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So I get jumps, ollies, nollies, I'm fine with them all...on flat ground. But I cannot for the life of me time a jump to go over something. Even a curb. Even down a curb.
I either time it too late and I just roll of the end, or I time it too early and come down half way across.
Any advice?

more speed and more practice, when your front tyres are just about to leave the lip jump, it takes a lil while to get it spot on but just keep trying

Yea, I would second the more speed! Start with the curb and go quite fast, just lifting your front wheels to roll off the curb. Once you get the feeling of when your back tires come off the curb you can start to lift the back wheels in a small Ollie. Then build your ollies up in height, keeping the timing right and start to work on small kickers etc.
Hope this helped!
Maybe also try 2 footed jumps before ollies off drops, Jon Diurba has a great tutorial!

Damn why didn't this thread come up earlier!! I thought about giving up because i couldn't jump up a bloody kerb until i had one of them "f**k it" moments on top of a roll in and it all came together!!

really just a matter of practice i think. if i recall, for me come from a skateboarding background i found that i was leaving it to late as i was used to the wheels being a little behind the tip of the deck.

the speed thing people are talking about is a classic thing from every extreme sport and is relevant for most gaps/tricks. the faster you go the less time you actually need to be in mid air/ mid trick and there for less actual balance etc.
for example trying board slides on a 2 meter rail at slow speed you might find you lose your balance but going fast you only need to get into to the slide position and pop out, barely any balance is needed. so in the jumping up a curb analogy you dont need to have a huge ollie in order to give yourself enough time to clear the length of your deck, the faster you go the less time you need in the air for the same result.

Yea, I would second the more speed! Start with the curb and go quite fast, just lifting your front wheels to roll off the curb. Once you get the feeling of when your back tires come off the curb you can start to lift the back wheels in a small Ollie. Then build your ollies up in height, keeping the timing right and start to work on small kickers etc.

That's great actually, thank you! I learnt to do all the jumps from Diurba, his tutorial was actually really helpful, without sounding like he's talking to 4 year olds haha

really just a matter of practice i think. if i recall, for me come from a skateboarding background i found that i was leaving it to late as i was used to the wheels being a little behind the tip of the deck.

I'm having the same problem, I think I overcompensate a lot as well after jumping too late a few times, so I go too early =/ the balance thing never occurred to me, so I think you just saved me a lot of pain later on down the line! Haha

Thanks guys =)

Right Roger knockhill