Grabbing stinkbug.

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Permalink Reply by Jacko on February 23, 2010 at 8:09pm

best thing for you to do jack, is just keep skating. it doesnt happen over night. go out, get people to film you, go back and review. Look at your own style and make decisions on what works best for you. self assessment is key to learning style. people can give tips in writing over the internet but its no where near as good as someone showing you in person and that too is still no where near as good as watching YOURSELF do them so you can adjust and figure out what your doing wrong.
The more you film yourself and the more you make subtle changes the easier it is to feel your style change, and before you know it you will be able to make changes in the way you ride and feel the difference without even having to look at footage.

so in summary, get off the internet, go out n skate!

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Permalink Reply by Johnny Psaltis on February 24, 2010 at 6:36pm

omg its me sliding

Isaac Naumann said:

it isnt a good thing. you can get uber wobbles while cornering and you can easily lose grip on the board.
Drop your back knee and try to lie it flat on the board, then grab in front of your back shin. it may feel uncomfortable, but it helps while sliding and cornering. like this

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Permalink Reply by Jack on February 24, 2010 at 6:52pm

i went out again this arvo and can mostly do shutdown slides without a hand and can pendy grabbing over the shin. i also did a two hand toeside pendy.
on another note i need more grip on my dervish so im gonna buy some :)

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Danger Batty on February 26, 2010 at 5:11pm

i have loooong since stopped grabbing like that... it really does make your arm smell like dick...

Jacko said:

There is one main reason why it is bad: it restricts the amount your shoulders can turn.
just like all board sports, skating's turning is lead in by your shoulders. If you stood square on with your board with your front shoulder (left shoulder if regular, right shoulder with goofy) pointing down the hill and your back shoulder (right shoulder if regular left shoulder if goofy) and started riding, then twisted your upper board so your front shoulder turns and points a bit to the left, you automatically turn left. Same goes if you twist your body inwards and point that front shoulder to the right, you automatically turn to the right.
Now to the stinkbug part....
If you squat on your board and have both feet FLAT on your board and grab inbetween your legs, you wont be able to twist your shoulders outwards (to the left if you are regular, right if your goofy, this is for heelside turns) as much as you would if you drop your back knee and roll your back foot onto the inside edge of your foot and grab outside of your legs. Doing this allows your upper body to twist and square your shoulders up more and allow you to lean further outwards and point your shoulders more in the direction you want to go. Grabbing stink bug restricts this, and also gives you shit style and you start stinkin up the place, hence the name: Stink bug

HOWEVER! there are exceptions. I have seen people grabbing stink bug and are still able to twist at their shoulders and still maintain the proper stance for turning. All you need to do is roll that back leg inwards and ride on the inside edge of your foot. It is still stinkbug and still kinda looks odd but at least it gets the job done. People who do this may as well grab around the leg but either way they arent looking like they are going to crash all the time.

Examples:

Stink-bug: (note that this is actually the only occasion when grabbing stinkbunk is awesome, coz its yate-dwag)

Good Style:

Style-bug:

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