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proper takeoff tech

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volvotank
Posts: 5 - Karma: 10
when hitting the lip of a jump, to get the most air, do you hit the thing straight legged so your knees dont absorb any energy or do you push off right at the lip.
Jan 19 2003 1:32PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
knees bent, hands forward at shoulder width, legs at shoulder with or wider, shins pushing against front of boot (weight forward), pop off lip.
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Jan 19 2003 1:35PM
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etom
Posts: 2443 - Karma: 13
exactly waht he siad, stand on the balls of your feet.

~Tom
Jan 19 2003 2:58PM
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Freestyla_01
Posts: 8586 - Karma: 34
4 point takeoff, 4 point landing.
anything less, would be uncivilized.
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Jan 19 2003 8:32PM
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Caden
Posts: 3213 - Karma: 10
personally i pop by leanin my shins back to my boots at the top of the jump so the fronts come up high and pop the backs off... just like a flatland pop.


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Jan 19 2003 9:24PM
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Lilman757410
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yu wanna com off right on the balls of your feet- mike accident
Jan 19 2003 9:46PM
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Freestyla_01
Posts: 8586 - Karma: 34
i havent been able to hit any jumps yet this year, so i cant tell you what to do.
Jan 20 2003 8:59PM
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