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absolutewake134 08-23-2004 3:33 PM

whats the whole story of the so called lame tindy grab???

jarrod 08-23-2004 3:42 PM

ah man...you had to re-open that issue?

malibuboarder75 08-23-2004 4:00 PM

just say no to tindy grabs <BR> <BR> <BR>DONT DO IT <BR> <BR>(Message edited by malibuboarder75 on August 23, 2004)

flux 08-23-2004 4:13 PM

Right up there with a tailfish. <BR> <BR>It's OK to do them if you first explain to everyone in the boat your intent. <BR> <BR>NEVER EVER do a fashion air followed by a Tindy.

du540 08-23-2004 4:25 PM

There is no deal. <BR> <BR>It's just considered "lazy" or "sloppy". Almost as if the rider cannot reach, with his trailing hand, far enough towards the nose of the board to get the full on Indy. Tailfish is the same....fake style. <BR>

brhanley 08-23-2004 4:49 PM

Personally, I think we're all being a little dishonest with ourselves. Tindy and Tailfish = Bad, but Method (or whatever you want to call between nose and melan, nelan nolan??!??) and Slob = Acceptable. <BR> <BR>The deal is that those grabs don't exist on skateboards because that area (between feet and tail or tip) does} not exist since your feet are spread the length of the board. Since it doesn't exist on the skate, ergo it is not cool on snow or wakeboard. <BR> <BR>That being said, it is much harder to grab b/w your feet and looks way better syle-wise IMHO. I've drank the coolaid. But, I also know there are plenty of stylish riders that get away with those type grabs, em Danny Harf, and make them look super cool. Do what makes you happy/ <BR> <BR>

deepstructure 08-23-2004 6:01 PM

since so many people will come down on the other side... <BR> <BR>i feel the whole idea of "legitimate" grabs is ridiculous. and calling the grabs lazy only works if you're talking about w2w jumps. can you grab tindy or tailfish while doing a tantrum? or a hs bs 3?

dakid 08-23-2004 6:16 PM

i don't think it's all that ridiculous. <BR> <BR>whenever i don't grab right, i kick myself in the ass. when i do it, i wanna do it right. i guess i'm just that disciplined. (umali? disciplined? hahahahahaha!) <BR> <BR>do i make fun of people when they do it "wrong"? no, but i do suggest how it would look better. kinda of a slick way of saying, "do it right, be0tch!" <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0>

deepstructure 08-23-2004 7:12 PM

it's great that you want to do it "right," but that's where the logical of your statement breaks down. you predicate the very idea being discussed. circular logic. <BR> <BR>we're having a discussion about IF there exists right and wrong ways to grab...therefore claiming it's "disciplined" to want to grab "right," is putting the cart before the horse. i would argue that your idea of discipline is misguided because there's no "right" way to grab, at least not in terms of location on the board.

timmy 08-23-2004 7:30 PM

it is only uncool cause some people called it uncool and then a lot of people jumped on the bandwagon. if you like it and you think it feels good and you think it looks good keep doing it. who cares what everyone else thinks. <BR> <BR>I think I am going to start grabbing tindy a lot more now simply because it is 'uncool'. of course that just makes me more 'core'

skippy 08-24-2004 2:53 AM

errrrr, no. actually its uncool because it is disrespectful to our skateboarding ancestors. ever see them grabbing tindy....

cas 08-24-2004 3:06 AM

No! But there is something called progression. Isn't everybody talking about progression in wakeboarding? So why do all grabs have to be skateboarding grabs?

reefhunter 08-24-2004 4:49 AM

This IS wakeboarding not skateboarding. I'm down with progression. A new time is born. Tindy and Tailfish the new core for 04 grabs!!!!!!!!!

skippy 08-24-2004 7:28 AM

How can it be progression. To progress you need to move forward and advance. What advance are you making by grabbing the board on the easiest of all grabs. Sounds like your down for regression. If you want to be core try something different like getting up backwards..

fly135 08-24-2004 7:48 AM

I don't have any skateboarding ancestors. Can I disrespect yours?<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/talker.gif" border=0>

skippy 08-24-2004 8:23 AM

of course you can. be my guest.

flux 08-24-2004 9:46 AM

That's it, I am heading out this weekend and am gonna rock the Tindy, slash hard with the Tailfish, kill it with a Nosencholy, and throw down with some serious Nute grabs. <BR> <BR>After I hit em all, I'm gonna learn em switch. <BR> <BR>I will post pics.

sloshake 08-24-2004 9:54 AM

Don't forget to finish it up with a Fantrum!

flux 08-24-2004 10:27 AM

Fantrum??? Sounds sick, tell me more!!!

dakid 08-24-2004 10:39 AM

it's frantrum...get it right! <img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/wink.gif" border=0>

r_dub 08-24-2004 10:44 AM

Hmmm, Fantrum. <BR>Let's see, ahhh. <BR>It could be a Tantrum with a pair of binoculars in your free hand.

brhanley 08-24-2004 10:46 AM

Nosencholy! Nice. <BR> <BR>If you make it look tight, no one cares. I've seen plenty of photos and videos with guys respected for their style -- Gregg Necrasson, Scott Byerly, and, yes, Randy Harris -- grabbing tindy, nosencholy, or slob (aka nute). Of course, they are usually poking a huge grab or doing a huge spin or flip. <BR> <BR>There is some legitimacy to appreciating the difficulty in the trick, though. Is it harder to grab indy/mute/melan/stale than tindy/nute/nosen/etc.? Yes. Is it harder to grab tindy, nute, nosenchaly, tailfish than not grab? Yes. Is it harder to grab nuclear or crail than indy? Yes. I don't think most of us seeing a guy grabbing a nosenchaly roll to rev would not say to ourselves, "that guy just isn't stylish."

r_dub 08-24-2004 10:50 AM

Well put Brian!

toyotafreak 08-24-2004 10:55 AM

The other answer is to just be as poor a rider as me and be happy just to feel board down there and not get all off-axis on the way down. I grabbed Tail and it didn't feel any 'cooler' than Tindy. <BR> <BR>Now, for a guy w/o skills, grabbing Method is quite the accomplishment, even without the good poke. Method's a real grab cuz you gotta hold the handle with the rear hand without doing a frontside 90 to edge catch to face plant to rojo ojo. Tried grabbing method on a HS jump and then poking the back foot towards the boat - off axis }buttflop to jewel ache. <BR> <BR>I suck, and hope lack of style's not hereditary. Anyone want to ride with my son? <BR> <BR>(Message edited by toyotafreak on August 24, 2004)

guido 08-24-2004 11:13 AM

Seriously....I came from a skateboarding backround and I think the whole tindy thing is worn out. This is wakeboarding, not skateboarding. There are times when it is just a lazy grab (like W2W), and other times it just works. Tell me a tindy backside three or 180 isn't sick, especially if you give a nice poke.

flux 08-24-2004 1:18 PM

I came from a snowboarding background. We used to scream for each other to tailfish or tindy when we lined up for kickers, it's actually just making fun of the purist notion that you should bot grab those areas of the board. <BR> <BR>Any grab you do and do well, balanced, controlled, and poked or boned out, is damn good. <BR> <BR>Any trick I stick is a good one for me, I can count all my tricks and grabs on both hands. <BR> <BR>SO I WILL ROCK THE TINDY TIL I AM DEAD!!!! <BR> <BR>Frantrum is one I will have to work on though <IMG SRC="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0>

edward 08-24-2004 7:53 PM

coming from my skateboarding background i tend to not grab those but if you can make it look good then thats all i care about really.derek just keep trying because the method is just one of those grabs that feel good when you poke it out good.

hoser325 08-24-2004 8:00 PM

amen, flux. Any grab is a grab. Any grab is better than no grab. Why doesn't somebody give those so-called "taboo" grabs an offical name and place in the "wakeboard" world...not the skate world. (what's it called when you reach down and grab one of the fins...or your ankle...or your big toe...?) Just some thoughts :-)

thane_dogg 08-24-2004 8:03 PM

Grab your nutes all you want but stay away from mine. <BR> <BR> <BR>No tindy's or tailfish's for me.

malibuboarder75 08-24-2004 8:55 PM

Why dont we just grab our groin, its more stylish and it pleases the ladies.

thane_dogg 08-24-2004 9:04 PM

groin, nutes, close enough.

kristian 08-25-2004 12:31 AM

Tindy Grab! In some countries they'd have your hand for that.

wake__freak_66 08-28-2004 12:06 PM

wut exactly is a tindy grab?

08-28-2004 12:11 PM

It's when you grab between a tail grab and an indy.

byerly137pro 08-28-2004 6:03 PM

A stale fish is on your heelside if your going W2W heelside right, and its a tailfish if you grab the toeside. Correct me if I'm wrong cause I've never heard of such grabs I just go to the nose or tail.

dakid 08-29-2004 12:41 AM

you're wrong, 'cause it doesn't matter whether you're going hs or ts.

byerly137pro 08-29-2004 9:02 AM

Oh yah i get it now its still the same spot, yah I see what you mean, thnx

hyperlitenrd 08-29-2004 9:29 AM

i thought a tailfish would be right on the tail side of ur ankle on ur hs edge.

r_dub 08-30-2004 6:54 AM

Try these links, this may clear this up for you. <BR><a href="http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip026.asp" target="_blank">http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip026.asp</a> <BR><a href="http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip027.asp" target="_blank">http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip027.asp</a> <BR> <BR>Obviously "tailfish" and "tindy" are not listed. They are "tweaner" grabs. But this should still be able to clear up the confusion between the two.

toyotafreak 08-30-2004 10:12 AM

Ancestral riders, forgive me for I have sinned: I busted a Tindy on the trampoline last night. <BR> <BR>Anybody checked out this grab index? I like it cuz it's got the goofy version: <BR> <BR>http://www.wakeboard-school.com/goofy.cfm <BR> <BR>(Message edited by toyotafreak on August 30, 2004)

deepstructure 08-30-2004 1:25 PM

uh oh - that guide throws the "lien" grab in there...

deepstructure 08-30-2004 1:28 PM

now see that's interesting - that's dean lavelle's school (old-school guy), and not only does it include tindy, but method, which i was under the impression wasn't a grab, but a trick (method air). the method is a shifty with a melan grab, no?

flux 08-30-2004 2:04 PM

I added the Tweaner grabs, because they exist. Bone out that Tindy hard for max effect. <BR> <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/your_image.gif" alt="niiiice">

eccpaint 08-31-2004 8:36 PM

NEWS FLA*****his wakeboarding NOT skateboarding. Who cares if the grab doesn't exist on a skateboard, I'm not riding a skateboard. If you can grab it solid ,it looks good to me. I say be inventive, try new things, don't limit your grabs because they aren't done on a skateboard. I think the coolest looking grabs are nuclear, crail, roast beef &amp; candien bacon. I have no idea if these are skateboard grabs or not, it really doesn't matter.


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