Grabs

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

I'm a cheap little bitch who wont shell out for the Book Dvd's and I already found the trick tips on this site very helpful, but there was a lack of grabs with pictures and I was wondering if someone would help me out and show me some pics of more complex grabs, like batwings and nuclears, thanks a lot

QNev · Posted: Jun 03, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject:

I was just looking around on www.legitwake.com They might have glides in the trick tips section now....

Craig-R · Guest

a batwing isnt really a grab, it's an indy grab with a toeside glide. a nuclear is when you take your back hand and grab the board in front of your front foot on the heel side of the board. a crail is when your back hand grabs the nose of the board. roast beef is back hand through your legs grabbing the heel side of the board. chicken salad is like a roast beef only with your front hand between your legs. thats a few that i could think of, im sure theres more...

here's a nuclear i found on wakepics:

here's a roast beef:

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 05, 2006 6:12 am Post subject:

Craig-R, those all sound good except the crail...crails are basically indy grabs except you have your hand grabbing the board where your front foot is. (just past half way between the center and the nose of the board)

Another one is a Seatbelt...its debated what it is but in wakeboarding its when your back hand grabs the nose of the board. In snowboarding I believe its opposite. (front hand, tail of the board) So either one can be called a seatbelt really. There are other ones like Liens, Japans, etc from Skateboarding but nobody really uses those in wakeboarding. One grab in wakeboarding that Ive heard of but dont know what it is, is a Canadian Bacon. Can someone explain? I can never remember that one or Chicken Salads.

Craig-R · Guest

LFADAM, ha yeah i gotta play Wakeboarding Unleashed and look for some really crazy grabs haha i wonder how accurate the names in there actually are though...

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 05, 2006 9:57 am Post subject:

Craig-R, not very...whats a dead duck? They call sbends 116s, backrolls look more like tantrums, backflips look like backrolls but the name doesnt exist in real wakeboarding.

Craig-R · Guest

ha yeah good point

david-d · Guest

A crail is a nose grab with the other hand... not an indy next to your front foot... that's still an indy..

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 06, 2006 6:26 am Post subject:

david-d, http://www2.worldpub.net/images/special/WK/grabindex1.swf

you are talking about a (wakeboarding) seatbelt.

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

I thought a crail was an indy with ur back leg boned out...

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 07, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject:

hyperlitesonofabitch, well in order to do a nice crail you end up boning your back leg out so that kinda works out.

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

oh thx. my bad. is it the same pretty much with nuclear?

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 07, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject:

hyperlitesonofabitch, nuclear is like a rear hand method. (reaching across your chest, not behind you)

hyyperlitesonofabitch · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 132 City: Seneca

yeah i know but isn't ur back leg boned out when u reach that far?

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

Thanks this has been helpful, qnev i didnt find any glides in legitwake and any more pics or explainations would be greatly appreciated

LFADAM · Posted: Jun 07, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

hyperlitesonofabitch, most likely yes