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Post subject: switch and fakie
 Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:24 PM
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can anyone settle a small debate i got involved in earlier.
i maintain fakie and switch are two different things.
both involve riding backwards but.
fake is riding backwards but wityh your regular stance and body position
switch is riding backwards but with the stance of someone who rides goofy if your regular and reg if your goofy.
am i right? or am i wrong.
my friend debated that switch and fakie are the same thing |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:29 PM
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| your wrong! I get what your saying but your wrong. i'll let someone else try and correct you. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:34 PM
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your wrong! its the same thing!
I read somewhere just yesterday that fakie is the snowboarding term, switch is the skateboarding term, but essentially its the same thing.
edit: erm... doesn't really answer your question does it?! someone will be along shortly... |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:35 PM
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| in skateboarding switch and fakie are definately different though. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:45 PM
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on skateboards they are different things... on snowboards its harder to distinguish so they don't bother.
Soooo... Fakie and switch in snowboarding are essentially the same thing.
In my opinion to truely ride a snowboard switch you would have to swap the bindings round. or have a twin with identical stances. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:47 PM
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I read somewhere just yesterday that fakie is the snowboarding term, switch is the skateboarding term, but essentially its the same thing.
this is wrong also in skating fakie and switch a re different things fakie is riding backwards but doing the trick off the tail as you normally would and switch is doing everything opposite to how you normally would. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:52 PM
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ahaa, but on a snowboard there is no difference??? agreed???
p.s hate to say i told you so, but i did! hahahahahaaahahaahaaaa your so wrong, im so right! |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:54 PM
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| agreed... although there could be it'd just be so anal it would hurt peoples heads |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:54 PM
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hmmmm ok
so. if your riding as normal. and you do an ollie. (off the tail)
you then swap to riding backwards.
do so a switch ollie you now need to pop it off what was the nose.
is that correct? |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:58 PM
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 02:58 PM
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| they'r not interested in what part of the board you used to propell yourself into the air |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 03:00 PM
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cool ok sorted. makes sense now.
as a skateboarder, the terms have definate meanings.
on a snowboard they seem much more flexible. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 03:02 PM
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Yeah, same on a snowboard, different on a skateboard. We had this arguement a few months ago.
Technically you can't ride switch on a snowboard but never mind  |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 03:04 PM
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precisely.. we could spend all day trying to decide whether someone had nollied into a trick or just done it off the tail as normal.... especially when it comes to the fact that a lot of people will not even really pop a spin they'll just carve and twist so no tail or nose was used as such...
I'm with you though dude coming from a skate background where everything can be analysed to the Nth. |
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Post subject: RE: switch and fakie
Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 03:08 PM
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thats cool. now i know the terms arent fixed as they are on a skate. all clear in my head (i hope)
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