"Switch" tricks: the future of street?

Correction: "alley-oop"


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im abi"foot"strus i use both in equely


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Stupid question but humor me:

Is there an assumption that one foot is normally "supposed" to be in
front? If so, which one? You'll find that some riders are lefties and
others are righties. To appreciate a switch trick, first you have to
know which is the rider's dominant foot.


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Well you usually see witch foot they ride in front usually.. Because no
one makes a switch only video.


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johnfoss wrote:
Is there an assumption that one foot is normally "supposed" to be in
front?



Doesn't it depend on the trick? I've never done any of these tricks,
but I would think that forward and backward flips would be easiest with
your dominant foot in the front and back, respectively.


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john- like max attempted to explain. skaters can have either foot
forward like unicyclists. it depends on the guy what's normal and
what's backwards.


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I personally feel that "fakie" tricks are very cool, by "fakie" i mean
riding backwards or blindly into it. like fakie 180 over a stair set.
Personally i think it looks cool and is fun as hell when you land it!
and fakie tire grabs over stair set's are cool ! personally i have only
landed fakie tricks over a large 4 set's but i am planning to try 5's
and 6's soon.

cheers
bry
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another thing that could open up very many things with switch tricks.
half crankflips, switch half crankflips, more have rev stuf or 1.5
crankflips/revs. think of how techy it could get:

-switch half flip to bluntslide
-1.5 crankflips
-switch fakie (or nollie like in skating) 180s, 360s (so riding
backwards and doing a hop twist with your other foot forward)
-switch 180 1.5 crankflips
-switch half rev to grind
-etc....

Those are just a few things, but the switch and switch fakie (nollie)
open up alot more stuff (very hard stuff at that). Also some new grind
variations.


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I think that learning tricks that use your dominant foot are great to
learn with your less dominant foot. Not only because it feels good to
you to know that you can do it, but altogether, all-around riding will
be much easer. I twill also lessen the amount that you fall...


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I dont like the idea of 1.5 tricks because then we would have to many
tricks, also how could you ever land a 1.5 crankflip to grind ? same
over stairs it's too much impact for landing with your pedal up.


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