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Trick Tip: How to Suski Grind (In-Depth Tutorial)
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Trick Tip: How to Suski Grind (In-Depth Tutorial) by bubbajacksn is a skateboarding tutorial for the Suski Grind. bubbajacksn gives a detailed personal breakdown of his backside suski grind on a ledge, covering wax placement, approach angle, the exact wheel pinch he's aiming for between a backside 50 and backside tailslide, and the upper-body lean that keeps the lock from ejecting.
What this video teaches
bubbajacksn gives a detailed personal breakdown of his backside suski grind on a ledge, covering wax placement, approach angle, the exact wheel pinch he's aiming for between a backside 50 and backside tailslide, and the upper-body lean that keeps the lock from ejecting.
Key tips
- Wax the top of the ledge lightly where your tail will scrape, but don't overdo it or the lock gets sketchy if you slip
- Approach at a very slight angle, almost straight on, rather than coming in sharp
- Aim to pinch the wheel closest to the ledge in the small pocket between a backside 50 and a backside tailslide, not a clean lock into either one
- Keep your shoulders open and look back over your shoulder throughout the grind, closing your shoulders early turns you out to fakie
- Put your weight on your heel while leaning your upper body away from the ledge, similar to a backside smith lean but not identical
- Stick your butt out slightly to balance the away-lean against heel-side pressure on the wheel
- If you lean too hard on your heel or let your upper body get too far over the ledge, the board will eject out from under you
- Expect this trick to take real practice, it isn't quite a 50, a tailslide, or a smith, it lives in its own in-between spot
Summarized from the video transcript.
Teaches
Suski Grind