Drop in
This entails starting from the top of a transition and dropping in. Before trying to drop in you should be comfortable rolling all the way up and down the transition. Set your board on the coping with the nose and trucks out over the coping and the tail resting flat on top of it. Do the following all in one motion: with your back foot in position on the tail, step out over the board, set your front foot in place, and crouch over the board as it and your body simultaneously tilt downward into the transition. Be sure to learn plenty forward and commit because any hesitation will send your board shooting out from under you.