What is a Skateboard Nose Grind?

Series Summary

Skateboarding tricks are a fun and exciting. It is also a great way to further your skating skills. Many skateboarders have had a profound effect on skateboarding throughout time. A recent study showed there were over eighteen million skateboarders worldwide. Over eighty percent of skateboarders polled had used a board under the age of 18, and over seventy percent were male.

In this free instructional video series let a skateboard professional teach you a nose grind. He discusses other variations of this trick like fakie nose grinds and 50/50 nose grinds. He'll also explains how proper foot placement is key on a skateboard when attempting these tricks. Impress yourself and your friends with a skateboard nose grind!

Video Transcript

"The front side nose grind is when you ollie onto a ledge with your front truck and grind across it and then ollie out and ride away. The front side nose grind is an especially fun trick to do because, it almost looks like you're balancing on the front of your board and then you come back and then you land and you roll away and it's a really fun trick. When you're doing a front side nose grind, what you're going to do is you're going to ollie first and travel up and then put your weight on the front of the board and just grind in on your front truck only; make it to the end and then ollie out. You're need to learn front side 50- 50's and you'll also learn how to spin and know how to have some balance on your nose to be able to do really good nose grinds. So once you learn those, you're ready to bring the ollie front side nose grind on the ledge and pop out. "