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| gldsndz |
Front Side/Back Side... I am so confused?Hello...I've been trying to pump for months now, and I just can't seem to get it right. I've read just about every tutorial out there. Here are my main questions, after reading the Dan Gesmer article for the 10th time or so. 1. If I'm standing regular, left foot forward, is a front side pump a turn to the left or right? It seem more natural for me to go left when moving my weight forward. 2. I'm about to go out and get some Bennett trucks... will they really make that much of a difference? 3. Any other tips? BTW: Current setup - Landyachtz 42 inch Conthug with the big grizzlies, white and orange khiro's up front, red in the back(dewedged), Gumball wheels. Thanks. |
| pavedwave |
Since you're regular, just think if you were riding along, surf stance, and you turn. Which way is the front of your body facing?
If you're now facing the direction you were moving, then that's frontside. If your back is now turned towards your direction of travel, that's backside. That idea help? A Bennett front truck and something more stable in the rear like 129 Tracker RTS is pretty much what I ride most the time now. Other fine choices; a loose randal 150 in front, tighter one in back. a loose Indy up front, tighter one in back. For me the Bennett just has a great surfy/turny feel to it that I don't get from the others, esp. on flatland. I've really learned with other people and just through a lot of trial and error. The one thing that is most encouraging IMHO is keeping up a good speed with as much pushing as you need between pumps, assuming that you're on flatland. When you're learning to pump on hills, you can really fool yourself into thinking that you're pumping, when you're really just feeling the advantage of gravity. I didn't really read up on Gesmer et al until much later. As you probably know my main advice is to go visual. Guess that's my bias, watching and imitating, then changing it to what works. The words and descriptions just get a little too heavy for my brain, where the pelvis is and its orientation when the left shoulder is at a 45 degree arc from the clavicle at the apex of the pump, etc... 
I know this vid isn't high quality, but it's some raw footy of the long distance pump motion I use most: Link |