Emily Brooks Thanks for the comments.
One of my problems is that I've never learned to Drop In on a ramp, so I have to scoot for speed. I know the technique, but there's a big psychological barrier between that and actually trying it!
I have (sort of) started to manage to get speed by pumping across a bowl or on a half pipe, but it's not very consistent at the moment and I can only really do it backside, because my frontside turns aren't great either 🙁
When you mention "stepping on the tail and pivoting", that sounds like a skateboard kick-turn which would be like "stomping on the tail" when surfing that only works if you're going vertical, so you can get speed coming back down the wave and that's way out of my skill set...
I'm not sure what you mean by "taking a tighter line for the wall behind rather than infront". Which section of the clip are you referring to?
Can you screenshot the video and draw the line you mean?
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24 Aug 09:41
Emily Brooks If you're using an Android phone, just pause the video where you want it and take a screenshot.
Then go into Google photos, select Markup and draw on the pic (you can stretch the image to zoom in if that's easier)
Hope that helps 🙂