HOW TO SKATE A MINI RAMP

What mini ramp tricks should I learn?!

I love how you explained everything so thoroughly, awesome video and awesome mini ramp

I've heard you use this pendulum thing a few times before. I think your head is actually the pivot while your feet and the board are the pendulum. (Love your videos though!)

Great content
Just started skating 6 months ago at 41 years old and your info is incredibly helpful. Are there any older videos of yours you recommend I look at for basics?

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Probably too soon in this mini ramp series so far, but I definitely want to see blunt fakie eventually.

i love this video an mini rap i would love to skate with you one day ...san diego native an thank for that bowl you guys made in old town i never knew it was there.

Love all your vids! I think you have a great vibe and amazing attitude! Wondering what pants those are. They look like a good fit!

Thnx for the video! Maybe a bit of topic but what kind of shoes are you riding on?

Nice, ramp.

i like the new approach with scripted info in between. much more structured and better to understand like that. Good job, thanks!

dooooooooood im so glad i found your channel. thanks for posting.

great video but for the love of god remove your necklace before filming. so loud

You are a great teacher - keep going!

Zack, nice video, but I wanted to know if you can share the radius of the transitions on both sides, height and overall length of the ramp. The Reason for this, we want to do a also a backyard cement mini ramp in Mexico 🇲🇽

I am stoked to see footie from this ramp 🎉

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and perspective in the way of explaining body mechanics in transition.

The backyard dream 🔥

FS Disaster. FS Smith. Why is FS so much harder!?!?!!, I feel like my shoulders don't rotate and lead back into the ramp and I just run out of my attempts.

Hope there’s a build/pour video coming up for this.

my friends literally call me slash god because its all i do when im at the bowl and its funny that i still find myself watch trick tips on how to slash grind haha there is always room for improvment folks

Thanks for putting this together! I was searching about this a lot a few months ago, and there aren’t enough good tutorials on it. This one might be the best!

Could you explain how to guide a bs boneless into your hand to stall, I can't seem to do it, I'm sure I could figure out the jump in from there but please show me how it's done

This video is so helpful, thank you! Really helped clarify some of my mistakes

The staying in the ramp tip is 100% the biggest thing that helped me advance on mini ramps. I'm 34 in grew up pretty much without transition skating so it was all stairs and rails. I always felt like an idiot at the park because I couldn't really do any transition tricks. I started practicing mini to learn ways to flow through the park better.

Thanks. As a kind of adult beginner, this was super helpful. I've been skating mini ramp less than a bowl. In a bowl I can keep my foot somehow in the pocket but when trying a mini ramp the back foot always find its way too high up the tail. Gotta really concentrate on that!

Nice vid! I wonder what made you choose concrete copings instead of regular metal ones.

Quality content. I hope more beginner friendly episodes coming soon.

Can you do the making of tutorials video on trick like fakie transferrable or double-switch popper?

That's a great looking mini-ramp, Zack! I appreciate the tutorial. I've never been too much of a ramp skater...I had a period where I could do most of the basics but also, I had something happen in my late 20s-early 30s, that messed up my equilibrium - it's something to do with my vision, which has gotten worse, lately.
Anyway, that's life and I'll persevere and in the meantime, I've been "re-learning" my ramp skills. My buddy's skatepark doesn't have a full mini, just a mini quarter and some tall quarters, but that's what I've been skating. The mini is convex and doesn't have traditional coping - it's got angle iron on top, sort of like a mini crossed with a street transition. I've been working on kickflips fs airs and getting air above the deck. I can do a beefy fs air, the width of the ramp, but haven't unlocked the height, yet. The kickflip is eluding me, also but I'm close to getting it. It will come with time and understanding and that's why I appreciate the tips on body positioning and weight distribution.

What good how to skate transition clip bro 💯

one of the nicest backyard mini ramps , must be a dream to skate on. nice tips!

Smith

I'm sure I'll be in the minority in the comments but I really appreciate you mentioning how to guide with the upper body and not the lower. I've been riding bigger transition lately and because of poor body mechanics turning I've been having issues with my hip flexor now.

One thing I do have questions about is how do I break the habit and start getting more comfortable putting my front foot closer to the bolts and less on the nose. I've noticed that if I do this it's much easier to turn, however I feel less stable even with wider wheelbase boards.

Also, if there's any other tips for us over 30 year olds on things you recommend such as ways you like to warm up before your session and how you like to finish it that would be interesting as well as what other things do you do to strengthen your body for skating mini ramps and transition.

FS Axle stall is haunting me. Can’t tell you how much time I spend on the coping just looking back down and wondering how tf to get back down there.

Bro you should give lessons you could make extra money doing so

Hey dude I really appreciate your videos like this one . I’ve been skating for over 10 years mostly flat street skating , I’m just now getting into transition more and these basics help me a ton. Thanks Zack!

Just picked up a miniramp can’t wait to get started when the rain stops

A dream

great stuff!!

I’m actually starting to think about a house move with the potential for a mini ramp in the garden. Come on family it’ll be fun for everyone 😂

"Your head is your pendulum when skating transition" - Zack Dowdy🔥

Dropping in.....First time hold somebodies hand.....I've helped soooo many kids not get hurt after I proper did myself at 45....

Thank you so much for this one, it was excelent!

Excellent tutorial Zack. 🤘🤘

How much did it cost you to build?

Def want to learn how to front/back tail slide

mini looks so sick! teach me how to skate transition!