Getting closer to nose slide to crooks- I can sometimes get into crooks after a very short nose slide but I really want to be able to slide for a bit and then switch. Kinda did yesterday but then didn’t roll away. Anyone got tips?
I find I need to get down a little lower than a normal noseslide, then when sliding and well balanced almost "bounce" it up into the grind, so being lower it is easier to get into that position and hold it for longer as well.
The bounce I would liken to popping off out of a nose slide, only you are pushing it up into the grind rather than off the curb.
Weight is still on the front foot, but push down a tiny bit on the back so the board dips a bit which then gives you the almost nollie like motion to get the board back up and into the grind.
The getting off the curb at the end rolling away forwards is also a shifting of weight, similar to a nollie but more of a push and bounce forward and out a touch from the curb, weight being from front toe to back heel in a shifty motion to balance it out and not have the board tip over.
Hope that helps a bit.