kindof.
better if you don’t do one, but I think that they are acceptable.
it’s just the entire point of no setup hops is to make stuff look smoother and be harder, so prehops kindof ruin that.
Yeah, no prehops, it looks better without them.
well that ruins my chances… I’ll try it anyway once it gets a little warmer out
Just work on static hops, I can hop just as high without a prehop as with one (only about 28"). I just do prehops because it is a habit.
I cant do pre-hops anymore.
I used to, but now when I try, I fail miserably. 
Same. I feel like when I prehop, it takes some of the concentration away from tucking the wheel up, and when I do it static, I am way more focused on bringing the wheel under me and up.
So, depending on what you’ve gotten used to, you could hop higher with a prehop or none, right?
I’f I ever get half as good as you guys that will be a goal of mine; eliminate virtually all prehops.
Don’t make it a goal for the future, start now. That way you won’t become totally relient on pre-hops.
OK, but when I can regularly hop up stairs. Right now I’m only comfortable hopping w/ a support close by, I’ve done a max of 15 consecutive hops. When I can consistently get 20+ I’ll do it away from the rail.