Is Pushing Mongo A Crime?

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[@Mluna792]

I pushed Mongo most of my life and it onlly took me a month. Make the switch its so much better. Once you drop Mongo pushing regular become second nature and I can push in switch stance so easily.

[@danjohnson973]

agreed. i stopped the mongo after 20 years took me a month or so aswell. i find i can skate longer distances because i switch legs

[@123MAN39]

same, i learned to skate pushing mongo and when i got serious about skating i forced myself to push regular, i thought it’d never be possible because of how uncomfortable it felt but im so glad it happened. for anyone who wants to make the switch to regular stick with it the outcome is so worth it

[@gravity_hurts]

Same storey here! You just have to absolutely force yourself haha. everytime you jump on mongo Or whatever, stop start again and do it right😂 like you say, few weeks or so and it feels natural

[@littlebear2477]

Haha same I was pushing mongo in my youth but My friend steered me in the right direction and It’s easy once you give time.

[@nachyomoney3598]

Same, and I might add that mongo pushing has rare situational uses. You can turn on a dime mid push while pushing mongo. I don't know of a specific time when you would necessarily have to do that, but it is a thing, lol. And, as being a long-time mongo pusher that finally converted to regular push. I noticed that if you are skating some really nasty ground full of rocks and cracks, you can mongo push right over that shit, and then go back to regular pushing once you get on better ground, lol.

[@bogslurp3532]

The solution is to obviously push in switch and revert before each trick.

[@JobyP]

The hardest thing about un-learning mongo is learning to throw down with the other hand. I’m goofy and always threw down with my left hand. I’m 45 pushed Mongo my entire life and un-learned the push in a month. I STILL have trouble throwing down with my right hand. Just refuse to push Mongo.

[@retrogore_videos]

I am currently learning this, it is difficult hey. It'll happen eventually

[@shmooveyea]

lol throwing down the board is literally the last thing you need to worry about switching from mongo.

[@alexalb5256]

My goal was to stop pushing mongo by my 40th. I hate to say it, but something that helped me was my kid’s Razr scooter. 😂 It allowed me to get the motion better while keeping balance from the bar. I love telling my son & his friends the story of how Jamie Thomas would only sign Chris Cole to Zero, only if he stopped pushing Mongo!

[@thevernonposse]

@@alexalb5256 that's a great idea bro even just to work on your push a scooter would work great

[@brodiwheeler7583]

I built crazy stability & strength in my right hip/leg/ankle pushing long distance mongo… it takes a while to develop muscular balance and muscle memory on the other side.

[@chaseyoung8308]

Love how open the discussion is on the Pod. Makes it seem like skating can be for anyone regardless of skill or background.

[@grizzlygalaxy]

It isnt that it make it seem. It is for anyone regardless of skill or background! Its a good getaway from life. Just yourself and some wood

[@chaseyoung8308]

@@grizzlygalaxy I totally agree it is for everyone. Speaking personally i found it an intimidating culture looking from the outside in. But once I started skating again, I realized how open and caring and overall super chill the skating community is. Didn’t mean to insinuate that skaters are gatekeepers or anything !!! All love ✌🏽✌🏽

[@grizzlygalaxy]

@@chaseyoung8308 oh ahaha no i didnt mean to come off mean ! Just wanted to let you in on the community !!

[@chaseyoung8308]

@@grizzlygalaxy respect man !! All love 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@erichanhauser3190]

Push hard, go fast, but most importantly, have fun. My body is ROACHED but as long as I can roll around it's all good.

[@jeffmininger7539]

I pushed mongo my whole life. 43 now. 2 years ago I tried to change. It took most of a year before I felt like I had 80% of the strength of the mongo push. I'm 100% there now. I still can't run and throw down as well as mongo but its getting better. It definitely sucks to feel like you are stepping so far back to learn a basic skill that is the set up for every trick. I agree that a back foot push looks better. Teach the kids how to do it right but let the ones that do it and rip be celebrated. One day someone will come along and make it look cool.

[@RoryHolland111]

Bro same I’m 37,fixed the mongo situation about 4 years into skating but could not throw down with my left hand for the life of me ( I’m regular footed ). So my throw down was always with my right hand into mongo until recently I finally spent the time to learn it with my left hand. I def don’t regret it! Still not as comfortable and as fast as I can do it mongo or switch but it’s progress. Cheers

[@psiphibrandonhare7120]

Crazy how many people learn to push Mongo starting out for some reason, I push Mongo for maybe six or seven years when I was learning to skate (skating 20 years now) and finally made myself learn to push regular when I was 14 or so. I'm regular stance myself not goofy but I guess the real gift of pushing Mongo that long is that I still have that muscle memory on that leg so I actually do have a pretty mean switch push that I don't have to go mongo for, I can go between regular push and switch push no problem.

[@amadousy7543]

Jason Dill used to push mongo as a kid doing tres and jumping down gaps.

[@PoomulusRobsBanksOnTV]

I started off pushing mongo but I was young enough that I still was messing around with scooters and someone in my friends group gave me crap about pushing mongo so I used a scooter to learn to get more comfortable pushing regular then moved that onto the skateboard. Years later now I can push with both feet equivalently. It's nice too cause skating between spots I can switch feet if one is getting tired from pushing

[@andyv85]

I’m in the same boat. Started pushing mongo and taught myself to push regular. It actually is better

[@justinm1432]

Tom penny as well

[@princequestly2218]

Yeah, when I first started, I was pushing mongo until about 6 months in I realized it was wrong, but it took another six months to get the other pushed down. But glad I did.

[@scubasteve4093]

Kelly is the best. Someone being able to laugh at someone else giving them shit is a quality I notice in a lot of my favorite people.

[@arthurwilton8969]

Pushed mongo for the first few years of skating, then was made aware of what it was in the Tony Hawk Trick Tips video. I was able to unlearn it in about a month which seems like everyone else's experience on this thread. What helped me was making a game of it saying to myself "alright if I start pushing mongo, this next trick has to be switch" so I became aware when I was doing it.

[@seanwahl1000]

I learned to do both when I was young because I'd follow my mom along while she was jogging for miles. So my leg would get tired and I'd switch. So my advice to homeboy is to push, and keep pushing until you're tired and it'll force you to learn.

[@TheRealPapaChico]

Started skating in an in the woods community in 1992. My friends and I never saw anyone skateboard before. I took the handle off my snoopy scooter and we discovered skateboarding. We all pushed Mongo. I stopped skating Mongo only a few years ago and I am a switch Master now.

[@therestingmitchface6241]

Ngl, there are some people who make a push or two look steezy af. Stevie Williams and Filipe Gustavo come to mind

[@ridefreeordie831]

Pushing mongo ain’t bad. Fuck the bro mentality in skateboarding. Do what the fuck you want to do. We chose skateboarding because we don’t want to be told what to do. I don’t push mongo but a couple of my buds do. They don’t give a fuck. Eldy is 100% right. Don’t change.

[@paulweaver7073]

Nah fuck pushing mongo, or as it was once known, Piss Pedaling. It looks like dogshit.

[@triplepalletjack]

Only assholes bother others about mongo...and if it wasn't mongo they'd find something else to be elitest about.

[@darrentinonzii340]

Lol yall wack asf, come around the spot and yall will get so much shit. Why not push mongo? Takes forever to setup a trick, especially in tight spots and you'd be off balance as all ur weight is close to the back truck making ur run up all wonky. Yall culture vulture the scene then tell us we're wrong lol Just respect the culture thats all, were only trying to help and thats just a small thing that will make u improve faster and help u BIG time. Its like taking up boxing then a fighter shows you how ur stance should be and u tell them to get fucked coz somehow you know better 🤦🏾

[@xorumin]

One of my best friend nickname is "T'Mongs" because he push mongo, he style is crazy and he have the quickest feet i ever seen , skate is about expressing yourself, rules and stigmas are for those who cant.

[@peruperu-jj8zs]

it makes many tricks easier to do though. Also if you wanna go really fast, I don’t think it’s the best either. Plus the guy wants to change cuz it’s more practical!

[@kaleem_k]

I pushed mongo growing up, but started pushing with my back foot when I came back after taking about 8 years off. My back foot push is more comfortable now, but my mongo push is still more powerful. I use my mongo push once in a while when I need one big push but don't have much room.

[@ChronicSkater]

You definitely have a bigger stride pushing mongo planting your pushing foot on the ground in front of the board foot and ending up behind it very awkward to try planting your back foot in front of the other

[@darinmcconnell305]

I also pushed mongo for years and I started pushing normal one day, got used to it so quick I don’t even remember how long it took me to get comfortable. Now I can push with both feet no problem!

[@dawsonsmith7905]

I pushed mongo my whole life. Now I push BOTH ways but I still push harder and faster in mongo stance. The most optimal style is to be comfortable with both :)

[@ChronicSkater]

Right there with you can push with my back foot but still prefer mongo in my regular stance, better pushing normal skating switch I feel awkward pushing mongo switch but practice it my thoughts we learn to ollie fakie ollie switch ollie and nollie so why not learn to push all four ways got 3 down can only make us better

[@thesnapper84]

Kids learn to push mongo cause it’s easier to steer or change direction that way (as a novice). They’re also unaware of how tight or loose their truck preference will be. Understanding how to evenly distribute your weight/balance, is a skill within itself too…SIDE NOTE:….If your doing a line and you’d rather LIFT your truck up off the ground rather than carve (to change direction) It looks like poop too… Obviously you can’t carve at all times to change direction, but if you can, do it that way…

[@temujin7975]

He has 3 options 1. Stay the same 2. Relearn 3. Become a switch god

[@Grimsyko]

I was the same pushed mongo always for 20 years plus, none of my friends ever said a anything. One day a guy came to Miami from Cali said something to me and I changed. It took me months to learn how to push I even skated to work on purpose to get it down. It take just strengthening the muscles.

[@axis2010]

I pushed mongo for about 3 years. I kept trying to justify it to my friends on why it's ok to push mongo. My arguments weren't really valid, essentially all were excuses. I eventually gave in and learned to push regular. It was super weird for a month or two. Afterwards, it feels completely natural to push regular. There are a lot of advantages to pushing regular. e.g. If you don't have much runway for a stair set, you can set up your front foot early and don't have to move it.

[@nachyomoney3598]

Yeah, I was the same. But there are two rare times a mongo push could be useful just as a matter of transportation from point a to b on a board. While mongo pushing, you can turn on a dime mid push if you have to. Also, if you have to go across some hella crusty ground full of rocks and cracks, you can mongo push and make it over stuff and not eat shit. There are definitely more cons than pros to pushing mongo, but I just think it's interesting to point out that even mongo has some rare utility to it.

[@marley1995]

That definitely isn’t a reason to push Mongo

[@GLYDE314]

I pushed mongo for 12 years and then decided one day that I was going to break my habit. I started pushing normally that day without focusing on doing tricks or anything else and I would say that it probably took me about a week until I felt comfortable pushing normal. I use to think that it wasn't a big deal but as soon as I broke this habit I realized how much better it feels to push normally. PS: if you grow up pushing mongo you're gonna have one hell of a switch push:).

[@acesidewinder]

I was in the exact same situation. Last summer decided to change and took me 1-2 weeks. Benefit, like you said, now I can push both ways! win-win

[@GLYDE314]

@@palelinda1 Were you ever ridiculed for it back then or did people not even bat an eye?

[@Bigblob2013]

Same here man! I grew up skating by myself, so I started pushing mongo and then switched to regular just in the last couple years. Feels way more comfortable to push regular now.

[@ChronicSkater]

@@acesidewinder same here now trying to get my switch mongo push down figured I can ollie switch ollie and nollie so why not learn to push all four ways

[@xb14d3x]

I've rode mongo (mainly longboard) for over 25 years, and get told I ride it so clean its not noticeable. I've always moved my back foot to the front trucks when pushing. Then when I bring my front foot on, I sorta hop/slide the other to the back truck in one motion. I also have insanely good balance, but have always struggled to ride switch, both on street or snow. I can actually push both ways, but have a more powerful push with mongo, and feel more balanced/comfortable riding it so its what I stick with. Tend to wonder if it has something to do with handness, as I have never been able to kick or throw anything with my left side.

[@TheseOpenRoads]

When I started skating it felt more natural for me to push mongo and the teasing I got from the older skater kids (who I obviously looked up to) was relentless. /childhood trauma

[@DunkelBrauer]

Love how open the discussion was. This is skating, man. I love it. It is totally doable for Merced. I am 46 and learning to push switch (which is goofy for me) now after (re-)learning pushing regular two years ago. Once you decide that it's no problem to suck, it's motivating like beginner progress all over again. Just don't expect it to go in a few sessions. Don't set a specific time (like two month) - just realize the progress that does take place every session. I do whole sessions pushing 90% switch , rolling around the park, up and down banks and there is (little but noticable) progress every session.

[@cdock]

I pushed mongo from probably age 4 to 8. The thing that helped the most with me stopping was forcing myself to push normal AND switch mongo so that I was always using the same foot. Once the normal push became second nature in main stance I went back to pushing normal switch

[@ottomattix86]

I'm mongo im so sorry!! Too old now.

[@punkrockpirate08]

Former mongo pusher here. I learnt to push ‘normal’ as I decided to learn one day as I would skate to work on my cruiser. Start with really small light regular pushes to get used to balance and weight distribution. Slowly build up to bigger longer pushes. It does feel a lot ‘cooler’ and more efficient. Blasting huge normal pushes feels rad! But yes, I’m still used to throwing down with my back hand.

[@michaelhalsne3716]

Feel ya dude. Over 20 years in and still haven't broken the habit. Pushing switch feels just as natural. Just say you skate switch only on Tuesdays the reactions are great.

[@heavybism1]

Kelly with that Dumber and Dumber quote at the end lol!!! We landed on the moon!! Lol

[@arnaudbruckert6042]

Started skating in 1992, the word mongo wasn't even known back then. Something like 10 years ago tried to change my way and definitely felt off : less power, less balance. Now that's just my way.

[@InitialDrifterZ]

I was 29 and pushing mongo for 14 years. I spent every day of 2021 skateboarding. I taught myself to push regular, but I still prefer to push mongo. I think it’s important to learn how to push both ways. Now I push with both feet, and I feel like it helped develop my style.

[@jameskumpf]

If he wants to change his pushing, he should just go skate some open paths and parking lots

[@thesoulshreddah]

I started while pushing mongo. Still do. It hasn't held me back from anything I wanted to do, so I never felt the need to stop. Skating for about 12 years. However the only thing that was a little difficult was short run ups, attempted regular pushing on those. Or also just ran and jumped on the board if I could.

[@VanLupen]

4:20 noooo I got mass STEEZ in my mongo push! 🤣

[@brodiwheeler7583]

Same, my Mongo got all kinda swag!

[@Uglier.]

as soon as he said that, I would have hung the phone up 🤣

[@rkulla]

When I first started skating, one of my friends would push mongo but I never gave him a hard time about it, he was probably the best in our group. But I always noticed he seemed a little less stable/slower at pushing around town with us for transportation.

[@jhhd44]

That makes sense. Sees alil intense.

[@ruthelleneikenberry3912]

I made a couple dozen stickers that said "Billy pushes Mongo" and put them up all over my high school to mess with my friend Bill.

[@sweatygriptape628]

Not a crime. Skateboarding is about your personal connection to your board and your freedom of motion in a concrete jungle. That said, pushing mongo has the tendency to limit that freedom of motion. Don’t impose limitations on your skating.

[@hateatchee7508]

My friend who got me into skating pushed mongo, and I thought that was the standard way to do it for years. I always thought I was the weird one for pushing regular. It wasn’t until I met more skaters that I learned mongo wasn’t the norm.

[@IzSpud]

I remember I pushed switch in mongo. I just told myself ‘every time I ride switch, I will push normal from now on.’ It took like a week, but feels normal ever since. And I’m grateful.

[@skatertrev7]

I learned mongo, didn't know better. I got a healthy dose of crap from some instructors at Lake Owen camp years later. I knew they were right. Spent my week at camp bailing just trying to push up to rails and ledges. Very frustrating! But it clicked. Now I'm "always regular" and have a good switch push. Thankful for the grind back in the day.

[@daveristic7895]

LOL I started pushing mongo in 1984, just stopped and started pushing regular in 2021. It took about 2 weeks to make the change but I still find it hard sometimes to not revert back to my mongo ways

[@jackstraw5527]

I broke my foot as a kid and when I came back To skate after I healed, I decided to start pushing regular again. I would suggest this guy break a bone to fix this issue.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

The first step is admitting you have a problem

[@6canadian6winter6]

I started skating mongo and changed to normal pushing at skateboard camp when I was 12 or 13 years old , it only took about 2 weeks of forcing myself to push normal , and now when I skate switch my push looks so buttery …

[@jeffli480]

Started learning to push switch reg at 32 and while I’ve got the hang of it after a few months, I’m getting knee problems from it, definitely has something to do with how my hips have formed over time…..

[@MatheusZumbi]

when i firts started skating i tought I was regular, I learned ollie and nollie in regular and then I realized my push was wack. a couple friends of mine told me I should push mongo, but I just learnt that my stance is goofy, and my push was way better

[@MonsterTeegs]

If you ever want to change a skate habit just remember when you learned how to do nollie and switch tricks, practice practice practice until it sticks

[@gfeast4518]

“We can fly to the moon, you can push regular”

[@Skankhunt-hl9zj]

I started pushing normal switch and it helped me finally get switch heels after years of doing every single switch heel flip trick variation I finally learn the normal switch heel. It gives you a different sense of your board

[@Godlovesbrian]

It’s memory muscle. I’m having the same issue and I’m working on it. I push normal then change to goofy. I’m intermittent on my tricks stable as hell but I will say for setting up for some tricks it is super hard. But I can also just push goofy. I’m 37 years old and just started skating again. I’m making my self learn completely new, well trying too. It is very hard, but skate or die is real. It’s not just skateboarding to me. It cleans my soul and gives me strength to go thru life. It’s sobriety it’s Patience it’s perseverance it’s your soul your fixing for the better love of skating

[@theresajv5055]

I love how they all instantly audibly and visibly gasp and sigh when he says it.

[@estebanmorales5083]

Pushed mongo my first couple years skating then I learned how to push regular, and now I can push switch super easy

[@MxCraven]

On a weird alternate side, as someone who just cruises I *want* to learn to push mango because it's easier to make smaller turns.

[@JG-fp7hm]

There’s a kid in my town and I see him everyday skating. The only person I see still skating and every day I’m driving around during work I just want to get out and teach him the right way

[@darrylchabot2514]

what I have found is that one of my legs is a little longer than the other and my body is always seeking for the path of least resistance because efficiency saves energy. I'm goofy, but my right leg is longer and more powerful... I could do weighted pistol squats on my left leg for years and my right leg would still be stronger . when I am skating up a hill or I want to really haul ass I tend to skate switch . when I "skate" , I push goofy . But when I am going some long distance I tend to want to skate regular. I stopped pushing mongo because I kept busting my ass pushing when my back foot would tic tac the board, but skating "regular" feels like it uses way less energy when we aren't talking about doing tricks or carving transition.

[@rwirtz77]

every time you drop in on a ramp from your tail you just skated mongo.

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

exactly.

[@PERSEVERANCESWORLD]

Tagio Lemos got that Stevie Williams make it look smooth and letcha know the tricks switch lol

[@darrentinonzii340]

Thats called "swongo" which is totally acceptable

[@spencerwarren902]

There's an easy fix for pushing mongo. Turn around and skate switch. You'll now be pushing regular right away. I pushed mongo for the first year or so back in the mid 90's, so when I started skating switch later on I never pushed mongo in either stance.

[@padraigharrison6919]

I never thought about just pushing switch without Mongo

[@levimarvin3570]

Some switch Mongo pushes look pretty stylish

[@MarcDupuis50400]

An exception to the rule: JB Gillet pushing mongo switch is somehow beautiful

[@fearnobizarre]

My 6 year old pushes mongo, breaks my heart. 😥

[@lxlKHARMAlxl]

Break the habit as soon as possible. Now is the time to fix it.

[@DMoney505]

Gotta guide them, Just correct it! I taught my 3 to push correctly.

[@evannorton4452]

Just leave him on a hillside like the Spartans. The wolves will take care of him

[@Toolslinging]

I started off pushing Mongo, prolly like 5 or 6 years, then got made fun of by alot by skaters I looked up to. switched to pushing normal over time. but now when I'm skating a long distance I can switch my pushing legs when one gets tired

[@ChronicSkater]

Great advantage of being able to push more then one way I think we should learn to push all four ways my switch mongo push is a bit off but I practice

[@dgannon4]

I started in my 20s never understood how mongo feels the most comfy for ppl lol

[@Treflipblunt]

This is fucking great, Kelly said it really nicely, they all did, Great Mongo intervention lol

[@dansots]

I think its along the line of being cross eyed dominant. You feel comfortable with one foot on the board but your stance is the opposite once you get on. Pushing regular or goofy just prevents excessive movement.

[@babylonastronaut]

I'm left footed and right handed/ right eye dominant so pushing regular in regular stance feels backwards, but so does riding goofy. Idk, if I cared I'd just push switch.

[@gstate4ever]

Switch mongo is completely acceptable in my opinion. I pushed regular mongo and realized it wasn’t how it’s done. Switch mongo can look good.

[@Unogamingchannel]

because your shoulders are still parallel with the board and you can do a little hop to get into position for your trick, when I got older I started doing a bit more switch mongo because I was mainly just milling about having fun, when I was younger I used to practice pushing switch a lot, even throwing the board down switch. pushing mongo regular looks/feels weird because it's not natural to hop off your back foot, I see people push, then put their front foot on, then adjust their back foot after and it looks painful lol

[@Flanders989]

I started skating by pushing mongo and kept doing it for about 5-6 years, my friends never said anything and other skaters didn't say anything either. I randomly started pushing regular one day and it felt more natural, my board wouldn't pop up sometimes like it did when pushing mongo so I kept pushing regular, but by then I had no one to skate with so I just stopped. Still, makes me wanna start again now that I know.

[@lukepruett668]

Once I started skating with my back foot it was so much easier to set up for you next trick. Especially with stairs and rails

[@dreamjackson5483]

I feel like pushing switch regular is just something to practice. People say it looks bad, but you can get good at it, like anything

[@galagajunkie]

I pushed mongo for 15 years. The first year and a half I skated without ever seeing anyone else skate irl, and only a bit of vert on TV. So by the time I was really into skating pushing mongo was just baked in. I got made fun of a bit sometimes, but it wasn't some cardinal sin among the guys I rolled with. It led me to be good at some weird tricks, like I could pop front shove higher than I could ollie, and I was really good at nollies and nose manuals. Fast forward 20 years later and I get a board and go to push, and it was terrifying. I realized pushing mongo you actually jump back onto your board when you reposition your feet, it's scary after not skating for so long. So I had to learn how to push regular for the first time just to cruise around.

[@monkeyd6716]

I have been skating for 13 years. When I'm just cruising I push mongo but when I'm grinding and doing tricks I push regular. It just feels better to cruise pushing mongo for myself.

[@begayskates]

I went from pushing mongo to regular, next stop... The moon!

[@elijahperez6506]

Man when i switched from mongo to regular it was basically over night. Like physically it made so much more sense and it felt so much easier.

[@wowzers5172]

I pushed mongo for 35 years. Just switched to regular last summer at 46 years old

[@one_mega_ohm9139]

Mongo comes in handy for long cruises, best to learn both ways.

[@skatertrev7]

Yup! I used to switch when pushing across town as a kid. Stay in your dominant stance, but rest a leg on long hauls.

[@expjames911]

Most people who push Mongo are skaters who started with ramps. We're used to starting things with our back foot on the board.

[@TLDT]

I had starting skating is about 2000- 2001 and got called out for pushing mongo around 2005 - 06 and got made fun of hard. If you’re looking through the comments, just go to your park or on the street and just get the feel of pushing “correctly”. Have your front foot on a slight angle and just get the strength in your legs and eventually you will gain muscle memory. Good luck if you do wanna change it up

[@iamskah9412]

honestly all you need to do to switch is stay consistent with pushing regular and ride your board EVERYWHERE, whenever you get the chance

[@versevica]

I like that skating has mad freedom and kind of goes against the grain, so don't sweat it man, the only thing to push is your limits of having fun!

[@11219tt]

Mongo works better for me. I have inward knees, so when I try regular push, Foot doesn't go in the right direction

[@sir4skinman83]

I swear the best way to learn to push regular is to find a gentle slope so that you can roll without pushing and just balance on just your front foot. This builds the muscles you use to balance on that leg much faster because you’re not throwing off your balance by pushing. Then once you can comfortably balance on your front foot for a good distance pushing will feel much more comfortable and will be way easier to close your shoulders and keep your weight centered on the board. Hope this helps anyone looking to stop pushing mongo cuz this helped me so much and I quickly learned that mongo pushing truly is a big disadvantage!

[@haywoodwardiii4686]

Dude!... Appreciate it homie!

[@jfncho]

it just seems so much harder to run into a mongo push. (i.e. grab your nose, start running, drop board straight into a push)

[@swgz600]

And the fact you are basically doing a 180° turn every time you want to step on the board.

[@lamambas9390]

it’s actually easier to learn just bc if you ride regular, and you’re right footed, your right leg becomes the leg base of your body. For rundrops, just think of it as a nocomply where your back foot hits first

[@aaronwebber523]

This was a great topic. I've been skating since 1988 and even back then regularly Mongo wasn't ecceptable. Switch Mongo can look good if it's done right though! A lot of younger people don't know that some of best skaters in history were Mongo. Chris Cole, Ronnie Creager etc. They all forced themselves to push regular and it definitely made them a better skater! I remember skating a contest with Cole when he still pushed Mongo and his style and stance was absolutely different from pushing Mongo.

[@twuandixon8675]

*switch mongo. I can't name a single pro that legitimately pushed mongo.

[@econobeer]

If you’re doing a trick or a line over and over, then alternate between regular and mongo every other time.

[@sean78745]

I think pushing mongo was just inefficient as hell. How are you gonna roll up to something fast if youre gonna have to shift your body immediately, having said that mongo pushers prob skate switch pretty well

[@joshuadansby2874]

Just stating my opinion that happens to be the most efficient & best optimized technique to push on a skateboard. "Style" (style body movement) is the proportions of your limbs & how they move in synch with one another is the code for each individuals silhouette which cannot be changed, only a trick technique can be changed. Neen Williams heelflip "ninja kick" is not a style, that is a Technique. Neen's foot position, flicking foot direction being fully extended (followed through) which allows the nose of the board to dive down & tail to rise up allowing the tail to make contact (catch) the board First with the popping foot to execute proper Technique. Pushing mongo is not a style but instead is a technique which is not the most optimized & efficient way to push on a skateboard. Most people tend to do things that isn't the most efficient & optimized technique when they begin something new.

[@Valorous1440]

There's a park near me where people walk/bike/rollerblade around a flat path, I went there and just pushed regular for a couple laps and it made a huge difference compared to trying to navigate a park while also re-learning my push. I still default to mongo sometimes but I'm doing a lot better pushing regular now, next habit to break is constantly picking up and throwing down the board, rather than just pushing into things

[@VanLupen]

If we are talking straight cruising and booking it. Mongo is a very good for anticipating things being in the road ahead of you. When you’re pushing regular you tip forward into stand and rocks. 22 years in here.

[@geodude6244]

I used the skate mongo as a kid. It's more dangerous though with your back foot being towards the tail of the board untimatly that's why I tried pushing regular in the first place.

[@wokeworks3739]

I been skating 22 years regular pusher and a mongo switch pusher but learning to push regular, switch.😂🍀 Mongo doesn't matter what matters in this clip is steezus Elderidge AND legendary skater Jeron Wilson calling out the moon as a lie. Respect. Extremely important. Thumbs me up if you are aware. Steezus made the best point 😂☝️

[@beneflaco]

That's highschool shit, skate what feels comfortable for you.

[@darrentinonzii340]

No its not, its like a boxing stance for boxing

[@joshbryant7363]

It does NOT feel more comfortable “right” way to someone used to “mongo”

[@chazfernandes9840]

Growing up, we called our mongo pushing homie "shitfoot".

[@StepsWay]

For the 1000th time... Mongo is IN!

[@PaulApanowicz]

Content aside, the people on this podcast make it one of the best on the internet. The skateboarding talk is awesome, but these guys GEL really well. Always good stuff.

[@MrOuest]

Steezus doesn't have faith that this guy can convert to a normal pusher - like whatsoever. Good Luck, man!

[@MrDeathwish94]

Started Mongo now I’m never mongo

[@BarklyMitford]

Rob Roskopp and Bill Danforth skated front foot pushing.

[@johnmileso21]

Skate “switch” for a week. It’ll feel like pushing normal and get you better at pushing and switch skating. That’s how I fixed my mongo push.