Smith Grind on a Skateboard - What is a smith grind?
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The front side smith grind. The front side smith grind is a cool trick because it started
out on vert and on pools and on ramps first. What the skater does is, rides up the transition
and goes into grind and a board slide on one side of the board at the same time, and then
comes back in. Now the modern street style maneuver is exactly the same, except now you
ollie up onto the ledge above it, land in the smith grind, and then pop off, land, and
roll away. So, what you do for a smith grind is you put all your weight on just your back
truck. The front foot is almost just hovering there, keeping the foot and the board in the
steady down position, and then you pop out at the end. What's cool about smith grinds
is that since your wheels are below the edge of the top of the ledge, you're able to actually
get a lot of pop to get you out of the smith grind. So it can be a pretty stylish trick
to do, because you can get in, grind, and then actually pop out cleanly and roll away.
So this the front side smith grinds.
