Get Air on a Quarter Pipe on a Scooter
Have you ever seen those guys at your local skatepark on scooters airing out of the half-pipe gracefully as if they are manipulating gravity? Well if so this is the guide for you!
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Steps
- Get some speed that you feel comfortable with, you want to be able to hit the coping of the quarter Pipe/halfpipe..
- As you approach the quarter, bend your knees for extra speed (pump your legs). When you hit the coping retract your knees in a jumping motion, if done correctly you should be soaring like an eagle over that quarterpipe!
- Re-entry: The scariest bit of airing to any newcomer to scooter riding, but don't fear with this guide you will pull of this maneuver with ease.
- Assuming that you're now in the air, you want to pull the bars up and hold onto them. You now want turn your body in a spinning motion to either your right or left side, you should first find out which you feel comfortable spinning.
- Coming back in: All you have to do is keep your knees bent and extend them when you hit the quarter pipe in a pumping motion.
Tips
- Watch your back wheel for casing the coping.
- Always wear a helmet when first attempting.
Warnings
- If you case the coping with your back wheel you may face-plant.
