Hello, my name is Mark and I’m a recovering mongo pusher. I read Chris Yandall’s exhortation to Cut the Jive and Jog when it appeared in the June 1976 issue of Skateboarder magazine and it made sense to me. On a long distance push it helps to switch up. I push both ways to this day. Turns out he’s still er, pushing the idea with his Skogging! website. I figured I would add a personal confession to the Skateboarding Sucks parade of ridicule.
Here’s the trick tip: you can click to see it slightly larger. I actually started out as a mongo man but I’ve made peace with myself, I’ve been on the wagon for thirty years or so.
Here’s the cover of the issue. I think I rolled the sweatpants look for a while there too.
Modern Day Skogging.
12 comments
fatty
I don’t get it… must be a west coast thing.
Kilwag
No, cause we don’t get it either.
Conahan
Which is why so many people are walking around with one enormous leg.
Conahan
I hadn’t watched the video. It
Mac
Mike Weed. Yeah! That was my first issue of Skateboarder and you could safely say that it changed my life. “Skateparks: Reality”. Well, it took awhile, but we may be there 30 years later.
I don’t actually remember this “jogging” article, though. Must have thought it was wack…I used my skate as a primary form of transportation for years and developed pushing with both feet out of necessity. I switched stance, though, so I could steer better. Never pushed mongo, or even tried it, from what I can recall. Still makes no sense to me. I respect Chris Yandall as he’s part of skating’s heritage, but I could only watch about a minute of the video. Skogging? Ridiculous. Nice flow on the opening turning sequence, though…
Kilwag
Mike Weed. What a great name.
orezona
Don’t “long distance skaters” like Dave Cornthwaite switch up their pushing foot? Seems like skating across a whole country (3,000 miles across Australia) could possibly be a strain if you only push with one foot the whole way.
My friend Nat Halliday is going to go 1,500 miles across New Zealand next year and he’s for sure going to switch up pushing legs on his journey.
The idea of somehow “claiming” that technique is as stupid as someone trying to claim ownership of the ollie. Oh wait…
Livmo
I got kinda lost with this one. I get the switching your push foot, but is he also changing his stance from reg to goofy… and doing the “scog” thing both ways?
It reminded me of when you go to a wedding reception and all the ladies know how to do the “Electric Glide” dance thing, and the guys just stand around or are lost.
“My Weed is legal” Best Mike Weed /Outlaw Skates ad ever.
Livmo
Sorry, Bad Co., not Outlaw.
Remember the “team shot” with all the guys dressed in 30’s style clothing standing on the running boards of some old car? Tommy guns and pig skateboards. Nice.
Danimal
i thought for a second there he was gonna pop an ollie. try switch mongo sometime, harder than it looks yet still kooky
t-roy
Oh My! I can’t believe I watched that. I kept hearing the Benny Hill theme. I love when he crouches to do a “trick” and he casually switched his feet. Freestyle at it’s best.
bailgun
the only thing that i learned from that five and a half minutes is that chris yandall hates eyes.