landing

seadooman89 · Criminal Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 59 City: niagara falls

umm dont know if this is the right forum but hopefully sum 1 can help me out....

when i land after gettin air....

i bend my knees as i hit the water, or after i hit the water or how to exactly land it?

i went out yesterday b4 dark n got a lil air, not w2w but close, anyways i didnt know how to land, but landed some

DunDunDun · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject:

youll wanna be lalmsot straig legged in the air, and then cushion the landing with yuor legs. like when you are jumping on a tramp, and then when you dont wanna bounce no more, you take all the jump out through your legs, like you stop bouncing. do that.

seadooman89 · Criminal Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 59 City: niagara falls

thanks..... i knew there was a reason we got that trampoline!

PeeDeeRider · Criminal Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 77

something that helped me when i first started landing in addition to absorbing shock with my legs was to let go with my back hand for more balance.

Blake · Posted: Sep 07, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

PeeDeeRider, That shouldnt really matter at all actually... Besides, at his level, he will have more of a chance of losing the handle all together... You should also land on the same edge as you took off on... Too many people try to land flat which is basically going to where your legs out in no time. By holding your edge on lanidng, you will not only land things at a higher rate, you will take 90% of the stress off your knees!

LFevo138 · Outlaw Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 147 City: Grand Rapids

you might be right blake but i kno when i first started it was much easier for me to land my sketchy w2w jumps with my back hand off the rope

seadooman89 · Criminal Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 59 City: niagara falls

i do see people land w/ their back hand off balancing alot....

i didnt get much chance to try landing cuz i started at like 730 last weekend when it was like 60 degrees out.

DunDunDun · Posted: Sep 08, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:

60, thats warm

Blake · Posted: Sep 08, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject:

seadooman89, uhh, that is very poor form. You get your hands back on the handle as quickly as possible. Why you may ask? Because you cant ride out of a trick with only one hand on the handle. I throw raley based tricks and sometimes I leave my hand off the handle, but that is because I try to throw a late grab in as well. I dont suggest you take your hands off the handle until you start grabing the board; that simple!