Grinding

[thesmileyman]

hey everyone

just started grinding and i know you have to go at speed but i can't seem to balnce well? how far should ur feet be and how you balance??

and also what angleshould you approach the grind

much appreciated

[Le Razor]

Do you know which grind you are trying?

[thesmileyman]

ye frontside

[A77A96]

if your trying your first grind man, try something like a soul or a mizou, you get a lot more feeling for the skate if you start there.

If your really want to front side though theres nothing to it, roll up, turn about 90 degrees and space your feet out about shoulder width with your feet pointing slightly out, balance your weight underneath you (pretend your going to try sitting on a chair, you should get the same effect) and remeber hit it with speed. That doesn't sound like a good idea but if you roll up slow you might not slide and end up getting chalked and thrown off. you don't have to speed up to it but hit it at a speed you feel comfortable with.

Now get out there and try it lol, hope this helped.
Heres a link if you need a visual
http://www.grindhouse.eu/TrickGuide/...Frontside.html
edit: i forgot to mention you'll wanna approach your ledge/rail on a slight angle maybe somewhat like this
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sorry about the crappy little animation, but you get the gist of it.

[thesmileyman]

thnks for the advice and ye got ur litle animation ahah

thnks again

[C.23.6]

Don't forget to bend the knee's! ITS IMPORTANT
I remember starting out not bending my knee's xD

[thesmileyman]

ahah thnks ye i bend my knees ive looked at a mizou and soul grind they look harder than a frontside but i can see where there cumin from as in more of the skate on the rail

[smalljason1234]

If its your first grind learn mackeo because you can learn more tricks from that like soul and mizou

[thesmileyman]

cheers am learning but stupid snow not letting me get out much
cheers again

[bladeboi]

what grinds are there that are easy for a noob like me
i can jump about a metre up a footpath slope is that good enough
if not some tips plz pplz

[C.23.6]

Soul and Acid are my favorite, also the first grinds i learned.

[tracuer42]

soul, acid, pornstar, mizou, frontside, backside,ufo

http://www.grindhouse.eu/TrickGuide.html

[Bongobil]

soul, fishbain,

[realtiger]

The first grind I learned was Soul, I thought it was easier because ther where nothing about turning 90 or 180 degrees just a little jump and place your feet. Simple is better! and yes try to stall the rail a few times and a thing that I do is when i'm in school and having cigarret-breaks just jump on a random curb, placing your feet like the grind until it seems natural...

Don't know if you are satisfied with this little tip....

Cheers

Dan

[bladeboi]

hey thankz guys now... any tips on the easiest grind and how to do it