Air Ride Skill


 * For the racing technique, see Air Ride.

"Enables the use of the Air Ride skill."

- Description, Sonic Free Riders.

Air Ride Skill, also known as Air Ride, is a Gear Part that appears in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity and Sonic Free Riders. It is an Extreme Gear component that grants Air Ride.

Description
Air Ride Skill is a component that is installed into an Extreme Gear, which appears as an icon on the head-up display in the top-left corner of the game screen. In gameplay, the player can activate Air Ride Skill under special circumstances, which grants the playable character the ability to Air Ride, allowing the playable character to take flight into mid-air from Catapults/Kickers and pass through Dash Rings while gathering Air/Gravity Points.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
The Gear Part first appeared in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity under the name Air Ride. In this game, its icon is a yellow-colored circle with a black Air Ride-type Extreme Gear inscribed in it. Here, Air Ride is a Gear Part permanently installed into only certain Extreme Gears.

To activate Air Ride in gameplay, the player must press / after collecting a certain amount of Rings. When activating Air Ride, the Extreme Gear is surrounded by an orange void, indicate the Gear Part coming into effect, where the Extreme Gear itself is physically transformed into an Air Ride-type Extreme Gear.

Sonic Free Riders
The Gear Part reappeared in Sonic Free Riders where it is named Air Ride Skill. In this game, its icon is a darker yellow-colored circle with a yellow wing inscribed in it. Here, Air Ride Skill is a customizable Gear Part that can be attached to different Extreme Gears. It is one of the Gear Parts that can be used from the beginning of the game.

If Air Ride Skill is chosen as the first Gear Part, it becomes active in gameplay once the race begins. If chosen as the second Gear Part, the player can activate and as well deactivate Air Ride Skill by switching stance by turning his/her body around due to the Kinect controls of the game. When Air Ride Skill is active, two small, yellow wings appear on both sides of the Extreme Gear.