Switch helps you skate longer into your older years. I think it has also helped with my regular stance, since I can adapt the switch brain to some reg tricks and helps my body figure out balance. It's a total paradigm shift mentally. Sometimes it can help decode a trick mentally . I'm learning lots of fun mini ramps tricks recently. I grew up skating 90 percent street, because ramps didn't really exist in my small hometown . It was also 92, 93 so wheels were smallllllllllllll. Learning Ramp later has been extremely cool. Low impact on my knees, and I love doing revert tricks. Point being.....skate everything. Skate switch too. Switch helps with nollie tricks and overall your skating as a whole. I love skateboarding. I remember learning frontside flips regular ......and could wait to learn them switch so I could then land regular . I'm rambling. Oh...thanks for your show. It's the best show to watch while on the toilet.....and I mean that as a sincere compliment . Love your show, dude.
I can attest to learning to skate switch since it helps my balance for skating since 2001, and not doing it as often now. In other words, I feel decently balanced now since keeping up with switch.
Being able to push hard and with the same amount of control as pushing regular - that was the most important part for me. I can't do anything but ollie, front 180, front/back shuvit, and heelflip switch, and that's the list of switch tricks I'm taking to the grave as I've already been doing it 20 years and haven't changed a thing. However, being comfortable pushing switch with full mastery as doing it regular... that shit gets you double the pushing and overall pce in going anywhere. I love switching off regular and switch pushing when the commute is over a half mile or mile.
One good thing about switch is you can relearn the tricks you already have regular without learning the flaws... One example : I took so long to learn how to kickflip that even today, I do them ugly, mostly because I used to do that stupid 'front foot that goes straight to the ground thing' so it's like I've permanently etched the wrong move in my brain. But then I started from zero when learning switch kickflips and now those look way better than my regular ones
switch tricks aren't just an awkward version of their regular counterpart. they generally look and feel quite different. doing skate tricks and learning new ones isn't just about challenging yourself, it's about experiencing how the tricks feel.
Just saying "non switch dude" the more diverse you are with skating (also including skating switch)the easier it is for you to learn new and different things through adaptability. Plus if you quit skating switch how will you have anything to be hindered, when the other half of tricks you refuse to learn? Plus the benefits of opening your shoulders and learning to turn them also help with back and sciatica pain from pushing one way for years. Take me for example, I only skated regs for 12 years, went to a doctor and they said one side of my body was 15lbs heavier than the other side (which isn't good) and they asked if there were any activities I did in only one directionality and only thing was skating...ignoring the warning signs about 2 years later blew out my knee super bad because I landed switch and didn't understand how to manipulate my shoulders correctly while switch (I turned my shoulders forward vs keeping them parallel) so the next 4 years were me learning how to skate switch, and now after adapting everything I've learned from switch skating somehow mini ramps are easier, banks, rails, mannys, etc easier. so I thank switch for helping me NOT limit my trick ideas and keeping me not bored while thinking of new tricks to learn 👍
Switch push gets you farther (distance wise). You're going to the store? Switch it up so your legs don't get too tired. Gotta be comfortable with switch.
I am just a few months older than you at the end of 87 so I relate to a ton of what you talk about and share a ton of your viewpoints. I really appreciate you taking the time to create this content I enjoy watching your videos a lot. Take care man!
I skate switch only because sometimes my back foot gets so tired, that I just can't pop and land a single trick in my regular stance. That's where the ability to skate switch really comes in handy. Basically I skate two or three days in a row regular, and mostly switch on the next day. So I'm having a rehab WHILE still riding my board. That's cool, even if I'm able to land only some basic tricks...
I mean if you like daewon and insane level of skateboarding yeah but more so, since I'm not from USA, I didn't grow up reading and knowing the teams and relationships of different skaters and now I understand a bit more about the history of it which it's kinda my thing since I don't skate anymore sadly.
go watch Arto Saari's part in Flips Sorry, his normal part (when 1984 starts playing) , the first part, where he does a line or a trick...and then to show how insanely good he is, he comes back and does the mirror image of the line/trick in switch. that part made me really appreciate switch skating, and is probably one of the reasons he had the last part in such a sick vid
Switch rules: 01 it's fun. It's like you skating at the level you were at the previous year 02 More stylish, a bit unstable and awkward 03 Really cool to literally switch things up in your lines 04 I was there when switch was invented. A revolution 05 you can destroy your other shoe and even the wear a bit between left and right shoe. That line was pretty clean and all, but nothing truly amazing. The switch heel at the end was powerful Thanks for inspiring me to skate more! As for your switch tricks. Just combine them in lines. Maybe then only do just one switch thing in your lines. But do one at the very least. It should make you feel good, more boxes ticked. You did more different things.
I don't care much about impressing anyone. For example a switch crooked feels completely different compared with a regular one. You are grinding backwards on your strong leg! That's the exciting thing about skating switch for me!
The way I see switch stance is that some tricks I find easier off of one foot than the other. I skate goofy so most of my tricks are with that footing, but for years I found switch front shuv way easier and could catch them nice. So for me it’s just another option to learn a trick. Another example is I can’t comprehend impossible but unpossibles make sense to me. So my logic there is that my wrapping foot is my right (front) foot. Just my opinion and I hope that made sense.
The 'glasses without lenses' bit was my fault; wasn't calling RadRat out or anything, was just really high & wondered if I was seeing it correctly in the last video he dropped. I concur, Switch for the sake of Switch is some tired SLS nonsense. Doing it organically in a line & not forced/all the time is chill.
As a guitarist I've always thought switch seemed stupid. Like why would anyone care if I re-learned to play a solo left handed? That guy's comment expressed a lot of things I've thought about skating switch
Hey, I'm a guitar player too, and that's a really good analogy. I was expecting to get blasted for posting that question but I'm glad to see some people agree with me.
@@JustinBA007 theres no risk when playing guitar, theres a bigger risk of hurting yourself switch because ur not used to it, its more difficult and comparing playing guitar to skating might be the stupidest shit ive heard all year. lol
I use my switch stance to approach one sided obstacles differently. It's much easier for me to switch front one over a downrail that would normally be in front of me.
I think for single tricks, like down stairs, the spot itself and the way the skater is facing in relation to it is something to consider about switch - when the skater faces the camera, the background changes so it might look better facing one way or the other.
Ok when I started skating I was goofy, after about 3 or 2 years I had to swich to regular because that's the only way I could ollie i've learned a lot of tricks in regular but I usually push goofy. When I push regular i feel comfortable but when i'm goofy I feel like I could skate faster or better. I skate miniramps switch (goofy) I can't tre flip that good normal stance but I can switch tre and switch big spin way easier, which is kinda weird since I can't even switch flip.
It balances your body out. When your back is hurting from doing all those tricks off your back leg, if you start skating switch, all the tricks are fired off the opposite leg, relieving the pain, and rebalancing your body out.
I have been skating since 2000 (I'm 26 now), and I have literally put almost NO effort whatsoever into learning switch or Nollie, I understand that sometimes if you are skating street, some obstacles might not be on the "correct" side for you relative to your normal stance, and switch can help with that depending on what trick you want to do, but honestly unless you are trying to become sponsored or pro, I think it is kinda pointless. But at the end of the day it comes down to personal preference and what you see as fun. I only skate Goofy and fakie, I put all my effort into those two stances, and in my experience, fakie is the hardest stance of all four. Grew up skating FDR in Philadelphia, it wasn't really practical, or fun, to haul ass around FDR in switch stance. But yeah, it's just a matter of what you enjoy most.
I got to the point i was better at switch/nollie vs my regular stance (goofy) nollie f/s flips, nollie 360 flips. Idk it feels great to be able to skate both ways
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The thing is that when you skate switch a lot you come to a point where you just view it as more options. Once you are comfortable with skating switch you will find tricks that work in different stances. I skate both stances pretty much equally but i only skate flat and ledges and stairs though. I only got hardflips consistent switch, inwards regs and nollie for example. Actually i dont think stance exists at all, rodney has a good take on it
Here are some of my personal reasons to skate switch, and I think these may align with a lot of other people on here too. 1. Some tricks are easier in switch than regular-- I learned switch frontside flips and nollie hardflips before ... well, I never actually learned how to do either in the corresponding regular positions. 2. You need to get comfortable with rolling in switch so it's easier to stick landings on 180 from regular stance. 3. Certain obstacles only face one way, if you stick to only one stance you'd only be able to skate that obstacle from frontside or backside, whatever the case may be. 4. If you sprain your flicking foot, sometimes its' only possible to skate comfortably in the opposite stance for a few days. So why, not? 5. Some tricks look better or have more control or get higher pop in switch than regular. For example, switch pop shove-its. I could theoretically do my regular stance pop shove its higher and more easily, but all that power was particularly hard to control for me, and I'd always over-rotate my backside pop shove-its if it tried to go anything but 2 inches high. Switch backside pop shove-its were harder to rotate, but I could do them as high as I could pop without fear of overrotating it.
6. Obviously, as Rad Rat said, it makes more variegated lines a lot easier to plan out and execute, or just do even on the fly. If you 180 up a box, you don't have enough time to really change positions before you do a trick off. So it helps to either be able to do a switch 180 up onto the box, or do a switch trick off it.
Skating died for me a little bit when I had to figure out of the trick was done switch or not for me to be impressed. Also, you look fine without glasses.
Honestly when it comes to trick selection I used to think knowing all the tricks was better but these days i think just having the basics down in all 4 stances is sick. I'd rather watch someone do a really nice kickflip over a gap than like a 360 double flip. I don't know just at a certain point the complexity of the trick becomes to much to enjoy without slow motion footage, however I'll always appreciate a well executed kickflip even on flat ground xD
I've been working on switch and struggling with it . Personally I'm thinking it's much more essential for vert skaters than street ones but comparing it to what you mentioned about sideways painting. I think there both the painting, and the switch tricks are about performance more than artistic excellence.
skateboarding is a sport that heavily utilizes both legs (as well as both "sides" of the body in general).so training your non dominant side can only be a good thing and help you out a lot even when you go back to your reg stance.it wont help you DIRECTLY but indirectly it will be huge.
For me skating switch is as important as a football (soccer) player being able to shoot and pass with both feet, but its good to have better tricks in your regular stance so people can appreciate your switch.
When I skated as a teenager I never focused on Switch. Now that I'm skating again I think it's really important because it opens up so much for you in your skating. But I do agree with what he's saying here, especially about the Mike Mo line. If you do something like a switch flip crook that's pretty impressive. Now having a perfect switch tre, nollie tre, and fakie tre are also impressive but in terms of style they're pretty boring. They don't add much to the line. The average person is just going to see the same trick 3 times. Even as someone that skates I'm not going to be so focused on stance that I notice most of the time. If you're doing a big trick I can see you're riding switch in the approach, but throwing 3 tres in a line is pretty boring and I mostly won't even notice that you used 3 different stances the first time I watch it.
I'm not sure about it, but training your wrong stance in any sport might actually also improve your good stance, like drawing left hand instead of right might improve the connexion in your brain. So maybe, improving your switch ollie might improve your regular ollie, you might have to think again of what makes the ollie happening and then notice that you can improve some points in your regular olli. And then all around getting more comfortable. And also, just for fun, getting new tricks is always fun, so getting switch tricks can also be fun! Sick videos ! Really interesting!
@@theDevintage I think writing is generally the reason people have stronger grip with their dominant hand, and skating is full body with emphasis on legs vs just your hand so
I'm still learning but after I learn the basics, my plan is to learn switch. I just think it would he nice to be able to skate ambidextrously, the idea seems very free
Hey, thanks for responding to my long ass rant! I was unaware you covered that in a previous video, I've been watching for a long time so I must have missed it or forgot, but I was surprised you agreed! And I'm glad to see that some other people agree too. I have never heard it brought up, so I wasn't sure if I was just gonna be blasted for saying such a thing. I just want to say, that I am not saying others shouldn't skate switch. If you think it's fun, than do it. I mainly am just kind of sick of this attitude that switch is basically a requirement. I've heard a lot of guys critique video parts for not having enough switch, and I just think that's bullshit. I'd rather see a laser flip down a set of stairs than a switch heel.
I've always been horrible at skating switch. Even just riding around switch used to give me trouble so I never really bothered with learning switch stuff. I'd rather be really good at one thing and suck at something else than be okay at 2 things
I agree with the painting analogy. But I would argue that skaters that only focus on one stance tend to look unbalanced, which is not very aesthetic either. Also, skating both stances about equally reduces muscular imbalance, reduces injury risk, improves balance, improves posture. Physiologically skating switch makes sense.
When I was first skating I could only switch ollie regular just didn't make sense so what I do is when I learn a trick I learn it in every other stance it might take longer but I can assure you, you'll get your friends letters
I commuted on my board for 4 years and that's why I learned to ollie and push switch. Aside from your actual cardiovascular endurance you can go so much farther
Learning switch in my opinion is just a way to learn more tricks after all having a big bag of tricks will help u as u try to learn new tricks so relearning the basics bakwards can help u get to the next trick or even hit stuff at a skate park that could be bakwards to u. Never hurts to be good at more tricks no matter what they are.
Switch pointless?!?!….. If you honestly think switch is pointless, and think only in the manner of "I could learn more tricks, if I focused on regular." Than you are in the wrong "line o work" per say... Learning to skate switch properly is about being comfortable on the board no matter how you are on it. See that's the problem with this new crop of skaters. They look at skating as if its like collecting baseball cards. Its not about what tricks you can do, or how fucking trendy the tricks you know are!!! Its about becoming one with your board, and thinking of it as an extension of your own self. Its a way of life, not a way to fam and glory. If you are doing it cause you don't know how to stop doing it, than you'll realize switch is not only not pointless it opens up WAY MORE options...#FACTS #kooksgonnabekooks
Exactly. I feel like people who complain about switch haven't actually tried it. Also, lots of regular tricks will end up in landing switch. Should we avoid them too?
I believe that switch helps in having a balance on which muscles are trained. This consequently helps style a lot. I also believe that some tricks done switch are just beautiful. Have you seen franky villani switch flip bs tail? Have you seen Shane O’ Neil just switch flipping? Have you seen any switch heel? They all have a beautiful balance between strength and delicacy, and I think that is awesome. +giving letters in game of skate
To me skateboarding is about self-expression. You should ride how you want to ride and define yourself how you want to define yourself. Just don't regret years down the line that you invested all this time into switch or not... oh, and expect to lose a lot of games of SKATE too if you don't ride switch. :)
We started doing switch to keep challenging ourselves, most stuff was done in normal stance so in the 90s we just started doing switch stuff and found it could be done with a bit of practice . Very far from pointless.. that question is a bit silly
I think riding switch not necessarily trickin in switch is super important for skating. I’m just learning but learning a simple 180 is hard for me because riding the other way is super awkward.
Switch is important bc the are only so many flip tricks/grinds. If you spend all your time in your preferred stance, you'll eventually run out of tricks to do and resort to circus tricks. Like instead of learning a really solid switch flip, you learn double flips, and then triple etc. Then instead of learning switch flip crooks, you're learning double flip crooks and 720 flips down gaps and stuff. It just gets out of hand. The way I see switch skating is it's kinda like showing off. Like you understand the mechanics of this trick so well that you can do it f'n backwards. If your switch is better than your regular stance then you're doing it wrong. I might agree with you when it comes to transition but, wait a minute, look at Bob!
Something i've always wondered is how much riding a skateboard "backwards" or "forwards" really matters? i've always just set up and rode my boards both ways (so they wear evenly) and never noticed a difference in nose/tail length
I dont think switch is pointless in lines and such where you might do a switch trick to get back to regular or something like that. But say youre trying a switch kickflip down a set, why not just do a really good regular kickflip?? I like seeing good tricks vs sketchy tricks. Unless you have a trick better switch than regular i dont see the point.
i have to agree switch is not the most important thing when skating but most of 90s rider move to switch mostly because of injuries ans rebalance themself and give a break to regular stance but yeh switch doesnt matter much some pro make switch tricks look better than there regular stance switch flip always good to me and nollie flip too, cause power given to the other leg give bit of different style too
I personally think it is. I have my reasons why like if you're an outsider watching someone skate, you could get the wrong impressions of their skill level. I CAN do switch tricks but no handrails or stairs with it. Not something I personally like practicing. Just like in BMX, switch is literally just putting your opo foot forward.
Switch can be a style adapting your usual tech to a backward stance or changing the complete balance of hips to a mirrorly switched direction of moving and doing tricks. Imagine a caballarial kickturn in a bank, what is doing your backfoot? Or is it more like a frontfoot? The difference between a fakie ollie and a nollie is not the stance but the style of your arms and hips. Do a fakie nollie :P
Logically I agree with you about switch but I'd rather see someone like Malto or P-Rod switch flip a gap than do a better trick like a 360 double flip or something over that same gap.
I got so mad when he said Mike Mo should’ve done something more interesting in his line other than perfect flip trips and showing that he can do the switch as well. The reason we love and consume professional skating is largely the same reason why Skating it’s just as much of an art as it is a sport. Style. And then that reminded me of your Gino Iannuchi video... Talking about not really understanding ppls allure with his skating... It’s style man. If you’ve ever seen somebody on that level skate in person you can really tell. One time back in 2012 I was skating LES in NYC with prob 50 other dudes - many of whom were killin it... until I noticed one guy kick flip the pyramid, come back backside flip it and then do a b/s lip.. I immediately knew he had to be a pro... simply by the way his skating looked* ... I looked at my friend and said yo that dude has to be a pro and he goes yeah man that’s Austyn Gillette. Back in my prime I had a shot at doing that same line. It’s not that though.. it’s just the fucking wow factor that comes with witnessing tricks being landed bolts, with mad pop and overall buttery style. People need to be themselves but that’s what we should all strive to skate like. There’s a reason why the pros are pros other than just because they can pull Tricks down big sets or do super technical shit. So when you see some dude come correct with a perfectly timed switch tricks even on flat -that makes it all the more beautiful! And then you respect that dudes skating even more! Its NOT about THPS score totals 🤯😆
I think switch has a different but nice aesthetic. You can see the skater is not totally comfortable and for some reason I really enjoy seeing the difference on how a skater peform a trick normal vs switch
*asks a scooter kid about switch stance* *scooter kid does that thing where they quickly hop and stand facing left instead of right without the wheels leaving the ground* So cool
"Hobbies? I play games like Dungeons and Dragons, I read books like Harry Potter, and I like to draw comics. That's about it. Sometimes on the weekend I'll buy a bag of blow and get a hooker but that's sort of a new thing I've started since moving out of my parents house."
Colors are a little weird on this batch of recordings. Still figuring out the camera! btw: first
Gah! You stole the "first", foiled agaiiinnn
Rad Rat Video your parents go to my congregation
Haahaaa! Getting the first. I like that 😊
Rad Rat Video play skater xl
Hey! I just realized we are the same age. I was also 5 in 93 😬 and I got my genesis when I was 12.
You're forgetting the most important reason to learn switch: getting your friends letters in SKATE!
FACTS
Also you dont want to be a below average skater either. Gotta skate switch even more so if you wanna get anywhere with it like a sponsor or whatever.
Good point.
This is for me the most inportant point in skating switch - for game of skate. How gan you forget this? xD
@@jacksamunster4407 You sound like you don't skate for yourself.
Switch helps you skate longer into your older years. I think it has also helped with my regular stance, since I can adapt the switch brain to some reg tricks and helps my body figure out balance. It's a total paradigm shift mentally. Sometimes it can help decode a trick mentally . I'm learning lots of fun mini ramps tricks recently. I grew up skating 90 percent street, because ramps didn't really exist in my small hometown . It was also 92, 93 so wheels were smallllllllllllll. Learning Ramp later has been extremely cool. Low impact on my knees, and I love doing revert tricks. Point being.....skate everything. Skate switch too. Switch helps with nollie tricks and overall your skating as a whole. I love skateboarding. I remember learning frontside flips regular ......and could wait to learn them switch so I could then land regular . I'm rambling. Oh...thanks for your show. It's the best show to watch while on the toilet.....and I mean that as a sincere compliment . Love your show, dude.
I can attest to learning to skate switch since it helps my balance for skating since 2001, and not doing it as often now. In other words, I feel decently balanced now since keeping up with switch.
I watched this video on the toilet
Being able to push hard and with the same amount of control as pushing regular - that was the most important part for me. I can't do anything but ollie, front 180, front/back shuvit, and heelflip switch, and that's the list of switch tricks I'm taking to the grave as I've already been doing it 20 years and haven't changed a thing. However, being comfortable pushing switch with full mastery as doing it regular... that shit gets you double the pushing and overall pce in going anywhere. I love switching off regular and switch pushing when the commute is over a half mile or mile.
toiler gang y'all
Love this
Never miss switch day. Muscle imbalances
This should be the top comment.
Muscle imbalance is the reason most ppl, myself included, hate switch.
@@colebrown8293you lonely? Seem needy for attention, had tothumbs up your own comments.. Lol
Y’all gotta stretch it out!
@@DabbaHashery Damn you dissed him haha :)
One good thing about switch is you can relearn the tricks you already have regular without learning the flaws... One example : I took so long to learn how to kickflip that even today, I do them ugly, mostly because I used to do that stupid 'front foot that goes straight to the ground thing' so it's like I've permanently etched the wrong move in my brain. But then I started from zero when learning switch kickflips and now those look way better than my regular ones
For me, switch just gives you abilities besides powerslides and shuvits to get out of switch lol.
I cannot kick flip for shit.
My switch kick flips are amazing.
It trips everyone out 😂
Next up- 'Is skateboarding pointless?'. Hehe.
Once you're in your 30s and not being paid then yeah its borderline pointless to a degree.
I think this sums it all up.
@@jacksamunster4407 it's pointless if you don't like to skate
Drake64YT it seems so but i hope not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love your channel man, you're always good to put on just to chill, very calming.
oh, it's oddheader!
switch tricks aren't just an awkward version of their regular counterpart. they generally look and feel quite different. doing skate tricks and learning new ones isn't just about challenging yourself, it's about experiencing how the tricks feel.
I feel very uncomfortable seeing you without glasses. I actually never noticed the fake glasses. Weird
The dude looks handsome; can't argue about that.
It's like Superman's Clark Kent disguise lol
I have lol, I always thought it was weird there were no lenses once i noticed
Why don' u combine skateboarding and drawing? For example griptape art
That's a really good angle merge your art rat man lol
Just saying "non switch dude" the more diverse you are with skating (also including skating switch)the easier it is for you to learn new and different things through adaptability. Plus if you quit skating switch how will you have anything to be hindered, when the other half of tricks you refuse to learn? Plus the benefits of opening your shoulders and learning to turn them also help with back and sciatica pain from pushing one way for years. Take me for example, I only skated regs for 12 years, went to a doctor and they said one side of my body was 15lbs heavier than the other side (which isn't good) and they asked if there were any activities I did in only one directionality and only thing was skating...ignoring the warning signs about 2 years later blew out my knee super bad because I landed switch and didn't understand how to manipulate my shoulders correctly while switch (I turned my shoulders forward vs keeping them parallel) so the next 4 years were me learning how to skate switch, and now after adapting everything I've learned from switch skating somehow mini ramps are easier, banks, rails, mannys, etc easier. so I thank switch for helping me NOT limit my trick ideas and keeping me not bored while thinking of new tricks to learn 👍
Something similar happened to Rodney Mullen actually. Now he's all about "The stance that is no stance"
Switch push gets you farther (distance wise). You're going to the store? Switch it up so your legs don't get too tired. Gotta be comfortable with switch.
I am just a few months older than you at the end of 87 so I relate to a ton of what you talk about and share a ton of your viewpoints. I really appreciate you taking the time to create this content I enjoy watching your videos a lot. Take care man!
Skating is fun. Skating is art. All artists are different.
I skate switch only because sometimes my back foot gets so tired, that I just can't pop and land a single trick in my regular stance. That's where the ability to skate switch really comes in handy. Basically I skate two or three days in a row regular, and mostly switch on the next day. So I'm having a rehab WHILE still riding my board. That's cool, even if I'm able to land only some basic tricks...
I once tweaked my ankle at the park but I just swapped my stance and was able to have a hell of a sesh switch. Ah the good old days!
Hey man would love to hear to input on the new daewon documentary
Daewon’s the shit. The end.
That doc was pretty damn inspiring...
is it any good? saw it pop up in my feed
I mean if you like daewon and insane level of skateboarding yeah but more so, since I'm not from USA, I didn't grow up reading and knowing the teams and relationships of different skaters and now I understand a bit more about the history of it which it's kinda my thing since I don't skate anymore sadly.
It's okay if you actually still like Daewon.
go watch Arto Saari's part in Flips Sorry, his normal part (when 1984 starts playing) , the first part, where he does a line or a trick...and then to show how insanely good he is, he comes back and does the mirror image of the line/trick in switch. that part made me really appreciate switch skating, and is probably one of the reasons he had the last part in such a sick vid
RadRat looks smashing with or without glasses, amirite?
Switch rules:
01 it's fun. It's like you skating at the level you were at the previous year
02 More stylish, a bit unstable and awkward
03 Really cool to literally switch things up in your lines
04 I was there when switch was invented. A revolution
05 you can destroy your other shoe and even the wear a bit between left and right shoe.
That line was pretty clean and all, but nothing truly amazing. The switch heel at the end was powerful
Thanks for inspiring me to skate more!
As for your switch tricks. Just combine them in lines. Maybe then only do just one switch thing in your lines. But do one at the very least. It should make you feel good, more boxes ticked. You did more different things.
Wow, I love that painting at 2:29, that's fantastic.
I never knew there could be any controversy regarding switch. Switch is awesome...
The only controversy is from people who can’t do anything switch.
Or don’t want to.
Because they’re scared.
Okay, Im done.
You’re probably right. Learning switch is very difficult. It’s like learning to skate again
I don't care much about impressing anyone. For example a switch crooked feels completely different compared with a regular one. You are grinding backwards on your strong leg! That's the exciting thing about skating switch for me!
The way I see switch stance is that some tricks I find easier off of one foot than the other. I skate goofy so most of my tricks are with that footing, but for years I found switch front shuv way easier and could catch them nice. So for me it’s just another option to learn a trick. Another example is I can’t comprehend impossible but unpossibles make sense to me. So my logic there is that my wrapping foot is my right (front) foot. Just my opinion and I hope that made sense.
Switch frontshuvs are easier for me too.
The 'glasses without lenses' bit was my fault; wasn't calling RadRat out or anything, was just really high & wondered if I was seeing it correctly in the last video he dropped.
I concur, Switch for the sake of Switch is some tired SLS nonsense. Doing it organically in a line & not forced/all the time is chill.
As a guitarist I've always thought switch seemed stupid. Like why would anyone care if I re-learned to play a solo left handed? That guy's comment expressed a lot of things I've thought about skating switch
Hey, I'm a guitar player too, and that's a really good analogy. I was expecting to get blasted for posting that question but I'm glad to see some people agree with me.
@@JustinBA007 theres no risk when playing guitar, theres a bigger risk of hurting yourself switch because ur not used to it, its more difficult and comparing playing guitar to skating might be the stupidest shit ive heard all year. lol
Switch in contests = yes. Switch in regular life stuff = no.
I use my switch stance to approach one sided obstacles differently. It's much easier for me to switch front one over a downrail that would normally be in front of me.
guess what? painted that left handed 😂
great video radrat 👍
Dude you look perfectly normal without glasses, I didn't notice till you said something..lol
I think for single tricks, like down stairs, the spot itself and the way the skater is facing in relation to it is something to consider about switch - when the skater faces the camera, the background changes so it might look better facing one way or the other.
Ok when I started skating I was goofy, after about 3 or 2 years I had to swich to regular because that's the only way I could ollie i've learned a lot of tricks in regular but I usually push goofy. When I push regular i feel comfortable but when i'm goofy I feel like I could skate faster or better. I skate miniramps switch (goofy) I can't tre flip that good normal stance but I can switch tre and switch big spin way easier, which is kinda weird since I can't even switch flip.
It balances your body out. When your back is hurting from doing all those tricks off your back leg, if you start skating switch, all the tricks are fired off the opposite leg, relieving the pain, and rebalancing your body out.
I have been skating since 2000 (I'm 26 now), and I have literally put almost NO effort whatsoever into learning switch or Nollie, I understand that sometimes if you are skating street, some obstacles might not be on the "correct" side for you relative to your normal stance, and switch can help with that depending on what trick you want to do, but honestly unless you are trying to become sponsored or pro, I think it is kinda pointless. But at the end of the day it comes down to personal preference and what you see as fun. I only skate Goofy and fakie, I put all my effort into those two stances, and in my experience, fakie is the hardest stance of all four. Grew up skating FDR in Philadelphia, it wasn't really practical, or fun, to haul ass around FDR in switch stance. But yeah, it's just a matter of what you enjoy most.
Anti Hater Yup. Personal preference. I love skating swtich!
I got to the point i was better at switch/nollie vs my regular stance (goofy) nollie f/s flips, nollie 360 flips. Idk it feels great to be able to skate both ways
Thanks for answering my question, love the channel man :)
Loved hearing your opinions on switch. Keep up the great content 👊🏼
You are handsome with and without glasses.
What are you fuckin gay
@@TommyWashow maybe, but it's a non issue.
OG MANE why do all of you assholes care so much? im not gay but prejudice is lame. i mean, i dont enjoy seeing gay pride parades with big hairy almost naked dudes but this is just a random comment on youtube that you are taking time to talk shit on. & assume that he is gay when he is just making a factual observation related to what was said in the video. seems like it is more because you are insecure about your own sexuality!
The thing is that when you skate switch a lot you come to a point where you just view it as more options. Once you are comfortable with skating switch you will find tricks that work in different stances. I skate both stances pretty much equally but i only skate flat and ledges and stairs though. I only got hardflips consistent switch, inwards regs and nollie for example. Actually i dont think stance exists at all, rodney has a good take on it
Here are some of my personal reasons to skate switch, and I think these may align with a lot of other people on here too. 1. Some tricks are easier in switch than regular-- I learned switch frontside flips and nollie hardflips before ... well, I never actually learned how to do either in the corresponding regular positions. 2. You need to get comfortable with rolling in switch so it's easier to stick landings on 180 from regular stance. 3. Certain obstacles only face one way, if you stick to only one stance you'd only be able to skate that obstacle from frontside or backside, whatever the case may be. 4. If you sprain your flicking foot, sometimes its' only possible to skate comfortably in the opposite stance for a few days. So why, not? 5. Some tricks look better or have more control or get higher pop in switch than regular. For example, switch pop shove-its. I could theoretically do my regular stance pop shove its higher and more easily, but all that power was particularly hard to control for me, and I'd always over-rotate my backside pop shove-its if it tried to go anything but 2 inches high. Switch backside pop shove-its were harder to rotate, but I could do them as high as I could pop without fear of overrotating it.
6. Obviously, as Rad Rat said, it makes more variegated lines a lot easier to plan out and execute, or just do even on the fly. If you 180 up a box, you don't have enough time to really change positions before you do a trick off. So it helps to either be able to do a switch 180 up onto the box, or do a switch trick off it.
I love skating switch and nollie. Feels good when you pop a nice high nollie flip or switch flip.
Skating died for me a little bit when I had to figure out of the trick was done switch or not for me to be impressed. Also, you look fine without glasses.
In my city it is completely dead. Nobody does it anymore. Only longboard hipsters going to work here and there.
erak what city?
Honestly when it comes to trick selection I used to think knowing all the tricks was better but these days i think just having the basics down in all 4 stances is sick. I'd rather watch someone do a really nice kickflip over a gap than like a 360 double flip. I don't know just at a certain point the complexity of the trick becomes to much to enjoy without slow motion footage, however I'll always appreciate a well executed kickflip even on flat ground xD
About last question: what do you think about Tyshawn Jones Blessed?
When I started to skate switch it was because I wanted to keep my shoes longer, and ofc to give my friends letters in SKATE:- )
I've been working on switch and struggling with it . Personally I'm thinking it's much more essential for vert skaters than street ones but comparing it to what you mentioned about sideways painting. I think there both the painting, and the switch tricks are about performance more than artistic excellence.
totally agree with ya on that switch thing ;)
skateboarding is a sport that heavily utilizes both legs (as well as both "sides" of the body in general).so training your non dominant side can only be a good thing and help you out a lot even when you go back to your reg stance.it wont help you DIRECTLY but indirectly it will be huge.
For me skating switch is as important as a football (soccer) player being able to shoot and pass with both feet, but its good to have better tricks in your regular stance so people can appreciate your switch.
When I skated as a teenager I never focused on Switch. Now that I'm skating again I think it's really important because it opens up so much for you in your skating. But I do agree with what he's saying here, especially about the Mike Mo line. If you do something like a switch flip crook that's pretty impressive. Now having a perfect switch tre, nollie tre, and fakie tre are also impressive but in terms of style they're pretty boring. They don't add much to the line. The average person is just going to see the same trick 3 times. Even as someone that skates I'm not going to be so focused on stance that I notice most of the time. If you're doing a big trick I can see you're riding switch in the approach, but throwing 3 tres in a line is pretty boring and I mostly won't even notice that you used 3 different stances the first time I watch it.
I'm not sure about it, but training your wrong stance in any sport might actually also improve your good stance, like drawing left hand instead of right might improve the connexion in your brain.
So maybe, improving your switch ollie might improve your regular ollie, you might have to think again of what makes the ollie happening and then notice that you can improve some points in your regular olli. And then all around getting more comfortable.
And also, just for fun, getting new tricks is always fun, so getting switch tricks can also be fun!
Sick videos ! Really interesting!
Skating Switch? (Imagine only working out your right arm and ignoring your left arm.)
Imagine only writing with your right hand and ignoring your left hand
@@theDevintage I think writing is generally the reason people have stronger grip with their dominant hand, and skating is full body with emphasis on legs vs just your hand so
I'm still learning but after I learn the basics, my plan is to learn switch.
I just think it would he nice to be able to skate ambidextrously, the idea seems very free
Hey, thanks for responding to my long ass rant! I was unaware you covered that in a previous video, I've been watching for a long time so I must have missed it or forgot, but I was surprised you agreed! And I'm glad to see that some other people agree too. I have never heard it brought up, so I wasn't sure if I was just gonna be blasted for saying such a thing.
I just want to say, that I am not saying others shouldn't skate switch. If you think it's fun, than do it. I mainly am just kind of sick of this attitude that switch is basically a requirement. I've heard a lot of guys critique video parts for not having enough switch, and I just think that's bullshit. I'd rather see a laser flip down a set of stairs than a switch heel.
I've always been horrible at skating switch. Even just riding around switch used to give me trouble so I never really bothered with learning switch stuff. I'd rather be really good at one thing and suck at something else than be okay at 2 things
I agree with the painting analogy. But I would argue that skaters that only focus on one stance tend to look unbalanced, which is not very aesthetic either. Also, skating both stances about equally reduces muscular imbalance, reduces injury risk, improves balance, improves posture. Physiologically skating switch makes sense.
When I was first skating I could only switch ollie regular just didn't make sense so what I do is when I learn a trick I learn it in every other stance it might take longer but I can assure you, you'll get your friends letters
When I started I first guess any trick from switch would be called back foot flip as one example and fakie would known as rolling reverse kickflip.
You should consider a Retro Rippers on Sean Young, such gnarly footy in a short period yet disappeared off the face of the earth
i push switch because my legs get tired and then skating switch is just natural
I commuted on my board for 4 years and that's why I learned to ollie and push switch. Aside from your actual cardiovascular endurance you can go so much farther
Switch feels like a novelty sometimes
Learning switch in my opinion is just a way to learn more tricks after all having a big bag of tricks will help u as u try to learn new tricks so relearning the basics bakwards can help u get to the next trick or even hit stuff at a skate park that could be bakwards to u. Never hurts to be good at more tricks no matter what they are.
I like the concept that there is a whole another side of me that (edit: relatively) doesn't know shit about skateboarding. Really makes a man humble.
Switch pointless?!?!….. If you honestly think switch is pointless, and think only in the manner of "I could learn more tricks, if I focused on regular." Than you are in the wrong "line o work" per say... Learning to skate switch properly is about being comfortable on the board no matter how you are on it. See that's the problem with this new crop of skaters. They look at skating as if its like collecting baseball cards. Its not about what tricks you can do, or how fucking trendy the tricks you know are!!! Its about becoming one with your board, and thinking of it as an extension of your own self. Its a way of life, not a way to fam and glory. If you are doing it cause you don't know how to stop doing it, than you'll realize switch is not only not pointless it opens up WAY MORE options...#FACTS #kooksgonnabekooks
Exactly. I feel like people who complain about switch haven't actually tried it. Also, lots of regular tricks will end up in landing switch. Should we avoid them too?
amen!
I believe that switch helps in having a balance on which muscles are trained. This consequently helps style a lot.
I also believe that some tricks done switch are just beautiful.
Have you seen franky villani switch flip bs tail?
Have you seen Shane O’ Neil just switch flipping?
Have you seen any switch heel?
They all have a beautiful balance between strength and delicacy, and I think that is awesome.
+giving letters in game of skate
To me skateboarding is about self-expression. You should ride how you want to ride and define yourself how you want to define yourself. Just don't regret years down the line that you invested all this time into switch or not... oh, and expect to lose a lot of games of SKATE too if you don't ride switch. :)
We started doing switch to keep challenging ourselves, most stuff was done in normal stance so in the 90s we just started doing switch stuff and found it could be done with a bit of practice . Very far from pointless.. that question is a bit silly
You had me going way back when you mentioned Metal gear solid and final fantasy. Those are some classics. Great times man
From my personal experience, I learnt how to do alot of things regs from skating switch, peace!
I think riding switch not necessarily trickin in switch is super important for skating. I’m just learning but learning a simple 180 is hard for me because riding the other way is super awkward.
I push regular and mongo, and switch regular and switch mongo. It just makes sense so you know you can do them if you need them.
Switch is important bc the are only so many flip tricks/grinds. If you spend all your time in your preferred stance, you'll eventually run out of tricks to do and resort to circus tricks. Like instead of learning a really solid switch flip, you learn double flips, and then triple etc. Then instead of learning switch flip crooks, you're learning double flip crooks and 720 flips down gaps and stuff. It just gets out of hand. The way I see switch skating is it's kinda like showing off. Like you understand the mechanics of this trick so well that you can do it f'n backwards. If your switch is better than your regular stance then you're doing it wrong. I might agree with you when it comes to transition but, wait a minute, look at Bob!
10:24 is probably the best half cab i ever did see
Something i've always wondered is how much riding a skateboard "backwards" or "forwards" really matters?
i've always just set up and rode my boards both ways (so they wear evenly) and never noticed a difference in nose/tail length
Jeremy Wray in second hand smoke does a few things back to back in each stance
Fun fact. The Genesis came out in 1990 before the super Nintendo.
I prefer the fact that the Super Nintendo came out closer to the Moon Landing than to today. Much closer.
Just discovered your content. Great stuff. Subscribed!
I actually really like that panda sketch
I dont think switch is pointless in lines and such where you might do a switch trick to get back to regular or something like that. But say youre trying a switch kickflip down a set, why not just do a really good regular kickflip?? I like seeing good tricks vs sketchy tricks. Unless you have a trick better switch than regular i dont see the point.
It was kind of weird seeing you without glasses, but I definitely remember that video where the light really reflected on your glasses
skating switch helps you skate better in your regular stance. it even outs your muscle balance and having more control.
i have to agree switch is not the most important thing when skating but most of 90s rider move to switch mostly because of injuries ans rebalance themself and give a break to regular stance but yeh switch doesnt matter much some pro make switch tricks look better than there regular stance switch flip always good to me and nollie flip too, cause power given to the other leg give bit of different style too
Personally I think being able to skate switch shows dedication.
I personally think it is. I have my reasons why like if you're an outsider watching someone skate, you could get the wrong impressions of their skill level. I CAN do switch tricks but no handrails or stairs with it. Not something I personally like practicing. Just like in BMX, switch is literally just putting your opo foot forward.
Switch can be a style adapting your usual tech to a backward stance or changing the complete balance of hips to a mirrorly switched direction of moving and doing tricks. Imagine a caballarial kickturn in a bank, what is doing your backfoot? Or is it more like a frontfoot? The difference between a fakie ollie and a nollie is not the stance but the style of your arms and hips. Do a fakie nollie :P
No waste of time but a necessity. Adaptive is the soul to skate lifestyle!!
Switch tre’s will be on lock by the end of the week.
Logically I agree with you about switch but I'd rather see someone like Malto or P-Rod switch flip a gap than do a better trick like a 360 double flip or something over that same gap.
I skated in the 90’s , that being said , what happened to pushing mongo when you are skating switch? This way we knew when someone was skating switch.
I guess ppl started going all the way and learned to push switch
I don’t practice switch much. I can do like nollie and nollie 180s. Very basic stuff, I just don’t have that much fun practicing switch so I never do
The infamous glasses scandal hahaha
Should have spiked your hair with gel and put on a crazy shirt and necklace. Really mess with people! Great stuff as always!!!
I got so mad when he said Mike Mo should’ve done something more interesting in his line other than perfect flip trips and showing that he can do the switch as well. The reason we love and consume professional skating is largely the same reason why Skating it’s just as much of an art as it is a sport. Style. And then that reminded me of your Gino Iannuchi video... Talking about not really understanding ppls allure with his skating... It’s style man. If you’ve ever seen somebody on that level skate in person you can really tell. One time back in 2012 I was skating LES in NYC with prob 50 other dudes - many of whom were killin it... until I noticed one guy kick flip the pyramid, come back backside flip it and then do a b/s lip.. I immediately knew he had to be a pro... simply by the way his skating looked* ... I looked at my friend and said yo that dude has to be a pro and he goes yeah man that’s Austyn Gillette. Back in my prime I had a shot at doing that same line. It’s not that though.. it’s just the fucking wow factor that comes with witnessing tricks being landed bolts, with mad pop and overall buttery style. People need to be themselves but that’s what we should all strive to skate like. There’s a reason why the pros are pros other than just because they can pull Tricks down big sets or do super technical shit. So when you see some dude come correct with a perfectly timed switch tricks even on flat -that makes it all the more beautiful! And then you respect that dudes skating even more! Its NOT about THPS score totals 🤯😆
I think switch has a different but nice aesthetic. You can see the skater is not totally comfortable and for some reason I really enjoy seeing the difference on how a skater peform a trick normal vs switch
*asks a scooter kid about switch stance*
*scooter kid does that thing where they quickly hop and stand facing left instead of right without the wheels leaving the ground*
So cool
The light is so bright 🌟
Sega, grind session, FF7 and 9, crash games, splinter cell, hell I was even in Oakland County... wish I knew you back then haha
It’s pointless if you like having a closed mind.
"Hobbies? I play games like Dungeons and Dragons, I read books like Harry Potter, and I like to draw comics. That's about it. Sometimes on the weekend I'll buy a bag of blow and get a hooker but that's sort of a new thing I've started since moving out of my parents house."
P Rod is the perfect example of why switch is important to learn.
Are you saying that because it's a big part of his persona (Switch God) and helps boost his brand appeal?
Check out descenders on xbox and bmx pro theyre both tight