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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Jan 12, 2003 7:26 pm Post subject: Adding a grab to tricks..... |
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I have heard adding a grab to things is hard. I can land scarecrows off a kicker pretty consistant, so I wanted to try and add a grab to it. How would i do it? like when would i reach for the grab, and how would i do it? any tips |
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Sean OBrien Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 165 City: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Jan 12, 2003 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Adding grabs to tricks is not as hard as some people make it out to be. It, like everything else, just takes some practice.
There are a few pointers that will definitely make grabbing inverts and spins easier.
1. You need to see the place that you are going to grab. How can you do a nosegrab crow if you can't see where you are grabbing? It is so much easier to grab tricks when you can see what you are grabbing.
2. Grabbing the board on inverts causes you to rotate faster. So you probably don't need to throw the trick as hard as normal.
3. After you leave the wake/ramp try to bring your knees up towards your chest. By doing this you don't have to reach as far to grab the board.
4. Remember to keep the handle close to your body.
5. Go for the grab as soon as you come off the wake/ramp.
Remember this takes practice, but once you get it you will never do that trick with out the grab.
The easiest place to grab a crow in my opinion is method. So when you throw the trick really concentrate on looking at the heel edge towards the nose of the board.
Good luck!
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Fu Wei Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 108 City: Singapore
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 12:24 am Post subject: |
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It really easy, just remmeber, don't reach down for the board, don't look at the board or u will fall. Bring your knees up and just try to find the board... After some tries you'll more or less know where the board is... _________________ Life is short, wakeboard naked! |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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ok, thanx for the tips, ill definitly try them out next time i ride (2 weeks) ill tell ya then how it goes |
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Mythodikal Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1166 City: Beaumont, TX
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Posted: Jan 13, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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well lets see in the words of murrey " You put your hand on the board and make a fist " |
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Fu Wei Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 108 City: Singapore
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Posted: Jan 14, 2003 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah... But for your TS grabs u gotta bend allitle, but u gotta look straight ahead or u will fall _________________ Life is short, wakeboard naked! |
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Sean OBrien Outlaw
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 165 City: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Jan 14, 2003 6:18 am Post subject: |
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If your going to grab a scarecrow or any other invert, you better look down at the board as you reach for the grab. You don't have to stare at the grab throughout the entire trick. Once you grab the board, look up, reorient yourself, and try to spot your landing.
If you don't look for the board when you are grabbing inverts, you won't be able to find the board.
When grabbing inverts it is important to know your rotation.
Sean O'Brien |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Jan 14, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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ok, i gotcha, thanx sean, and fue wei, and ya sean, by the picture in your profile, i can definitly tell your looking at your board for that grab, thanx, cant wait to try it |
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Weirdophobia Criminal
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 70 City: Hangö, Finland
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Posted: Jan 15, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: |
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I hope this will helpo me too, if I remember all this 4 months later when I can try it _________________ ------ BOOO -------- |
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doinflipsdavis Outlaw
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 179 City: SML VA
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Posted: Jan 20, 2003 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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looking at the board may work for some people but you have to remember that the rest of your body is going to follow your head. if you go in for an indy tantrum, get in the air and look at the board, chances are you're gonna get stuck in mid-air and land on your head. i concentrate on sucking my knees to my chest. you want to bring the board to you, not bend at the waste and reach for the board _________________ Glass and Powder Boardshop
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Fauker Soul Rider
Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 471 City: Charlotte
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Posted: Jan 21, 2003 10:02 am Post subject: |
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someone grabbing an invert looks SO much better than just hucking flips up and down the river.
Im gonna put a plug in here for Murray, if anyone hasn't seen his double up backroll where he archs his back and tweeks that thing something sick.. I really suggest you check it out. I wanna say it's on shafted but I can't say for certain. _________________ http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=16993 one of few trips i got to make to the lake this year |
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Stephan Guest
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Posted: Jan 22, 2003 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Murray's d-up back roll is not that hard, you edge quick and get speed but hit the d-up relatively flat like you were just going to do an aired out jump, just pop STRAIGHT UP and reach w/ your front hand for the nose, it's actually a really cool feeling trick as you can watch the sky and then as you turn the corner on the flip see the water from your peak. Then it's just about keeping it from going to revert by extending your rear arm. If you hit it right w-2-w is smooth as silk. Try it, it's easy if you can do big stuff off the d-up. |
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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 24, 2003 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Grabs add style to otherwise lame looking jumps.....not that inverts are lame it's just a fact that a small w2w method roll is better looking than a huge plain old backroll.. at least in the circles I ride in....
Sean gave you some great advice.. and he rips....
as you already know """"if you ain't grabn' your flapn'...."""
PEACE |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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ok, well i know i posted this a while ago, and after i read all your tips, i wanted to go out and try adding a grab to my scarecrows off a kicker, i do my scarecrows, but i always feel that if i try to grab i might not be able to reach, and it will mess up my rotation, and ill have a bad fall or something, should i just go out, and just try and grab it? just like while im in the air, and see my board, just grab it, using all the tips you said, even if i dont accualy touch my board will that work, lol |
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Want2ride Outlaw
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 182 City: Layton, Utah
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Can you do just a grab with out a invert? I would recomend do a grab that you are really comforable with. Just practice going off the kickers or w2w doing all differant kinds of grabs. Once you get them down it will be easier to grab when doing a scarecrow or any invert. And I have never looked at my board when grabing but I guess that might help. |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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ya i can do regular grabs without doing them with a invert, i never tried with a invert yet |
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Want2ride Outlaw
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 182 City: Layton, Utah
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Then I would just go for it once you do it a couple time it will just come natural from then on. |
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x2xwakegurlx2x Guest
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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ok, i guess ill go for it next time i ride, if i go for it ill tel lya how it ends up, that mgiht be tomorow or the next day |
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Want2ride Outlaw
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 182 City: Layton, Utah
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Posted: Feb 26, 2003 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Alright sounds good and good luck. |
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