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What the Frickin hell is a switch nose manual?
Fakie manny but you switch ollie into it? Just on flat I'd call it a fakie manny but if you sw ollie then sw nosemanny or nosewheelie is the proper term, think same difference as between fakie five-o and switch nosegrind.
Hardest part of learning sw nosemanny is keeping the shoulders aligned right, especially if you're so used to manny and nosemanny you'll basically have the reflex of turning your upper body the wrong way. I was never good at that trick but the couple of times I've tried and done it that was my problem, and I fixed it by just pretending I was doing a nosewheelie except switch (mimicking all the motions I normally do, just mirrored without thinking about 'switch') instead of thinking in already familiar terms. Do what it takes to push down on that nose and hold it the exact same way you're doing it regs, if it doesn't work then figure out what it is you're doing different. But it's usually the shoulders and looking back like a fakie trick instead of ahead and in the direction you're going.
Ok I'm wrong kinda. Name of particular trick. I don't believe in the blanket terms switch nose manny and Fakie nose manny. That shit hurts me brains.
Fakie nose manny is a wacky wacky term. So I'm like you landed switch manny? No I landed in Fakie nose manny. Hmmm. No no no. That's improper like me English man.
Kinda like the Indy is not a grab for both directions. It's the name of stand alone trick.
Soooooooooo....
Secret to manny tricks that I maybe have already spoken about....
Ive noticed that with my most Controlled manny tricks I set up with my back foot heel hanging off the tail. Ball of foot in the heel side pocket. All my pop comes from the front foot. Kinda like a controlled kick flip onto a ledge.
Then my back foot goes immediately to standing above the truck even if my head and arm are not in the right place.
Almost all my tricks I do from the pocket. So I have a guaranteed catch? Or it's because I learned almost everything on hand me down boards in the late 80s early 90s.
My Rob roskop I rode for like 2 years. When I became an "Ollie master" and got onto my first picnic table I had like a 4 or 5 inch tail.
I have no idea why people say tip of the tail for popping tricks in tutorials. I never ever ever set up like this. Maybe a little bit when I could do hard flips. Still I'm on that heel side pocket.
The only time I'm standing toe side of the tail is if I'm doing a backside trick like tre imp or bs flip.
I'm very upset so if this doesn't read I'm sorry.