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learning back 5-0 grinds and i initially started with stalls but found that really difficult & moved on to the grinds on a whim. surprising found it immensely easier to grind than to stall
did anybody experience this as well ?
This isn't my experience but I know a bunch of people who are pretty good at 5-0 grinds to fakie but can't pivot fakie.
Anyone have experience with bringing fs nosegrinds back in? It's probably one of the scarier tricks I've tried, I can ollie into them and grind them out, but just can't seem to bring them in despite being able to do nollie acid drops.
Both the five oh grind to fakie and frontside nosegrinds are a momentum based trick, so are way easier if you are grinding / moving still before going back in. That was the main reason for quoting the last two posts, but overall some tricks are very much an easier on the spot type of thing and others you have to be moving, usually at reasonable speed to get them to work well.
Sure there are others (and even my lazy ass) who will often do five oh grind to stop to fakie, but it is better to be still moving so the momentum helps carry you into the ramp.
As to nose grinds (frontside or backside) that you ollie into and are sitting on top of rather than just the nose manual kind that you are not really up on top of, you have to be balanced with your weight ever so slightly on top but very ready to go straight back into the ramp, otherwise you will not be able to get it back in.
One guy who was learning them would often pull them in, indy grab, another had often ended up in decker or even smith a couple of times popping in but not far enough as he was too much in the back seat of them when grinding, but I think one thing that really helped with the basics of getting them was just nose manualling across the face of a bank or smaller transition and getting the hang of the hold, then even taking them to the edge / on coping and still just rolling them.
As you said you can nollie bonk the wheels on coping to get in, which is also a good thing to learn, but just putting it all together.
Not sure if you have ever tried or learnt nose blunts but the simple pop in on those could also help a great deal, even just sitting your board on a curb or low edge and nollie to decker or pop in a bit sideways so you end up landing just out from the curb in the "roll away" stance, if that makes sense.
Anyway, let me know if you get all that or if you want videos or anything of that stuff for a bit of show and tell - I am not that good at a lot of tricks nowdays, but I used to be able to do a lot more and have helped a lot of people learn way more than I am able to do by getting the other steps to get up to something like that. Then you not only have the trick you wanted, but usually half a dozen other variations as well.