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Nice vid! Those are cool footplants. I might have to try em. Nice
riding, make some more vids! And by the way, what kind of uni do you
have?

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I really enjoyed watching that video. Thank you.

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Nice video. Your pedal grabs are fast as lightning, and that crank spin
is pretty sweet, too.

I noticed that you do your pedal grabs with your back foot. Is that the
way they are supposed to be done? Or is that just your particular
technique?

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Diznei said:

*I noticed that you do your pedal grabs with your back foot. Is that
the way they are supposed to be done? Or is that just your particular
technique? *

Pedal grabs can be done a few different ways. It's mostly just personal
preference.

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niiice, I've never seen pedalgrabs done quite that way before. generally
they're done more slowly, and with the seat out. but your way I think is
better, for street riding at least, it's more 'flowy' which seems to be
what street riders go for. I liked that footplant too, that was very
cool.

Diznei said:

*I noticed that you do your pedal grabs with your back foot. Is that
the way they are supposed to be done? Or is that just your particular
technique? *

generally people pedalgrab with their front foot, it seems to be a lot
easier. I do it with my backfoot, using the crankflip technique, though
I've never been able to land a pedal grab the 'normal' way.

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😄 😄 😄 Those were some nice pedal grabs and the 90 unispin to
pedals was sweeet. Ive never seen some of those moves,

Gooooood jub.

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Yeah man, those fast pedal grabs are awesome. Well done.

I'm wearing a RBF shirt right now too.

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Wow, great stuff Joe. You've gotten really good. Those pedal grabs are
great to watch. Maybe I should finally learn to pedal grab.

Andrew

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andrew_carter said:

*Wow, great stuff Joe. You've gotten really good. Those pedal grabs
are great to watch. Maybe I should finally learn to pedal grab.

Andrew *

Yeah me too.I can crank grab to rubber,but its not the same.........

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Nice footplants. As for the pedalgrabs, have you tried anything precise
yet? It's nice to learn pedalgrabs, just to be able to hit poles, etc so
well. Today I got a small audience when people started wondering how in
the hell I got into a stillstand on a pole about 20cm in dia and 1m
high. Pedalgrabs open up so much.

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it might just be me, but those pedal grabs look so fast and smooth that
it's basically a crank grab where he doesn't hit the crank. i mean, he
somehow manages to keep the cranks level and not let the uni drop from
under him at all when pedal grabbing. very odd. but maybe i just can't
tell from the video. damn i gotta learn to pedal grab.

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Cheers guys.

I jump to my right, with my right foot at the back. it is complete
personal preferance. For instance, its hard for me to do that crank spin
KcTheAcy does, as my pedal is already back. I can jump with my crank
forward, but not very well.

Yeah, I thought it was about time I learnt to pedal grab. its been on my
to-do list for so long. I used to be able to do it, but i didnt practice
enough, and lost it! I've used the good old crank grab for ahges, but
time has moved on 🙂

This method is actually much easier, faster and sleeker. I saw Yoggi use
it at the BUC trials comp, and thought I must learn it! :p

By landing on your pedal, and jumping straight up, it means there is no
time for the uni to go back down, which was causing me the problems last
time I tried pedal grabing.

gerblefranklin, I havnt tried anything precise yet, only that wall. I
could only just crank grab onto it, but now I can get up almost every
time. I'll have to practice pedal graping onto rails.

On the small wall/step, the pedal grab can be used while riding. This
can look rather sweet. You dont need to prehop.

edit: Still need advice on footplant to pedals!

Cheers,

Joe,

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