MODERN MOVES
The Art of
Dropping In
All eyes focus on the instant of commitment-Steve Alba defies the
odds again. Upland
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Alan Los is a blur as he drops into Lakewood's Happe
Rick Blackhart drops-in at an all-night teller for a late hour
withdrawal
Skateboarders are not known to take the
easiest route from one point to another-but
definitely the most direct. Curb jumping has
been around as long as skateboarding itself.
being the natural progression from sidewalk to
sdropping off picnic tables and
like, was
roat. Ty considered a bio maneuver forts
and still is Young S
doy and is Young Steve Monahon, rolling off
the top of
parked von geurbelievable
Blockhart took it to the vertical with high speed
roll-ins at Upland and TA was last seen
in contests
en dropping
off the deck and landing on the flat bottom of
and
Marina's Dog Bowl Duane Peters has since
taken the acid drop to new depths i
Dropping in off or onto is a maneuver that is as
basic a
and simple as s
as skating itself, and is equally
al as any layback aerial revert-footplant
as radical a
or whatever e
r combo of tricks one can come up
with No
No amount of planning or practice can
preceed a drop-in maneuver. You've got to go
for it now and ask questions later, and in the
meantime, let instincts take over. That's what
skating is all about--the c detachment factor-
the split second of not knowing whether one is
in d control of his or her own destiny. Riding the
razor's edge provides the rush and dropping
over the edge intensifies it.
NE ALLOWED
OL UNLESS
Sa is ON DUTY
Rich
It's bombs away for Steve Caballero at a friendly backyard pool