Dropping in is a

skateboarding trick A skateboarding trick, or simply a trick, is a maneuver performed by manipulating a skateboard, usually with one's feet, in a specific way to achieve the desired outcome – the trick. History Though skateboards emerged in the 1900s, skateboardi ...

with which a skateboarder starts skating a

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by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed.RIDE Channel. "Tony Hawk Teaches How to Drop-in on Vert.

/ref> When a skateboarder drops in, they use their gravitational energy, gravitational potential energy to gain initial velocity, allowing the skater to skate longer before exhausting themselves and thus to take more runs. When a skateboarder drops in, they stand on the deck of a

, put their back foot on the tail of the

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, and push it so that the back wheels just roll over the coping into a position like in a tail stall. They then put their front foot on the deck, which now hangs over the half-pipe, lean forward, and start skating the half-pipe.About.com http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/HowToDropIn.htm

Gallery of skateboarders dropping in

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Bob Burnquist Robert Dean Silva Burnquist (; born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder who competed for Brazil throughout his career. In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a " fakie 900" (900-degree reverse-natural r ...

dropping in on a mega ramp File:Dropping In (6905138241).jpg, Dropping In with assistance File:Young girl wearing a bikini at skatepark.jpg, A woman wearing a

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positioning herself to perform a dropping in

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