Help with Reverse Grinding

you have to crouch more or put your weight before the uni

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I'm not sure what you mean... 🙂

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UNIquelyCanadian said:

... It seems that none of the good riders use the hind pedal for pedal
grabs or grinds. Is this true, and why?

I don't know what you mean by "good rider" but I can manage 3+ ft pedal
grabs with my hind pedal, and I also grind with my hind crank / pedal.

It's just a matter of preference... gravity doesn't care about what
pedal you grab with, or which direction you hop... it treats you the
same.

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It's just a comfort issue. I can grind both but I'd preffer to grind
with my left foot (the forward one).

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Brian Lungren grinds back pedal im not sure how he fake grinds though.
My brother also grinds back pedal and he is pretty good at boxes when
his foot isnt broken.

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alex toms grinds with his back pedal.

... i do too!

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maestro8 said:

...I also grind with my hind crank / pedal.

It's just a matter of preference... gravity doesn't care about what
pedal you grab with, or which direction you hop... it treats you the
same.

I would think grinding with the rear pedal would be easier on surfaces
with varying friction levels (wood), or weren't entirely smooth. If
the pedal was in front and you hit a rough spot or slight bump the
pedal would want to rotate around the axle, unsettling your ballance.

Anyone concure or disagree? Why?

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skilewis74 said:

I would think grinding with the rear pedal would be easier on surfaces
with varying friction levels (wood), or weren't entirely smooth. If
the pedal was in front and you hit a rough spot or slight bump the
pedal would want to rotate around the axle, unsettling your ballance.

Anyone concure or disagree? Why?

I would think so.. I cant grind yet but i think ill do better with back
pedal (which happend to be my right)

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I grind back pedal. I have only hit an 8 though, so its not like im a
"good rider". Hmm, watch some of my videos to see how i do it? Ha, I
don't know.

KH.

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juggle508 said:

I grind back pedal. I have only hit an 8 though, so its not like im a
"good rider". Hmm, watch some of my videos to see how i do it? Ha, I
don't know.

KH.

youv'e only hit an eight🙄
thats about 8 more than most people can hit.

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torkerdx said:

youv'e only hit an eight🙄
thats about 8 more than most people can hit.

Although I would say Kelly is being rather modest saying he isn't a
good rider (he definatly is an awesome rider), I think 8 is becoming
the new norm in terms of big sets. I can comfortably do most 8 sets now
and we are often seeing people do ten sets now, I think some people have
even done 12. I probably won't ever be doing anything more than a 10, as
even an 8 is still plenty high, but I don't see why people can't do
more.

Actualy now that I think about it Kelly has probably the nicest
backwards grinds I have ever seen.

Edit: I just realized you were talking about grinding 8 sets, now
thats just insane, especialy if you are doing em backwards. Big ups to
anyone pulling that kind of stuff off, the most I have ever done
forward is a 6 and I kinda cheated and just did a static jump into a
grind on it :p

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UNIquelyCanadian said:

... It seems that none of the good riders use the hind pedal for pedal
grabs or grinds. Is this true, and why?

I think it makes little difference. However, I think it may be easier
to get to slanted rails when you grind with the front pedal; you don't
have to jump quite as high or far.

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Well, kelly urs are rlly smooth for some unknown reasons lol. The way I
do it is lean forward like ur gonna face plant and when u feel it
pulling u down lean back so u dont actually face plant.. and I suggest
to start on a low skatepark ledge..unless ur hardcore 🙂

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Thanks guys...

I checked out KH's "best of" vids, you just make it look so simple. Do
you have any longer backward grinds on vid? I may give Maxxis technique
a try, but I love my face too much to commit...

I don't really care who is a "good rider" it was just that the majority
of riders seem to use the front foot. But KH and a bunch of others seem
to show that it doesn't make much of a difference.

My problem is: If I lean back so I slide my toe jams and I stop, if I
don't lean I land and don't grind. If I take the weight off the pedal
and put the main weight on the crank, it slides way too fast and there
is no way to control it?

maestro8 helped me out on regular grinds, but backward seems totally
different because I don't know how to control the grind. Still does
anyone have advice on what to focus on when backward grinding...

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'here' (http://www.einrad.tv/mov/mo/Zagreb.wmv) you can see apadoxhr
doing two grinds backwards 🙂

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