How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
So...I've only been riding bowls for a few weeks now, but am getting more comfortable getting higher and have just started making it up to the coping and turning around. I find I'm most comfortable at this point turning backside (probably partially because I don't have to look at the bottom of the bowl from above) and doing a turn at the coping, but am finding the speed coming down from the vert a little unsettling. I'm sure it'll mostly just take a while to get used to managing the speed, and know it's at least 75% mental, but am wondering a couple of things:
are there any suggestions for what to do when I approach the coping, and can you give me any tips on getting more comfortable handling the speed I get when I kick around and head back down the bowl?
I made it all the way up to the coping this morning twice successfully, and ate it the third time...probably head tripping mostly.
Mahalo,
Pool Pirate
Re: How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
go up the transition carving at an angle, maybe you already are. when you say backside you dont see the bottom of the bowl i think maybe you mean frontside,your toes pointing towards the coping. backside, heels to the coping feels more comfortable probly.if you dont wear kneepads dude you should.i would not have a broken arm if i was wearing mine
Re: How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
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Originally Posted by tahmoe
go up the transition carving at an angle, maybe you already are. when you say backside you dont see the bottom of the bowl i think maybe you mean frontside,your toes pointing towards the coping. backside, heels to the coping feels more comfortable probly.if you dont wear kneepads dude you should.i would not have a broken arm if i was wearing mine
That seems like a good tip. It has been a lot easier coming up at an angle, whereas I was coming straight up to the coping this morning and finding it much more difficult.
Re: How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
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Originally Posted by shadow9
( writes down ) ...Skate more...there! That should work for pretty much anything I need.
The only way to become comfortable at speed is to just go fast a lot so it stops being such a big deal. There's no secret trick or substitute for practice and firsthand experience. You just have to skate a lot.
Re: How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
You mean like a short f-s 5-0? Ok... I don't know about fs, but with bs, I just go fast, approach the ramp on a medium curve, and right when I reach the top, I do a proper kickturn, but I turn sharper. I twist my body more, and use more force for the same amount of rotation as a kickturn. I don't know how this helped, but I think it helps getting the wheels over the coping at a stable position.
As for the landing, I bend down through my knees, back knee slightly more bent than front, so that it looks good too =). Going exaggeratingly low is actually good.
How to approach the coping and deal with the speed
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