- Check the space and the kit.
- Get your child's attention first.
- Show it from two sides.
- Say one thing only.
- End on one that works.
Put the phone down where you can see it. Tap Next with your thumb, or use the arrow keys.
Is the space marked?
- A start line
- A straight lane
- A cone slalom
- A stopping line
Pads; quiet times.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Pump higher each time until the front wheels reach the top.
- Lift the front wheels onto the top of the ramp, rest, lift them again and ride back down backward: a rock to fakie.
- Ride up so both trucks rest on the coping, hold, then kickturn back in: an axle stall.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Pump higher until the front wheels reach the top.
- Lift them onto the top, hold, lift again and ride back fakie (rock to fakie).
- Kickturns higher until one is at the coping (pivot).
- Axle stall: both trucks on the coping, hold, kickturn back in.
How much: 10 tries
Lift the front wheels clearly
One run
The rules
Drop in, rock to fakie, pump, kickturn; score each trick landed in one run.
- Wait your turn on the top of the ramp
- Drop in and do as many of the four tricks as you can in one run
- 3 runs each
Fair play: The last to go picks the first trick next time.
- Points
- 1 point for each trick landed in the run; 2 points for the full run with all four.
- Fouls
- The run ends: dropping in when someone else is riding; the back wheels hanging up on the coping; stepping off
- Win
- The best run.
- 2
- 4
- 6
3 rock to fakies and 3 axle stalls in one session.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
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