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First Grind

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rustyspurz
Posts: 54 - Karma: 24
Being a skier, I thought frontside on my h blocks would be the easiest first grind. not the case. it seems like getting some sole involved makes it a little easier. So i finally stuck a sole grind on a flat ledge for the first time last week and I wasnt sliding too far but it seems like it sets you up well for a 180 or 270 off...that was easier than i thought it would be.

But today, i was trying to ride a mellow down ledge and could not get an h block in front of the sole foot for the life of me...but i did stick it one footed a few times and even thru a little grab in there. Im hoping skates cross over better to skiing than skiing does to skating. This sh!t is tech.

What was your first grind?
May 19 2008 3:05PM
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D-HAWK
Posts: 890 - Karma: 10
makio yo
best one to start with gets you comfertable with only one foot then can turn it into an acid soul ao sould all soul tricks yooo
May 19 2008 4:03PM
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Travapple.
Posts: 6787 - Karma: 88

i just started recently, took me a few days, but frontside was the first grind i could throw down. souls are eluding me currently, i can get on, but always unbalanced. shits weak. i was amazed at how easy itis to spin off rails with skates.

Jun 15 2008 4:54PM
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Cpt_Barbosa
Posts: 477 - Karma: 171
i am pretty new to the sport what are H Blocks
Jun 15 2008 9:22PM
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Travapple.
Posts: 6787 - Karma: 88
somebody correct me if im wrong, i think its the sliding area on the frames???
Jun 15 2008 9:57PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
yeah this
Jun 17 2008 4:30PM
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rustyspurz
Posts: 54 - Karma: 24

Soul grinds are tough...it feels like it sets you up to come off backwards. I still have not stuck a frontside. I thought it would be the easiest but its hella slickery. Im starting to get the stall on the coping in both directions now, so it's the next step....

Jun 17 2008 4:52PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 673
soul grind! I also tried front side cuz i thought i'd be just like skiing well I was wrong, I kept eating shit until i gave up and now I'm sticking to grinds like porn star, soul, fishbrain etc...
Jun 19 2008 12:39AM
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dandougherty
Posts: 1002 - Karma: 2,619
frontside and acid
Jun 21 2008 11:54PM
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psychkub
Posts: 1788 - Karma: 16
frontside
Jun 25 2008 11:06PM
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rustyspurz
Posts: 54 - Karma: 24
frontside? for reals?

what's the trick to it? Im guessing you gotta lean way into it. My H blocks are so hella slippery scurry...
Jun 26 2008 8:10PM
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psychkub
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Are you serious? There's nothing scary about a frontside. What frames you have?
Jun 28 2008 3:02AM
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rustyspurz
Posts: 54 - Karma: 24
yeah man...i need to find a good flat single barrel. The only flat ones ive found 'round here are square/flat. I guess I probly just need to commit and lean into it. No prob on skis
Jun 28 2008 1:05PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
backside and mizu's
Mar 19 2009 8:45AM
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Aznavalanche
Posts: 481 - Karma: 12
I'm still new to the sport, my first grinds were frontside and soul. Now i'm deciding which grind i should try next.
Mar 28 2009 10:15AM
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Travapple.
Posts: 6787 - Karma: 88
mizou.
Mar 28 2009 1:04PM
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Aznavalanche
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yea thats what i was thinking
Mar 28 2009 7:50PM
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Travapple.
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mizous are the easiest imo
Mar 28 2009 8:09PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
i thought they were too but i found that souls came even easier cuz ur over the box with your leading foot behind your soul
Mar 30 2009 4:17PM
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mac.N.steeze
Posts: 652 - Karma: 6
double negative i got it on my first try claim\
it was the easiest one for me
Apr 23 2009 3:21PM
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klingisking
Posts: 802 - Karma: 925

i dont remmeber myt first grind but i do remmeber the last tme i hit a street rail.

i havent hit a rail in a month and i decided to go for the sketchiest hand rail in my town.(stupid move) i didnt jump high enough. landed on my tummy and threw up after werds. it was pretty bad my friends said. but after i puked. i luaghed realy hard. i dont know y tho. oh and i also ate more crap after when i was haulin down a steep hill. (stupid again.) (and agressive skates dont have brakes for those who have no idea.) im not gunna tell thet story so lets just say it wasnt pretty at all.

Sep 1 2009 5:43PM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
mizous were the easiest for me but soom after i learned pornstars, and acids. but frontsides are really easy on round rails.
Sep 1 2009 10:51PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
frontsides then farvs
i think skating is way easier than skiing, it takes 2 minutes to learn a new trick
Sep 2 2009 9:39PM
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Aznavalanche
Posts: 481 - Karma: 12
i just noticed that i never actually learned to mizou...i think it's caz i learned soul first so it's harder for me. but anyways, so i learned soul, frontside, then acid, now working on porn and royale....well actually, more of some air
Sep 2 2009 10:17PM
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