Learning to skateboard on a vert ramp, can be dangerous, exhilarating, and very fun once you know what you are doing. "Vert" is short for vertical, and is the name coined for skateboarding on large scale half pipe ramps typically used for the X Games and other major skateboarding competitions. A beginner in vert ramp skating should always wear a helmet and pads before even attempting to learn how to skate a vert ramp.
The first thing you need to learn, ironically, is how to fall, because it is inevitable that you will fall at some point in your learning process, and even after you become more experienced. You can practice falling by putting on your pads and helmet and start by running up the ramp, and falling to your knees, allowing yourself to slide down. Do not catch yourself with your hands, because if you are high into the air and try to break your fall with your hands, you are probably going to break your wrists, or worse. Experiment with different ways to fall, until you get a good understanding of how gravity will typically pull you.
After you have tested every possible way to fall and slide down the vert ramp, you can start actually skating on it. Get on your skateboard and start pushing the board up a wall. Start bending your knees on the way up the ramp, and when you start slowing down, you'll need to push out with your knees to push yourself up the ramp higher. At the top of your push, your skateboard may feel like it is starting to roll back down the ramp, so you will want to push down hard, to put your weigh back onto the skateboard.
Once you start to come down, your speed will increase very quickly until you start going up the opposite side of the ramp, where you will roll up in the same way you did the other side. Keep going back and forth, and you will get higher and higher. Do not try to learn any new techniques associated with the vert ramp, until you have had ample practice at simply skating it.
After you get a feel for the vert ramp, and master simple skating of the ramp, the first thing you will want to learn next, would be the "Drop-in". The "Drop-in"is a skateboarding technique that skateboarders often use when entering vert ramps, skateparks and bowls, in which the skateboarder goes from standing on the edge of the coping, which is the raised lip surrounding or on the edge of a ramp, to skateboarding down the ramp. The Drop-in technique send the skateboarder down the ramp at a very high rate of speed.
Step One:
Ride around the ramp for a while to get a good feel for it. Every ramp is different, and you need to know what you are getting yourself into before you attempt to perform any new trick.
Step Two:
Decide where you want to go after your drop. While learning how to Drop-in, it is always best to Drop-in to a large flat area, and make sure the coast is clear from your fellow skateboarders.
Step Three:
Place the tail of your board on the coping (or rim of the ramp), with your back wheel hanging over the edge of the ramp. Keep the tail planted with your back foot along it's width.
Step Four:
The front of your skateboard should be in the air over the ramp, with it's nose slightly cocked into the air. Until you are ready to drop, keep your front foot on the ground.
Step Five:
When you get up the nerve to give it a try, make sure your path is clear. Place your front foot over the front trucks of your board, and stomp down with all your weight, until your wheels hit the ramp. If you do not stomp hard enough, you will fail.
Step Six:
After your front wheels make contact with the ramp, simply ride away.
Remember that with any skateboarding trick, it takes lots of practice to perfect, and it should get a little easier every time you try it. Always wear your pads when attempting to learn a new trick!
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