Who's done a switch impossible?

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Wes's is my favorite, blew my mind when I saw it in this part because I'd never seen one before

[Kolostrum]

Last trick

That was very clearly a switch 360 shuv, still sick though.

OP berrics created trickipeida for this very question

[Creed Bratton]

Bob gnar did a switch front foot impossible on the mega ramp

[HisDudest]

Joey Brezinski has the best one

[GeorgeCostanza]

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Genesis Evans, Max Palmer.

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whats up with genesis ? haven't seen or heard from him in like two years. did mediocre weird skate homie loose its allure?

lmao

[Murge]

Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

[tension]

Switch impossibles are possible

[Bristol_Palin]

Geoff Rowley's did one in that flip video that everyone hated and he skated to Lemmy from Motorhead singing stand by me. He did a bunch of deck checks across a street gap too.

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Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

The key is to know that your front leg doesn't do shit on impossibles, you just pull your knee up then bring it back down for the catch. You have to get it out of the way kind of like you would for a no-comply except instead of sliding your foot downwards and off the board you just lift it straight up. If you can't get your front foot back on then you're most likely just leading forwards too much, all your weight should be resting over your back leg before you pop. Keep your upper body straight, don't lean over the nose and forget that you have a front foot for a split second as you just get it out of the way causing the tail to pop. If you stay centered there's no reason your front foot should land before the board as it should be way above it the whole time.

Also if you have a hard time doing it regular, don't hesitate to try it switch actually. From my experience (I've taught variations of that trick to countless people), people usually have a natural predisposition for the wrapping motion in at least one stance, most goofy-footed people seem to have an easier time with switch impossibles and regular ollie front foot impossibles because most people have better accuracy in their right foot, whereas for that very same reason regular people seem to be better at regular ollie impossibles and switch front foot impossibles. The names sound ridiculous, but some variations always come easy, most people just don't try them.

[GAY]

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Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

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The key is to know that your front leg doesn't do shit on impossibles, you just pull your knee up then bring it back down for the catch. You have to get it out of the way kind of like you would for a no-comply except instead of sliding your foot downwards and off the board you just lift it straight up. If you can't get your front foot back on then you're most likely just leading forwards too much, all your weight should be resting over your back leg before you pop. Keep your upper body straight, don't lean over the nose and forget that you have a front foot for a split second as you just get it out of the way causing the tail to pop. If you stay centered there's no reason your front foot should land before the board as it should be way above it the whole time.

This is wonderful.

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^ No, you're wonderful. I even edited my post with more nerdery.

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My friend Bert.

[SodaJerk]

My friend Bert.

You know Bert?

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My friend Bert.

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You know Bert?

Berts Anonymous.

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Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

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The key is to know that your front leg doesn't do shit on impossibles, you just pull your knee up then bring it back down for the catch. You have to get it out of the way kind of like you would for a no-comply except instead of sliding your foot downwards and off the board you just lift it straight up. If you can't get your front foot back on then you're most likely just leading forwards too much, all your weight should be resting over your back leg before you pop. Keep your upper body straight, don't lean over the nose and forget that you have a front foot for a split second as you just get it out of the way causing the tail to pop. If you stay centered there's no reason your front foot should land before the board as it should be way above it the whole time.

Also if you have a hard time doing it regular, don't hesitate to try it switch actually. From my experience (I've taught variations of that trick to countless people), people usually have a natural predisposition for the wrapping motion in at least one stance, most goofy-footed people seem to have an easier time with switch impossibles and regular ollie front foot impossibles because most people have better accuracy in their right foot, whereas for that very same reason regular people seem to be better at regular ollie impossibles and switch front foot impossibles. The names sound ridiculous, but some variations always come easy, most people just don't try them.

 I’m gonna try this today. And try and keep it in mind. I can get them to rotate but my front foot lands in front of the nose. So you saying I’m leaning forward or jumping forward and no being centered makes a lot of sense. Thanks man I really appreciate it.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

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Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

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The key is to know that your front leg doesn't do shit on impossibles, you just pull your knee up then bring it back down for the catch. You have to get it out of the way kind of like you would for a no-comply except instead of sliding your foot downwards and off the board you just lift it straight up. If you can't get your front foot back on then you're most likely just leading forwards too much, all your weight should be resting over your back leg before you pop. Keep your upper body straight, don't lean over the nose and forget that you have a front foot for a split second as you just get it out of the way causing the tail to pop. If you stay centered there's no reason your front foot should land before the board as it should be way above it the whole time.

Also if you have a hard time doing it regular, don't hesitate to try it switch actually. From my experience (I've taught variations of that trick to countless people), people usually have a natural predisposition for the wrapping motion in at least one stance, most goofy-footed people seem to have an easier time with switch impossibles and regular ollie front foot impossibles because most people have better accuracy in their right foot, whereas for that very same reason regular people seem to be better at regular ollie impossibles and switch front foot impossibles. The names sound ridiculous, but some variations always come easy, most people just don't try them.

Excellant skate nerdery!

Also waaaay back in the day, I could do switch back 3s super easy. I never in 30 years learned em regular

Some tricks do come naturally easier switch to some.

I learned switch front wheels before regs
Switch  inward heels are easy as fuck

Switch back heels and switch backside flips are easy too.

Switch  bigspins are easier for me too, as well as switch frontside 360s

Some tricks I learned regs or switch, then just by feeling what my feet, shoulders etc were doing, I could apply it and learn it in the other stance.

Some tried is truly are out of reach for me, switch impossible is on that list

[FS-OverKOOK]

Has it even been done?

Yes.

[fang]

I could do them in the past. I was terrible at 360 flips but every version. Of the impossible was easy to me. Would have preferred the 360 flip skill though

[Mark Renton]

From my experience, most goofy-footed people seem to have an easier time with switch impossibles and regular ollie front foot impossibles because most people have better accuracy in their right foot

Accurate.
Gonna try them from now on and get one on film as I jumped on a couple of them today.
All thanks to this thread. I almost forgot they existed. Gotta love SLAP.

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Y’all over here bragging about doing them switch and shit and my fat ass is over here trying to get my front foot on regular.

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The key is to know that your front leg doesn't do shit on impossibles, you just pull your knee up then bring it back down for the catch. You have to get it out of the way kind of like you would for a no-comply except instead of sliding your foot downwards and off the board you just lift it straight up. If you can't get your front foot back on then you're most likely just leading forwards too much, all your weight should be resting over your back leg before you pop. Keep your upper body straight, don't lean over the nose and forget that you have a front foot for a split second as you just get it out of the way causing the tail to pop. If you stay centered there's no reason your front foot should land before the board as it should be way above it the whole time.

Also if you have a hard time doing it regular, don't hesitate to try it switch actually. From my experience (I've taught variations of that trick to countless people), people usually have a natural predisposition for the wrapping motion in at least one stance, most goofy-footed people seem to have an easier time with switch impossibles and regular ollie front foot impossibles because most people have better accuracy in their right foot, whereas for that very same reason regular people seem to be better at regular ollie impossibles and switch front foot impossibles. The names sound ridiculous, but some variations always come easy, most people just don't try them.

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Excellant skate nerdery!

Also waaaay back in the day, I could do switch back 3s super easy. I never in 30 years learned em regular

Some tricks do come naturally easier switch to some.

I learned switch front wheels before regs
Switch  inward heels are easy as fuck

Switch back heels and switch backside flips are easy too.

Switch  bigspins are easier for me too, as well as switch frontside 360s

Some tricks I learned regs or switch, then just by feeling what my feet, shoulders etc were doing, I could apply it and learn it in the other stance.

Some tried is truly are out of reach for me, switch impossible is on that list

Yeah I learned during the era when switch was super-hot that I could do switch frontside flips. I was stunned. Landed a whole bunch of those. It's not something I can even start to do regular. It's bizarre.

[TheLurper]

I used to work with a dude who would do super weird impossibles (I'm not sure what the name of this would be).

He would put one foot on the nose and the other on the tail and apply a ton of pressure. Then he'd slide his foot off the nose and it would pop-up and do an impossible. It was super weird, but he was pretty consistent.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

I used to work with a dude who would do super weird impossibles (I'm not sure what the name of this would be).

He would put one foot on the nose and the other on the tail and apply a ton of pressure. Then he'd slide his foot off the nose and it would pop-up and do an impossible. It was super weird, but he was pretty consistent.

That's how we learned em way back from rodney mullen

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I used to work with a dude who would do super weird impossibles (I'm not sure what the name of this would be).

He would put one foot on the nose and the other on the tail and apply a ton of pressure. Then he'd slide his foot off the nose and it would pop-up and do an impossible. It was super weird, but he was pretty consistent.

That's kind of how I do mine regular. I used to do it with the modern technique, then realized my friend who had been doing them since the 80's with his foot on the nose had the right idea all along because it allowed (at least) me to maximize the pop and leverage on them somehow. So over the years I naturally adapted to a kind of hybrid between both, where my foot is close to the nose but nowhere fully on like Mullen's stance was. Didn't even notice till one day people started calling it out. Somehow, switch I do them with the modern technique.