How to do Skateboarding GRABS, Transition and Street, All Ability Levels, Slow motion, Safety, Style
How to do Skateboarding GRABS, Transition and Street, All Ability Levels, Slow motion, Safety, Style by Skatepark Lessons is a skateboarding tutorial for the Method Air. Skatepark Lessons runs a broad grab lesson covering ten grabs in order of difficulty (nose, frontside, backside, indy, mute, nose bone, melon, lien, tail, cannonball), so it does not isolate the method itself, but it does teach the melon and lien grabs that sit closest to it.
What this video teaches
Skatepark Lessons runs a broad grab lesson covering ten grabs in order of difficulty (nose, frontside, backside, indy, mute, nose bone, melon, lien, tail, cannonball), so it does not isolate the method itself, but it does teach the melon and lien grabs that sit closest to it. The core fundamental JB repeats is that you never reach for a grab: you pull your knees up into your chest and let the board travel up into your hand. For the melon specifically he has you push both feet out in front of your body like a karate kick so the board comes into reach of the front hand, which grabs heel side under the knees around the middle of the board, and you can roll one or both feet sideways to push the board further out and align it with your legs. He also covers launch setup (a four foot quarter pipe with a roll in for speed, flying out into a bank to spare the knees) and bailing technique for every grab.
Key tips
- Never reach for a grab; relax, pull your knees up into your chest and let the board travel up into your hand
- For the melon, push both feet out in front of you like a karate kick and grab heel side under your knees around the middle of the board with your front hand
- Roll one or both feet sideways on the board during the melon to push the board further out and align it with your extended legs
- Practice grabs lying on your back with the board on your feet so you learn the arm, knee and foot motions before doing them in the air
- Pop or launch high enough that you have time to get a solid grab, add style, or bail cleanly
- To bail a flyout grab, keep momentum going forward and use the grab hand to pull the board out from under your feet and throw it clear
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Method Air