Early Grabs and a Rolled Ankle

[VampiricDesire1]

U obliterared that

[SSDecontrol94]

Do you pop your early's at all? When I do them I don't go very high but I seem to jump backwards, when I do scrape a bit I notice I get a little higher then normal

[grimcity]

@SSDecontrol94

Yeah, sometimes I do, but lately I either just do full-on pulls or ollies... I guess i just go through phases or something? haha Peace!

[Marquize7]

That Park kicks my ass every time

[NeenjroKitten]

someones wheels are flatspotted

[isSHEEPMANimmortal]

haha slow motion "fuck"

[randomnessrocksu]

thumbs up if you thought several of the times he had rolled it but then he just got back up...

[4skyfly]

so good. and dang sorry bout the ankle thats a bummer :/

[sosetel96]

that are realy nice early grabs. can u make a touturial for that?:D

[isk8forascent]

how do you spin like that? i can early grab over shit but i dont have a clue how to spin them like 180s and shit

[grimcity]

@isk8forascent

It's shoulders first.... then just dedicate! I learned 'em by accident years ago by accidentally over-rotating a regular 180 air on masonite... it slid around when I landed and I was like "holy crap... this can be a 360!"

[Whiskie11]

NICE MAN MAKE A TUTORIAL IF UI CAN PLEASE

[Anthz22]

just fucked my ankle 5 minutes doing a bs 360 off a ledge.... its hardly even swollen but it hurts like no other. anyone think i should go to the hospital or should i just like it ride out? i know the hospital can be a huge waste of time and money

[davidsstilltippin]

that quater pipe knocked the breath outa me one time !

[RICTONDENRIS]

I sprained my ankle like a month ago finally healed up got to skate like 2 weeks and i sprained the same goddamn ankle again

[SomeDANKshit]

dude every time you fell it looked like u popd ur ankle

[wtfbitchymom]

For some odd reason I can pop outt of a quarter and air,but I can't early grab for shit,help anyone?

[grimcity]

@wtfbitchymom

What happens when you try them? Having trouble on te approach or the air itself?

The one thing to kee in mind is to find a grab that is most comfortable to you... for me I can get more power out of a backside/melon grab, but a lot of my friends find that frontside grabs are more accommodating. Cheers!

[runeman8902]

love da first 360 EPIC

[caleb1480]

that looks like it hurt i sprained my ankle too and my foot twisted just like that.

[SkaterOfTheDead]

ur lucky u only got a sprain but it hurts more than a broken ankle... bronken ankles waste lots of money getting surgery and sprains could just heal without getting surgery

[grimcity]

One thing though... breaks usually heal up better (unless they stretch the tendons like a sprain does too).

Either way they hurt like hell! haha

[AlexiixelA]

ouch.

[kornr76]

ha broke my ankle and cracked the growth plate.. never will skate again so consider yourself lucky its only a sprain :)

[grimcity]

Is that a debilitating injury? I've had knee surgery and broken bones before, not too familiar with what happens after you crack a growth plate, though. What's the deal with that man?

[kornr76]

there is a small chance you will stop growing, only like 4% though. but no its not as bad as you might think im actually planning on snowboarding this winter to. when your 14-16 years old the growth plate is soft so its much worse when you are older. but broken bones suck ass either way lol

[watchingurvidz]

fractured my arm doing backside melon early grabs in a kidney bowl, rofl

[independentruck4life]

there the way foward man screw late grabs !!

[soyouwantoskate]

sick early grabs i liked doin themon flat but i was wonderin if its possible to them high on flat

[tucknizzler]

sick early grabs are so awsome!

[grimcity]

w00t!

I know a few cats that rag on 'em, but:

1. They typically can't do them.

2. They don't know how fun they are!

Is your name izzle-fa-shizzle speak for "tuck knee?" I'm just asking because if so, that's bad ass. Peace!

[ilikehardflips]

how do you get so much height and pop from them i dont get it, could someone explain?

[grimcity]

To get over the coping, you just need enough speed to clear the top, and you need to pull inside the ramp, since your speed will already put you up. The steeper the ramp is, the easier, as mellower ramps just launch you.

Also, the more speed, the harder you need to pull it into the ramp.

[ilikehardflips]

thanks man once my ankle heals back up i'm gonna be trying to do these everyday

[grimcity]

Best of luck man, I hate my ankles!!! Get healed up, hope to see you pulling some crazy ass airs on YT soon!

[bakeremericaskate]

damn neil, the first 360 wasnt even bad, it was just sick as shit. nice man, keep it up

[PilotDownhill]

ii rolled my ankle not even badly but every time i skate it starts hurting again

[DCSk8er529]

that sucks man. at least u didn't scream like i did when i rolled my ankle.

[RSfatness146]

dude that crazy man

[bleemerpoop]

ive never seen someone take early grabs so seriously! props

[grimcity]

Thanks for the props, bleemer! I honestly just have a fascination with early grabs... my initial intent when filming this was to try and do every little variation I could think of (before accidentally cutting my session short). I still love lip tricks and popping into tricks like the next guy, but there are a lot of possibilities w/them too. Stoked that people like Daewon and Koston are seen doing them... they're just too damned fun to avoid (personally). Roll forever!

[bleemerpoop]

i love them too. don't worry, you're not alone my friend

[LuuSkatesRed]

I rolled my anklee. i had to skate switch for a long time.

[airtronics300095]

OMG lollolo0lololololololol holy shit that was the funniest shit ever oh shit

[benjaminman]

I thought uyou sprained it like 15 times before hand.

[airtronics300095]

ya me too i thought his right foot was turnin kinda weird every time he bailed

[AmbitiousERIC]

smart one fucking dumbass atleast when I sprained my ankle it had meaning!!! you should go die in a dark hole!!!!!

[grimcity]

"It had meaning?" What does that mean?

[rabbit4diesel]

oouuu!! I just rolled my ankle last night doing a kickflip on a 4 foot gap. I landed my front foot on the nose and my backfoot was off so ya, it hurts lke a mofo.

[AKAdenis2]

nice 360's to do them you need to pull with your hand harder and faster? chek my early grabs i post a Video Response

[bgbluguy]

i rolled my ankle today....lol thats why i looked this up.....but seriously i gotta learn not to just throw my tricks because this shit hurts like a mother

[rustyflippshakelford]

i rolled my ankle today. it was so lame. i was kinda just screwin around and did a half assed ollied and my front foot just went off the nose and twisted right on the ground. i heard a pop and dropped to the ground like a bag of hammers. outta commision for a while i guess

[jermant2]

same here, just doing this stupid 3-foot-tall, 5-foot-long gap right off my porch. i came down landing primo and overextending my ankle forward. hurts like hell, haha.

[PRIMOxSKATER]

Damn! Nice grabs dude!  Its nice to see that you didnt give up. You kept trying. Thats what skating is all about man. btw did you ever land it?

[grimcity]

I've actually landed a ton of them before, but I was just really off that day. Too much coffee and not enough sleep. I wasn't really ready to be out that day, heh.

[whitewallsk8er]

yeah true i see him skate there all the time

[PRIMOxSKATER]

Oh. Ok cool. Yeah same happens to me sometimes too. Its just one of those days.

[Xhoodiepatrol]

lol nice slo-mo

[dumfaggot12345]

how do u make the board pop like that?

[grimcity]

Find a comfortable grab and pull away from the ramp. A little speed helps too.

[thioclark]

really nice grabs !!!!!

shame about the sprained ankle

[WolfmanAWS]

I hate it when I do that. I want to make a trick cleaner, but I always end up hurting myself.

[grimcity]

I just resprained the same ankle last Thursday... LAME. I mean, the pain part is just annoying, but knowing that you have to be off the board for a while sucks ass!

[WolfmanAWS]

I know how you feel, I had the stomach flu a while ago, and it was only for three days, but as soon as I got back on my board, it felt weird and unnatural, and the whole time I was sick, I only thought "damn, I'm gonna have to work super hard to relearn all my tricks over again."

[grimcity]

Ack! I know that feeling too... I call it "jelly legs." I get the same thing if I've been drinking coffee all day and ten decide to go hit the board...

[player0wning]

i bet you couldve done it but you just gotta take a 30 second brake between a try, recuperate and then try it again i used to fall a lot too then i tried it and it really works.

[grimcity]

I wish! It was a pretty harsh roll... I had to hop on one foot to get back to my car!

[OneBlazedDood]

Maybe ill cathc up with you at the park man. I watched alot of your videos, your damn good. I probably seen you there at some point.

[drumrock66]

i live near tht park.

dreamland skatepark.

r u sponsered by small time skates?

[grimcity]

Yeah, you could say that... I also to all of the shop's web stuff. I'm kind've like our shop loudmouth. I live by the park too... over on Cherry Street.

[grimcity]

Usually once or twice a week... I work in BR, and lately it' too dark by the time I get home (so I do a lot of downtown BR skating).

I tend to hit it on the weekends... I live just couple of blocks away from the park.

[grimcity]

Speed, homie!

[mecrobisnowheretosk8]

that happened to me, u can check out the video on my channel but its under favorites because my friend filmed it and put it on... but yea watch it its pretty cool, and i still cant skate, and i wont for a while

[grimcity]

How long ago did you roll your ankle? I should have been off mine for about a month, but I had to skate a demo two weeks after this video (I had to wrap it with a few bandages, then put it in a splint, then buy some high-top shoes to keep it supported).

[mecrobisnowheretosk8]

i rolled mine about about a month ago. how did u do in the demo, it must have hurt like hell!

[grimcity]

It did hurt, but I was hyped! The company I was getting flowed from flew me and some other fellas up to Boston, then we drove and demo'd in Burlington, Vermont. We skated hard, but I had my ankle bound up so it wouldn't move... skated hard, then stayed off of it when I flew back home!

[mecrobisnowheretosk8]

what company do u ride for

[grimcity]

I just ride for my local shop now (Small Time Skates). The company that I rode for is True Love Collective out of New England.

[mecrobisnowheretosk8]

cool, i aint even sponsored yet

[skatepirate929]

Shit man ive had two sprained ankles for a year now theyre worse than breaks they never heal right

[grimcity]

So true... both of my ankles are already made of eggshells. I've worn sports braces since I was about 18 (because of sprains), but now I also make sure to get mid or high top shoes. But yeah, sprains just always leave a permanent mark.

[skatepirate929]

thanks for the negativity.haha at this rate theyll never heal the only time i take off my braces are in the shower and going to bed.Staying positive

[grimcity]

I can relate! My braces are always with me even if I'm not wearing them, whether they're in my car or my backpack... it wouldn't be the same without 'em. Keep ripping it, man! Cheers!

[skatepirate929]

hell yeah!!!i have to keep ripping its in my veins.I just learned airs in vert so I know how frusterating is,its a pain so kudos to the kid in the video

[grimcity]

Thanks!

(I'm that 32 year old kid).

[skatepirate929]

hahaha thatd make sense since your name is on the tope of the page,im smart...well then i liked the third take you tweaked it nice.the hardest part i found was tucking in enough especially in pools trying to tuck in enough and turning enough not to overrotate and riding away

[itsjewryan]

koston made early grabs cool again

[Dgib7987]

ok how the fuck do you roll your ankle like that stupid

[grimcity]

If you're asking, then I'd say it's right there in the video.

[skatems]

Oh man.. that had to kill. Cool 3s though.

[grimcity]

Tate? Yeah man, that one kept me off my game for a while! I HATE ANKLES!!! Come around more, man! You're like my brother of a different mother! Skateboarding geeks unite!

[skatems]

Oh hey! Gotcha added. What's been hap?

[grimcity]

Just working, skating, and getting my old carcass bruised and battered man! How about you and the crew man? You holding it down out there?

[sk8erspitfire]

that happend to me today escept i was doing a tre flip off a 5 set and backfoot got caught up and wen i landed it i sprained it i cant even walk rite now

[polanddemon]

Did a kickflip of a 5 foot ledge landed on my tiptoe BAM sprained the bitch

[stevosimmo]

they are the nicest early grabs ive ever seen! i think the way u do ur 360s are awsome! nice one on the high!

[ThexMuffinxMan]

i sprained my ankle yesterday tryin 2 varial ova stairs, but i landed it b4 so this really sux i cnt even walk on it. :(

[viciousKev]

i hate this video, im due for one of these "knock on wood"

[loganisthanicertwin]

omg i just sprained mine yesterday look at my channel its the first vid on there its short i cant even like walk on it

[adio906]

uh dude thats some pretty sick footy

[EmericaXaciremE]

lol i sprained my ankle like 2 weeks ago and its still swolen i was doing an 8 and my foot went off my nose and i landed on it and like crunched my ankle up a lil bit

[grimcity]

AAAAGH! I hate that! It's not even the pain that bothers me, it's the fact that you have to stay off the board for a while to let it heal... not being able to skate sucks! I'm back on board now, though. Damn I hate ankles...

[volcom254]

well keep trying u will be able to land it clean

[MJOK]

fuckign hell dude i did the same thing trying to do varials

[grimcity]

I'm either skating, working, or drinking beer.

Or whiskey.

[gotro79]

you skating the park june 21 ?