Comments on: Breaking old habits

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:56:52 +0000

There are a few things, but the worst thing is probably the time it takes to set up for tricks when you have to put your front foot back on the board and then re-position your back foot. Also, foot braking is more difficult, but not impossible.

By: Gnarly Mongo Dude

Gnarly Mongo Dude — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:09:21 +0000

yo dudes i skate mongo wota so bad about it???

By: max

max — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:43:48 +0000

i also skate mongo and im still pending on if i should change or not becouse some ppl say its more unique mongo but i wanna learn to ollie faster and higher and i think it will improve my 180 ollie as well. but then again if i practice stance not tricks i might get rusty on some tricks, what should i do?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:28:32 +0000

The best longboard videos I've seen are from Adam Colton. He makes it look so easy.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:33:13 +0000

Awesome, after a while you’ll wonder why you ever pushed mongo. I mostly short board, but love to bomb hills and skate to my favourite trick spots on my longboard, was just wondering if you had any longboarding videos of yourself or friends that you could post up? Or perhaps a spot where others could post their own in? From what I know of the shortboard skate community, videos are an intregal way to expand and diversify the scene, and it’s always good to know what is actually possible on a longboard. Check out youtube.com for some great longboarding clips. But there’s some mad kiwi’s out there with camera’s and longboards I’m sure. Just an idea, let me know how the pushing feels and skate whenever sun the briefly smiles (damn winter)

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:43:48 +0000

Thanks Mike. I’m working on it. On a smooth surface going resonable straight I can go natural mostly. I still don’t have the control I need if it gets too crowded though. I can push just as fast both ways now, either natural or goofy/mongo, but I need more practice before I start doing any tricks. I’m getting better at carving both sides and walking the board.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:22:41 +0000

I used to push exactly the same as you. Some things to practise if you want to change (and the change is worth it, your ollie leg gets stronger, you have more time to set up for tricks as you only have to adjust one foot instead of having to shuffle our feet 3 times with mongo, your centre of gravity is more over your board allowing you to push with longer srokes and get more speed, mongo puts you behind and to the right of your deck while pushing, pushing orthadox also gives you the balance to brake with your back foot)

Try just rolling and balancing on the board with just your front foot, toes pointing toward the nose, just a short distance at the start (like when you learnt to wheelie), then try to steer it with your front foot, when confident at that, try using your back foot as a brake by scraping your toes gently on the ground. I’m 28 and it took me about a month of conscious non-mongo pushing for it to feel right and another 2 months for it to look right but I could never change back, plus it just looks a bit more stylish.

Hope this helps. Bit of an old page so let me know.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:45:22 +0000

I think I'll get hold of or make an Indo Board before I switch. It would be good for balance all round.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:52:06 +0000

Interesting stuff. When I skated as a grommet, I guess I skated ‘mongo’. I could never get the hang of kicking with the back foot. I’m right handed but stand left-foot-forward and kick with that foot. So is that ‘non-goofy mongo’?

Not that I’ve skated for years. I gave up sometime in highschool when I saw a 10 year old ollieing higher than me

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:11:33 +0000

I think that style is called ‘mongo foot’. I had an Irish friend that skated mongo. He swore it was better to have the center of gravity over the middle of the board.

I skate goofy too but kick ‘normally’ .

Damn time to get back on the skateboard.