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  1. I was wondering. When doing the skate-mount on bc is it something you
    learn to keep the wheel off you leg after your done pushing and trying
    to get your pushing foot on? When I try it fast, my leg hits the wheel
    and it stops and I fly forward. Is it only able to be done at slow
    speeds or do you have to learn to do it fast?

    Thanks

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  2. im not sure. ive seen spencer do a skatemount at very fast speeds on his
    trials bc which has a wide tire. im guessing its practise practise
    practise😉

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  3. mornish said:

    im not sure.

    If your not sure, Why pollute this thread with your mindless posts?

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  4. He's been more help than you just were.

    For supposidly being the BC god that you claim to be, you surely don't
    want to help others.

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  5. Evan Byrne said:

    If your not sure, Why pollute this thread with your mindless posts?

    How about you don't pollute it either, and myself as well.

    You probably know the answer so why not help instead of attacking
    mornish for trying to.

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  6. But, if anyone listened to Evan when he told them not to pollute the
    threads he wouldn't have to say it; therefore, cutting pointless posts
    down from Evan and others. I would assume mornish is correct on the
    count of Evan didn't correct him.

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  7. If your leg hits the wheel when you try and get started its because your
    putting to much weight on the plate – this weight causes the wheel to
    flop into your leg. You want to put just enough weight on the plate so
    you can guide the BC wheel while your kicking with your other foot.

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  8. I can do that its when my pushing leg comes off the ground. When it is
    in the air, right before I get my foot on the plate, the wheel hits my
    non-pushing leg.

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  9. Its kind of like hopping on one foot.

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  10. Yeah, what smcmorrow said.

    Getting on after kicking is kind of like hopping up onto the wheel; you
    want to jump upwards a bit with your last kick and land your kicking
    foot on the plate. I never put any pressure on the wheel when I'm
    pushing it with my foot, it's just there to keep it under control and
    going in a strait line.

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  11. Yeah, what everyone else said and it helps to angle the wheel away from
    your leg.

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  12. Jeff Groves said:

    If your leg hits the wheel when you try and get started its because your
    putting to much weight on the plate – this weight causes the wheel to
    flop into your leg. You want to put just enough weight on the plate so
    you can guide the BC wheel while your kicking with your other foot.

    Im gunna have to dissagree with Jeffery here. You CAN put the full
    weight of your body onto one plate and keep the tire away from your
    leg, but it is very hard to do. When you learn teh skate mount you
    hardly put any weight on it at all, but as you get better you add more
    an dmore weight and push harder and harder, and also extend your leg
    farther back for longer strides.

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  13. I tried skate mounting really early on, and it took a few hours. My
    advice: wear shinpads (soccer shinpads turned to the inside of my legs
    work great for me and don't cost much) so that you don't scrape your
    leg. Then try it lots of times ;-)

    You want the wheel angled so that as you hop up onto it, it just comes
    vertical as your other foot lands on it. Then, as you put weight on
    both feet it'll stay vertical and not touch your leg.

    IMHO it's largely in getting the angle and jump right, and putting the
    right amout of pressure on the second plate soon enough. And doing
    that without thinking about it just takes time and trial/error
    learning, like learning to ride the uni in the first place ;-) There
    may be some better way of learning, but that worked for me.

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  14. i learned how to do this on pegs.... everything takes practice... just
    keep goin!

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