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BigTimer Soul Rider
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 357 City: Rockford, MI
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Posted: Jan 17, 2003 10:54 am Post subject: What's up with the Method? |
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Why does everyone call it a method grab when they do a melan grab with a spin or invert? It's not method, it's melan. A method is when you tweak out a melan grab showing the bottom of the board to the boat. So it's not a method backroll(method roll), it's a melan backroll(melan roll). Just a question. Later... |
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joey11bball Newbie
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 5 City: Seymour CT
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Posted: Jan 17, 2003 11:32 am Post subject: |
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I could be wrong but i always thought that a method grab was like a melan grab but more towards the nose of ur board correct me if im wrong |
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criminally_minded Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2922 City: An ocean of vibrant sound
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Posted: Jan 17, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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A method is grabbed near the nose of the board, on the heel side. Usually It is tweaked to show the bottom, but its not nessesary. A Melan (or melancholy, my personal favourite grab, it grabbed as far towards the tail of the board as possible. You have to bring your legs right up nearly horizontal to do them correctly, and they look SWEET.
Melan is harder than Method, IMO. _________________ Terminate high thinking |
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Skwake Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 1482 City: Launceston, Australia
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Posted: Jan 18, 2003 12:42 am Post subject: |
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oh so thats what you were tweaking out last time we rode crim or was that a tindy to face plant!
J/k man! _________________
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criminally_minded Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2922 City: An ocean of vibrant sound
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Posted: Jan 18, 2003 12:57 am Post subject: |
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Man, Coles Bay is going to be Fashion Central. All its going to be is Fashion Fashion Fashion......
The tourist's will love it! Lets just hope I don't bust the zip on my shorts and flash everyone at the lodge like in '99!! _________________ Terminate high thinking |
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Blabelmooch Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 212 City: San Diego
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Posted: Jan 24, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I was always under the impression that a method had to be tweaked. |
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RUSSIAN Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 4081 City: NOR*CAL
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Posted: Jan 24, 2003 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with blabel on this one, if it's not tweaked it's melon _________________ http://www.integrity-wake.com
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Blabelmooch Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 212 City: San Diego
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Posted: Jan 24, 2003 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Now that I really think about it for skateboarding on vert if you do a fronside air and grab on the heelside of the board it is a melan. If you go over a hip and grab the same part of the board and tweak it, it's a method.
Either way, in my opinion the method (Done right) is the hardest grab in wakeboarding. |
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RUSSIAN Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 4081 City: NOR*CAL
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Posted: Jan 24, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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blabel, your right, what criminal is talking about sounds like a nelan(nose melan). A melan grab is between the legs on the heel side edge, usually poked forward. If you take the same grab and bend your knees it's method, in snowboarding if you turn the board towards the direction your going it's called a grasser or palmer, it's still a method in wakeboarding. anyone see the method that chad sharp's been doing lately, that's a true, layed out method. _________________ http://www.integrity-wake.com
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Blabelmooch Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 212 City: San Diego
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Posted: Jan 25, 2003 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Good point. His method is sweet. That should have deserved a cover shot. But no... we got that stupid one of Emily Copeland. |
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BigTimer Soul Rider
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 357 City: Rockford, MI
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Posted: Jan 27, 2003 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Finally, someone agrees with me. I knew I wasn't the only one who felt like that. It just bothers me when everyone is saying stuff like Method Crow Mobe 5 or Method Roll to Blind. It's Melan. It would be pretty hard to tweak out your method grab in the middle of Crow Mobe 5.
BTW, Chad's method is HUGE. Wicked Style. |
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foammesh Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Lantana, FL
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Posted: Jan 27, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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One more thing while we're at it. People throw the term indy around too often. Not just any frontside grab with you're rear hand gets the tag Indy. I was always under the assumption that indy implied backside rotation, like when you're sk8ing vert. Everything else is just a frontside grab. Grassers are the best looking grab in the game. |
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RUSSIAN Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 4081 City: NOR*CAL
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Posted: Jan 28, 2003 8:29 am Post subject: |
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you're right about skating vert, but i think in snow & wake it's just indy. you bring up a very good point, I've never heard this discussed about wakeboarding. _________________ http://www.integrity-wake.com
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J_DOGG PityDaFool Who Posts This Much
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 5088 City: New Hampshire
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Posted: Jan 29, 2003 9:45 am Post subject: |
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grab names are based strictly on the hand placement on the board and with what hand you grab with.... the tweaked out method is just a riders style....
So a TINDY is called a tindy cuz it's NOT a real grab.... it's either tail or Indy.. that location behind the back foot but not on the tail is not a place you should be grabbing....
It's like the G spot--- you can stumble around for ever thinking you have it but their is really only one G spot. When you hit it, you know...
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foammesh Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Lantana, FL
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Posted: Jan 29, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thats funny. I thought I could grab with my front hand on the backside of the board in between my feet and pull off a couple things depending on how I tweak it(Melon, method, crooked cop). That is also my problem with frontside grabs being called indy sometimes. I do both and they look nothing alike. |
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WakeMeUp Outlaw
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 125 City: Sherbrooke, Qc
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Posted: Feb 02, 2003 9:24 am Post subject: |
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nelan... that's a good one... never heard of that before but I assume it's like a tindy... just a lame grab... and blabel... if you think that a method is the hardest grab, just try and do a nuclear... |
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