How To Grind Better On Skates… Theory Lesson

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Just a muddling conversation I had with Leon Humphries while skating the ledge. We discuss grinding techniques and psychological tricks that we think are useful to learning how to grind better on aggressive inline skates.
Additional footage courtesy of Mark Trebble and Simon Mulvuney. With thanks to Albert Hooi and Chaz Sands.
Leon Skates:
THEM 909
Symetrics Frames
Go Project 62mm wheels, flat
Jake Skates:
Iqon AG20
Oysi Medium Frames
Revolver Alu core, 64/60mm
Get your rollerblades from: www.locoskates.com

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1 фев 2023

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@LocoSkates Год назад

Is everyone’s warm-up trick a Soul grind?

@nicholaswest9146 Год назад

My warm up trick is consistently a soul grind. Next are frontsides typically, which helps me transition to doing royales.

@mish-in Год назад

Always for me. Fun and safe. Can't go wrong.

@gre-vo Год назад

yes lol

@claudioddavi Год назад

Soul Grinds and Front sides. Sometimes they eat my entire session.

@RicardoLino Год назад

Frontside type of guy

@thestutteringskater Год назад

Got so much value out of this one, thank you for sharing!

@myeline Год назад

Leon has the most recognisable TTS. I could see 1/100th of a second of it and I'd know it was him! Cool video though, definitely understand the mentality around the grind-stop thing. Royale is the best example of that - really pressing into the top edge, almost like a cess slide and just riding it out.

@JonnyBoss83 Год назад

This is a massive help guys. I'm getting back into skating having had a 23 year break with literally ZERO skating. Five stone lost in six months. I'm about where I need to be now.

@brandonpausta2206 Год назад

I'm ordering my first pair of skates in 20 years almost tonight or tomorrow giving a hard look at the them brain dead skates found them for a decent price happy skating bro!!!!

@wingdingdmetrius8025 7 месяцев назад

did y'all keep skating

@JonnyBoss83 7 месяцев назад

@@wingdingdmetrius8025 yeah man!

@BD2784KOP 7 месяцев назад

Omg same bro - just got some grinders after not skating since 1997!

@TatuRahikainen-it8rh 3 месяца назад

Hope you have found the stones you've lost, i only have a few pebbles left myself.

@HJJallday Год назад

The jump above the obstacle is so on point. I realised this seeing Soichiro skate in person and couldn’t not see it everywhere after. Makes a big difference with topsides, that split second of extra positioning time.

@bladetilldead Год назад

LEON's a G! Great theories and tips boys!

@longtermsquatter Год назад

These videos are really useful. Look forward to the next part

@bootscatsbootscatsboots Год назад

Great video! I hope you guys do more like this.

@juliancoulter Год назад

Wise words throughout. Love the Chaz Sands tip.

@marcelovillablanca7567 Год назад

I will try these on today's sesh!! Thanks you

@cfronin Год назад

Being on top of the obstacle is probably the best advice. If you can't 180 out from a grind you are not enough on top of the curb. If you grind a rail you should be so centered that you can choose the side you get out. Of course go at it gradually. Being in my forties the beginning of my sessions are just taping the rail, putting weight only on the makio foot, and I progressively warm up to a strong centered and controlled grind.

@fjg2246 Год назад

from all the how to do videos available, this went to top 1 for me. Great vid! Thanks!!!

@bewater4732 Год назад

Love the Leon content !

@j4nk3n Год назад

Nice to see Leon still killing it!

@rcnmoto1548 Год назад

2 Awsome things I`ve drawn from this is 1. Visualisation. I an SOO onboard with that at the moment 2. It never ocurred to me to just approach a grind ledge at 90 degrees and practice jumping on and off it before you commit to actually grinding!! Very valuable lessons. Thanks guys

@penguins0392 Год назад

Amazing high valuable lessons here! Please make more

@woooshskates7248 Год назад

Such great advice. I often visualise myself doing something and then I normally get whatever it is. Great video 👍😉

@crisgronla Год назад

Thanks for the tips! That 360 top soul tip was sick🔥

@designatedrolla Год назад

Who better to teach you how to grind than Leon?!

@gre-vo Год назад

farv to true top soul evolution blew my mind after 30 years 😂 incredible tips!

@247rol Год назад

I think another good tip also is "don't move". Jump on the grind in a way that all you need to do is stay tense and ride it through. No balancing, no floppying around your arms just a single movement from take off to landing. Of course not possible on the 666rail, but I'd say it should be good up to 10m?

@sethslor Год назад

Loving your content Hub, keep up the solid work. Much love from the man beast ^^

@nicholaswest9146 Год назад

I can attest to this solid advice

@TomMoyse Год назад

Very insightful. Really enjoyed the quick cuts as well.

@LocoSkates Год назад

Ive been watching too much Mr Beast

@WatchDoggyDog Год назад

this was sick, thanks for the tips. I'm getting back into this, but on standard rollerblades by Rollerblade, the Zetrablades, with the middle wheels taken out and a hint of soul plates to make use of. haha. fun for now, and nostalgic, as this is how I started out. looking forward to getting aggressives again when I can for sure!

@davequist7710 Год назад

More knowledge from Leon. Style goat!

@R0B690 Год назад

That jump up and then down is a good one for me, I dont do that often. The one I do the most is to visualize it going the other way (regular or fakie or whatever). So one grind becomes another and they all just lead on to each other basically. Great tips!

@leser1music Год назад

I saw that comment on fb. The wording was kind of bad but i got it. The post wasn't saying to actually stop on the grind, it was about the approach and body posture and the way you kind of brace your legs is similar to when you are trying to stop

@pogoSK8 Год назад

Great Tipps here... 💪

@Rockytesla Год назад

Insane 🔥🚀

@edwinsvideogames 6 месяцев назад

Sick style

@hobscotch6161 11 месяцев назад

The one bit always missing from my arsenal was actually being able to jump on anything meaningful, I still skate from time to time and I have decades of skating and cycling behind me so I have strong legs but zero "up's"... Not having a ounce of jumping ability has been my biggest hurdle to continue to skate and keep pushing, I know jumping ability is something that come natural to some people I just wish there was a training program for skaters to help increase ability. Great vid anyway guys...

@lowack 2 месяца назад

love it

@Tomp4ul Год назад

That 'theory of grinds' bit at about 2:30, 100%. When I was younger and just getting into skating with a few mates, the mate that got best at grinds during that time period often did this - maybe not on purpose, but he'd basically just try and stick the grind with weight right on top, even if he didn't have the momentum, and would often stop still balanced on the object, rather than jumping off early.

@danielrobinson2123 Год назад

That ledge looks like such a dream

@teun487 Год назад

Nice vid! Also maybe a nice thought: always commit 100%, even (especially) on easier stuff on lower obstacles. It usually is this stuff where you fuck up and fall. Edwin Wieringh (RIP) mentioned this mindset in an interview or edit once and it always stuck with me. Not that I follow that up (currently still suffer from injury where I dislocated 3 fingers at once during a simple backside on a curb...)

@Felger Год назад

When I think of "stopping" on a ledge or a rail... I think of being perfectly balanced just losing speed so you pretty much "slow to a stop". That way you know you are right on top of your grind. You just need more speed.

@radio-controlledcouk 6 месяцев назад

Nice

@Slanginsky Год назад

Usually find myself tensing up for certain grinds and def have trouble committing to them or sticking them properly. I'm gonna focus on the relax part next session and see if it helps anyhting for me :D

@bladeshred01 9 месяцев назад

relaxing is 🔑, let the skates fall in place, picture your entire body movement as you grind and follow that mental picture in real life. You got it!

@lanierkayakbassfishing7950 Год назад

And my switch soul Is just shhhhhheeeet lol I love that part

@jorpese1 8 месяцев назад

Back to skating at 42 after 23 years without and I have sprained my ankle grinding (because of the repetitions). I don't know what to do so it doesn't happen again and feel a bit devastated... Has it happened to anyone? Is it because I relax too much the ankles? Should I keep them much more stiff (less bend though)? Are there any exercises that would avoid this again?

@BOBtoper 9 месяцев назад

I always try new spots with soul tricks. Royals are always mor slippery

@cydneygriffin604 Год назад

Grind theory 101: you don't grind to stop, you grind to slide.

@kaistevens6689 5 месяцев назад

what are the dimensions on that blue ledge? i wanna make one that tall 🤒

@CptFailure Год назад

I think im gimping myself. Im learning grinds but at my park its all ledges no actual cylinder railing. As someone who is skating flat is double hard to try and stick a frontside without my whole wheel getting a big bite of the edge. Any advice for learning strictly on square metal railing?

@LocoSkates Год назад

Personally I wouldn’t even bother with frontsides on square in a flat set-up. Too much opportunity for wheelbite that it just makes it no fun. Stick to grinds that you can get ‘boot-down’

@tothenextprogress Год назад

Mine is a P star grind

@Spacefiddler 4 месяца назад

people dont talk much about workout for this. for backs and legs, since agressive skates are usually heavy af

@hvdb4492 Год назад

I want even doing anything and was t concentrating and fell. Right on my sit bones. So sore now

@lanierkayakbassfishing7950 Год назад

Royale but soul is next

@rwatson4 11 месяцев назад

What’s the link to this video 4:28

@LocoSkates 11 месяцев назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yUHOSyPdA1A.html

@kamarikinney5371 2 месяца назад

I dont know how to backwards skate can i just jump out of it??,

@andrewpalmer2745 Год назад

Back farv

@zando2260 6 месяцев назад

My go to grind is misu or pornstar,soul grind was hard for me.weird huh cuz misu n star are harder grinds. My go to is top soul pornstar is my bread n butter grind.❤

@Brianmatthewlewis Год назад

🫡

@rcnmoto1548 Год назад

Can we not have skate reviews? Even if it was just shorts linked on the site with each individual model that would be a real boost. By this I dont mean top 5 of this or top 10 of that. Actual each skate you sell reviewed?