# Dropping in

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For other uses, see [Drop-In (disambiguation)](/source/Drop-In_(disambiguation)).

**Dropping in** is a [skateboarding trick](/source/Skateboarding_trick) with which a skateboarder starts skating a [half-pipe](/source/Half-pipe) by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and [pumping](/source/Pump_(skateboarding)) gradually for more speed.[1] When a skateboarder drops in, they use their [gravitational potential energy](/source/Gravitational_energy) to gain initial velocity, allowing the skater to skate longer before exhausting themselves and thus to take more runs.[2][1]

When a skateboarder drops in, they stand on the deck of a [half-pipe](/source/Half-pipe), put their back foot on the tail of the [skateboard](/source/Skateboard), and push it so that the back wheels just roll over the coping into a position like in a tail stall.[2] They then put their front foot on the deck, which now hangs over the half-pipe, lean forward, and start skating the half-pipe.[3][4]

The highest drop-in ever was performed on 25 September 2025, during an event organized by [Red Bull](/source/Red_Bull), by the Brazilian professional vert skateboarder [Sandro Dias](/source/Sandro_Dias). He skated down the [Fernando Ferrari Administrative Center](/source/Fernando_Ferrari_Administrative_Center), a government building shaped like a [quarter pipe](/source/Quarter_Pipe) in [Porto Alegre](/source/Porto_Alegre), [Rio Grande do Sul](/source/Rio_Grande_do_Sul), breaking not only the world record in the highest drop-in ever, but also the fastest speed reached on a standard [skateboard](/source/Skateboard) (103 [km/h](/source/Kilometers_per_hour), approximately 64 [mph](/source/Miles_per_hour)).[5][6][7] Starting at a height of 55 meters, he gradually dropped in at 60, 65 and finally 70 meters.[8] *[Guinness World Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records)* representatives were present at the time of the event to verify the record breaking.[5]

## References

1. RIDE Channel. "Tony Hawk Teaches How to Drop-in on Vert." [\[1\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvdfBnmqjbk)

1. ["How to: Drop In - Skateboard Trick Tip | skatedeluxe Blog"](https://www.skatedeluxe.com/blog/en/trick-tips/skateboard/transition/how-to-drop-in/). Retrieved 2020-09-05.

1. YouTube video [things to think of before dropping in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NucTeU8r0-w)

1. About.com [http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/HowToDropIn.htm](http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/HowToDropIn.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307051710/http://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/ss/HowToDropIn.htm) 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine

1. Blakely, Brian (2025-09-25). ["Sandro Dias Breaks 2 World Records on the ‘World’s Biggest Ramp’"](https://www.skateboarding.com/news/sandro-dias-breaks-2-world-records-on-the-worlds-biggest-ramp). [Transworld Skateboarding](/source/Transworld_Skateboarding). Retrieved 2025-09-25.

1. Praetzel, João (2025-09-25). ["Sandro Dias faz história ao bater recorde mundial em megarrampa do prédio do CAFF, em Porto Alegre"](https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/esportes/noticia/2025/09/mineirinho-bate-recorde-mundial-da-megarrampa-com-descida-de-65-metros-do-predio-do-caff-em-porto-alegre-cmfzmr2ts015a01cmj0nlyc4g.html) [Mineirinho makes history by breaking a world record on the mega ramp at the CAFF building in Porto Alegre] (in Brazilian Portuguese). [Zero Hora](/source/Zero_Hora). Retrieved 2025-09-26.

1. ["Pro skateboarder sets 2 world records on 'world's biggest ramp,' hits 64 mph on descent"](https://local12.com/news/nation-world/centro-administrativo-fernando-ferrari-red-bull-sandro-dias-pro-skateboarder-sets-2-world-records-with-daring-stunt-hits-64-mph-on-descent-prada-possibility-dream-sports-tony-hawk-pro-tagging-cincinnati-seventy-meter-drop-stunt-dangerous-human-interest). *[AFP](/source/Agence_France-Presse)/[CBS Newspath](/source/CBS_Newspath)*. [WKRC](/source/WKRC-TV). 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2025-09-26.

1. ["World Record Attempt Highest Skateboatd Drop In"](https://www.youtube.com/live/bZHZNsqNLzk?si=vDXH_DjhJqHK6Wol) (live). *[Red Bull](/source/Red_Bull)*. [YouTube](/source/YouTube). 2025-09-25. Retrieved 2025-09-26.

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