with Paulina Ligocka
How To Snowboarding Droping In, While not a trick as such, dropping in is one thing that has to be mastered before much progress is made: it is the key to understanding transition, and how it can give us extra speed.
There are two ways to ride into a halfpipe – backside or frontside. First to learn is backside, because it’s a) easier, and b) sets you up for a frontside air onyour first hit.
The mistake most riders make is ‘dropping’ when they should be ‘riding’ into the transition.
They jump away from the wall and land with a bump halfway down the transition, which
puts them off balance and kills speed.
Picture in your mind how you’re going to hug the wall of the pipe as you go down, and squeeze speed as you leave.
Snowboarding Trick : Droping In
- Select a spot without too much vert or bumps in the transition.
- Ride along the lip to build up a little speed, and spot your entry point.
- Lean into the pipe and pop a little ollie, pulling your knees up high to enter the pipe
well tucked. - As soon as your weight is fully inside the pipe, extend your legs to meet the pipe wall.
- Ride down the wall compact, and as you hit the transition, push with both feet to pump, then, staying on your toe edge, set up for a frontside air.
