Grabs (skateboarding)
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'''Grabs''' in [[skateboarding]] are different ways to hold the [[skateboard]] during an [[aerials (skateboarding)|aerial trick]]. Grabs usually combine aerials with rotation as the skateboarder grabs and holds the board.
==Grab tricks==
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;Airwalk grab
:The skateboarder grabs the nose of the skateboard and kick the front foot in front of the board and the back foot back of the board, resulting in a split kick while holding the nose. Good skateboarders can kick it the other way while in the same aerial and make a walking motion. This trick was invented in 1983 by [[Tony Hawk]], who performed it on ramps and [[half-pipe]]s. In 1986, [[Rodney Mullen]] invented the Ollie Airwalk, a flatground version of the Airwalk. The name Ollie Airwalk is often mistaken by the Ollie Airwalk trick in [[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]. In the version in the game, the skateboarder only kicks his/her legs off the board and doesn't grab the nose. This is not considered a "real" airwalk.
[[Image:Michael MethodOllie.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Backside Grab (Melon) Ollie]]
;Backside grab
:Any grab with the either hand on the back rail of the board between the heels. Variations include: Melon, Method, Mosquito.
;Benihana grab
:A grab where your legs are split with one leg stretched out across the board while the hand opposite the leg holds the tail of the board.
;Cannonball grab
:The skateboarder [[ollie (skateboarding trick)|ollies]], then grabs both ends of the board (nose and tail) and holds them. This makes the skater crouch and appear small and round in shape, like a cannonball, hence the name. This trick can also be done as an early grab, in which case it is commonly called a smallie, a smurf, or a bunnyhop.
;Crail Grab
:For a Crail Grab, the skater grabs the toeside nose with the back hand brought in front of the body.
;Christ Air
:An air trick made popular by Christian Hosoi where the skater grabs the board out from under their feet and forms a "T" shape with their body as if on a cross with the board outstreched in either hand.
;Early grab
:Any grab performed without an [[ollie]]. Tricks such as indy's and melons etc... are common early grabs, whereas an airwalk early grab is less common.
;Frontside grab
:Any air where the board is grabbed with the either hand between the toes on the front rail of the board - hence "front" side. Style dictates that the inside of the elbow of the back arm must be wrapped around the knee of the back leg for a "tuck-knee" frontside. The other variation being where the arm is not around the back knee, but rather straight between the legs. This is known as a Stinkbug air or Bob air (supposedly named after [[Bob Schmeltzer]] of [[Back to the Future]] fame). The frontside air was the first air performed on vert. Although contested as to who did the first fronside air, credit is generally given to [[Tony Alva]].
[[Image:Frontside Indy.jpg|thumb|200px|Variation of Frontside Indy]]
;[[Indy grab]]
:An Indy grab is a simple grab in which the rider uses their back hand to grab the toe side of the board while turning backside in the air.
;Del-Mar Indy
:Created in thecity or Del-Mar, CA its essentially an indy but you tweak your body to the side (either) and you endup with your legs behind you most of the time.
;Jack ass grab
:This trick is a mix between an indy grab and a melon grab.,Mitchell
;Japan grab
:With the front hand grabbing toeside between the heels, the legs are then bent and folded to the back of the board. Named after the [[Tony Hawk]] penned Transworld Skateboarding Magazine article in which it first appeared.
;Judo Air
:The board is grabbed with the front hand on the heel side of the nose. Then the front foot is kicked forward off the board.
;Lein grab
:Turning frontside grabbing the board by the nose in front of the front foot.
;Madonna grab
:Originally known as the Madonna Lien to Tail, it originated as a Lien to Tail where the front foot is kicked out behind the skater. Invented by [[Tony Hawk]], and named by [[Tony Hawk]] and [[Lester Kasai]].
;Melon Grab
:backside air and you grab heelside with your front hand by reaching behind your front leg (reaching between is a Grosman grab)
;Method-air
:Contrary to popular belief, this grab did not originate from [[snowboarding]], but was invented by [[Neil Blender]] as a "method" to get higher on a backside air. When the board is grabbed the knees are bent so the board is raised backwards and the skater appears to be kneeling in mid-air.
;Mute-Air
:A frontside grab where the leading hand grabs between the toes.
;'''No foot-air'''
:you grab your board and virtually do a one handed superman pose, similar to a trailing haded christ air, without the rigid body positioning.
;Nose grab
:For a nose grab one grabs hold of the board with the front hand. This is one of the easiest grabs to perform.
;Nuclear
:Similar to a Crail grab, where you grab the heelside of the nose with the trailing hand.
;Roast Beef
:A frontside air where the trailing hand reaches between the legs to grab the heel edge of the board. Invented by [[Jeff Grosso]].
;Rocket Air
:Similar to a nose grab. Except both hands grab the nose, and both feet move to the tail.
;Seatbelt grab
:In this grab the front hand is brought across the front of the body to grab the toeside tail of the board.
;Slob Air
:A frontside air where the lead hand grabs between the toes.
;Stalefish grab
:Named by [[Tony Hawk]], in honour of the quality of food at the Swedish Skate Camp where it was invented (although this is disputed, as many credit [[Mark Gonzales]] with inventing the grab). The back hand grabs the heel side of the board behind the back leg. This results in a bending of both legs which can be emphasised to create more style. When this is done on a trick it is called a 'tweak'.
;Tail grab
:A tail grab is where the back hand grabs the tail of the board. This is a deceptivly difficult grab to learn.
;Tiah-pan grab
:A tiah-pan grab is where the skateborder takes his/her front hand and and wraps it around their leg from behind so they grab the toe side of the board.
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