A few years ago (or maybe 10 years ago, actually) a much slimmer and younger version of me did this trick tip to encourage other old guys to learn some freestyle footwork for their skateboarding.
Well, none of them learned a damned thing, but today I was revisiting those videos and wanted to post something about the utility of endovers.
Since the time I made this video I’ve discovered that a lot of really good skaters can’t do endovers. I was working with one guy who is a serious ripper and he actually fell right in front of me trying to do this (riding forward, bringing the tail around the heel side). I thought to myself “how can he not be able to do this” considering what he can do. The answer, of course is that he started skating in the mid-1980s and by then people thought putting their feet on the ground during tricks was cool.
But I digress…
Once you can do Endovers, they are very useful. Not only do they allow you gain speed, but you can flow into and out of tricks nicely. Hell, some tricks themselves are basically endovers. So here are some example of tricks with endovers integrated into them…
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