How to Indy Grab | Skate School Ep 28

What this video teaches

Zack Whyel treats the indy grab as an ollie with a grab added, so he wants your ollie dialed first and has you practice bending down and grabbing the middle of the board while standing on flat ground, since that is the exact motion you use in the air. Feet go in a normal ollie position; you pop, bend down to grab the middle of the board, hold it as long as you can, then release on the way down and land on the bolts with bent knees. He is realistic about the progression, noting that at first it will be more of a tap on the edge of the board, and that the grab gets longer as your ollies get higher. Once it works on flat ground he sends you to the park to do them off banks and on the quarter pipe.

Key tips

• 1Get your ollie solid first, then practice bending down and grabbing the middle of the board while standing still on flat ground
• 2Foot placement is exactly a normal ollie; nothing changes for the grab
• 3Pop the ollie, bend down to reach the middle of the board and hold on as long as you can
• 4Let go on the way down so you land on the bolts with your knees bent and roll away clean
• 5Expect it to start as a tap on the edge of the board; the higher your ollie, the longer you can actually hold the grab
• 6Once it works on flat ground, take it to banks and the quarter pipe where the extra air makes the grab easier to hold

Summarized from the video transcript.