skating I decided to hit the skatepark again in my late 30s. I remembered from when I used to skate that the key to dropping in was leaning forward so put everything into leaning forward, i didnt even give the board a chance to keep up with my body, instead just through myself straight into the bottom of the ramp, gnarly. Its been another 10 years and here I am again about to go do it all over again
You actually taught me HOW to drop in. Everyone else says just commit and they act like we know how to commit with our fears. You though, made it so easier
I’m 40 and I dropped in on a 4 footer -for the first time ever - today. I can street skate and Ollie and hit some basic tricks but never skated transition. This is best advice here!
I think rolling up and down the transition a few times first really helps as it gets you used to how to lean back and forwards in and out of the transition
Dang man I’m getting back into skateboarding after 4-5 years of not because I’m getting my 7 yr old son into it. I’m here learning how to drop in after all these years and find dale decker all over again. Was subbed to your channel years ago on my old account. So happy I found you again. You Still have great quality videos and advice. 🙏🏼
So I watched this literally with my foot on the board and my board on the coping... This gave me the Confidence and I tried it for the first time. Didn’t do it. But I did all the motions and was a lot more confident for the next time.... NAILED IT. And now I’ve got it down! Thank you @Dale. 19years old and finally did it.
Perhaps the #1 mistake I see people make learning to drop in, is keeping their back leg strait. They hear the advice to slam their front leg down, but with the back leg strait and locked, they can't get the front trucks on the ramp. 2 tricks I use to break people of this: 1. A variation on your tip to reach forward - I actually tell people to touch or grab the nose of the board. This forces them to get their weight lower and keep both legs bent. It usually also serves as a cue to keep their body moving with the board. 2. If they continue to have trouble, I tell them to think more about picking their back leg up than slamming their front foot down. If you look at your video, you'll notice your back leg position changes a lot more than your front leg.
This was cool, where were you guys when I learned to drop in. I slammed my third try and landed on my wallet... huge bruise. Six feet is my highest drop in now, too scared to go from higher. Thanks for being you.
In addition to what you said about bending the knees, I found holding/touching the nose helped me learn a lot faster when I started dropping in. I do this when I drop in on something I feel slightly more uncomfortable with, i.e. pool coping, so that I feel more confident.
Haven’t tried my first drop in yet, I’m really consistent with just casual cruising and I’m working on my ollies, shuvits, tic tacs and manuals. Thanks for this video! Ima try this week
Hey, I just learned to drop in today! I ended up falling forward. The smallest ramp I have is a 5 ft half pipe and and I just slammed my front wheels down and the board shot out backwards. I proceeded to eat it. Got back up and hit it on the next try. Love this sport.
I wish this video was around 20 years ago, I remember telling a girl I could drop in and would show her at the weekend, I had 3 days to learn how to do it and took many falls over the hours but the pressure of trying to impress this girl pushed me to finally achieve it! We're married with 3 kids now and that's why I'm here to give tips to them 😁 (I stopped skating after an ankle and wrist break over 10 years ago)
doing the what i call "commiting but not commiting enough" made me fuck up my ankle, but i was lucky because ramps arent really that dangerous as other obstacles, so i tried again when i felt better
One thing I found useful when learning: with all your weight on your back foot, and barely touching the board with your front, try falling forward without putting any pressure on the front of the board, and without the board moving at all, like you want to fall forward onto your side. At the very last moment of this freefall, when your brain tells you to avoid it, do the stomp and put everything on your front foot. Your can actually practice it without the board. It is esppecially helpful if you want to start practising on straight ramps without coping, where your board is likely to roll backwards if you to the whole thing too slow. But even if the ramp has coping it helps to delay the stomp, so you are more likely in a perpendicular position relative to the board.
tip: Tighten your trucks if youre a beginner dropping in. Reason: First time I was learning i had loose trucks, got the confidence, tried stomping down and sprained my ankle as my front foot twisted sideways onto the board. Next time I tried and got rid of that variable just learning to drop in and get the feel I did it first time.
My thought process is ‘I’m a falling tree’. Only when the tree is at decent 45degree angle do I engage the front foot and slam the nose down. I Seems to work. After the initial customary slip-out slam.
Yo man, I just started skating a few months back when quarantine started, and this is easily the best skating tutorial video I've seen. Cutting in to relevant clips of you doing it right (or slams lol) makes it so much easier to follow than those weird tiktok 'tutorials'. Can't wait to hit up my nearest park tomorrow, i gotta take revenge on that half pipe
This how to is the best one I’ve seen on dropping in. It really showed me what I was doing wrong, and I dropped in successfully for the first time today. Thank you so much guys!
So today I tried my first major drop (4-5 ft high) and I did it first try. I started skating a while back but stopped because I really had no reason to be there. Recently I learned how to kick flip, heel flip, and a pop shove it, definitely a lot of work put in to do these things.
I kinda just got the footplacing down where I feel safe, didn’t really think about it and dropped in. Worked out really good and my reaction (the thing was filmed) was priceless as I was expecting to just fall but Atleast wanted to just go for it and didn’t fall in the end
Just put your foot above the 2 front screws closest to you, And kick your board as hard as you would trying to snap it, but except for kicking only with your leg, drag your body down with you with your leg when you kick
I finally got over the fear of dropping in! I keep falling though but my friend say that my ground foot is too close to my back foot that’s why I keep falling backwards so I listened and I did it and didn’t manual down the ramp but did fall at the end but honestly if you just stomp, lean and make sure your footing is correct then you are good to go
For anyone wondering, first song is Gold by Cottonwood Firing Squad, then Fall by Pastel Dream, and finally I'm glad you're doing well by CFS again, great video, vibes and music
I’ve learned how to dropped in and did it first try and then after 3rd day I was comfortable and confident trying it but then on the 3rd day I dropped in again and slammed forward and hit my head
Dale Decker sadly I did not get footage of it but my one of my friends saw it happen but I’m not sure what I did wrong what I was assuming was I possibly leaned to front or it was my board at the moment was a little snapped in the center so when I probably dropped in the board Springed/bounced me forwarded
Thanks a lot for the video! Getting into skating at 40 I'm at a beginner/low intermediate skill level and managed to do BS Kickturns and "drop ins" from medium size ramps with the help of your tutorial. I want to get own gear as I am really hooked now :) Should I get a 8.5, 8.75 or 9" board with size 12 or does it not matter at my skill level? Used an oldschool deck (Front part under bolts wider than tail, front shorter than tail with only a little rise in the nose). Or can I use the the old school deck for what I want to do in a board? Want to learn proper ollies and a bit of bowl skating/carving for starters. Would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thank you if you find time to reply and have a great summer 🤙
I fell forward like twice. Once as a kid, once as an adult, learning again. Both times were right after falling backwards and I over compensated, overloaded the front wheels and basically rolled forward. Hurt my shoulder a bit, but I almost dislocated my shoulder once falling backwards, so definitely prefer falling forward, tho I'm good dropping in now. It's figuring out what to do on the other side of the ramp I'm struggling with
Just one of those things to have to fully commit and do it. Once you do it, you will see that’s it’s easy and won’t be afraid and you will be able to keep doing it
I taught skate camp for several years and what I often did was have kids stand on the transition (as if they had just dropped in without a board) and pointed out how much weight is on their front foot and the back foot was just there for support. That helped a LOT to convince them to lean forward more than they think they need to. If they still resisted, I'd have them pump on the ramp until they hit the top, and then do tail taps. That's very close to dropping in.
Edward Willett ..... I've always thought that Braille was doofy and whoever their talkin head frontman is has weirded me out from day one.....I haven't watched it for years....
Me when I learned how to skateboard a month ago: yea I’m gonna nail this 3 foot drop in, this is gonna be like the easiest thing ever My brain when I’m up there: your gonna fall on your head, you need more practice, your gonna fall, you will injure yourself and you can’t skateboard again, your gonna embarrass yourself, your not ready, your gonna break your neck, you will get a serious head injury, Me after those thoughts: yep Im gonna go back down
Awesome advice! I wish I had this video 15 years ago. My first drop in was typical, front wheels didn’t touch, board flew out from under me and I went flying backwards. I am very grateful it was an indoor skatepark that requires helmets. WEAR A HELMET WHEN TRYING TO DROP IN THE FIRST TIME!
Ive been looking for a video like this for daaaayys! All those other people say is to push hard with your front foot and thats it... I fell every time I tried it but when I watch this it makes SOOOO MUUCH SEEENSE! THANK YOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
I haven't skated vert ramps in 8 years.....relearning all over again building that confidence up. I am currently building a 1/4 pipe 3' tall, 4' wide just need to top sheet it and put metal transition on it, coping
Tried to drop in on a small concrete hump about 0.5 m (2 feet) high 4 weeks ago, and slammed badly onto my outstretched right wrist and also knee, leading to a fractured radial head and a surgical operation to extract the fractured piece from my elbow joint and reattach it. I'm slowly getting some mobility back but still only have around 10 degrees range of motion in my right arm. I'm goofy and the fact that I landed on my front arm and leg indicates to me that my board might have gone backwards - possibly I leaned and pushed down too much and sent the board flying out behind me. For the record, I'm an old skater who hasn't skated much in the last 30 years, but used to skate some mini-ramps and bowls, and could drop in no problem.
humps are booky to drop in on i really wouldn't recommend trying it on one, i can guarantee you wouldn't have gone forward on a standard ramp. i've never slammed a drop in my entire life but the one time i tried it on a hump i came real close. i'm pretty sure it's to do with the fact that with such a mellow curve and no coping the board can slip backwards whereas on a quarter that's impossible
The reach out advise is key. Your shoulders should always be over your front foot. If they fall behind your balance is lost and your board will leave you behind
I just dropped and i was like fuck it im gonna do it i jumped on the ramp and i sort of got off it....i fell verry hard and the first 10 seconds on the ground i thought my leg was broken...it litterly folded double :( now my pants are broken and my knee and ankle hurtsss and is bruised en bloody not a good first experience. Maybe i had to look at these sort of videos before oops but im gonna try again in a few days wish me luck😂
Drop in explained, looks easy, be mentally deceptive. Lean forward. Put your hand out.Bend your knees. Maybe use pads. Short ad for homage. Notifications failed me.. late to the game. I struggled with dropping in, I live near nothing and closes park only had a 5 foot quarter. The front foot focus is what got me past it. Retro Oreo Zip coming to stores near you soon. Stay safe Dale.
I can drop in pretty well but once i went to drop in to a lil ramp without coping and i lent to far forward a ate shit
4 года назад
Heh! I changed the way I drop in a year ago and while I was still fresh at my new technique I fell forward and landed hard on my chest. Almost lost my breath, so was a bit scary :-O
Dude, if you believe this will kill you dont be. There is a saying in this world "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger" and you can believe that. What you cant believe is lying ass politicians & fake ass pseudo scientists. Lock & load
@@daswamiboy2377 oh yah, you did the autopsy yourself and help bury the body too. Youre such a good friend. Facts dont give a shit how your friends dad died. If someone had stage 3 cancer and double pneumonia, and tested positive for covid then died, they would say it was becuase of covid. You want to spread misinformation and fear to the public keep listening to the tv.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the tip of stomping front foot down and leaning forward..... Not back which dislocated my shoulder last drop in attempt.... Now to the skate park!!🛹✌
Been there, slammed first time, second time, third..... uploaded the video of this to my channel, wish we had a smaller ramp to practice on. My problem (as well as commitment) was the board going sideways and one nasty time even slipping out from the back foot.
Ha! Thanks for putting my failed drop in, my butt still hurts till this day
He played it like 20 times too 😂
You’re a legend! You really went for it.
Adnan how many times you were on that vidéo?!!!
@@mikaonthefly3871 It's like a reminder to wear a helmet for your first time
Wait a sec. Is that Lordship Rec Skatepark?
everybody gangsta till dan drops in with one foot
True
Braille is more for entertainment and he is more educational
😂🤣
Deadass
@@bryceduncan951 to
“Look, reach, step, go” absolutely works. I’ve reminded people “no brain, no pain”, the less you overthink it, the safer you’ll be. Keep doing what you do, dudes!
hell yeah thanks!
I got my board two months ago and just did my first ramp today and fell a lot until I just said “screw it” and just went and then I did it perfectly. No brain no pain
I love this!
This is it. It's really that simple but anxiety and over thinking it complicate the process.
I went to the ER and subsequently bought some padded shorts before I learned to point and try to grab my nose.
The missing component.
Slipping out and eating shit is a practically one of the first steps in learning to drop in
Hahah basically
my first time trying I did the splits
i made a miniramp and i couldnt drop in yet and all my homies were there skating it and they were all like "do it" and i thought to myself "well i spent 2 days making this, everyone wants me to do it, and i really want to do it, so im gonna do it" and i already knew commiting and stuff so i just did it
Skaterboiog but did you land it
The first time trying something on a skateboard is always the scariest. But once you try it you'll be able to do it without fear even if you didn't get it the first time
Just know this.
Falling is learning.
Thanks that really helps me commit.
Unless you get brain damage
Charlie Brown then you won’t be able to learn anything for a while
ItzJust_Cece yes lol 😂
Thanks 🙏
one footed drop in like a champ.
A mans man
It needs to be in the new Tony hawk remake
Me: alright imma commit now for real
*brain has crashed*
lmao
@@daledecker was brainstorming and thought of the perfect nickname
Pale Pecker
Lmao
@@sk8trboi935 Yea..like he never heard that before.
Me and my friend was at a skate park and we were little piss boys and wouldnt even drop in.not even once😣
@@ugayxd6595 do it dude my 5 year old brother can
This builds my confidence but I know when I get on the half pipe I will forget everything
Same
you just gotta ignore the bad feelings and go. even if you fall just trying the first time makes it easier.
@@BreakawayWarrior i tried it yesterday and fell didnt want to try again ill try it again next week
Me too
I felt the same way but if you think about it if you put ur foot down and lean Ik that’s sounds like crappy advise but that’s all it is
Poor adnan mans got exposed so many times in this video
He did a good job tho! He tried hard!
Got my first skateboard the other day, its just a really old one I found in the garage I'm 25 and never skated a day in my life before, been skating a grand total of 2 day now 😎 all ready got a busted knee!! Carnt do any tricks yet I carnt even ollie lol but I spent the last two days just trying to stay on the bloody thing and I can now skate to the shop and back with out falling off!!
Keep "rocking"!
I hope to like skating my bloody mate tea helps
Can u do amy tricks yet m8?
dope
take as much time as you need. no rush big boi. better to not get too hurt cuz then u cant practice
The natural tendency to lean back comes from a lifetime of leaning back when we walk down steep hills. You gave to force yourself to do the exact opposite of that on a skateboard
afraid to say I must be one of the few people to have stacked it forwards, after a 20 year break from skating I decided to hit the skatepark again in my late 30s. I remembered from when I used to skate that the key to dropping in was leaning forward so put everything into leaning forward, i didnt even give the board a chance to keep up with my body, instead just through myself straight into the bottom of the ramp, gnarly. Its been another 10 years and here I am again about to go do it all over again
You actually taught me HOW to drop in. Everyone else says just commit and they act like we know how to commit with our fears. You though, made it so easier
Him : ive never had anybody fall leaning forward
Me: well there is a first time for everything 😀
😂😂😂
I fell forward the first time I tried and probably the next 5 times after. I took the "you can't lean too far forward" too far
yeh the 6 times ive attempted it i get up instantley on my stomach so i just assume ive fallen to far for forward
I’m 40 and I dropped in on a 4 footer -for the first time ever - today. I can street skate and Ollie and hit some basic tricks but never skated transition. This is best advice here!
Last time I was this early we could all still go out and rollerboard with the homies.
Hahah
Weiner William what lol
Nah, mom took away my California Pros before then even
Imma send this to my friend that can tre butt cant drop in lol
Hahah sick hope it helps
Hey man I can't drop in but I can kickflip
Damn I felt that 😂
@@Twigins i can drop in,but i cant kickflip
Perfect gg
"I urge you to try to fall forward"
Good thing I'm fueled by spite
I “learned” to drop in on a 5 foot tall quarter pipe and I literally fell and ate shit about 7 times
Ate shit 2 times so far. going back for more
Jeez you don't have anything smaller to learn on lmao?
Sammeeeeee
James I don’t and I couldn’t even go back to the other side so I just jumped of right at the other sides ramp
I learned on a 2 ft and I fell back so many times my butt was so bruised it was so hard to walk. Now I can drop on 6ft
I learned at 62 on my backyard ramp, my wife held my hand 😂 and it worked after a few times. Almost 67 and still skating.
I think rolling up and down the transition a few times first really helps as it gets you used to how to lean back and forwards in and out of the transition
Dang man I’m getting back into skateboarding after 4-5 years of not because I’m getting my 7 yr old son into it. I’m here learning how to drop in after all these years and find dale decker all over again. Was subbed to your channel years ago on my old account. So happy I found you again. You Still have great quality videos and advice. 🙏🏼
I feel like I should’ve watched this before I almost broke my wrist🤣😂🤣
So I watched this literally with my foot on the board and my board on the coping... This gave me the Confidence and I tried it for the first time. Didn’t do it. But I did all the motions and was a lot more confident for the next time.... NAILED IT. And now I’ve got it down! Thank you @Dale. 19years old and finally did it.
Perhaps the #1 mistake I see people make learning to drop in, is keeping their back leg strait. They hear the advice to slam their front leg down, but with the back leg strait and locked, they can't get the front trucks on the ramp.
2 tricks I use to break people of this:
1. A variation on your tip to reach forward - I actually tell people to touch or grab the nose of the board. This forces them to get their weight lower and keep both legs bent. It usually also serves as a cue to keep their body moving with the board.
2. If they continue to have trouble, I tell them to think more about picking their back leg up than slamming their front foot down. If you look at your video, you'll notice your back leg position changes a lot more than your front leg.
he said bend the knees his back leg wasn’t straight
This was cool, where were you guys when I learned to drop in. I slammed my third try and landed on my wallet... huge bruise. Six feet is my highest drop in now, too scared to go from higher. Thanks for being you.
Broke my foot trying to drop in and leaned back. Listen to this guy cuz I know I have to. DO NOT lean back
OMG I BROKE MY FOOT LAST YEAR DROPPING IN TOO im trying to drop in again soon but it scares me
The issue is my skatepark has ramps that are way to big to practice on
Same, I don't even have a skatepark so yeah. I wish I had a mini ramp to try on
yeah where are mini ramps when you need them
be sure its more easy to do on a big one
Mine are tiny but the concrete overlaps the ramp so its a design fail and ill die if i drop in 😅
there’s no bowls the only “small” ramp is like 5 ft.
In addition to what you said about bending the knees, I found holding/touching the nose helped me learn a lot faster when I started dropping in. I do this when I drop in on something I feel slightly more uncomfortable with, i.e. pool coping, so that I feel more confident.
Haven’t tried my first drop in yet, I’m really consistent with just casual cruising and I’m working on my ollies, shuvits, tic tacs and manuals. Thanks for this video! Ima try this week
Moy hello, did you do it?
@@nixxe7 he died😔
Hey, I just learned to drop in today! I ended up falling forward. The smallest ramp I have is a 5 ft half pipe and and I just slammed my front wheels down and the board shot out backwards. I proceeded to eat it. Got back up and hit it on the next try. Love this sport.
Congrats :D
I wish this video was around 20 years ago, I remember telling a girl I could drop in and would show her at the weekend, I had 3 days to learn how to do it and took many falls over the hours but the pressure of trying to impress this girl pushed me to finally achieve it! We're married with 3 kids now and that's why I'm here to give tips to them 😁 (I stopped skating after an ankle and wrist break over 10 years ago)
doing the what i call "commiting but not commiting enough" made me fuck up my ankle, but i was lucky because ramps arent really that dangerous as other obstacles, so i tried again when i felt better
Oh yea the half commit is more devastating than a regular slam by far.
One thing I found useful when learning: with all your weight on your back foot, and barely touching the board with your front, try falling forward without putting any pressure on the front of the board, and without the board moving at all, like you want to fall forward onto your side. At the very last moment of this freefall, when your brain tells you to avoid it, do the stomp and put everything on your front foot. Your can actually practice it without the board. It is esppecially helpful if you want to start practising on straight ramps without coping, where your board is likely to roll backwards if you to the whole thing too slow. But even if the ramp has coping it helps to delay the stomp, so you are more likely in a perpendicular position relative to the board.
tip: Tighten your trucks if youre a beginner dropping in. Reason: First time I was learning i had loose trucks, got the confidence, tried stomping down and sprained my ankle as my front foot twisted sideways onto the board. Next time I tried and got rid of that variable just learning to drop in and get the feel I did it first time.
My thought process is ‘I’m a falling tree’. Only when the tree is at decent 45degree angle do I engage the front foot and slam the nose down. I
Seems to work. After the initial customary slip-out slam.
“Typically something you learn early on in skating” took me 15 years of skating to even have the opportunity to learn 👀
Well on his defense, he added "if u have access to ramp"
fair enough
@@daledecker hello dale!
Same. Lol
“I’ve never seen someone fall forward” you should of seen me drop in the bowl this morning 🤣
Yo man, I just started skating a few months back when quarantine started, and this is easily the best skating tutorial video I've seen. Cutting in to relevant clips of you doing it right (or slams lol) makes it so much easier to follow than those weird tiktok 'tutorials'.
Can't wait to hit up my nearest park tomorrow, i gotta take revenge on that half pipe
This comment was very relatable lmao I’ve been skater for 6 months and I’m deciding weather to start dropping in on bigger verts
That one foot drop in really put into perspective of properly dropping in!! No other vid actually gets this info across so clear and fast!
I was literally just binging your vids when this came up. Awesome!
Yo sick!!!!!!
@@daledecker can I have some money
This how to is the best one I’ve seen on dropping in. It really showed me what I was doing wrong, and I dropped in successfully for the first time today. Thank you so much guys!
"access the ramp"
I already subbed with the one second in the start because that was to funny!
What an awesome explanation and a great video, been skating for 35 years, and this dude did such a great job explaining this.
My mom teached me how to drop in 12 years ago. I was 11 back then. Only thing i had to do was commiting and my mom supported me back then
So today I tried my first major drop (4-5 ft high) and I did it first try.
I started skating a while back but stopped because I really had no reason to be there. Recently I learned how to kick flip, heel flip, and a pop shove it, definitely a lot of work put in to do these things.
I kinda just got the footplacing down where I feel safe, didn’t really think about it and dropped in. Worked out really good and my reaction (the thing was filmed) was priceless as I was expecting to just fall but Atleast wanted to just go for it and didn’t fall in the end
Just put your foot above the 2 front screws closest to you, And kick your board as hard as you would trying to snap it, but except for kicking only with your leg, drag your body down with you with your leg when you kick
The only quarterpipe I have is big on his I would do it easily
Same dude
a 3 foot and a 5 foot are basically the same thing lol. takes the same amount of skill one just seems scarier
I finally got over the fear of dropping in! I keep falling though but my friend say that my ground foot is too close to my back foot that’s why I keep falling backwards so I listened and I did it and didn’t manual down the ramp but did fall at the end but honestly if you just stomp, lean and make sure your footing is correct then you are good to go
I can't find the second song, if anyone know the name please let me know
fall by pastel dream
For anyone wondering, first song is Gold by Cottonwood Firing Squad, then Fall by Pastel Dream, and finally I'm glad you're doing well by CFS again, great video, vibes and music
I’ve learned how to dropped in and did it first try and then after 3rd day I was comfortable and confident trying it but then on the 3rd day I dropped in again and slammed forward and hit my head
Is there footage?
I think forward slams are from wheelbite or stepping off
Dale Decker sadly I did not get footage of it but my one of my friends saw it happen but I’m not sure what I did wrong what I was assuming was I possibly leaned to front or it was my board at the moment was a little snapped in the center so when I probably dropped in the board Springed/bounced me forwarded
ً ً could have possibly Been a wheelbite but I didn’t step off
Thanks a lot for the video! Getting into skating at 40 I'm at a beginner/low intermediate skill level and managed to do BS Kickturns and "drop ins" from medium size ramps with the help of your tutorial. I want to get own gear as I am really hooked now :) Should I get a 8.5, 8.75 or 9" board with size 12 or does it not matter at my skill level? Used an oldschool deck (Front part under bolts wider than tail, front shorter than tail with only a little rise in the nose). Or can I use the the old school deck for what I want to do in a board? Want to learn proper ollies and a bit of bowl skating/carving for starters. Would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thank you if you find time to reply and have a great summer 🤙
Sick vid dale just learned how to fakie bigspin
Congrats!
I fell forward like twice. Once as a kid, once as an adult, learning again. Both times were right after falling backwards and I over compensated, overloaded the front wheels and basically rolled forward. Hurt my shoulder a bit, but I almost dislocated my shoulder once falling backwards, so definitely prefer falling forward, tho I'm good dropping in now. It's figuring out what to do on the other side of the ramp I'm struggling with
I literally ate concrete tryna drop in today IT HURT LIKE A MF💀🤚🏾
LMAO
Just one of those things to have to fully commit and do it. Once you do it, you will see that’s it’s easy and won’t be afraid and you will be able to keep doing it
I've died so many times trying to drop in. Injured myself real bad on several attempts. I can inward heelflip on flat but I can't drop in. Very tears.
there is a great trick...just try to grab your nose and you will fall in the ramp like supposed to
I taught skate camp for several years and what I often did was have kids stand on the transition (as if they had just dropped in without a board) and pointed out how much weight is on their front foot and the back foot was just there for support. That helped a LOT to convince them to lean forward more than they think they need to.
If they still resisted, I'd have them pump on the ramp until they hit the top, and then do tail taps. That's very close to dropping in.
I’d say lean forward but then center yourself, makes more since
Sense makse more sense then since.
Schattenherz makes makes more sense than makse
@@HowlingMad86 than makes more sense than then
These comments LMAOO
@@pascolion1666 hilarious LMAO
I really like that little hidden spot where your ramp is placed 😊
Good video btw
Dale’s videos are 100 times better than Braille’s tbh.
❤️
Everyone's got their own advice to give. Best way to learn is by watching multiple people and do what works for you.
Edward Willett ..... I've always thought that Braille was doofy and whoever their talkin head frontman is has weirded me out from day one.....I haven't watched it for years....
nah both are good
Braille is blind to how successful it has become
5:08 the shop “Clan” in between the white and red shops is a skate shop in Glasgow where I got my skateboard from yesterday! Funny coincidence
First time I tried to drop in, I DESTROYED my elbow with fractures and detached ligaments from the bone ☹️
Nice
jesus
Maybe wear a helmet and some pads lol
0:20 that's my local park that they are skating in.
Malmö Sweden stapelbäddsparken
Me when I learned how to skateboard a month ago: yea I’m gonna nail this 3 foot drop in, this is gonna be like the easiest thing ever
My brain when I’m up there: your gonna fall on your head, you need more practice, your gonna fall, you will injure yourself and you can’t skateboard again, your gonna embarrass yourself, your not ready, your gonna break your neck, you will get a serious head injury,
Me after those thoughts: yep Im gonna go back down
yo sameeeeee
Same 😐
LMAO
Awesome advice! I wish I had this video 15 years ago. My first drop in was typical, front wheels didn’t touch, board flew out from under me and I went flying backwards. I am very grateful it was an indoor skatepark that requires helmets.
WEAR A HELMET WHEN TRYING TO DROP IN THE FIRST TIME!
Looooove ur content can’t wait for more 👏🤟
Thank you!
Ive been looking for a video like this for daaaayys! All those other people say is to push hard with your front foot and thats it... I fell every time I tried it but when I watch this it makes SOOOO MUUCH SEEENSE! THANK YOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!
ADNAN CAN!! I love that guy...hes crap like me!
Haha 😂
same haha
I haven't skated vert ramps in 8 years.....relearning all over again building that confidence up. I am currently building a 1/4 pipe 3' tall, 4' wide just need to top sheet it and put metal transition on it, coping
I dropped in today and I’m so hyped rn I wanna keep doing it
Some great helpful skater taught me this yesterday!! Your video enhancing it even more thanks!!
Are these vids old because I thought dan was sick with the Corona
He’s already recovered and been cleared by the doctor
Dale Decker oh ok nice
Za ka i meant these
Za ka bruh this isn’t grammar 101
@slapcrustycurb s What a sad human you are. Lol
Bro I cannot thank you enough for this I finally learned how to do it without being scared. Thanks so much man I just want you to know that.
Talking skateboarding with a homie and we both found out we watch your channel. Keep up the good work!
Yo that’s sick!!!
Tried to drop in on a small concrete hump about 0.5 m (2 feet) high 4 weeks ago, and slammed badly onto my outstretched right wrist and also knee, leading to a fractured radial head and a surgical operation to extract the fractured piece from my elbow joint and reattach it. I'm slowly getting some mobility back but still only have around 10 degrees range of motion in my right arm.
I'm goofy and the fact that I landed on my front arm and leg indicates to me that my board might have gone backwards - possibly I leaned and pushed down too much and sent the board flying out behind me. For the record, I'm an old skater who hasn't skated much in the last 30 years, but used to skate some mini-ramps and bowls, and could drop in no problem.
humps are booky to drop in on i really wouldn't recommend trying it on one, i can guarantee you wouldn't have gone forward on a standard ramp. i've never slammed a drop in my entire life but the one time i tried it on a hump i came real close. i'm pretty sure it's to do with the fact that with such a mellow curve and no coping the board can slip backwards whereas on a quarter that's impossible
OMG you're such a good teacher, I'm your biggest fan!
dans the best
The reach out advise is key. Your shoulders should always be over your front foot. If they fall behind your balance is lost and your board will leave you behind
I just dropped and i was like fuck it im gonna do it i jumped on the ramp and i sort of got off it....i fell verry hard and the first 10 seconds on the ground i thought my leg was broken...it litterly folded double :( now my pants are broken and my knee and ankle hurtsss and is bruised en bloody not a good first experience. Maybe i had to look at these sort of videos before oops but im gonna try again in a few days wish me luck😂
how'd it go?
Did my first drop in ever at age 37 today. thanks to you! You took away my fear.
Watched this, went to my local, got on the quarter pipe and still fell🤦🏻♂️
Drop in explained, looks easy, be mentally deceptive. Lean forward. Put your hand out.Bend your knees. Maybe use pads. Short ad for homage. Notifications failed me.. late to the game. I struggled with dropping in, I live near nothing and closes park only had a 5 foot quarter. The front foot focus is what got me past it. Retro Oreo Zip coming to stores near you soon. Stay safe Dale.
5:50 that's my local skate park!
sick!
And 0:20 is my local skatepork (shoutout oski)
4 years and this is still a great video thanks bros keep dropping in
I believe I am the only person alive that fell forward while dropping in
I can drop in pretty well but once i went to drop in to a lil ramp without coping and i lent to far forward a ate shit
Heh! I changed the way I drop in a year ago and while I was still fresh at my new technique I fell forward and landed hard on my chest. Almost lost my breath, so was a bit scary :-O
I did it on my first attempt too, but my front wheels didn't hit the floor. I also slipped backwards on top of the coping once.
Nope i did too! They told me “you cant fall foward” so i over commited and flew straight over the board somehow
I love that after u learn it its easy, then 3 years later u try it switch and you feel like ur 11 old self again
Hahaha this is so true
I dropped in second try but slipped back first try.
fantastic video man. Stay loose is what I needed to hear, I think that's why I'm struggling with every aspect of skating right now. thank you guys.
Good thing dan doesn’t have corona anymore
I was low key worrried. So glad he’s better
Dude, if you believe this will kill you dont be. There is a saying in this world "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger" and you can believe that. What you cant believe is lying ass politicians & fake ass pseudo scientists. Lock & load
Grabit Hard tons of people are dying it’s pretty serious
@@grabithard2534 dont spread dangerous information bro i know my friends dad died from it
@@daswamiboy2377 oh yah, you did the autopsy yourself and help bury the body too. Youre such a good friend.
Facts dont give a shit how your friends dad died. If someone had stage 3 cancer and double pneumonia, and tested positive for covid then died, they would say it was becuase of covid. You want to spread misinformation and fear to the public keep listening to the tv.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the tip of stomping front foot down and leaning forward..... Not back which dislocated my shoulder last drop in attempt.... Now to the skate park!!🛹✌
Who else here watches Adnan Can
Dude that mini looks soooo damn fun to ride in! Wish I could be there, definitely gonna get out and skate today. Thank God the weather has warmed up.
Keen ramps made it
Number one HACK: send
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Dale Decker I don’t think you were going to see this but I love your channel and all the slammin edits
this was the best advice i have ever got about skatboarding. thanks!!!!
Thanks man! My son is new and needs to see this!
hell yeah hope it helps
the vibe of ur vids is unmatchable. keep up the awesome vids man
Thanks man!
Been there, slammed first time, second time, third..... uploaded the video of this to my channel, wish we had a smaller ramp to practice on.
My problem (as well as commitment) was the board going sideways and one nasty time even slipping out from the back foot.
Right on points!!!! Great tutorial video.
Thanks!