| Holding your tuck an the general knowledge behind it all: A skater that is only good at cornering can only really expect to do well in races like rio where there is no space between corners to tuck, a racer with only a good tuck and little cornering experience can in most situations pull off a podium position if he finds his form, Last year for example Chris Chaput(he even said it about himself once or twice) had had very little corning experience but he had one of the best tucks out there and a good helmet, he won the IGSA tour, He said on Ncdsa once that at places like hotheels where there is a technical section followed by a fast straight, that as long as he survived the tech section at any pace his tuck put him back in the game on the straights at the bottom. This year his tech skills have improved dramatically and he is just dangerous on the course full stop, and where I say the course I mean any course. But what I was trying to put across is that good tuck is very important, a tuck is basically getting as much of your boddy out of the way of the air as possible, The basic idea is to resemble as best you can an upside down L shape (right angle) to the wind, this means you should try and get your feet as straight in a line on your board as you can handle, you should have your knees right behind each other so that from the front it looks like you have one leg(this is just all mike's theory, nothing has been proven it's just what works for me) you should have your back as flat as possible and if possible have your head pointing slightly down as this lines up the back of most helmets with your back, keep your arms as straight as possible behind you, practice it all the mirror as often as you can(at least thats what I did) when you are board, while watching tele, whenever you can. Holding a good tuck at times is an absolute killer on legs, keeps you fit fellows., Sucking in your shoulders also helps a bit. Mike's tips for tucking: feet in a row knees in a row flat back head down shoulders in arms straight represent a T or a right angle |
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| "use mike's tuck, it works for me" |