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Skateology: bs pop shuv (1000 fps slow motion)

Adam Shomsky5 skaters recommend it · 10 mentions, 2019 to 2022
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132K views · 16 years ago · Trick science

Adam Shomsky's Skateology breakdown of the backside pop shove-it, shot at 1,000 fps on a Redlake N3 camera. Most clips show Brian Martin, with Steve Urban and Shomsky also appearing.

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Linked in r/NewSkaters threads whenever someone struggles with shove-its and needs to see foot motion and board rotation frame by frame.

“You begin the rotation as you’re pushing the tail down, so that as soon as you pop you can move your back foot out of the way and the board will do the rest”

u/Very_legitimate

What skaters said on Reddit

u/ActivePudding2022 · 2 points

yup, its essential to include that motion when doing a regular/switch shove. the reason nollie/fakie shoves are easier is because when you do those, the board rotates around the *front* trucks, so the tail of your board naturally ends up further forward, where your feet will be. regular shoves will be rotating around the *back* trucks, so the end result if you only scoop the board is that the board will kinda end up

u/morninowl2021 · 2 points

Looks like you got a lot of the important stuff down, though! Done a lot of homework I guess? The deep bend great too, but you wanna bring the center of balance a bit toeside so you are not on your heels as much. It should be due to the bum coming back too far instead of letting the ankle and knees bend more. Also try to keep the ankles flexed(dorsiflex) and engaged so the back foot is pretty much flat against the ta

u/Very_legitimate2020 · 2 points

You begin the rotation as you’re pushing the tail down, so that as soon as you pop you can move your back foot out of the way and the board will do the rest [VIDEO] Here are some slow motion clips of pop shoves. These are super high so idk if it’s the best example, but they’re clean and what you’ll be aiming for someday. You can see the rotation happening before the pop but it is subtle. Usually when people learn the

u/swussknife2021 · 1 points

A Varial flip [VIDEO] is a Kickflip [VIDEO] and a 180 pop shove it [VIDEO] put together. a tre flip [VIDEO], or 360 flip is a kickflip and a 360 pop shove it [VIDEO] put together.

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