HOW TO OVERCOME THE FEAR OF DROPPING IN 

Would love a whole series of this dude, seeing him overcome is inspiring.

It's just about that first drop. After you understand that it's your head playing with you, you'll never fail again.

Can’t have a video about overcoming fear and not have Gabe drop in on Vert.

I would love to see you take him through the starter tricks 🙂

As much as I love watching Aaron and the team shred, watching Derek drop in gave me all the feels. Congrats Derek, keep inspiring us skateboarders who are learning and overcoming our fears.

i love how when ur scared to do a new trick after u land the first one the fear seems to disappear

Derek has inspired me to try and drop in. Im 56 yrs old and started skating again a few weeks ago. Haven't been on a board in over 30 yrs! Your videos help a lot! Thx

I really needed this I started skateboarding again 3 weeks ago after 30 years I’m 45 now. My son started lessons. So I said I’ll skate with you. 2 weeks ago I bust my nose trying to drop in. So haven’t tried again. Hopefully after this it will work for a old man

I feel Derek so much, my few drop in attempts must've looked just as dangerous. It's just so crazy how quickly this goes from safe to bodied, when you allow for a slither of doubt, making you instinctively pull your weight back.

Have to do a how to skate series with Derek!!

Yes please for the Derek learning to skate series!! It’s always nice for newbies like me😂

Overcoming fear is not easy, but hesitation is the worst thing. I learned the hard way when I hesitated doing a 360 on snowboard on an icy surface... I slammed badly, got a concussion (wasn't wearing a helmet then, bad move). The sooner you get it "over with" (the sooner you do the thing that scares you), the better. What's the worst that can happen? You slam? Put on some gear and do it. You bail? Do it again, right away. The old addage "getting back on the horse" exists for a reason, because if you don't it'll be worse. YOU CAN DO IT! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Aaron said it, it's all in the mind. There is no spoon.

I want to see the series of you taking him through all the tricks! Also I am terrified of Drop-ins, but have never been scared of ollies.

I really appreciate this kind of content from you guys, I just started learning at 29 for the first time and just getting out and learning to push has me needing this kind of motivation

Just wanna say, I watched this earlier today and it's EXACTLY how I felt all my teen years skating. I've still never skated vert and this video made me make a trip to get my board and practice dropping in the afternoon. Dropping the shoulder was the tip I've waited 20years to hear and work!!!

Just goes to show you how hard it is to teach and pass your understanding onto someone else. Mad respect to teachers!

It's all so scary! Super proud of you, Derek. Keep facing those fears and making gains.

I haven’t dropped in yet and this video has really built my confidence up

OMG a Derrick vid! This is the first since I've been watching Braille where he's the focus! Love you guys still bringing the fun; despite all of the team changes. Never stop doing what you guys do!

Love it! The first time I ever dropped in, it was on a pretty tall and steep mini, maybe even a full halfpipe but without the vert. I wasn't as scared as I SHOULD have been! I bodied so hard in front of a crowd. Shoutout to the two older skaters at the park who noticed and spent their time, on multiple days, teaching me and my friends to drop in correctly. Not to mention more than a few other tricks and tips. Without them, I might've never attempted it again or gone on to start skating transition.

Thank you for this video...I am 50 next year and have decided to learn via your videos. More of this stuff please xx us beginners need to see this kinda stuff.

Love to watch a whole series about derek learning and his progression with all these rad dudes teaching him to shred

You guys rock. Met a buddy at the skate park yesterday foe the first time in probably like 15 years or more because of you guys. Awesome inspiration

We just started skating again after a 5 year break, been overthinking the big drop in at the local park. Thanks for this guys!!!

Congratulations! That was so wonderful to watch, and hella inspiring! Yesterday I stepped on a board for the first time in almost 25 years thanks to VIDEOS LIKE THIS!

Genuine happiness right there. Moments like this are why i got back into skating after 15 years off the board. Well done!

Professional pocket pool player here! Learning to drop in, too, Derek!

Derek you did so amazing bro! Keep it up, and keep filming it because so many are the same level as you and to chronicle it together helps them grow and learn faster! Job well done. Progress Persist

Yesss I wanna see a whole Derek progress series!!! 🔥

Name a more wholesome skateboarding video. Amazing. being so bad with uneven surfaces, i gave up on skating long ago, so this really hits to see him overcome the fear from all the different ramps up; really inspiring me to get my board out

I’ve been trying to overcome the fear of turning into a back disaster over the coping, and this video reminds me of how similar all of these fears are. But of course nothing is as scary as your first drop in. Eventually you realize that you just have to take your chances with the first throw. And then boom, your body knows what’s going on and it just starts to work.

Yes. Derek series.

my big trick for overcoming fear in skating (I roller skate, but it works the same) is earbuds with a song that really amps me up. it's way easier to nail tricks when I have that confidence and energy.

I just recently learned this and it was the most satisfying thing to roll off of the ramp, took the Braille advice, just didn’t think about it, step on it and go! Thank you for all your help Braille Ps. I am obsessed with my Midnight maker skateboard!

Way to go! Last Sunday I also conquered my fear and learned Blunt to Rock on a mini Ramp never thought I was ever going to learn "blunt trick" but it happed :D

This was one of the best videos in a while! Let me apprentice under Derek! I can clean a mean warehouse and will learn right along with him!

yes please do more of this, i need some motivation.

Yes! Series!

I'm in Derek's situation atm and I'm really impressed he did so well. Ironically I successfully dropped in on a steep ramp the very first time I tried it using the shoulder technique but the second time I hurt myself so now I can only do very shallow ramps until I get over my psychological barrier. Well done Derek.

Best video in ages.Derrick is awesome & great to see Chloe too!

You guys are inspiring! I'm taking my 6yr old neice to buy her first board this saturday. Can't wait to see her beaming ear to ear :D

I love how you guys teach.

Yo guys I completely remember what it felt like the first time I dropped in. It definitely is something big to concur for some people. But Aaron is right, there’s no bailing in a drop in it’s all commitment and in your head.

Great job, Derek!! Let's goooooo 🔥🔥🔥

Proud of you Derek mate, you smashed it.

Exactly what I needed to see/hear today after yesterday’s crash lol.. thanks 😅

More of this glorious human please. GJ!

Raise your hand if I didn’t come from tiktok 🤚

Derek video is a must, everyone gotta learn someday

Nicely done! It was inspiring to watch him conquer his fear 😺

Great job Derek!

I just had my first falls today, I really needed this.

this is rad... shout out to Derek!

Do more of these videos, where Aaron is teaching amateurs. I love those videos when Aaron was teaching Alec. HILARIOUS!

Would definitely love that series, I miss all the Skategod Lance videos. I still go back and watch them all the time.

Yes, I would 100% watch every video of you showing dude some tricks and teaching them how to do them. I'm just a old dude returning to skating that can use that some help also.

This was the best content online this year hands down fam

Please do a series on Derek. Man is so chill it’s awesome.

As someone who wants to relearn skateboard tricks I'd love to watch the process with Derek!

Exactly! That is what I'm talking about, don't think about it, just do it straight up!

Love to see Derek do more, and Gabe drop vert.

This was actually a very humbling video awesome guys ❤

Imagine already being nervous but then having your bosses screaming at you hahah. In all seriousness you killed it Derek, would love to see more!

Congrats Derek! You killed it. 👊👍

As an adult beginner, I needed this video!

please do the serie,it helps lot !!!also to beginners as well

Loved this , if it wasn't dark out , I'd be off to drop in right this minute... You guys must be so much fun to learn with !! Wish you were just round the corner !! 💯 ❤ and respect 🙏

let’s get this whole Derek series!

I am a Braille Army Plus Memeber!! And its awesome!!

Thank you so much I just dropped in yesterday and it was so great

DEREK! Kudos to you!

2:40 Yes! We need more Derek!

Lets go Derek!, I really enjoyed the video, watching from Argentina

I LOVE this!

nice job overcoming fear. Keep practicing 💙

Yeah Aaron. Give us the Derek skate progression videos!

YES! TEACH DERRICK!

Thanks so much for your guys skating tutorials! Thanks to this video I finally did my first drop in! Posted it on my channel if you want to see

I learned to drop in on a bowl with rocks in it and it’s no wonder I smacked my face on the other side. Now that I had scrapes and blood pouring out of my nose I gave it another try removing rocks and dirt first before sending it. I dropped in and carved the bowl side a little and ever since then could drop in. My story isn’t to scare you, but is an example of how much more difficult it can be given the type of drop in and no one to cheer you on. YOU CAN DO IT! Just start small and eventually you will find it easy to progress.

Yess a Derrick series pls

thansks i really needed this!

Very inspiring, overcoming fear of drop in, so bend knees and slam the board, thanks 🙏 I try with a mat , it’s been while since faced that fear 😧

Awesome encouragement and instruction! So cool to watch a skater work through the psychological aspects. Much appreciated, I’m inspired to do more.🛹🔥🛹🔥🛹!

I remember my first drop in, It was a 7 ft. spin ramp, I kept trying 50-50 thinking it was less scary, I was wrong. When I finally did it regular, everyone was cheering my on. I was 16 or 17 at the time, back in 1991, that indoor skatepark is long gone. My friend tried dropping in on the wooden bowl, and slammed hard.

more Derek. love derek. so innocent

I feel you Derek!

Thanks for this video! I learnt a lot, both what to do and both what not to do - as a teacher also. I respond here as for your request; I've been teaching swimming and Kung Fu for many years, and the issue of overcoming fear myself and helping overcoming fear for a student - isn't something new for me. In my experience, very small steps, which include very little fear from the one hand, and therefore much more concentrated and relaxed mind from the other hand - in addition to many many many repetitions in each step result in both fun (and less "madness" which suits less people in the world) and more successful way - thanks to building patiently muscle memory. Cheering loudly many times might help the already very afraid person to make the scary step - but might also very distract him... which is the opposite of what we, teachers and supporting friends would like for them... As for me, I'm a 42 years old surfer who is trying to go down like you do on skateboard 😱 So i try to do it the most gradually i can - and most fun - with the least fear and danger in order to learn to control, as much as possible, each scenario in the safest way. In the end we gonna fall - it's inevitable - but if done correctly - more chances of staying healthy in one piece which also enables to continue training, rather than needing the time to heal. Another thing i notices is a difference between how you dropping in - versus what you taught to do: you place your front feet steadily on the board and only then lean forward (which i definately going to try!) Instead how you were teaching which is to both lean forward and only then place your front feet on the board and "kick" while you're already in the air dropping which seems much more crazier!! I hope what i wrote might be helpful - and thanks again for the video!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

I’m fifty six now and still have that same nervousness of dropping that same move from my teens, I admire ur courage to be videoed.. David from Jersey

I can totally sympathize with Derek. I'm at that same point in getting back into skating. i've got a small ledge i can sometimes drop in on. but every time i go back to the park. it's a struggle to get going again.

Can't wait for the day I see a title about overcoming fear and it's Mr Horatio Cruz dropping in on the vert 👀 Tetrimino + Gobstopper shoes + Caster wheels

A Derek series ftw!

I broke my spine when I was 12 and I tried dropping in on a minipipe the first time - I didn't lean forward nearly enough, my board went forward, I went back and landed full in the small of my back on the pipe, I was terrified of trying it in the first place but gave it a go, but I didn't have any of my mates who skated at the time to show me how to do this so I absolutely 100% understand Derek. The rest of you are proper bros for getting him through this though, it's properly intimidating, even just trying to do it on a flat ramp!

Teach the man all the tricks.

This is literally me 😅 Thanks for sharing 🤙🏽

Yes we want to see him learn the basics

Teach the drop in like Carlos did. Point at the ground in front of you with your front hand and hold your back hand up over your head then when you drop in it makes you drop your front shoulder. I've taught so many people how to drop in using that technique all thanks to Carlos.

He did amazing

I can so relate to this guy! I was scared watching him dropping in 😮

Next video: GABE OVERCOMES HIS FEAR OF DROPPING IN.

Derek going through wvery basic trick would actually be a really really natural way to show off common issues and correct them and would also help comfort level and people learning the tricks feel less foolish for not getting it right away. Sounded like a random idea thrown out there but could really actually be really beneficial and something I've never seen anyone else do. A tutorial where someone's actually learning along side you. Dope.