Me: now i’m going to do it standing on the ramp: i cannot do this

Just know this. Falling is learning.

Ha! Thanks for putting my failed drop in, my butt still hurts till this day

Me: alright imma commit now for real *brain has crashed*

everybody gangsta till dan drops in with one foot

one footed drop in like a champ.

Slipping out and eating shit is a practically one of the first steps in learning to drop in

Poor adnan mans got exposed so many times in this video

“Look, reach, step, go” absolutely works. I’ve reminded people “no brain, no pain”, the less you overthink it, the safer you’ll be. Keep doing what you do, dudes!

This builds my confidence but I know when I get on the half pipe I will forget everything

The natural tendency to lean back comes from a lifetime of leaning back when we walk down steep hills. You gave to force yourself to do the exact opposite of that on a skateboard

Him : ive never had anybody fall leaning forward Me: well there is a first time for everything 😀

You actually taught me HOW to drop in. Everyone else says just commit and they act like we know how to commit with our fears. You though, made it so easier

Got my first skateboard the other day, its just a really old one I found in the garage I'm 25 and never skated a day in my life before, been skating a grand total of 2 day now 😎 all ready got a busted knee!! Carnt do any tricks yet I carnt even ollie lol but I spent the last two days just trying to stay on the bloody thing and I can now skate to the shop and back with out falling off!!

I’m 40 and I dropped in on a 4 footer -for the first time ever - today. I can street skate and Ollie and hit some basic tricks but never skated transition. This is best advice here!

Imma send this to my friend that can tre butt cant drop in lol

"I urge you to try to fall forward" Good thing I'm fueled by spite

I feel like I should’ve watched this before I almost broke my wrist🤣😂🤣

Last time I was this early we could all still go out and rollerboard with the homies.

I “learned” to drop in on a 5 foot tall quarter pipe and I literally fell and ate shit about 7 times

Broke my foot trying to drop in and leaned back. Listen to this guy cuz I know I have to. DO NOT lean back

The issue is my skatepark has ramps that are way to big to practice on

doing the what i call "commiting but not commiting enough" made me fuck up my ankle, but i was lucky because ramps arent really that dangerous as other obstacles, so i tried again when i felt better

“Typically something you learn early on in skating” took me 15 years of skating to even have the opportunity to learn 👀

I think rolling up and down the transition a few times first really helps as it gets you used to how to lean back and forwards in and out of the transition

My mom teached me how to drop in 12 years ago. I was 11 back then. Only thing i had to do was commiting and my mom supported me back then

“I’ve never seen someone fall forward” you should of seen me drop in the bowl this morning 🤣

Dang man I’m getting back into skateboarding after 4-5 years of not because I’m getting my 7 yr old son into it. I’m here learning how to drop in after all these years and find dale decker all over again. Was subbed to your channel years ago on my old account. So happy I found you again. You Still have great quality videos and advice. 🙏🏼

In addition to what you said about bending the knees, I found holding/touching the nose helped me learn a lot faster when I started dropping in. I do this when I drop in on something I feel slightly more uncomfortable with, i.e. pool coping, so that I feel more confident.

Perhaps the #1 mistake I see people make learning to drop in, is keeping their back leg strait. They hear the advice to slam their front leg down, but with the back leg strait and locked, they can't get the front trucks on the ramp. 2 tricks I use to break people of this: 1. A variation on your tip to reach forward - I actually tell people to touch or grab the nose of the board. This forces them to get their weight lower and keep both legs bent. It usually also serves as a cue to keep their body moving with the board. 2. If they continue to have trouble, I tell them to think more about picking their back leg up than slamming their front foot down. If you look at your video, you'll notice your back leg position changes a lot more than your front leg.

What an awesome explanation and a great video, been skating for 35 years, and this dude did such a great job explaining this.

This was cool, where were you guys when I learned to drop in. I slammed my third try and landed on my wallet... huge bruise. Six feet is my highest drop in now, too scared to go from higher. Thanks for being you.

I was literally just binging your vids when this came up. Awesome!

"access the ramp" I already subbed with the one second in the start because that was to funny!

This was really helpful 💯 I just started to get back into skateboarding and now learning to drop in so I’ll comment my progress as you drop more content

Some great helpful skater taught me this yesterday!! Your video enhancing it even more thanks!!

Looooove ur content can’t wait for more 👏🤟

I literally ate concrete tryna drop in today IT HURT LIKE A MF💀🤚🏾

Thank you so much this was so helpful

That one foot drop in really put into perspective of properly dropping in!! No other vid actually gets this info across so clear and fast!

Haven’t tried my first drop in yet, I’m really consistent with just casual cruising and I’m working on my ollies, shuvits, tic tacs and manuals. Thanks for this video! Ima try this week

I kinda just got the footplacing down where I feel safe, didn’t really think about it and dropped in. Worked out really good and my reaction (the thing was filmed) was priceless as I was expecting to just fall but Atleast wanted to just go for it and didn’t fall in the end

Thanks for the advice, very reassuring! I'll try it this summer

Love this and it is very in depth.

tip: Tighten your trucks if youre a beginner dropping in. Reason: First time I was learning i had loose trucks, got the confidence, tried stomping down and sprained my ankle as my front foot twisted sideways onto the board. Next time I tried and got rid of that variable just learning to drop in and get the feel I did it first time.

Yo man, I just started skating a few months back when quarantine started, and this is easily the best skating tutorial video I've seen. Cutting in to relevant clips of you doing it right (or slams lol) makes it so much easier to follow than those weird tiktok 'tutorials'. Can't wait to hit up my nearest park tomorrow, i gotta take revenge on that half pipe

Thank you so so much man great video

Thanks for the tip! Keep it slammin and be safe. All the best!

Sick vid dale just learned how to fakie bigspin

The only quarterpipe I have is big on his I would do it easily

Bro I cannot thank you enough for this I finally learned how to do it without being scared. Thanks so much man I just want you to know that.

Ive been looking for a video like this for daaaayys! All those other people say is to push hard with your front foot and thats it... I fell every time I tried it but when I watch this it makes SOOOO MUUCH SEEENSE! THANK YOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

Talking skateboarding with a homie and we both found out we watch your channel. Keep up the good work!

I’ve learned how to dropped in and did it first try and then after 3rd day I was comfortable and confident trying it but then on the 3rd day I dropped in again and slammed forward and hit my head

I really like that little hidden spot where your ramp is placed 😊 Good video btw

One thing I found useful when learning: with all your weight on your back foot, and barely touching the board with your front, try falling forward without putting any pressure on the front of the board, and without the board moving at all, like you want to fall forward onto your side. At the very last moment of this freefall, when your brain tells you to avoid it, do the stomp and put everything on your front foot. Your can actually practice it without the board. It is esppecially helpful if you want to start practising on straight ramps without coping, where your board is likely to roll backwards if you to the whole thing too slow. But even if the ramp has coping it helps to delay the stomp, so you are more likely in a perpendicular position relative to the board.

I can't find the second song, if anyone know the name please let me know

Dale’s videos are 100 times better than Braille’s tbh.

I cannot tell you how long ive been waiting for this, thank you =)

So I watched this literally with my foot on the board and my board on the coping... This gave me the Confidence and I tried it for the first time. Didn’t do it. But I did all the motions and was a lot more confident for the next time.... NAILED IT. And now I’ve got it down! Thank you @Dale. 19years old and finally did it.

I dropped in today and I’m so hyped rn I wanna keep doing it

OMG you're such a good teacher, I'm your biggest fan!

Thanks those tips dude will help out a lot 👍👍👍💯💯

Right on points!!!! Great tutorial video.

I’d say lean forward but then center yourself, makes more since

Me when I learned how to skateboard a month ago: yea I’m gonna nail this 3 foot drop in, this is gonna be like the easiest thing ever My brain when I’m up there: your gonna fall on your head, you need more practice, your gonna fall, you will injure yourself and you can’t skateboard again, your gonna embarrass yourself, your not ready, your gonna break your neck, you will get a serious head injury, Me after those thoughts: yep Im gonna go back down

thanks dale!!! ive progressed so much in 2 weeks am rlly proud

this was the best advice i have ever got about skatboarding. thanks!!!!

I've died so many times trying to drop in. Injured myself real bad on several attempts. I can inward heelflip on flat but I can't drop in. Very tears.

ADNAN CAN!! I love that guy...hes crap like me!

Love the channel man your vids made me want to get in to skating again and I just picked up a pair of clearweathers after your last vid keep killing it man the contents great

This video was really helpful, great job 👍

First time I tried to drop in, I DESTROYED my elbow with fractures and detached ligaments from the bone ☹️

Watched this, went to my local, got on the quarter pipe and still fell🤦🏻‍♂️

I haven't skated in years, loved skating vert. I still loved this video. Makes me wanna skate again. Happy 420

This how to is the best one I’ve seen on dropping in. It really showed me what I was doing wrong, and I dropped in successfully for the first time today. Thank you so much guys!

I dropped in second try but slipped back first try.

Are these vids old because I thought dan was sick with the Corona

This was very very good. Explained perfectly for newbies...me. Excellent editing as well. Then he went and gave all the credit to an Academy. You are a good teacher. I shall search other videos with your instructions. Thanks.

Hej you guy's rock the best dropin tutorial i have seen thanks for sharing that!!

I just dropped and i was like fuck it im gonna do it i jumped on the ramp and i sort of got off it....i fell verry hard and the first 10 seconds on the ground i thought my leg was broken...it litterly folded double :( now my pants are broken and my knee and ankle hurtsss and is bruised en bloody not a good first experience. Maybe i had to look at these sort of videos before oops but im gonna try again in a few days wish me luck😂

5:50 that's my local skate park!

I am very glad I found this. Once i start going to a skate park i will watch this again.

Dude. Best Instruction video I've seen so far. Thanks. I'm trying to overcome my fear. like I had someone hold me as I went down so I had some support and I did it perfect everytime. But actually commiting is killing me. I feel like I'm goina die lol.

Good thing dan doesn’t have corona anymore

I believe I am the only person alive that fell forward while dropping in

fantastic video man. Stay loose is what I needed to hear, I think that's why I'm struggling with every aspect of skating right now. thank you guys.

the vibe of ur vids is unmatchable. keep up the awesome vids man

Who else here watches Adnan Can

Number one HACK: send

I finally got over the fear of dropping in! I keep falling though but my friend say that my ground foot is too close to my back foot that’s why I keep falling backwards so I listened and I did it and didn’t manual down the ramp but did fall at the end but honestly if you just stomp, lean and make sure your footing is correct then you are good to go

Dude that mini looks soooo damn fun to ride in! Wish I could be there, definitely gonna get out and skate today. Thank God the weather has warmed up.

Thanks man! My son is new and needs to see this!

i havent skated in 10 years but this popped up on my feed, really good advice here i wish someone explained it how you have when i was learning lol.

Love the vids man👍✌

This inspires me to skate more, idk why but this video is so satisfying to watch lmao :)

You make it look so easy! I know exactly what to do but for some reason I never have the confidence when I’m at a skatepark. I think being at an indoor skatepark helps me because it’s a softer landing on wood, but it’s still so scary! Still haven’t done it but I’m going today so hopefully I’ll get the nerve to do it! Thanks for tips

Thanx for this. I’ve recently learned to drop in 2 weeks ago. Took some spills as I’ve tried to push myself. Nursing sounds as I write. Any advice on the next level medium height drop ins? I tried the side a pool the other day (taller and more vert) and nearly killed myself. I should add I’m 55 years old

Just one of those things to have to fully commit and do it. Once you do it, you will see that’s it’s easy and won’t be afraid and you will be able to keep doing it

So today I tried my first major drop (4-5 ft high) and I did it first try. I started skating a while back but stopped because I really had no reason to be there. Recently I learned how to kick flip, heel flip, and a pop shove it, definitely a lot of work put in to do these things.