Why don't more people skate Switch off the tail?

[rawbertson.]

I think this makes more sense... the nose is designed to hit the floor later when you take off for nollie so why wouldnt the same apply to fakie? I understand people like to keep their turning the same, and I have heard some people say they like the tail hitting sooner on switch. Seems like it goes against why the board was designed that way to me though. I have done this the past few times and I feel like your wheels wear out a lot more evenly and your trucks feel way more balanced. You have to skate a lot of switch though.

[rawbertson.]

Ben De Gros replied to my comment on this on his video and he said he likes how regular and fakie are always off the same foot and switch and nollie are always off the same foot, so the timing feels like it doesnt change. I could see how that makes sense.

[Paco Supreme]

That timing is the reason why I enjoy fakie tricks so much

[JM]

Well lemme ask you this: would you want a pocket knife with one blade or two?

There you go.

(It just… I don’t know… it just feels proper to use one foot for tail, and one foot for nose. I would fall down and get an Owie if I tried popping the wrong side.)

[Banned from the room]

I do a bunch. My boards are directional. I like to have as much variation between the nose and tail as I can while maintaining the functionality.

If I'm going to shuv nose grind I start on my nose. Probably be easier on the back truck cuz my feet are all close together at the pop. So it stays rocket and it goes straight to NG. I like to nose grinder on my front truck always. Fakie 5oh back truck always.

Idk it's a trick to trick basis I guess. Just cruising switch. Going over manholes and whatever I'll be riding the rail.

[moonordie]

Ben De Gros replied to my comment on this on his video and he said he likes how regular and fakie are always off the same foot and switch and nollie are always off the same foot, so the timing feels like it doesnt change. I could see how that makes sense.

Also if you do any 180 switch stuff you land with the board on a "correct" position.

[Cliche10k]

I think this makes more sense... the nose is designed to hit the floor later when you take off for nollie so why wouldnt the same apply to fakie? I understand people like to keep their turning the same, and I have heard some people say they like the tail hitting sooner on switch. Seems like it goes against why the board was designed that way to me though. I have done this the past few times and I feel like your wheels wear out a lot more evenly and your trucks feel way more balanced. You have to skate a lot of switch though.

Good shit

I’ve been not stressing so much about which way my board is these days.

Riding a few symmetrical eggs helped.

[formula420]

I pop off the tail for everything but nollie

[j....soy.....]

Who cares, what I wanna know is what do they have against shuvs? 

[marcusbutler]

Back when I was starting out. I was shocked to find out my friends pointed out I was doing fakie flips off my nose. Ever since then I've done fakie and switch stuff off my nose. I've tried to pop a switch flip off my tail but was too grossed out by how it felt.

[GnarAlarm]

I pop off the nose for more than just switch, I skate my board backwards for pop shuvs, hardflips, varial flips/heels and basically any trick where the board does a 180 (but not if I'm 180ing with it).
I think it's that the nose is longer so you get a faster pop and I like that for certain tricks and situations.

[kook1234]

isnt this just something that someone people looked up to/feared in the 90s like Ricky oyola said you couldnt do?  like u cant push switch mongo, u cant skate wheel graphics out, u cant do a front side 180 trick followed by a backside 180 trick, etc.

[GnarAlarm]

isnt this just something that someone people looked up to/feared in the 90s like Ricky oyola said you couldnt do?

I can't speak for anyone else, but that's not the case for me. I didn't even know that was a thing.
Like I said before, the nose is a bit longer so you get a slightly quicker pop, but also I think the tail being smaller and less steep makes it a lil easier to flick, so for me the faster pop and lighter flick when skating the board backwards makes things a lil easier when I'm skating switch.

[Stu Pickles]

one foot for nose pop one foot for tail pop. the timing is why, just feels comfortable. only trick i swap sides for are pop shuvs.

[rawbertson.]

Who cares, what I wanna know is what do they have against shuvs?

Corey Duffel had a great regular pop shove
lots of people have had good switch shoves
a shove to manual is harder than a kickflip to manual

[Sangriawaterfall]

I rode my boards backwards for a long time and am mostly immune to which direction it ends up unless my trucks are moody

[Frank and Fred]

I also always do pop shuvs (backside and frontside) off the nose. But Nollie pop shuv has to be off the nose also.

If I could do big spins they'd be off the nose.

[Banned from the room]

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isnt this just something that someone people looked up to/feared in the 90s like Ricky oyola said you couldnt do?

[close]

I can't speak for anyone else, but that's not the case for me. I didn't even know that was a thing.
Like I said before, the nose is a bit longer so you get a slightly quicker pop, but also I think the tail being smaller and less steep makes it a lil easier to flick, so for me the faster pop and lighter flick when skating the board backwards makes things a lil easier when I'm skating switch.

I would think Rick would be more like play it as it lays. Forget yourself

[nollieboulala]

I skate switch and regular off my tail. I skate nollie off of my nose, and fakie off my tail. Never realized that was weird until this thread... haha

[somethingmustbreaknow]

weird?
i skate regular off the tail
i skate fakie off the nose
i skate nollie off the nose
i skate switch off the nose
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Ok]

I also always do pop shuvs (backside and frontside) off the nose. But Nollie pop shuv has to be off the nose also.

If I could do big spins they'd be off the nose.

i used to do nollie pop shuv onto things, just kinda wants to go that way.
high percentage of me slamming if i tried it on flat.
i’m sure someone has done a good looking one, probably wade or something.

that’ll be a jenkem challenge eventually: take these not often done tricks (because they don’t look nice), and do them cool.

[fs1/2cab]

I only skate switch or nollie of the tail if the line requires it for the next trick. I am very vanilla when it comes to stances. Regular and fakie of the tail. Nollie and switch of the nose. I will probably hate a twin tail or twin nose shape if I ever try one.

[Groondor the Orc]

My nose foot won’t fit on my tail it’s nose only.

[Dog the Bounty Hunter]

Shuvit flip off the nose but everything else same foot same kick. Funny enough, bigflips feel terrible off the nose, despite the varial flip thing.

[BALARGUE]

Considering the variety of nose/tail lengths & angle and boards more often than not being the other way around, is it about physics ?

It looks like it has more to do with how you feel (bushings wear) and habits rather than dims, angles & physics

[Pbn_jake]

I ride an entirely different set up for any trick that includes using my nose