Learned this one switch as well as Nollie (backside) today. I can do them regular as well, but it actually felt easier to commit to it switch than regular.
I do my pop shoves a bit different they tend to be higher more vertical with my foot back towards the tail tip.. Great video as usual Ben. Now if you can tell me the how to stay over a 360 flip, i tend to land them at the front end of the board or back foot only.
Hi~ I am 47 years old skater from Korea. Started to skate again after 30 years of time..:) Just landed my first Front pop today and this video helped me a lot. Thanks!
Great advice and simple to understand! Im still trying to learn this trick. I've been struck in beginner mode the last 30yrs. Lol I made the mistake of taking a 15yr break when I became a electrician. AZ skater Johnny
Great content as usual! There’s nothing weird in popping them higher on switch. Your front foot is - usually - more dominant and have more strength. If it became pushing tail down force combined with shortened uncertain move then the you generate more power. The best thing to keep my ride fresh while being older rider, is switch. I encourage you guys to ride one month everywhere on switch, lovely feeling. Thanks Ben for your work!
Do you ride switch keeping regular position? Then I guess you get more pop from kicking long nose. I always have nicer pop on switch and can't understand why boards are so assymetric? Why boards are not made with larger tail to pop equally well? If anyone can answer it's you! :) p.s. Turning 40, back to skateboarding after looong break. Love your channel! I use your tips in each session and making great progress! Thank You!!!
such a cool looking trick. my switch ones are better as well. something that helped me while i was learning them is popping/scooping towards the nose with my ankle. it makes the axis of rotation more centered, allowing it to stay under me
For some reason my switch fs shove it's pop higher and I don't got to jump backwards as much as I do when I do it regular. I definitely like to way my switch ones look to but I got my regular ones more consistent.
Idk if you could do late flips or not but I'm having a problem with mine. I can pop it and flip it with my back foot and catch it with my front foot but I have a problem getting the back foot back on the board. Just trying to see if anybody has any tips on that.
I love these too and use them in my warm up as well. I also love doing them out of FS 50-50's (or at least used to when I was younger), but today I uploaded getting one (FS shove it out of FS 50-50) for the first time in almost 20 years (at 40) :)!
I know this video is three years old but i religiously watched this video and was able to land a fs shuvit today. Thank you Ben for being so helpful, i relate to the weather as i lived in Coquitlam for a good part of my life
I almost ended up breaking my nose doing this trick, out of all the ways to fall I almost banged my nose into the concrete, I ended up landing them tho 👍
funnily enough, the backfoot position that you advise against (the one that causes it to pressure flip) is exactly how I execute my front shuvs, and I have them clean and fairly consistent. When I place my backfoot more centered on the tail, that's what causes the board to flip for me. I can't explain why this happens.
Best advice I ever got on a fs shove was to pick up my front foot more. No idea why it worked, but suddenly I could land them. And if you bring your front foot closer to the middle of the board you’ll pop them way higher, and it can actually make the trick easier because it gives you more time.
I learned these just the other day. I had a problem where I would always land with my front foot in front of the board. What helped was to consciously throw my arms behind me as I pop to help keep my weight over the board. Turning frontside a tiny bit just before popping helps as well.
If we are talking references, Id like to see some Les Lye from You Can't Do That onTelevision. He was a hoot. Seriously though, enjoyed the comedy in this video Ben.
Note at 2:40 in the video my hips are behind the board. I think that is part of how you keep it in front of you. Your center of gravity is behind the deck. Not sure if that is the problem though.
This is a great trick to have in your bag for games of skate...most people don't seem to learn this trick. At least most beginner-intermediate skaters, and even if they can do it, few people seem to actually have it on lock
