Vert Feels Awful

loving the game so far but I have to steer clear of vert and bowls entirely. you simply cannot build momentum in them, and if you come in with speed you lose ALL of it on your first air. the pool challenge in Hedgemont basically requires you to keep going back to your session marker over and over because of this. I was so excited when I first saw that challenge cuz it reminded me of draining and skating pools back in Skate 2, but it was a huge let down. my girlfriend is brand new to Skate (whereas I played the trilogy back in school) and she can also tell that vert ruins your momentum. it just feels soooooo bad. the fact that a Skate vet and a newbie to skating games can both agree here leads me to believe that something is definitely off with the vert ramp physics. maybe we're missing something and need to learn how to do it right?