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How to start learning grabs?
« on: April 15, 2013, 06:23:07 PM »
How do you get into learning grabs? i dont get it? i really wanna get into tranny more but im clueless.

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Re: How to start learning grabs?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2013, 06:28:26 PM »
As much as all the cool kids at the skatepark are going to look down upon your less developed skill-set in comparison to their completely radical bag of tricks, do fly-outs. Bank or QP. Best way to learn if you have no experience at all. I learned them all on jump ramps as a kid, but these days that seems to be the equivalent.

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Re: How to start learning grabs?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2013, 06:37:07 PM »
My back is too stiff/ not flexible enough for grabs. Or I just suck.

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Re: How to start learning grabs?
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2013, 06:40:19 PM »
As much as all the cool kids at the skatepark are going to look down upon your less developed skill-set in comparison to their completely radical bag of tricks, do fly-outs. Bank or QP. Best way to learn if you have no experience at all. I learned them all on jump ramps as a kid, but these days that seems to be the equivalent.

Haha well ive done airwalks off jump ramps and stuff i guess i could learn that way then learn fs airs and mix both

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Re: How to start learning grabs?
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 06:40:52 PM »
Start with early grabs and work higher up the transition.  Gradually pull off the coping and maybe later even try to ollie into them.

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Re: How to start learning grabs?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2013, 07:12:47 PM »
Wear knee/ elbow pads and start flying out of QPs. Once you go fast enough to get some air start tapping your nose and eventually that will turn into a nosegrab