Half Cab and Tindy

(elantz) · (elantz) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 08-18-2007, 8:27 AM

Where did the term "Half Cab" originate? I know what it means wakeboarding-wise, but just curious of its origin.

Also where did the Tindy grab become taboo and why?

Help educate a non-board sport old dude that only played football as a kid. Thanks!

(oopsds92) · (oopsds92) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 08-18-2007, 9:11 AM

i think if ur grabbing tindy, ur just to lazy to grab more in the middle of the board. half cab came from skateboarding. steve cabilero (sp?) invented the cab which i think was a fakie 360. half of a 360 is a 180. half cab.

(helix_rider) · (helix_rider) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 08-18-2007, 10:05 AM

Lantz...grab tindy and be proud of it..I know I do. :-)

Dane, thanks for the history of half cab...I had never heard that.

(oopsds92) · (oopsds92) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 08-18-2007, 10:15 AM

lol ya no problem.

(elantz) · (elantz) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 08-18-2007, 4:22 PM

Thanks guys. My crew won't let me grab tindy, I was just wondering where the hate came from. To me slob should not be a legit grab then, but whatever.

(dlwsrider) · (dlwsrider) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 08-18-2007, 4:34 PM

No because a slob is a a front hand indy grab and there is no other grab to confuse it with really, its kinda hard to screw up a slob.

and a tindy looks sloppy and its normally refered to as a beginer mistake, but if your a pro and can make it stylish, tindy is acceptable

(oopsds92) · (oopsds92) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 08-18-2007, 5:53 PM

Caleb, i thought slob could be mistaken with mute and is a left hand grad if ur regular footed.

(tyboarder03) · (tyboarder03) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 08-18-2007, 5:56 PM

A slob could be as could many other tricks if not placed correctly. Dane- A left hand grab when regular footed should be your front hand.

(proho) · (proho) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 08-18-2007, 8:18 PM

if we are look at the origin of the grab, a slob is a mute grab(front hand, toeside, between the feet) on a frontside air. slobs are generally done on spins and thus riders are given a little leeway. The tindy that is really looked down upon is the straight air, ugly, beginner, sloppy indy, tindy grab.

(blaketheho) · (blaketheho) **Join Date: May 2007** 08-18-2007, 8:29 PM

a "cab" is an old skate trick named for steve Caballero where you do a 360 while riding switch. A half cab is a switch 180.

It's one of the few tricks that my old a** can still pull.

(blaketheho) · (blaketheho) **Join Date: May 2007** 08-18-2007, 8:33 PM

uh, yea. What Dane said.

(wakemitch) · (wakemitch) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 08-18-2007, 9:35 PM

i think the term half cab should not be used in wakeboarding because its impossible, unless off a slider. fakie in skateboarding means riding switch but you ollie off the nose(basically a switch nollie). you cant ollie off the nose with a wakeboard because the nose would just dive in the water. next time you are about to say half cab to talk about a wakeboard trick, just say switch 180. because thats what it is. yee yee

(brinks) · (brinks) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 08-18-2007, 10:06 PM

Right on Mitch, There is no halfcab, cab or fakie in wakeboarding. It is only regular or switch.

(wakeparent) · (wakeparent) **Join Date: Jan 2005** 08-18-2007, 10:32 PM

Hey Brinks, what's a half cab gluide? I guess a switch batwing?

(brinks) · (brinks) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 08-19-2007, 9:31 AM

what's a gluide? I think you mean a switch off axis 180