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Summary: Knowledge of how to roll switch is a must for learning the switch pop shove-it. Learn how to practice other tricks for learning a switch pop shove-it in this free skateboarding video from a sponsored skateboarder.
Shawn Connelly has more than 20 years of skateboarding knowledge. He has appeared in “Slap,” “Thrasher” and “Transworld” magazines, and his sponsors include Venture Trucks, Ricta...read more
"Some of the tricks you'll need to learn before doing the switch pop shove it is you'll need to have switch ollies very good. You'll need to have knowledge of how to roll switch and how to pop your board while rolling in the fakie or switch position. You're also going to want to know how to be able to do a switch ollie and be able to level it out just a bit. The way that you do this is just by popping the board, and then leveling out, and then riding it down and it just requires good timing and practice to get better at switch ollies. The other trick you're going to need to learn is the switch backside 180. This is going to help you learn the motion for the switch backside direction and teach you how to get the timing and also the knowledge of where to set up your feet and how it's going to feel to head 180 like that. So the two tricks that you're going to need to learn are basically switch knowledge and being able to go switch backside direction, and both of these things will help you learn how to do switch pop shove its."
eHow Article: Skateboarding Tricks: Tricks to Learn for Switch Pop Shove-Its