How to tuck

**Basch** · 07-16-2007 11:21 AM

@sofa: even here in the Netherlands you will find that tuck matters. Last year we had a run with a speedtrap. Non tucked we had a 38km/h max. Tucked it was 49km/h
Not lightspeed but it was a "huge" difference.

**lettucefresh** · 07-20-2007 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by PiKS

Um i can still do it but its a little cramped do you think it would be a god idea to continue in a brazilian or should i change my tuck to make it faster.

In my experience, it's easier to corner and footbrake while riding standing up, unless you go to full Brazilian steeze (footbraking mongo with your front foot while grabbing both rails, cornering low and grabbing rail, sliding turns) which is tight also,
you basically just need to do what you're comfortable with, and what's fastest. the best thing to do is to practice DH with your friends, it becomes more of a race so you're always trying to tuck a little tighter and corner faster, it makes you a better rider.

I found that once i got to a certain level in my riding where i was trying to corner gnarlier turns faster, and ride tighter in general that brazilian style wasn't letting me do my best, even though at first a different tuck was uncomfortable, it takes time, you develop muscle memory and stamina and you get better.

**SgtSparkles** · 08-01-2007 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by K-Rimes

If you're not tucking like this. You're doing it wrong.

i know k-rimes is running big zigs but what wheels is the other guy runnin. thought they were bigzigs at first but there is no blue bigzig

and i need to know by tomarrow

**Crappysurfer** · 08-01-2007 08:06 PM

why do you need to know?
you are so weird

gumballs rear, avilas front

weirdo

**SgtSparkles** · 08-01-2007 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by Crappysurfer2

why do you need to know?
you are so weird

gumballs rear, avilas front

weirdo

i'm calling in my shops wheel order tomarrow and i am ordering several sets for myself includin bigzigs in multiple duros/ and split duros, : )

**K-Rimes** · 08-01-2007 11:25 PM

Actually, Bigzigs rear.

**nervous ned** · 08-02-2007 07:40 AM

The "East Coast" Tuck - Madison County style

Longbord1 (Mike)
nbhcdownhill (Noah)
Jam (Connor)
Sofa King (Brian)
Crappysurfer 2 (Nick)

**Longbord1** · 08-02-2007 08:47 AM

Awesome Ned!!

**Metalhead8290** · 08-02-2007 08:55 AM

HAHA, thats cool.

**Crappysurfer** · 08-02-2007 09:20 AM

im not gonna lie, my wang shrank so much!
that water was freeeeezing

**Longbord1** · 08-02-2007 09:25 AM

I'm winning in that pic!!

Both that I'm in front and the fact that my weenie probably shrank more.

**nervous ned** · 08-02-2007 09:42 AM

yeah, LB1, you're winning in that pic --- but right afterward the four of you crash going into the next set of rapids and Crappysurfer2 cruises in uncontested for the win!!!

**Crappysurfer** · 08-02-2007 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by nervous ned

yeah, LB1, you're winning in that pic --- but right afterward the four of you crash going into the next set of rapids and Crappysurfer2 cruises in uncontested for the win!!!

my silk boxers give me good judgement in crazy situations like that one

**Jam** · 08-02-2007 10:48 AM

I love cold water. Hooray for frozen nuttsacks.

**Justin Metcalf** · 08-02-2007 07:31 PM

Now see, that would have been the perfect race to bring out the swedish love tuck. By far the fastest tuck in situations such as that one.

**MJKam11** · 12-26-2007 08:47 PM

I do a slight variation of the Mckendry tuck, I hate the euro tuck (i'm working on it anyway) because it feels so un-comfortable to me, i'm getting used to it though.

**SgtSparkles** · 12-26-2007 10:21 PM

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[Edit: here's another image worth checking out.]

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my tuck looks alot like this, lol....but that's just cause the kids who showed me how to tuck looked like this only they weren't as tight. so naturally i just tightened it up...only difference is i usually have this, "please don't die" facial experession

but it's a basic tuck so i guess that makes sense

edit: also i get the brizilian tuck and which ever tuck this is....but wtf is a euro tuck

**EFG** · 12-27-2007 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by SgtSparkles

edit: also i get the brizilian tuck and which ever tuck this is....but wtf is a euro tuck

That is a Euro tuck... you would know that if you read this tread in it entirety.

**SgtSparkles** · 12-27-2007 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by EFG

That is a Euro tuck... you would know that if you read this tread in it entirety.

i did, just the only one i see a reall noticable difference ( other than arched backs or slight leg angles) is teh brizilian tuck...all the others look way to similar to me i guess.

edit: also it's been a while since i've seen it, but in the tutonia video wasn't there a giant ass guy who was just killin and keeping up with kevin in a brizialian tuck...and he was HUGE

**Pat S** · 12-27-2007 05:41 AM

Brazilian: dropped knee on board, torso more vertical.
Euro: knee tucked behind front one, chest pressed against knee
American: higher, legs not as bent tucked behind each other and back flat.