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Grabs?

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Created by kemp90 > 9 months ago, 7 Mar 2016
kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
7 Mar 2016 11:37AM
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I'm a little confused about the names of grabs and direction.

If I do a back roll on my left tack and I grab the "front" on the board with the front hand, I call that a nose grab.
If you do the same grab and same hand but later as you land toe side. Is that a tail? It feels like a tail?

So dose the names of grabs change if your landing toe or heal side?

Iv been trying to land this grab with back to wrapped.

doonut
WA, 262 posts
7 Mar 2016 10:33AM
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I would assume that the front of the board in the direction you are going is the nose, so it would remain a nose grab regardless of how you landed

strydz
QLD, 136 posts
7 Mar 2016 1:30PM
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Still nose regardless of when you grab during the rotation. I'd say the other end of the board only becomes the nose of the board once you land to revert

Aaron18
SA, 80 posts
7 Mar 2016 2:23PM
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this might help you kemp90











cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
7 Mar 2016 12:10PM
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My personal preference

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The good old arse cheek grab
Who cares which side

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
7 Mar 2016 2:55PM
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Yeh I'm not really convinced, I recon it's a tail, im not neaning forward, and the direction the board is facing when I grab it's a tail.
I think it's the same grab that Liam was throwing on his mobe 5 on the tour last year.

Maybe rowdy could shed some light!

kemp90
QLD, 1694 posts
7 Mar 2016 2:56PM
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Aaron18 said...
this might help you kemp90














Yeh cheers, Iv been using this diagram for years, so good!

Kozzie
QLD, 1451 posts
7 Mar 2016 4:52PM
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bjw
QLD, 3686 posts
7 Mar 2016 5:45PM
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If a guy can do every grab on the diagram, I'd be far more impressed if he can name them.

strydz
QLD, 136 posts
7 Mar 2016 7:33PM
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It would still be nose if you grabbed late and did the full mobe rotation, so why would it change for only half the rotation. Look at tricks like a bee sting it's a nose grab but looks like tail as you land.

FreeRyder
VIC, 148 posts
7 Mar 2016 8:40PM
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cauncy said...
My personal preference

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The good old arse cheek grab
Who cares which side


Tail grab goofy & natural



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