How to do airs

[mike pardon]

Check out www.actionsportscoaching.com for some tips

cheers Mike

[pickle]

Cool! cheers mike, who knows maybe one day i'll manage to get some 'air' 

cool pictures too!

[rory]

you wont learn how to air by reading a how to

[Trev]

there's nothing on there that us novices don't know, but still can't do it.

[rory]

learn from your crashes , honest

[brass monkey!]

Cool! cheers mike, who knows maybe one day i'll manage to get some 'air' 

cool pictures too!

they're ya go Rob !! There's still time ! 

I know we're carrying a bit of extra Poundage these days, but after all a if a Jumbo Jet can get of the terrafirma so can we !! 

[pickle]

Cool! cheers mike, who knows maybe one day i'll manage to get some 'air' 

cool pictures too!

they're ya go Rob !! There's still time ! 

I know we're carrying a bit of extra Poundage these days, but after all a if a Jumbo Jet can get of the terrafirma so can we !! 

I think i might just hit the floor with the same amount of force too! 

[brass monkey!]

Cool! cheers mike, who knows maybe one day i'll manage to get some 'air' 

cool pictures too!

they're ya go Rob !! There's still time ! 

I know we're carrying a bit of extra Poundage these days, but after all a if a Jumbo Jet can get of the terrafirma so can we !! 

I think i might just hit the floor with the same amount of force too! 

preferably not on the face !!

[dordymush]

your better trying to get a bit of air out the mini ramps.
i was the same at bones on the big half pipe.
i got comfortable knowing the wood base was still under me if it went wrong.
on the mini you aint and you lose the fear of going iinto nowt a bit lol.

[highrisedrifter]

your better trying to get a bit of air out the mini ramps.
i was the same at bones on the big half pipe.
i got comfortable knowing the wood base was still under me if it went wrong.
on the mini you aint and you lose the fear of going iinto nowt a bit lol.

Pretty sound advice. 

HRD

[Trev]

i prefer trying to air on a proper quarter with a bit of vert on it.  on mini's you have to pull out too much to stop hanging up.

[oberonspacefruit]

too much?

[nicklambo]

Yeah...I always hang up on minis....shame as that all we have near here!

[MeddlE]

i prefer trying to air on a proper quarter with a bit of vert on it.  on mini's you have to pull out too much to stop hanging up.

So, is that your target for tonight at Charlton?

[Trev]

i prefer trying to air on a proper quarter with a bit of vert on it.  on mini's you have to pull out too much to stop hanging up.

So, is that your target for tonight at Charlton?

to be quite honest, i'm not that fussed about trying to air at charlton anymore.  i didn't really want to ride mini's when i got back into riding as i wanted to ride something with a bit of vert.  charlton is just a bit of fun.

[oberonspacefruit]

I believe i have some footage of you with your pants on fire.

[MeddlE]

    

[Arma]

trev  wtf do you mean charlton is just for fun,  i think the only person that could say that is  Scott  M.    get a grip and ride ya bike some

[Trev]

i am riding some.  i'll be at charlton tonight.

but my point is, that when i got back into riding, the only thing i wanted to be able to do was airs.  it is harder to air on a mini than on a quarter pipe.  i've recently learnt peg stalls and feebles and have even done the volcano, but none of that stuff will give me the same buzz i'll get when i learn to air properly.

[TwoBobRob]

Trev,  I was known for kickturns and nowt else when I first rode.  I came back to riding wanting to be a vert rider.  Wanting to do airs. So I built a vert ramp and rode it. When that ended, I found another vert ramp and rode that. When I didnt go there I found another park with a vert ramp and I rode there.....

Do you see a pattern forming? 

Buy yourself a fullface lid and get yourself to fooking Skaterham.   

Unless you can find a vert 1/4 pipe somewhere thats 8ft high or higher, it's time to put your money where your mouth is on a vert ramp.

Once you're halfway decent on vert then you can call miniramp a bit of fun......        

See you tonight. 

[Trev]

shouldn't all riding just be a bit of fun if you're not competing??

[Arma]

gotta say rob said it all there and very politly , you will never air unless you  put  the  time in

[loosenut]

trev, get yourself up to dunmow skatepark. theres an authentic POS 80s quarter there. if the locals haven't burnt it down yet

[Trev]

trev, get yourself up to dunmow skatepark. theres an authentic POS 80s quarter there. if the locals haven't burnt it down yet

looks good rhys, whereabouts is that?

[TwoBobRob]

shouldn't all riding just be a bit of fun if you're not competing??

Bowls is a bit of fun.

Tiddlywinks is a bit of fun.

Picking peanuts out of poo is a bit of fun.


But if you are going to call Charlton a 'bit of fun', what does that make your sessions at Rom?  or your roadtrips to other parks?

The other night at Legacy you all had a twist session remember?  out of that wee 1/4 pipe at the end of the park.  You all got a good sweat on, you all crashed a few times and got up, and you pulled some really nice 360s.  You put the work in and got the reward.  In my book, thats the fun.

You'll seldom see me riding and not grinning through the session, it's a fun thing to do, but bloody hard work.

Perhaps I just thought you were being a little condescending y'know?  I call Rom my 'fun' session, but I still try hard when I'm there.  I'm just a bit allergic to concrete these days so I'm not likely to try owt big there...


I think what I'm trying to say is you will never, ever learn to air with 'a bit of fun' attitude.  We're too old, life is too short sadly.