Vulcan milestones?

boardsurfr · Joined: 23 Aug 2001 Posts: 1266

Can anyone suggest milestones for learning the Vulcan, ideally with a guess how many attempts are needed to get there? A few such milestones may help to get motivated to start what may be a multi-year learning...

cagjr21150 · Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 303

The Human Catapult answers your question... http://humancatapult.blogspot.com/2010/04/vulcanmaybepossiblysomeday.html

And then today this post... http://humancatapult.blogspot.com/2010/04/got-one.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DaNews/259440813066

mogunn · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 1307 Location: SF Bay

human_catapult · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 374

hey boardsurfr,

That's a great question, and one I was definitely curious about when I undertook the task of doing the Vulcan.

It really varies from person to person regarding things like number of attempts and landmarks.

In my first 250 or so attempts I was hardly sliding, and was never getting around. Getting the jump and getting the nose down just didn't come too easy. When I got to 300 attempts I started having luck getting the nose down, then you begin to feel sliding. For some people, the challenge is just beginning here and it takes a long time to successfully get the handwork and the balance for sliding down.

I don't have it down yet, but I got lucky and have landed a few. We'll see if I get another one someday.

Best of luck! Start as soon as you can!