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San Diego Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6:30PM Sharp Longboard Sessions : Directions (Outside of Crystal Pier near Kono's, if I'm not there, I've already started the skog south to jetty and back, catch me if you can)
Skogging introduced and keyworded back in the mid-70's, refined and re-defined in this century as the equipment and the general talent/expertise has progressed and the new generation is waking up to skateboarding as a common scene. As seen in Skateboarder Magazine article written by Chris Yandall "Cut the Jive and Jog"(circa 1975). No gadgets, No Fake, No Gimmicks, Nothing but a skateboard and desire to get exercise in a balanced body approach. Can you say Pedidexterity? Are you going to listen to some little twit skater of a few years try to justify their lack of balance to skog so they put it down? Skogging is just a term that makes a jogging outting with a skateboard a sk8n picnic in the park for many! Older skaters can use this basic movement to help them with riding vert, downhill racing and all around sidewalk surfing. And believe me, I'm not skogging for your health! When I'm skogging, I'm doing what what my body tells me to do when I put myself in weird positions. I'm not forcing anyone to do it at all? Any good skater who knows their ass from their brain will tell you what I do at self-generated high-speeds is unusual and unorthodox. YEA! I don't moo skate~!
"Skogging, the roll your own exercise", is the art and sport of using both legs/feet to push one's skateboard. By simple definition, it is jogging with your skateboard. You alternate your pushing legs.
How do you skog? To the novice, it almost seems impossible. Even many skateboard veterans get frustrated attempting to do something so basic and simple in concept. Most skaters push with one leg but when asked to push with the other, the challenge is on. Why use one leg and get uneven muscle fatigue? You can use the skogging discipline as a cross-training exercise for snowboarding, skating, surfing, rollerskating and unicycling. The new coming generation should adapt to this technique for general training in the aforementioned areas. Why? because life is too short and hotdogging the sidewalks is back again!!!
3-4 times a week, we're cruising the San Diegan sidewalks of the Mission Beach Boardwalk, North East Mission Bay and a few secret spots, 5-10 miles on average.
To all my friends crossing paths in the desert, ocean or down at the beach boardwalks, feel free to email me.
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