switch is unnecessary and should be done 1 trick per part

[Lee Ralphs Dear Old Mum]

May as well ban going fakie as well while we are at it.

[Evrart Claire]

It can definitely be overdone. In the age of the internet i don't think i would ever make it through a part where 50% of the tricks are switch.

Don't disrespect Jerry Hsu like this

[Ms. Tamzarian]

the three stances, top bottom and switch

[pizzafliptofakie]

we're like 2 or 3 dumb threads away from arguing whether or not skateboarders should skate.

[vinithebr]

we're like 2 or 3 dumb threads away from arguing whether or not skateboarders should skate.

Now that you mention it, it's becoming too mainstream and I'm tired of random bypassers comparing me to Rayssa Leal

rollerblade > scooter > skate

[Heshrat]

What’s up with the hate for switch skating?
It’s like learning your favorite thing (skating) all over again

[landedprimo]

What’s up with the hate for switch skating?
It’s like learning your favorite thing (skating) all over again

Sand in the ol' crack is my guess.

[Pooh Drunx]

just to show u can do it i guess

but its just worse skating lol

you can tell from this alone that you are the worst kind of person.

[HiResDes]

If it weren't for switch Jerry literally wouldn't have been able to put out a couple of parts due to injury

[Sizzle]

What’s up with the hate for switch skating?
It’s like learning your favorite thing (skating) all over again

It’s not even that, it’s learning tricks fakie nollie, it’s so fun once you get okay at it

[Paperclip20]

What’s up with the hate for switch skating?
It’s like learning your favorite thing (skating) all over again

People who are bad at skating or salty and old.

Switch is sick, skating is skating

[Dark Knight]

This nigga tripping (I’m black so save it before you start nerds)

[benboardbreaker]

This nigga tripping (I’m black so save it before you start nerds)

What Dark knight says. And for your information I am Caucasian, and are not using the N-word here.  But skate switch and fake as much as possible. Shalom.

[greenbeans]

There's an 81% chance your posts will be kooked, suggesting they are what is unnecessary...

Nah, he deserves to be kooked more than 100%

[bob george]

obviously you're an idiot and are being so on purpose, but i can't not bite.

skateboarding is unnecessary. nothing about it NEEDS doing. i guess it depends how you assign value to "worse" or "better" skating - but switch is essentially better skating. e.g if you can kickflip down some stairs but you can also do a good* switch kickflip down the same stairs it's better.

you're also talking about pro skateboarding i'm presuming, based off the "should be done 1 trick per part" bit of the statement. none of those guys are doing no pop switch tricks where they land super sketchy and put it in a part.

i don't know man, this thread is distressing. switch skating is kind of the coolest thing there is.

[Aquatic Dinosaur]

Sometimes I do normal routine tasks with my non dominant hand because I think it will help me skate switch, like opening an envelope or pouring water from my kettle but switch

[OwlGreen]

Keenan and Gino's part in Mouse had one non-switch trick. It's a perfect part.

[modern life is war]

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It can definitely be overdone. In the age of the internet i don't think i would ever make it through a part where 50% of the tricks are switch.

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Don't disrespect Jerry Hsu like this

No that part came out before i could easily find skate videos on the internet so i definitely sat through it while watching it on dvd a bunch of times

[tadej Pog]

My entire life suspect is the fact that Keenan was regular.

[Dark Knight]

In my opinion some people naturally start one stance, but once switch became a thing they were better that way.  Ali Boulala started off regular then turned goofy.  That’s why his switch looks regular. I’m a fucking nerd

[Mean salto]

In my opinion some people naturally start one stance, but once switch became a thing they were better that way.  Ali Boulala started off regular then turned goofy.  That’s why his switch looks regular. I’m a fucking nerd

Related to this I wonder how many people started not really knowing stance was a thing and/or pushing mongo then find out pushing mongo is bad so just skate the other way. 

[Dark Knight]

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In my opinion some people naturally start one stance, but once switch became a thing they were better that way.  Ali Boulala started off regular then turned goofy.  That’s why his switch looks regular. I’m a fucking nerd

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Related to this I wonder how many people started not really knowing stance was a thing and/or pushing mongo then find out pushing mongo is bad so just skate the other way.

Tom Penny started off mongo

Pretty much anyone that started mongo and corrected their ways has a proper switch push.

[SHARPSHOOTER]

Montreaaaaaaaaaallll THAT WAS SWIIIITCHHHHH

[sizzle_chest]

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In my opinion some people naturally start one stance, but once switch became a thing they were better that way.  Ali Boulala started off regular then turned goofy.  That’s why his switch looks regular. I’m a fucking nerd

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Related to this I wonder how many people started not really knowing stance was a thing and/or pushing mongo then find out pushing mongo is bad so just skate the other way.

Like change their whole stance up to avoid the stigma of mongo? I think that would be a lot harder than just learning to push switch but mad props anybody doing that.

[Dark Knight]

It’s not all that hard to learn to push switch. Personally all backside tricks are easier to do than regular.  It’s weird.  My body works one way but doesn’t the other depending on the trick.

[Mean salto]

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In my opinion some people naturally start one stance, but once switch became a thing they were better that way.  Ali Boulala started off regular then turned goofy.  That’s why his switch looks regular. I’m a fucking nerd

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Related to this I wonder how many people started not really knowing stance was a thing and/or pushing mongo then find out pushing mongo is bad so just skate the other way.

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Like change their whole stance up to avoid the stigma of mongo? I think that would be a lot harder than just learning to push switch but mad props anybody doing that.

Obvs only in the very beginning. Once you can do tricks etc it's not happening that way.

[backfliptofiftyfifty]

someones mad cause they couldnt switch flip today

[sizzle_chest]

Balls to wall swongo beats switch push every time but mongo always loses. Life is funny like that.

[Allez_Jambon]

Skating should only be quantified by biggest, longest, and fastest. Same with everything else in life.

[Dark Knight]

Balls to wall swongo beats switch push every time but mongo always loses. Life is funny like that.

I used to swongo to make it obvious I was skating switch/fakie.  Started practicing a proper switch push after seeing Chico Brenes in Love Child.  Eventually fully ditching swongo after Guy Mariano’s Mouse part. But I actively had been practicing it for quite some time.  I have no problem with with anyone that’s a swongo aficionado, I understand.