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What's up with stomp pad in the middle of the board?

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#1 ·
Seriously, I had to tell this noob who put his stomp pad in the wrong orientation in the middle of the board, then proceed to stand his back foot in the middle of his board when skating.:unsure:
Couldn't help but tell him to put his back foot against the rear foot not in the middle.
Was I being a dick?
 
#4 ·
As a newb, I'd say it depends how you said it. If it was "it works better if you put your foot back against the binding" you weren't being a dick. If you said "put your foot back, dumbass" then you were being a dick. Trying to help others whem you see them doing something wrong isn't being a dick.
 
#5 ·
Seriously, ...
Was I being a dick?
Depends on how you told him I guess. I had to tell a guy who was skating around, trying to get on n off the lifts with his free foot forward! :blink: :blink: :blink: (...strapped foot to the rear!) :eek:

Now He was gonna kill himself or someone else tryin' to skate around like that, so dick or no, I tried to straighten him out! (....was funny watching him try to do that on the flats tho!) :D
 
#10 ·
in this age when those who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground think they know all, there really is no point. and it's almost impossible to strike the right tone so that unsolicited advice does not sound like dick-ness from on high. people will figure things out for themselves....or not
 
#22 ·
Being able to do basics with only 1 foot seems to me to be something that everyone should know, even my kids snowboard school teaches this from the age of 8...!!!

Things happen, like bindings breaking, overcrowding getting off a lift etc that mean you need to be able to navigate straight off a lift of while on a slope, and while everyone differs, i still have a stomp pad on ALL my boards, well i have the "Crab Grab Scromper" placed in front of my rear binding, if icy i will use this for extra footing while coming of the lift, however, i am more comfortable with my foot to the front in everyday conditions... And there i have nothing... ;)
 
#25 ·
Jdang asked if I can carve with one foot out of my bindings, I'm assuming a carve to him is the same as it is to me, as it is to Alkasquawlik. A carve to me is being on an edge, and the tail of the board follows the same path as the tip. Jdang, assuming that is what you're calling BS on, then everything I said still stands.. otherwise please clarify.

As Alkasquawlik has said, I can link turns with my back foot against the inside of my bindings. It's nothing great and no where near as effective as having my foot in my binding but it's a carve according to my definition above. The point I was making with Jdang, is that this is easier and more nimble than turning or carving with my foot on the center of the board, at least for me.
 
#26 ·
Somewhere an agel cries...
 
#37 ·
the turn vs carve thing is not a huge deal, just find it kinda sad...if someone knows the difference, but doesn't give a shit that's one thing, that's fine. but if the two are confounded and someone thinks they are the same or don't know better, then they might think skiddy turns is 'good enough'. they might not care, or know to care, that they can advance further and put a board to it's proper use and full potential. so, to me, the words do count, and it's not a matter of opinion or semantics, carving is carving, turning is not carving.

but w/e! carry on >>>
 
#39 · (Edited)
Like when hubby excitedly claims he has cooked dinner when all he did was fetching some burgers at the drive in :rolleyes:

Anyway!
Back to the stomp pad. Checked the old ladies from the noob days for the positioning of the pad. Voilà, in the middle. Thinking about it it makes sense... right at the rear binding the foot is stabilized anyway, riding a steep T-bar, rear foot is rather positioned in the middle than at the rear binding :dunno:

 
#45 ·
i don't ride with a stomp pad, i think they are weird. but in an attempt to answer why skating with back foot in the middle of the board:

i have a deck that is rocker in the middle, and it's much easier to skate on the front half of it and not entertain the reverse camber aspect of the board. perhaps this is why the kid had it in the middle, or he has aspirations of going switch a lot.

why do you care so much?
 
#50 ·
On my Proto and my Heritage, I find it a little easier to have my back foot a little more toward the center while skating. On my other boards that are traditional camber, I keep it pressed to the back binding.
 
#52 ·
Ride long enough and you fuck about with everything. I've seen kids weave in and out of traffic with both feet together. I've tried mucking about with my back leg pressed up against the front binding, very squirrely, tail just want to swing right over when initiating a turn, going straight not so much a problem, fun just to change things up and shit one tries/does when you have done the chair/drag lift enough times. Once you got your shit together you can ride anyway you please, all it takes is some time a bit of practice and some trial and error...
 
#53 · (Edited)
^ + 1

When you first learn, you have no idea how subtle you need to be with your board in terms of how it will "skate" The more experience you have, the more you will play with your foot position and how you really don't need a stomp pad at all after a certain point. None of my boards have one now.
 
#54 ·
^ + 1

When you first learn, you have no idea how subtle you need to be with your board in terms of how it will "skate" The more experience you have, the more you will play with your foot position and how you really don't need a stomp pad at all after a certain point. None of my boards have one now.
definitely with you on that one. i dont begrudge anyone using one, but i went out the beginning on this season on a new deck and didnt have time to put those little volcom stone stomp pad things on .. after 2 runs, I realized I'd probably never put any kind of stomp pad on my board again.

oh yea and just to harp on whats already been said, I happen to agree with CassMT that turning and carving are absolutely not the same. Its like squares and rectangles .. carving is turning, but turning is not necessarily carving.
 
#59 ·
True. Never said it was the right way for everyone else.

But right from the beginning I was able to point the board where I needed it to go. It was a closed off green run, literally all newbies. We were all placed there to kill each other apparently.

Took about 4 runs before I learned to brake.
 
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