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So what's the name of the new grab?

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ESB
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Quick question for people who are in the know, what are kids calling the tweaked safety grab that's the hot fya right now? Is it a method grab, or do we have another name?

Figured I'd ask because I see it all the time now and I don't know what to call it.

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SpliffyJ
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i heard it was a method but idk what its name is
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SpliffyJ
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Both lobster and method sound good! Lobster is original so i think it should be called a lobster spread the word
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ESB
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You're right bro, freeskiing is totally on the decline because people are doing new things and we're coming up with names for them. We should stick with the same tricks and names that everyone was doing in '05.
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Mike-O
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I have to say, when I started skiing, we called them Indy grabs due to boarding. When we first heard "No, they're safety grabs" we were like "What? That sounds fucking stupid."

And here we are.
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blindside
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You're mad, as in insane.
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moms_favorite
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so a toxic is a tweaked liu kang then?
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Jibbidy
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Lol no shit hey, if we "called it whatever we want" there would be no fucking consistency.
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jeppenator
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i think that if it would be a tweaked saftey it would have been grabbed right under the boot. but this grab is more of a tweaked getto grab with both feets thight and knees almost together.

but people does them differently.

The best one is that by clayton vila on his sw 7 at windells in this edit at 00:37: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6Hvlv5svQ

That one is grabbed infront of the foot and therefore it should not be an tweaked saftey (saftey is grabbed straight under the boot)..
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Meases_Pieces
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I have heard Lobster from many people. it is the easiest to say and therefore that is what i plan on calling them
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technique.
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im always down for a lob job
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bernierosow
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yep
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ESB
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You're not hating hard enough, asian_allen. Try again.
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ESB
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I respect this man's opinion.
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moms_favorite
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this is a great reason why i would like to call it something else!
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Emma_Watson
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method grab..?
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UFOsarereal
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hahaha
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Knewnews
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im gonna get spancerd!111!!
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Dr.Dickless
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At my home mountain we call that a Nikelpennydime roller skater gaper grab special
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FreezerKid
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'tweaked safety 1's are my favorite trick on a warm up lap
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panojibber
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If we had a name for every tweak then nobody would ever know what the grabs are called.
Just a safety grab. The way I see it you have your basic grabs like safety, mute, true tail, nose, japan, and then you add some tweaks or bone it out for some extra flava.
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array.
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tweaked kang.
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inactive
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at best hahahaha
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Matty.
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ah fuck everything about this thread mayn!
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Haellgren
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I call it "Lift grab"
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T-Nutcracker
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threadz for later
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dispatchQ_main
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Its a method. Im sure somone already said it tho.
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NotGhood
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its a safety grab...
but im down with calling in the lobster
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JsNeagle
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yep uncrossed lazy tindy
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