Why skaters hate mongo

Legends like Eric Koston and Gino Ianucci are perfect examples of skaters who push mongo when skating switch, and it has become an integral part of their super steezy skate style. Feb 28, Mar 17, Normally, a skateboarder will feel more comfortable using their back foot to push, while their front foot remains on the board. In the minority case of mongo-footed skateboarders, the opposite is true.

Mongo pushing means pushing your skateboard using your front foot. Some longboarders dislike skateboarders too. Nov 15, Someone who acts like they can skate but cannot and make no effort to actually learn. Often this is to look cool, like just carrying a skateboard or saying you skate but often never actually skating to not break the illusion that that can skate.

Edit page. Goofy essentially means that you ride with your right foot as your front foot. Regular essentially means that you ride with your left foot as your front foot. Jan 29, The definitions for each are below. You can use a longboard for mongo push if it appears to be comfortable for you.

Conclusion: Mongo pushing may have a few disadvantages, but it is not wise to change the style because people think it ugly. The first and the most important thing when pushing skateboard is the stance. If you are a goofy, you will place your right leg on your skateboard, while the left leg will push it off the ground. If you are regular, your left foot will be on your skateboard, while your right leg will push it off the ground. May 2, Know your brands.

It is also a very core intensive exercise when done at any level beyond the most casual, which tends to burn a lot of calories. Mongo push can be converted into a good Boneless one by adding a pre grab. One of the hardest tricks, the No-Comply is also probably nothing but a mongo push.

It is also one of the highly applauded tricks. Riding fakie also becomes a lot easier when you are pushing mongo. After you have enough speed you just have to place your front foot near the front trucks and your back foot on the tail.

Riding switch also becomes easy to perform as you just have to place your back foot more towards the front of the board. And then slowly you have to place your front foot on your tail. Some say that pushing mongo makes turning pretty easy. Sharing an image from electric-skateboard. They have simplified all kinds of stances, in one beautiful infograph. Pushing Mongo and other Skateboarding Stances.

Rectifying the Style. What to do if you Mongo Push? Would you feel embarrassed about it because you never felt it being wrong in the first place? There is no need to worry as it is never late to learn the widely accepted way of pushing. Professionals Mongo Pushing. Do any Pro Skaters Push Mongo? Many Pro Skaters Push Mongo — without considering what the viewers believe. Some pro claim that the technique allows them a stronger push.

Jason Dill started his early skateboarding style with pushing mongo. Pushing Mongo on Longboards. I just assumed the way my feet were positioned was the correct way to push a skateboard. The first time I heard someone mention pushing mongo was a long time ago, I had no idea what it even was, to be honest. I found out later I was doing it wrong. Why is pushing your skateboard mongo bad?

First of all, it takes you longer to position yourself properly. You have to move your feet around more compared to a proper stance. Second, you have less balance because your weight is on the back of your skateboard. Mongo pushing means pushing your skateboard using your front foot. Proper pushing means you put your front foot near the front of your trucks near the bolts.

Then you use your back foot and leg to push yourself forward. When you push mongo on a skateboard you place your back foot near the center of your board image 1 and use your front foot to push. In order to get back into position, you need to place your front foot on your board image 2 while sort of simultaneously moving your back foot to your tail images 3 and 4.

You can see why this can cause problems with stability and reaction time. It takes a lot longer than getting into a normal stance. You push mongo and then when you have enough speed you only have to place your front foot near the truck bolts and back foot on your tail. Riding switch will also be a bit less awkward in the beginning. You already push with your from foot so you only have to place your back foot a little more to the front of your board.

Then you only have to put your front foot on your tail. I have no interest in stairs or gaps if I do later on I can learn to do tricks a bit quicker no problem. Because it's bad technique. Compare it to other sports, like basketball for example. Pushing mongo is like shooting a basketball underhanded granny style, or skipping up and down the court instead of running, etc. Sure it might seem easier to you, but in reality it's a goofy substitute for the real thing.

Getting hate for it is lame though, I would expect to see some laughs or skaters shaking their heads, but getting straight up insulted for pushing mongo is just people being stupid. I don't have a problem with people that push mongo but I really think it looks stupid. I also notice that people who push mongo take alot longer to develop tricks if any at all.

There are 2 kids that live in this house up the street from me who range in age from like 13 to 16 and they both push mongo. They have been skating for at least a solid year now and they cannot do anything on a skateboard.

Both of them try and let off this vibe that they are awesome skater kids with the way the dress and act and stuff but they look like they can barely stay on their boards half the time like it literally looks like they are chasing their boards while pumping trying to stay on. They cannot even land 1 inch ollies. I will go outside skating normal and grind my flatbar or do some simple shit like shove its and they look at me like im fucking pro or something.

I think it all boils down to them pushing mongo personally. Every friend I ever had that skated that way ended up switching to normal skating for the same reasons. Mongo pushers look really stupid. Whenever i see someone pushing mongo, i laugh.