tips on how to stop bailing on tricks??

[zoo_yorker_rep']

hey im a pretty decent skater, i can ollie pretty well, i can ollie 1 deck, fs180, and i can do a 3 set and some other stuff..... my problem is that wenever i try to ollie a deck or a 3 set, i always get this feeling like my boards gonna catch on the stair or deck and im gonna fly forward.......i have these doubts in my head constantly but i know i've done it b4 many times.......anyone have any tips on how to get rid of this kind of doubting feeling?? it would help alot

[China Skate]

Think about something else, say, women's breast, to take your mind off of ollieing the stairs. Ollie and before you know it, you're already rolling away, clean.

[bmmetcalf]

If you fall think quick and tuck and roll. Its hard to show you how you should fall because alot of the time you may not be able to contol how you fall.

[Dookie416]

ollie 3 stairs, that's not decent, that's noobish.

[ChristianRocker]

If you fall think quick and tuck and roll. Its hard to show you how you should fall because alot of the time you may not be able to contol how you fall.

what exactly is a tuck and roll??

[danmorris778]

its like what parachuters do so they dont break or injure their legs when they land. in other words when you bail as soon as your feet touch the floor start to crouch and turn it into a roll. this disperses the energy of the impact and makes it so it doesnt hurt as much.

[chandler_b]

when its 3 stairs i'd say thats a pretty unecessary idea to be honest. maybe when its more..

[danmorris778]

ollie 3 stairs, that's not decent, that's noobish.
sto being so negative, why do yo have to say stuff like that. you should be engouraging him rather than saying shit like that. the place would be loads more happy if people like you weren't always like that.

[chandler_b]

sto being so negative, why do yo have to say stuff like that. you should be engouraging him rather than saying shit like that. the place would be loads more happy if people like you weren't always like that.

couldnt have put it better. you are right,alot of people very full of themselves.

[Dookie416]

sto being so negative, why do yo have to say stuff like that. you should be engouraging him rather than saying shit like that. the place would be loads more happy if people like you weren't always like that.

how am i supposed to help if he thinks hes decent?

[zoo_yorker_rep']

thanks guys, most of ur advice was kool, ill think womens breasts next time i do somtin big id appreciate more tips but no offence, im not interested in argueing on the lesser things of this post, like if im "decent" or w/e thx

[danmorris778]

if anyone can ollie then they are decent. it shows they know how to use a board and then they progress from there.

[shad0w]

The bolts that you can see through your griptape are your biggest friends if you land on those it's just a matter of keeping you balance centered. Practice landing on the bolts.

[falloffboy101]

Skill is not measured on how many stairs you can do, it's measured by control, style, and technique. My highest set is a 3, but I'd still class myself as a decent skater.

Just go for it man, I've got the same problem and I always pussy out. Even if your tail does hit the bottom step, you still roll away.

[nephteray303]

Get a couple of friends to stand around and make fun of you if you don't do the set/gap/ledge/whatever. This will make you angry, and you will then do it. Trust me, it works.

[FireFreek]

go big or go home

[E.NO.KI36]

That's my motto too!:cool: It's all commitment... with skill of course.

[StevoElSupremo]

Worst falls are off handrails onto your ass or hip *shivers*

[chandler_b]

i found crotch more painful than ass lol

[burkmeister]

i just think of landing it and if i fall wats the worse that could happen a scrape or bruise

[snow_skate]

bailing is a part of skateboarding. tuck and roll. not stop and slam.

think posotive

[Jesse's Playtoy]

dude, u gotta not worry about the bottom step, and just get speed. more than once ive actually had my back truck land on the bottom step, but if u just keep ur weight over ur board and land on the bolts ull b fine.

mostly

[WakeBake&Skate]

I always say to myself on a bigset or something "Just go for it" i mean its not like your gonna die from a 3 stair. Just go with it bro.

[StevoElSupremo]

bailing is a part of skateboarding. tuck and roll. not stop and slam.

think posotive


O ive just about mastered the tuck and roll, just when you fall off a rail on a set that tuck and roll thing cant really help, you just gotta curreen off the rail and hope to god you make it :p

but when Just ollieing sets man, tuck and roll is your best freind here, dont use your wrists or anything, just tuck riiiighhhttt iinnn :cool:

anyways, like Fire Freak said...Go Big or Go home, however, at least go home with ur brains in your head still, if you think somthing is beyond your skill level then DONT DO IT, its not worth busting that mellon that your parents worked so hard to make for ya ;)

and hell if it helps? wear a Helmet, if thats not good enough, wear padding? you might look like something scary, but hey, keeps you in one peice and gets rid of SOME of the fear, right?

anyways jsut suck it up and go for it, long as you are capable of the trick in question, dont think *aww pshh HAndrails are nothing, I know I can only ollie a deck, but this is simple*....big chance youll kill yourself, so think if you can at least do it, if you know ur capable then tell fear to shut up and just do it

[periL]

Good advice from Stevo, and confidence is key, stay positive and you will be much more effective.

[G-Town2]

i was the same way bout two months ago then i figured out if i concentrate on the trick im doing not the number of stairs then i wont pussy out so if im olleing a 9 set or something i repeat the steps of an ollie in my head over and over like hit down slide up jump thats what i do and it works for me

[novascotiaskate]

What would happen if I pushed you from behind and you weren't expecting it? You would fall to the ground and put your hands out to brace your fall. The same thing will happen if you don't make the landing. Your instinct will be to brace the fall. And then you will get up and say, "What the ****, that didn't hurt."

Just give'r dude, you get hurt ten times more when you don't commit then when you do commit and fall.

[zoo_yorker_rep']

hey dudes, today i did the 3 set again and i bailed only once on the first try and the rest i did no problem (excpet wen i didnt bend my knees and landed on the nose, but no problem) and i realized i had no fear of stairs like that it was amazing anyway thanks to those who actually tried to help Lesson Learned: it takes commitment to do somthing, and then time to get over it, and added correction to make perfect

[Pinto]

I get happy when I fall. It tells me I'm close to landing a trick. Once you get used to falling, it gets a little easier.

[Ree123]

commitment and ollie high and regurly

[DarkRider13]

^ That might help me too, I only move my front foot up, therefore when I land I go into a foole dup manual and lose my balance. I'll try it out.

[mikester1999]

Worst falls are off handrails onto your ass or hip *shivers*


steve sorry to say but u forgot the one where u crunch ur balls on the hand rail or u do the splits down a set

[goofy>everyone]

^ That might help me too, I only move my front foot up, therefore when I land I go into a foole dup manual and lose my balance. I'll try it out.

i used to do that when i did 180s. didn't really make a difference till i started trying em down stairs. Had to learn to move my back foot over the trucks or else take same nasty falls

[Le_MoNaDe]

how am i supposed to help if he thinks hes decent?
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yeah u should try 180's down it now :P

[danmorris778]

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[danmorris778]

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