Trick
Straight Air
GLOSSARY · Freestyle & trick grammar
The rider can adjust body position or add a grab while keeping the basic unrotated jump identity. Departure and landing stance should still be stated.
Context and distinction
Straight air does not mean a rigid body, a flat flight path or a ban on all styling.
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Straight Air: Ollie-Based Park-Jump Application
An unrotated aerial; this card uses an ollie-based departure.
Preparation and setting
A controlled ollie and familiar unrotated feature.
How to do it
- Establish the approach speed before final takeoff preparation.
- Ride toward the lip with flat base, flexed knees and an upright torso.
- Coordinate the ollie with board departure.
- Draw the knees upward while keeping the board beneath you.
- Recognize the landing, align with its surface and absorb contact.
- Ride away before changing direction.
Learn it
Move from repeatable coasting to a modest timed ollie. Change one takeoff element at a time.
Errors and corrections
Late line correction: settle the approach earlier. Extended legs through contact: rehearse flexion in a smaller straight air.
Cues
Straight line; board beneath you; absorb.
Successful attempt
No named spin, controlled flight and an aligned ride-away.
Variants
Coast and two-leg pop are other takeoff methods. “Straight air” does not mean “ollie only.”
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- Record type
- jump fundamental
01
teaching summary — coaching review required
Burton (S1): flat-base approach, upright torso and flexed knees, an ollie at departure, knees drawn up in the air, then landing recognition and impact absorption. Take-off and landing stay aligned with the actual jump geometry; the article's fixed distance-to-jump cue is not generalized.