My Take On Skating Switch
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- they might be unnecessarily uncomfortable for some, for others they’re a significant part of skating - what’s your take?
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I practice switch to avoid muscle imbalances and promote longevity.
I feel like it goes hand in hand with practicing upper body posture.
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What this video illustrates is that new skaters shouldn't develop "a side". I came back from a knee injury and had to learn to skate "switch" to protect my left knee from too much usage. As a result, I'm mostly ambidextrous in terms of tricks / obstacles.
I share the same sentiment. I've been skateboarding for most of my life(a bit of blading in the past) and am just getting back into blading. Everything just feels "switch" to me, nothing in particular feels odd or uncomfortable aside from approaching things fakie for the first few tries. I warm up doing as much as I can both ways and have been asked if something was switch and I just say that I dont know lol.
Whatever I'm working on, I only work on it the other way when I've gotten the main way down and solidly locked. Keep up the work and vids bro, you're doin awesome.
I've definitely found it to improve my enjoyment of skating in general - ever since i noticed i couldn't switch backstall on a ramp, figuring that out started opening doors to other little challenges which had never presented themselves til then, and generally gave me more to do - especially when sessioning a mini or something. it's also helped highlight things that i don't really think about with my regular tricks, like -why- does this feel strong or balanced, what am i doing with my left subconsciously that i'm missing from my right? Eugen said it very well in his video about being able to look over both shoulders.
so yeah, i think practicing switch generally makes you a stronger skater, and makes skating more enjoyable.
As a spectator, it kinda means nothing to me; everyone has different skills and weaknesses. Using "switch" as some kind of qualifier seems silly. If it's dope, it's dope, that's all.
Talks about it not liking to do tricks switch just for the sake of it, proceeds to murder every trick both ways.
He exudes this emoji 🗿
Awesome video! Hope to chat and see you roll again in NYC.
I like the idea of practising it (which I only do when wizarding/flatgrounding) just because it's probably a good idea not to be totally side dependant but generally don't care to notice it in video/parts etc. body position aesthetic is more important than if it was done on their left or right foot (for me at least)
agreed 100%
Loved this loads great and insightful. Also super exciting to see the thought process and development along the session!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Das war das beste coming out ever. Fette props. Ich liebe was du tust und ziehe den Hut vor deinem Talent und Selbstvertrauen.
Great vid man! Got me hyped to work on my game!
2 feet, 2 ways to do tricks, period 😊
Except for the frames *hint hint* 😉
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Nice, I have been working on doin both sides for all my skating. How different is your body posture when doing zero spin/alley oop tricks?
not much regarding the spin/shoulder. weirdly and randomly enough i practiced looking over/spinning both shoulders fakie as i started skating