How To: Slappy Salad Grind
How To: Slappy Salad Grind by Robbie Rodriguez is a skateboarding tutorial for the Salad Grind. Robbie Rodriguez teaches the slappy salad grind, a curb variation best suited to double-sided curbs, describing it as approaching like a blunt slide but pinching onto the far wheel and sitting on your toe instead of opening your shoulders all the way.
What this video teaches
Robbie Rodriguez teaches the slappy salad grind, a curb variation best suited to double-sided curbs, describing it as approaching like a blunt slide but pinching onto the far wheel and sitting on your toe instead of opening your shoulders all the way. He notes it helps to already have a solid blunt slide, and shares a key fix of pointing your back foot slightly forward to lock the grind in on the far side of the curb.
Key tips
- Build a solid blunt slide first, since the slappy salad grind shares the same entry and benefits heavily from that foundation
- Place your front foot between the bolts with your toe near the edge, and your back foot toward the toe-side edge where the pinch happens
- Approach at just under a 45 degree angle with your shoulders partially closed and your body pointed toward your entry line, not fully open like a blunt slide
- Go up and over the curb like a blunt slide, but sit down on your toe so you pinch the wheel on the far side instead of sliding flat
- Point your back foot forward slightly as you lock in; a squared back foot fights the pinch and makes the grind hard to hold
- Keep most of your weight on your heel once you're sitting in the pinch, and resist letting the board drop over the far side
- Exit by letting the board fall out over the far side of the curb, or straighten up and roll off the end if the curb has one
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Salad Grind