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to whoever talked about FS Smiths on ledges:
just go faster than usual. you'll slam a few times. but i swear you'll get on a few and it'll just work out.
Also put shit loads of weight on your back foot.
I seriously need some help with krooks. I can tre flip lipslide the sickest handrails but i can't fucking do a k grind. Today I slid one first try but forgot what I did and tried for an hour trying to get another one to slide and it just wasnt working. I was leaning back and putting all my weight on the front foot, is this correct? Does anyone have a link to some good vidoe trick tips for krooks because this is killing me.
i only just got them back earlier this year and for me there are 3 key points to crooked grinds:
1) go fast, so when you reach the end of the ledge, you just come off naturally without having to force it out too much
2) ride parallel with your shoulders parallel to the ledge with a slight angle.... the more parallel you are the lower your chances are of sticking and not grinding at all....
3) and i think this is the most important part, remember to ollie and position your board so you are grinding on the front truck, not the nose... dont try to slap your nose in like you would for noseslides, for crooked grinds you have to ollie slightly higher so your truck is ontop of the ledge, scraping that fucking aluminum not the wood.... lock your truck not your nose...
hope this helps...
simple, board follows hips, hips follow shoulders, shoulders follow head
basicly make sure your head and shoulders do the 360 and the rest of your body should follow if you pop right
I tend to scoop them a bit
FS Smith on ledges? anyone
oh yeah this bs 360 trick tip was really helpful... i kept reciting this while setting up for the trick and i managed to do a sketchy revert-y bs 180 with the revert.... hopefully with time the rotation become more natural...