hey, just started riding and it appears i ride mongo and goofy. i gather it's gonna be hard for foot breaking in the future, but right now i'm just on basics. any suggestions on which board is best for us a$$-backwards riders?
Start pushing with your back foot. Do it now. You'll thank me later.
Absolutely. But since I know what a tough habit it is, and you wouldn't want to do it without some understandable reasons for doing it (I'm sure a religious belief in "you'll thank me later" isn't enough), here's some reasons:
1) as you mentioned - hard to footbrake.
2) at speed, your mongo-push is dangerous because of the heavy swing-mass in front of your rear foot - the slightest bounce of your front wheels and leverage dictates it'll shoot to the left or right. Compare that to pushing normal - your foot is over the front wheels, and the board's mass is trailing - that means that a disturbance to your rear wheels, and physics dictates the board will be pulled back into line. Much safer.
3) foot repositioning is not only awkward, but dangerous - each time you set up you have to move your rear foot forward, then when you step back on the board, you have to reposition both feet. That also means less control, less stability, and a different foot position is most likely - inconsistant.
4) it's simply unstylish. It looks as unbalanced and sketchy as 2) and 3) shows it actually is.
Absolutely. But since I know what a tough habit it is, and you wouldn't want to do it without some understandable reasons for doing it (I'm sure a religious belief in "you'll thank me later" isn't enough), here's some reasons:.
4) once you learn how to push with both feet you can cruise for miles and miles
5) switching pushing styles makes you look badass
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Originally Posted by phil6x
[btw, never skate with abraham lincon he is an asshole, pushed me when we were goin like 30]
Mongo and goofy?
