HEEL(S) DOWN

[michael bowers]

Do you feel it's ok to put your heel(s) down while grinding or doing other tricks...?
I personally feel that putting your heel down is cheating, and you're not really doing the trick.

 

[Devin DePriest]

I agree, heels are whack

 

[Matt Gauthier]

@zachpoon

 

[lucasw]

toe drag is even worse. I've seen some riders do it on front feebles and such, looks soo bad

 

[Elliott SR]

I admit I do it occasionally if I'm doing a hubba, I try not to though

 

[michael bowers]

Its just like, i see pros and other highly respected riders doing all the time

 

[lucasw]

most of those "pros" are just park riders who don't know how to grind. Only street rider i can think of who did this is dylan kasson, and that was back in 2010. and then there is zig short

 

[michael bowers]

most of those "pros" are just park riders who don't know how to grind. Only street rider i can think of who did this is dylan kasson, and that was back in 2010. and then there is zig short

I see riders doing it all the time on insta and even some web edits

 

[lucasw]

I see riders doing it all the time on insta and even some web edits

yeah same but usually the people considered pros dont do it

 

[michael bowers]

yeah same but usually the people considered pros dont do it

Some do

 

[thealexbuffery]

I only ever do it when i feel sketch trying a feeble, but now i never try to use heels, its like landing with heels which aint any better

 

[Joe sandrez]

Heels/ toes down when learning is fine but not when filming. I always try to not land or grind with heels down and I will re-do the trick if I do so.

 

[Bror Svensson]

heels down is only allowed on nose blunts

 

[michael bowers]

heels down is only allowed on nose blunts

why

 

[Elliott SR]

Heels/ toes down when learning is fine but not when filming. I always try to not land or grind with heels down and I will re-do the trick if I do so.

Ha, me yesterday.

 

[Montgomery jensen]

alright my feeelings on this is that heels down on any trick is BS and is cancer to the community iv talked to some skaters and bikers, and they believe that it looks like shit, and they make fun of it and so do i, if i do it i redo the trick completely, i wanna be sponsered for scooters, not for heelies, lol. and as for noseblunts, its possible to use no heels, but you have to be haulin asssssss, and normally, they wont be very tilted, unless your doing backside noseblunts in which, idk how they work besides the fact that iv only ever landed 1 that wasnt a stall on a quarter, a good example of someone who nerver uses heels is i-SHACK in his tilt 2 part he has a beautiful backside noseblunt no heel or toe

 

[Matt Gauthier]

, a good example of someone who nerver uses heels is i-SHACK in his tilt 2 part he has a beautiful backside noseblunt no heel or toe

Its in his birthday part not tilt 2