grinding

[Syst3m]

Anyone here have trouble grinding? It just scares the hell outta me, i dunno why. Ledges and stuff are ok but straight-up rails give me the heebie-jeebies. I gotta over come that fear or il never be good lol. grinding on skateboards is SO much harder than snowboards.

[Bakerbum211]

yeah rails scare me. but i can do ledges no problem. but me and my friend set up his box and than i rail so it wasnt that hard. but do u were a helmet?

[Syst3m]

nah, but im not scared of hitting my head. the city paved our street with this rock stuff so everytime u fall u bleed no matter wut. i just dont want the board to slip from me and hit my spine on the rail, which ive done on more than one occasion :-11:

[mason]

Im super good at rails, but ledges, especially high ledges freak me out. This is probably because when ever i try to 5050, one of the most basic grinds, i have trouble lock my back truck on, so i do like this weird willy grind thing then i fall and my back hits the ledge.

[scarecrow476]

I used to be scared or 50-50ing my rail but one day I just said screw it and tried it once like actually TRIED it (ollie up, missed it but w/e) after that I got over my fear and kept trying it until i locked a couple of them. I'm still not very consistent at getting right on everytime but I'm not scared anymore.

[shortty]

they used to but i got over it i said **** it i fall i get back up n try again so i did that

[Syst3m]

well i made this rail in metal shop and tried 50-50 grinds for an hour. fell a bunch of times and my hand is pretty much all bruised but i got it! yay for me! now i gotta learn boardslides :-9:

[skateblank714]

i was a pretty stupid retard before... because i actually tried learning basic grinds and slides on a rail, that was pretty ****ing thin, and made a little to tall.
anyways, long story short, tried to do a boardslide, fell on my back and did a 50-50 with my ass, breaking my tailbone. since then, i stick to ledges

[skatingprep]

when i first got my rail i was scared. but now i'm landin my boardslides an workin on my 50-50s. i've fallen alot but its worth it, you got one life live with no regrets.

[andrewri]

on my very first time i was a little bit scared..but after seeing that its not gonna bite me i just committed to it...my first grind ever was a 50-50...and it was on a manual pad with two polls on the side so was going to ollie onto it but i went towards side and did a 50-50...

[StevoElSupremo]

I just got my crooked and feebles and willie grinds down today :) I felt sooo good after landing all them I wanted to dance...o wait...I did dance....I can only 50-50 and Feeble rails, cant Crooked them...to scary lol

[mason]

The first rail i ever skated was about 8-10 inches high and about 8 feet long. Yummy!

[aspiring pro]

i can only grind ledges and stuff. im way scared of handrails and things like that

[Ramp]