Small Fry has enjoyed skating around the bowl at our new skatepark here in Boise. I think she likes that it just flows as long as you can keep speed and pump around the transitions.
As she is learning to kick turn in transition, a bowl is a perfect place to practice those turns over and over. I tried explaining to her and even showing her how to pump around the bowls and keep speed but it didn’t quite seem to resonate as well as I expected it to.
So with that said, I created a little game for her to practice pumping around the bowl and kick turning in the transitions. I told her to just chase me around the bowl and try to basically run into me. I think that helped a ton. It more so distracted her and allowed her natural abilities to guide her and keep her in the game of chase. It is also good for me so start running a little bit on my recovering knee.
As you can see towards the end of the video, she really started grasping the idea, going faster and higher into the transitions. Now she wants to play this every time we go to the skatepark and eventually I will be able to lead her on my board and she can follow me around the bowl!
We are always into hearing other techniques of teaching bowl skating so please chime in and share any tips you may have!
YEEWWW!! 🤙🏼
The Rowley Fam
9 авг 2023
