Episode 7 Epic Quick Blast

Welcome to the world of epic.

Sit back, strap yourself in and get ready to become epic at everything!

Welcome to your quick blast of epicness.

So what are we waiting for? Let's do this!

First up, what do you get if you mix snow and planks of wood? This!

Freestyle skiing - the most epic winter sport going.

But how do you become a freestyle skier, I hear you ask.

To show you how, we've got this dude.

Hello. I'm James Woods, or Woodsy,

and I'm going to show you how to freestyle ski like a pro.

Woodsy has opted for both long and short hair. I like it.

The first thing you've got to do is learn how to ski.

There, I've learnt it.

Obviously, learning to ski takes a little bit longer.

Next, you've got to get used to being in the air.

And that's a small jump and we call it a pop.

The more you practise, the easier and smoother your tricks will look.

Next is the rails, and again we're going to start basic

and work our way up.

The key here is to keep nice equal weight on both skis.

If you can't get yourself to a slope every day, skateboarding

and rollerblading really helps.

Once you've done that and mastered your fear, in a couple of years

you'll be a freeskier and you'll be able to do tricks like this.

And that is how to freestyle ski like a pro.

OK, and if that's got you hungry for more,

then get those leg muscles at the ready

because we've got a cheerleader to show you a supercool stunt.

Hi, I'm Luke. I'm going to show you a cheerleading jump - the toe touch.

Five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four.

Five, six, seven, eight.

First, bend your knees and clasp your arms in front of you like this.

-Got it.

-Next you're going to push your arms up.

-Yup.

-And straighten your knees.

-OK.

Finally you're going to slice your arms down into a T,

explode through your legs, jumping, landing on the balls of your feet.

So that's arms out, legs up, jump and land. Easy.

Put those steps together and it should look something like this.

Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And that's how to do a cheerleading toe touch.

Cheers to you, Lukey, my mate. You wonderful cheerleader.

Now for something totally different.

If you have a pen and paper then you can do this next epic little tip.

I'm Ed Petrie and I'm going to show you how to draw your own comic strip.

Why? Because I can.

So the first thing you need to do

if you're going to draw your own comic strip is have an idea

about what the comic strip is going to be about.

Nobody wants to read a comic about a man going to the shops.

It'd be rubbish. So I've come up with an idea for a guy called Gary Rotter.

He's the world's worst wizard.

Now I need a story, so I was thinking he's rubbish wizard

and he hasn't done his homework so he gets turned into a frog.

But finds out he quite likes being a frog

because it means he can catch flies with his tongue.

The next thing to do is block it out.

Don't worry too much about the drawing or anything.

You just want to get the story down.

-I've worked out I need five panels for this.

-Panels?

That's the squares that you draw the cartoon in.

It looks a bit weird when I draw it out on the page.

It's not symmetrical. So I'm going to do a title panel as well and have six

and it will look nice and neat.

So the next thing you're going to do is try

and do a pretty good drawing in pencil.

This may take you some time.

That probably seemed really quick to you. It took hours.

Anyway, there you go. My finished pencil drawing.

-I'm happy with my drawing.

-He's happy.

-Now the scary bit. The ink.

Now you can use any pen you like to do this, whatever suits you.

I've found over the years that I quite like using a nib pen.

Again, this may take some time.

Whoa, what are you doing, Ed? Don't rub it out, we haven't seen it yet.

-Now I've rubbed all the pencil off.

-Ah.

Finally, to colour it in, I like to use watercolours.

I can be nice and messy with them.

Again, this may take you some time

so whilst Ed does that I'll remind you how to make your own comic.

Get an idea. Draw it in the panels in pencil. Go over it in pen.

Add a splash of colour and voila.

And that is how you design your own comic strip.

So there you have it - your quick blast of epicness.

Now go forth and be epic at everything!