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Lead Grabs

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Crispy.
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Alright so I want to start adding some grabs to my 3s. I always hear lead grab, is that just your lead ski. So if i spin left a lead safety would be grabbing my left ski? When i think about mute grabs it seems easier to grab right ski with right hand assuming i spin left is this true? and the for Japans which way is lead? grabbing left ski with right hand of vice versa. + Lots of karma for help.
Feb 3 2011 8:54PM
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pelle_munch
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you can't grab mute on your right ski with you right hand
Feb 3 2011 9:22PM
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CAPSLOCK*
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you can grab mute right ski with right hand, its called method mute or hafto. though its easier to grab regular mute : spin left, raise left ski, let right ski spin under the left one, the left ski will reach your right hand naturally
Feb 3 2011 9:31PM
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Crispy.
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Oh, i always thought a mute was when you reach your arm around your body and grab the same ski you crossed. So when i go right ski under the left one do i grab my left ski on the inside or outside?
Feb 4 2011 7:01AM
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broto
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it's called a push mute, at 0:31


OP, easiest grabs to learn mith are mute, safety, and leading tail. here is a guide in the trick tip forum showing you all of the grabs and describing them:

https://newschoolers.com/ns/cult/forumthread/thread_id/349994/
Feb 4 2011 10:21AM
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Crispy.
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so is lead tail grabbing my left tail assuming i spin left? right seems much easier...
Feb 4 2011 4:34PM
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BITS
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correct.
Feb 4 2011 4:59PM
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pelle_munch
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Yeah, a push mute is a different grab than a mute. therefore, you cannot grab mute with your right hand on your right ski.
Feb 4 2011 11:18PM
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Malcolm
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if youre spinning left and grabbing with your left hand, its a lead grab.
Feb 4 2011 11:24PM
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Crispy.
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wait so then mutes are easier when done not lead? cuz if i spin left im supposed to grab with my right hand on left ski? and how about japans? would i grab left or right?
Feb 5 2011 7:58AM
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EternalJens
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Same for japan, right hand on left ski is the easiest
Feb 5 2011 8:17AM
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Broseph_Stalin
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yes push mutes are harder.

id just go with the hand you are most comfortable with, doesnt necessarily have to be the leading or left hand in your case, and grap safety or rugular mute or even critical.
Feb 5 2011 9:34AM
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