Getting the Guts

Take your time … Like shane says walk it get used to it, but there is a time if your going to do it that you have to commit. When that time comes don't hesitate or be wishy washy about it or it will be ugly. If and when you decide to do it you relax, take a deep breath, visuallize what your going to do ( say some thing to yourself like my favorite " well the lord hates a coward " ) and just go for it. Remember until you start getting pretty high off the groung say 6' and up the likelyhood of getting hurt too bad is minimal. NOT non existant… but minimal. So even if you eat it you will probably bounce back up and laugh it off, and realize that it wasn't as bad as you thought.

^^^ Excellent advice.:thepimp:

im no master at heights either dood. But i havent ever falling off a skinny (prolly cuz i dont ride them too often) so i keep running through my mind the best way to bail when its obvious you are gonna fall. Well, does anyone have any bailing advice when you know ur going down?

Originally posted by Draco Rider
So y is shane the man then?

Strong is the force in this one.

Listen to Shane you will. Ride Curbs you must. Use the force you will. Let it flow through you.

Shane hitting big stuump. This should answer your question quite well.

Err, wow. :banana: :lol:
Bows

Ride curbs all the time i do but fear of heights stops me from riding ladders it does.

Originally posted by DropKing
im no master at heights either dood. But i havent ever falling off a skinny (prolly cuz i dont ride them too often) so i keep running through my mind the best way to bail when its obvious you are gonna fall. Well, does anyone have any bailing advice when you know ur going down?

i ride clipless so for me it is sidehop/wheelie drop off the side of the log then as soon as you make contact with the ground. hit your brakes

I find that the way to get over the mind games is to accept that you have to ride the skinny. Its not about getting the idea of riding the ladder in your head, it's about not letting the idea of falling in.

This may not make too much sense, but just try not to allow yourself to hesitate, that's what makes you fall. That's the reason that it's easy to ride a parking divider no problem, but WAY harder to ride somthing that's twice as wide but twice as high.

Originally posted by builttoride
yeah hesitation is a killer, if your going to go for it… GO FOR IT, don't hold back!:)

Bad Memories :( ;)

Maybe if you get up there, you'll be so scared of falling off that you'll try your hardest to stay on, and become the master of high skinny stunts! :thepimp:

Originally posted by Broken Fusion!
Maybe if you get up there, you'll be so scared of falling off that you'll try your hardest to stay on, and become the master of high skinny stunts! :thepimp:

Indeed.

Anyone see Drop In Nelson. Those were skinny skinnys, that sweet drop to tranny theat Kinrade did.-MOTHER!