Comments on: What’s Wrong with Pushing Mongo?

By: tayylor

tayylor — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:29:48 +0000

Alright bro, everyone who posted on this is a ____ing poseur. straight up.

mongo is wrong. its looked down on by every skater except the mongos. no matter how good a mongo gets he/she will still have no respect. you will never get sponsored. you will prevent youself from skating to your full potetial. everyone will make fun of you. you will fall more often. it looks #@$ as @#$#3. just trust me, switching over is way easier in the long run.

i used to push mongo until someone told me that it was #$@ and i just limited myself to pushing with my right foot. now i cant even push mongo to save my life. and to all those people who think you get more speed pushing mongo theyre @#$#in dumb@$$ poseurs that prolly go to the park and sit down for 4 hours to look cool.

By: izzy

izzy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:42:31 +0000

yea my one friend pushes mongo and he has been skating for a while there is nothing wrong with it i mean i skate regular but hey thats just what works for me if mongo works for u then do it…

skating is about having fun and enjoying urself not what other ppl say u should do

skate what is comfy

By: OriginalZen

OriginalZen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:36:38 +0000

To each his own. I think someone who’s experienced at skating mongo actually tends to look more smooth and relaxed. Also, having your foot over the back wheels and using a longer strider actually make for a sturdier and more powerful push.

I’m not sure where the notion that it was slower and less stable come from. The last place you want your only foot touching the board to be is on the front while you’re going over a bump or down a hill.

By: charlie

charlie — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:23:13 +0000

dude, who cares how you look when you skate? i skate mongo and nobody has ever ragged on me about it, i’ve had one or two people say it looks different but never weird. maybe i do it right? %@#$, i don’t know, either way i’m a lot more concerned about getting tre flips down pat than pushing the “accepted” way.

i tried to push regular a while ago cause i was concerned about the whole “set-up” argument but it felt too weird, i’ve been skating mongo for way too long, and really, having to move another foot as well costs me, maybe, half a second? just buy some nicer bearings!

By: joseph c.

joseph c. — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:39:07 +0000

I skate mongo and evrytime i do a trick i do it fakie

By: steve

steve — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:49:41 +0000

wow about three yrs of replies

MONGOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: adrian

adrian — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:57 +0000

ok who ever says that skateing mongo is dumb and looks stupid is cus there a #@$#@ @$$ and cant skate it. most people that skate mongo have been doing it since they were young so there used to it so if you dis on mongo skaters shut the @#$# up cus your a dumb @#$#@ @#$@# and just shut the @#$# up and and just skate and have fun
plus a mongo skater can do every thing a reguler or goffy skater can do.
(if there as good as that person)
so yeh theres nothin wrong with skateing mongo so if you skate mongo dont listen to any one else im 13 and my friends dis on me for skateing mongo and i say “shut the @#$#$ up i can do any trick you can do”

By: Cocodaconman

Cocodaconman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:27:03 +0000

I skate Mongo, and theres nothing wrong with it.It takes no time to set up for tricks, though it does look s***.Its about how you feel comfortable skating, Ive been skatin for 1 month and can 50/50, pop shuvit, nosehook impossible, 180 classic filp etc. , and mongos never stopped me doin anything.I win in races against my regular footed friend lol!

By: SinkER

SinkER — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:07:08 +0000

I push mongo and i find it WAY faster than non-mongo cuz in non-mongo you push with your weak foot so eat that. im the best in my school so who the #$@$ cares?

By: efel

efel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:55:52 +0000

I’m a goofy stance sk8er and I don’t push mongo normally. But when I land in a switch it feels more naturally to push mongo. Still I can’ t ollie when i push mongo.