saw title and thumbnail, so thought i'd check it out. is pretty much what i tell people. people keep most of their balance with their big toe and heel, and, as long as you can apply pressure on either side of the baseplate, you can leverage the board side to side for balance and turning using both forward/back and side to side muscles of the foot. foot pointed forward gives more natural body positioning for the lunge, allowing stronger pushes, but too far forward limits balance to toes only and weaker side to side ankle muscles. mongo pushing can shorten stride, because mongo forces the board in front of the body's center when you really step into the lunge of a push. not to mention the extra set up time.
This only applies when setting up for a trick. If you wanna push fast and long, your foot should be straight. Twisting your knee does not only make it harder to balance, it also puts unnecessary stress on the joint and it looks less casual. Look at pics of Gino Ianucci. His is often referred to as "the best push". If he pushes down the street, the foot is completely straight. If you wanna make distance, it's the way to go.
The best, most in-depth explanation of how to walk-the-dog I have ever seen. Extremely helpful! Told me things no other video has. Great job of teaching!
My favorite part is how he spends 2 minutes stressing never to push with your toes pointing forward, then proceeds to push with his toes forward. Because that's perfectly fine to do. Been doing it probably longer than this dude's been alive. (32 years)
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It does not matter where you place your frontfoot if you can steer, keep balance and ride fast in that position. ;-) Even pushing mongo is only a question of style like the mallgrab is. The best skill is to be able to ride confident in all stances and directions no matter where exactly your feets are positioned.
@@marciotorressb I'm nearly 50 years old and started skateboarding just around 2 month ago. I got an 8,7" wide Deck with 8.75" low trucks and 58mm 93A Wheels...the Andy Anderson Heron Egg that's symetrical. So far so good but in the first weeks I always thought that I bought a deck that's to small for me. ( Shoes 12 size, 1.88m tall, 100 Kilo ) But your video as well as some help from an old friend helped me soo much.... I always was wiggling around with my feet and since they are " longer " than the width of my board I thought about buying a 10" or even wider board. ......your video showed me, that the size of my board ist absolutely fine.
@@michaelkrauer1286 I know one in person who switched from pushing mongo goofy to pushing "normal" regular in his earlier days of riding. Maybe he ment that too. That's not that uncommon. At some point it should also not be a problem to push in every position and direction.
There is no right or wrong way to push. There is no right or wrong way to skate. Unless you're out there having a pissed off tantrum all the time then you're doing it wrong. If you're happy with what you doing, you're having a good time. You're doing it right. Don't let assholes like this. Tell you what you should or shouldn't do. This is coming from a 54-year-old man who started skating when he was 6 years old. Don't listen to these assholes who tell you what you can and cant do to have a good time on a skateboard
I reallly appreciate the diagram on the top corner for us goofy skater too, I subscribed and waiting for more videos from you. Great work, you will do great
