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Beginner Grind

Hi people. Im new to agressive inlining. Got my first pair and went out to a skate park 3 days ago.
So there's this rail there:

And its too wide to fit in between the middle wheels, so i wonder what would be a nice easy grind to start with at this rail?
Thanks anyway.

ps: Thats my buddy trying to grind it, he's a boarder and im an inliner and we get along pretty good. :)
We arent of much help to one another regarding technicalitys tho. xD

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Permalink Reply by Johnone1 on June 14, 2009 at 11:21pm

makio,mizou ,double negative,soul.unless its mad thin or a round bar you cant really do front side tricks

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Permalink Reply by Brent V on June 15, 2009 at 6:42am

Soul Grinds, the rail looks square and low which makes it super easy for you to try out grinds to lock your soul foot on. Just stand beside the rail and try to jump at it in soul position and see if you can lock in and stall it, just do that over and over till the position is comfortable then just try it with a lil bit of an angle and a tiny bit of speed and ull get it for sure!

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Permalink Reply by David F on June 15, 2009 at 8:38am

Thanks guys. That sounds about right BrentV.
By the way, is there a trickcionary around? :>

edit: So i googled soul grind and it seems i was trying one even tho i didnt kno the name. :p
Thing is i would just roll parallel to the rail, get the soul on it, and then put the other. But this didnt give me confidence enough to jump into it. The rail kinda breaks on the soul, and when i aproach it with the middle of the skate (whats it called)
it slides wayyyyyyyyy too much atleast for this phase of learning. :)

Some wax and your tip should work tho. :D Thanks again.

edit 2: Ok maybe it wasnt a soul grind cuz i was puting the non-soul foot behind the soul stead of infront.

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Permalink Reply by David F on June 15, 2009 at 9:20am

just googled all of this terms. aparently ive tried a makio, without jumping tho. :P
Man this grinds tips, and the pumping the vert thread are geting me really hyped to go back to the park, my wrist still hurts and my knee is fucked tho. :>