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How to Crooked Grind

The Crooked Grind is an extremely good looking grind. However, before learning the Crooked Grind, you should be able to Nose Grind.

Technique:

Crooked Grinds are very much like nose grinds. Come up parallel to your target, with your front foot a little closer to the nose.
Pop your tail and Ollie onto the target. Putting your weight on your font foot, straighten out your front foot while keeping your back leg a little bent. When your front trucks lock onto your target, push your back foot so the tail out at an angle (so that it’s crooked)
Push your nose all the way down and keep your weight centered over your front trucks as you’re grinding.
It will take some time to learn the correct balance, but experiment with different foot placements after you get a feel for the grind. Remember you have to press the nose completely down on the target, so they are easier to balance than Nose Grinds.
To get out of the grind, you’ll want shift your weight off the nose. Then pop a semi-Nollie out and ride away!

Practice
You must be rolling at a moderately fast speed in order to grind smoothly. For…

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