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Front Crook Photos?
« on: January 11, 2021, 05:31:54 PM »
I've been trying to figure out how to take a nice looking photo of a front crook on a bank/transition, fish or long lens.

I can't for the life of me find any good photos for inspiration. Any iconic photos I just don't know about?

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2021, 07:08:22 AM »
I looked for a front crook on a bank / transition by a pro skateboarder... damn it’s hard to find. But it I reminded how front crooks are cool on rails and ledges so here are a few

by Seu Trinh
Lee Smith in 99 Switch Front Crook



Switch again by Jamie Foy

Maybe it’s a hard trick to shoot on transition because you gotta show the angle of the board, and maybe sometimes the angle / spots don’t allow photographers to have a great angle. I used the word angle too much

This one by Lavar McBride is cool, don’t know the photographer





Here goes Suciu, don’t know the photographer

Foy again



Considering he’s a Front Crook master, maybe there is a photo of Foy doing it on transition ?

I also tried to look for FS Crook pop over into a bank
I think somebody from Flip team did in that ledge bank they skate in Lyon in Sorry ? Or what is somebody from the Cliche Team back in the day ? Talking about that spot



I found this one but it’s not amazing



This one is close but it’s more of a wallride maybe ?


Tried to find a photo on vert but didn’t find anything

There is this 180 nose grind by JJ Rousseau shot by French Fred



At least I tried

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2021, 07:32:52 AM »
These are all dope photos tho..  that Lavar one is so good everything in it..  blank menace star ? Jordan's and brown jeans Lavar, San Fran school yard or Socal??

Jamie Foy so good, this just reminded I have a selfie with Jamie Foy I think it's the only time I ever asked for a pic with someone like a lame
He is a nice dude.

I've got a Pinterest page of all the best frontside noseslide photos I could find ha.. Not helpful I know


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 carry on......


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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2021, 07:49:47 AM »
These are all dope photos tho..  that Lavar one is so good everything in it..  blank menace star ? Jordan's and brown jeans Lavar, San Fran school yard or Socal??

Jamie Foy so good, this just reminded I have a selfie with Jamie Foy I think it's the only time I ever asked for a pic with someone like a lame
He is a nice dude.

I've got a Pinterest page of all the best frontside noseslide photos I could find ha.. Not helpful I know


 close to a 1000 posts I'm kinda replying more than usual.

 carry on......

looks like wallenberg.
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2021, 07:54:50 AM »
jerry:



and searching for that one brought me to this one by greyson fletcher:
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2021, 08:01:00 AM »

louie lopez by Jon Coulthard


josh edwards by Nathan Stripp


tyler pearson-mallin by Fitzsimmons


harry lintell by Alex Irvine

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2021, 08:05:11 AM »
jerry:


Yeah this is the first one I thought of.
This is a good one too:

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2021, 09:28:41 AM »
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jerry:

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Yeah this is the first one I thought of.
This is a good one too:


I totally forgot Jerry
And he’s one of my favs
I feel so bad haha

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2021, 11:44:30 AM »
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2021, 12:33:04 PM »
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2021, 12:47:27 PM »
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Here you go

This is sick! I can’t believe I don’t remember ever seeing this. Is this in any of his parts? Photo is burned in my brain. I don’t remember it being in Mosaic but it’s been years since I’ve seen it or any of his other parts

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2021, 12:53:15 PM »
Here are a few more



Mike



Eric



Zered



Colin McKay



Marc Baines



Welsh



I guess a « pointer grind » is a crooked ?



Kenny Anderson

We should start dedicated threads like
« The Frontside Crooked Grind Appreciation Thread »




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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2021, 12:59:24 PM »
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This is sick! I can’t believe I don’t remember ever seeing this. Is this in any of his parts? Photo is burned in my brain. I don’t remember it being in Mosaic but it’s been years since I’ve seen it or any of his other parts

I think it’s in a 411vm but not sure
It was hard to get them as kid in my small town in France

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2021, 01:19:16 PM »
Yo, cheers for all of these! Wicked shots, definitely enough to draw some inspiration from.

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2021, 01:24:51 PM »
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This is sick! I can’t believe I don’t remember ever seeing this. Is this in any of his parts? Photo is burned in my brain. I don’t remember it being in Mosaic but it’s been years since I’ve seen it or any of his other parts
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I think it’s in a 411vm but not sure
It was hard to get them as kid in my small town in France

It's in the friends section of the Girl DVD box set.
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2021, 01:37:04 PM »

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2021, 03:29:54 PM »

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2021, 04:54:57 PM »
Some serious pinch violations in some of those photos haha. front crook is a hard one to capture properly tho.

Harry Lintell and Carroll shots are amazing
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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2021, 05:05:51 PM »



the frontside crooked grind when done properly is quite possibly skateboarding most stylish trick, at least to me.

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2021, 06:26:55 PM »
Some serious pinch violations in some of those photos haha. front crook is a hard one to capture properly tho.

Harry Lintell and Carroll shots are amazing

Yeah, trying to capture the body shape, pinch AND show the context of the trick/spot all in one photo is pretty challenging with a front crook. Some great examples here or how to do it right though.

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2021, 01:59:57 AM »
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Some serious pinch violations in some of those photos haha. front crook is a hard one to capture properly tho.

Harry Lintell and Carroll shots are amazing
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Yeah, trying to capture the body shape, pinch AND show the context of the trick/spot all in one photo is pretty challenging with a front crook. Some great examples here or how to do it right though.

And then we also have foys El Toro front crooks, which is a display of the worst possible angle to capture the trick from.

But yes it can be a beautiful trick - the backfoot tends to go into a beautiful position (same goes for front noseslides)

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2021, 02:30:14 AM »
it looks so good in the old photos because none of them are makes

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2021, 02:51:13 AM »
Lol 90% of the photos aren't even what OP is looking for and half of them aren't even that proper.

IMO, that nobody gives a shit about, they should be pinched, tweaked, stood up on and driven by the back foot ala moses' front noses. Nothing worse than a snow plowed crook.

Carry on.


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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2021, 06:32:05 AM »
Lol 90% of the photos aren't even what OP is looking for and half of them aren't even that proper.

IMO, that nobody gives a shit about, they should be pinched, tweaked, stood up on and driven by the back foot ala moses' front noses. Nothing worse than a snow plowed crook.

Carry on.

As i said in one in my previous post I tried to find front crooks on transition / banks but it’s quite rare

I remember when I was younger I learned front crooks and I was so happy, it felt so good. Homie filmed it, and watching the footage I realized it was so ugly haha

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2021, 06:39:29 AM »
Great trick for finding out how loose a guy's trucks are

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2021, 07:33:36 AM »
Absolute beauty of Valeri Rosomako by photographer Henrik Biemer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzh_V0-l4uc/

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2021, 07:43:40 AM »
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This is sick! I can’t believe I don’t remember ever seeing this. Is this in any of his parts? Photo is burned in my brain. I don’t remember it being in Mosaic but it’s been years since I’ve seen it or any of his other parts
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I think it’s in a 411vm but not sure
It was hard to get them as kid in my small town in France
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It's in the friends section of the Girl DVD box set.

Shit homie I bet it was. It was hard to get videos in my small town in North Carolina back then so I could imagine.

Seems like a pretty heavy trick, especially for the time to get used in a Girl DVD box set friends section.  Would explain why I never saw it though

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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2021, 08:13:30 AM »
Cool thread idea. It's definitely a hard trick to capture without getting a lot of the persons butt in the photo. I always liked this one of Mark Suciu


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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2021, 08:47:21 AM »
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Lol 90% of the photos aren't even what OP is looking for and half of them aren't even that proper.

IMO, that nobody gives a shit about, they should be pinched, tweaked, stood up on and driven by the back foot ala moses' front noses. Nothing worse than a snow plowed crook.

Carry on.
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As i said in one in my previous post I tried to find front crooks on transition / banks but it’s quite rare

I remember when I was younger I learned front crooks and I was so happy, it felt so good. Homie filmed it, and watching the footage I realized it was so ugly haha

Sorry Plug, didn't wanna seem like I was hating, actually love most those pics u posted just thought it was funny.

Wish I could contribute and post my favorite front crooker Chany Jeanguenin but can't find the photos. Red rail, Chinatown, LA, 411 opener. That's my goat front crook.


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Re: Front Crook Photos?
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2021, 09:02:01 AM »
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This is sick! I can’t believe I don’t remember ever seeing this. Is this in any of his parts? Photo is burned in my brain. I don’t remember it being in Mosaic but it’s been years since I’ve seen it or any of his other parts
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I think it’s in a 411vm but not sure
It was hard to get them as kid in my small town in France
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It's in the friends section of the Girl DVD box set.
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Shit homie I bet it was. It was hard to get videos in my small town in North Carolina back then so I could imagine.

Seems like a pretty heavy trick, especially for the time to get used in a Girl DVD box set friends section.  Would explain why I never saw it though


im pretty sure this is pre-photosynthesis...?  this does not look like Mosaic era AWS ad from what i rmember. this looks like 96-98ish
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