The Proper Way To Do EVERY GRIND Trick
The Proper Way To Do EVERY GRIND Trick by John Hill is a skateboarding tutorial for the Overcrook Grind. John Hill's broader grind-trick breakdown groups the crooked grind and nose grind together as fundamentally the same trick, useful background for the overcrook since it explains the shared wheel-pinch mechanic.
What this video teaches
John Hill's broader grind-trick breakdown groups the crooked grind and nose grind together as fundamentally the same trick, useful background for the overcrook since it explains the shared wheel-pinch mechanic. He addresses the naming debate directly, noting that an overcrook and a frontside nose grind describe the same weight distribution depending on whether you're framing it as a ledge press or a rail pinch. [FLAG: general grind-trick roundup, not an overcrook-specific tutorial; included for transferable crooked-grind/nose-grind technique.]
Key tips
- Press the wheel closest to the obstacle firmly against it so it is the only thing keeping the truck from slipping off
- Never grind in the middle of the truck; always seat the wheel fully against the rail or ledge edge
- Lean forward and stand tall over the rail rather than leaning side to side, which causes a teeter-totter fall
- For the nose grind/overcrook version, ollie fully over the rail before slamming the front truck down into the same pinched position as a crook
- Treat overcrook and frontside nose grind as the same trick on a rail; the naming just depends on which side you were taught to call it
- Expect a square rail to feel more like a ledge under the nose than a round rail does, making it an easier first surface to learn on
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Overcrook Grind