Vertical Rollerskating

Vert-Skating-Forum

Message 7828 (23. Jan. 2009 05:47) (All next previous)

joe90 (videos by joe90) (pictures by joe90)
Truck Grind Progress...or lack thereof.
Yea right on dood.Warts and all vid is the only way to go,no b/s,as it happens.The foot on the platform is a step up on what I was suggesting and looks the goods.Maybe for heel toe practice try just axle stalling instead of grinding to get the feel of it and them give it some juice.
Keep it comming.

cheers joe

Hey, you dont suck! You bypassed me on this already. It would be a ton easier to master in a bowls first because you dont have to focus as much on rotation, just moving the feet in line. Or practice stalls that way too. Thats the best of my advice. Honestly, I love the less then perfect videos! Mine will be less then perfect. I'm proud of looking like Olive Oil when I skate sometimes lol. :-D
:
: Thanks for the videos! I loved them!!!! And if a miracle happens and money falls from the sky, I'll be at rollercon.
:
: :
: : Hey All. Well after Buba's photos, I'm embarrassed to even show this but I know a couple of you asked me for it so here's installment one of my limited progress on truck grinds.
: : I continue to have difficulty arresting my rotation to only 90 degrees. My body wants to turn 180. So far, I've only been able to get 1 skate on the coping with the other skate rolling on the platform. Not REALLY grinding, but I'm getting the feeling of my trucks on the coping. Which is ALOT different feeleing than my ghetto grind "plates" I made for my old skates. So anyway, without further excuses here are a couple of video clips from last weekend of me trying.
: :
: : This is about a 4 foot tall 1/4 pipe I'm trying the grinds on:
: :
: :
: :
: : Here's me trying it on a 7 foot tall 1/4 pipe on the other side of the park:
: :
: :
: :
: : And here I make it on the 7 foot:
: :
: :
: :
: : Now, ANY advice, observations etc. is not only welcome, it's invited. I'm having a hard time getting this heel-toe thing to happen with my feet! My feet LIKE being Parallel!! No offense to my side-surfing friends intended, of course!
: : OK. Sorry, I suck. But you guys wanted to see the "process". So, there it is.
: : Help. Must Grind with both skates before RollerCon!!!!!
: : Which reminds me: Who's coming to Vegas July 29 through August 2, 2009 for RollerCon???? I'll be hosting the skatepark tour for the 3rd consecutive year & this year we even have an indoor park for all the noninitiated to Vegas in Summer. It's going to be AWESOME!!!!!
: : PEACE, Jay
: :
: :
  Write reply

Replies

  • Jay: Truck Grind Progress...or lack thereof. (23. Jan. 2009 01:39)
  • Go to the Vert-Skating-forum