Really boring stuff for most people here:
I can do tranny basics and I'm pretty comfortable skating small minis but for the love of god, I cant do tail stalls. Whenever I try to commit to put my weight on the coping, I'm shifting to early and whipe out. When I dont commit, its just a small embarassing tap with my tail on the coping. So my timing is probably way off... Any tipps?
@cucktard Definitey has the info.
I was thinking I was going nuts as I thought I had posted something about this, but it turns out it was in another thread with similar interests here, which might be a good read as well for anyone:
Getting Comfortable on Mini-ramps
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=120011.msg3742056#msg3742056The short bit of it that is relevant (and had someone doing full stand up tail stalls by the end of the session) as per info below.
The best example for learning basics is things like fakie tail taps, which can lead into and are almost the same as fakie tail stalls, but you can do them well below coping and you roll up with minimal speed and just tap the tail on the ramp at the moment you are about to stop, where ever that is on the ramp, keeping your weight over the front foot so you cannot slip out. Work these up higher and higher, staying low until you are at the point where you can just tap the coping, which then gives you better balance to be able to pump a bit more and really put that tail down to stop and then drop back in.
To add to that, from today's session, the main thing I made sure was when the person was coming up they were staying low which helped to control the balance and not go over backwards when getting to the tail. Sure it is easier for smaller bodies and kids learning, but as adults (especially taller or bigger ones) it is harder to get down lower and keep balanced, so by pumping pretty much so wheels just touch the coping on either side for a few goes and then get a light weight tap on the tail, then repeat a few pumps, tap tail, really helps with repetition for where you need to be.
Before legs get tired or things start to get uncomfortable, jump out for a bit or do something else, then get to about the same place again, pump up or drop in and slow down and get to tapping the tail more so than trying to get right up on it, but by pumping a little harder coming backwards, it is easier to get a more firm tap, then get up to stop on top in a tail stall.
If things go funny or stop working well, go back to the pumping just under or at coping and do some more taps to get back into the balance again.
The only other thing to say is the location can have a lot to do with it as well, eg a mini ramp with mellow transition and minimal to no coping might be harder to do it on than something a bit steeper or something with big coping, but on the bigger coping you want to make sure you are more balanced.
Almost forgot too, body position - in particular being completely side on, just with turned head rolling up and down is important too, not turning your body at all to the direction you are going in and definitely not keeping a slight forward stance when rolling backwards, cause that will throw off your balance more than anything.
Setting up a camera and watching this back often helps to see where you are at too.