Name this grab

I've never seen this grab before. Has it been done before and what is it called ?

That's the great Kaesen Suyderhoud doing what he calls a "Nukefish"
Here are a couple of my son Josh doing the same grab:

It's a Nuclear grab grabbed all the way back behind the back foot.
Josh is goofy, so the direction of travel is right to left, and the board is twisted a full 180 degrees. Kaesen is regular so direction of travel is left to right.

(Message edited by deltawake on December 07, 2006)

the kid in the first picture is also traveling right left... not left to right....

There both going in the same direction.

no they are actuallly going in opposite directions.
first guy has the handle in his left hand
second rider has the handle in his right hand

Billy is correct. They are going opposite directions. In each case the board is twisted 180 degrees.

(Message edited by deltawake on December 07, 2006)

Peter, those pics of Josh are sick. I wish I was that flexible. I can barely get a nuke grab at all. LOL. Nice.

looks like a "pretzel" grab to me.

Yeah Nice shot of a natural.

I would call it a really tweaked out Nuke!

Looks like the same trick. One rider is goofy, the other is regular.

ive seen that grab but inbetween the legs

andy's right. it's just a tweaked nuclear, no new names needed.

counterfeit method grab, still looks good though

i can do nuclear tail grabs

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Not even close. This is a Method:



(Message edited by deltawake on December 08, 2006)

actually it is pretty close. grabbed in the same spot with the same trewak just with the other hand.

Nice Method Jerrmy, don't have a Tailfish shot but I do have a not Tindy grab.

electricsnow,
from now on im just going to call a slob grab a tweeked out mute, and a lame tindy an indy cause if you say that those are differnt grabs then they are different by 6 inches... but a nuclear and the nukefish are different by 2 ft. but it is still a nuclear??? wow. i want you to go on the water and do a nuclear and then try a nucfish... bet you cant do it.


so in other words, it is compleatly different.

peter,
sweet shots of josh and jeremy by the way! im glad josh picked up on the grab so fast! get him to do them toeside now.. its a whole nother adventure! hahaha

randy,
sweet shot of alex! thats a good lookin tail grab and really good lighting. tell him i said hey and tell him we need to hook up and ride some frozen water.

oh and proho,
if it is JUST a grab that is in the same spot but with your back hand instead of your front, than please try it and then tell me how alike they are.

Thanks Kaesen, I well pass it along to Alex, he's leaving next week for Orlando, riding with some of his Florida bud's & doing a internship at O'town. Come on up in January.
Hi-jack over.

i move to orlando the 15th of january... will he be there still? cause we will ride non stop! hahaha

Kaesen,

I guess you finally figured it out.

Randy- That shot of Alex is awesome.

Thanks Peter, but I have to tell you, driving chase boat 20' behind your own kid is a little heart pounding.

kaesan, why are you getting so defensive? is it you that is in those shots? look at the method shot. would he have to tweak his body much further to grab it with his back hand? I am just saying they are similar in the same way a mute and indy are similar(even tho you should have a different poke on a mute and indy while this tweak is nearly identical). i was just commenting on how someone said they werent even close.

proho,
but they arent even close.... do me a favor. stand up right now and pretend to grab method......ok. now try to grab nukefish. now.. tell me if the body rotation feels the same? it doesnt.. you cant even reach that far.

now... try it on the water and see how much more difficult it is with a handle in your hand and a board attached to your feet. you will be amazed!
now.... if an indy and mute grab are grabed in the same place but with different hands and have two different names for eachother... why would this be any different?

and yes.. the top picture is me and walt asked permission to post it and i said yes cause i want to see what people thought of it cause it took me a while to be able to grab my board like that.. and im not getting defensive, im just blown away how you think it is soo easy and how it is just like a method. try it and you will change your mind.

walt,
yeah i finally got an account! haha i had to so i could post something in here cause i was just reading some redicules stuff in here! hahaha
well acually peter T had to do it for me over the phone cause it just wasnt working for me! hahaha.
thanks for posting the picture of it though and when we get a shot of it this spring i should be throwing a glide with it and a heel front... so things will get nasty! haha

wow dude you are taking this way too seriously. and btw electricsnow would agree with you in saying that a slob grab is just a mute. but i never said it shouldnt have its own name.

I never claimed to be an amazing rider or be able to do this grab. and i definitely never said it was sooo easy. imo it LOOKS like a method grab. u can disagree with me all u want but youre not gonna change my opinion. by calling me out it just makes it seem like you are insecure about your riding ability and want to prove to everyone how hard this trick is and how great you are.

slob and mute are the same--the difference is that they're direction dependent. I didn't make up the "rules", I just spent the time trying to find out why people would try to legitimize tindys with slobs.

and I'm saying it's a tweaked nuclear grab because TRADITIONALLY (which, I'm guessing by now you know I'm into that) a nuclear grab is done near the front foot. It's like methods on a snowboard--you can either grab right in front of your front foot, or totally in between your bindings. Furthermore, you can either do a method by pulling the board up "suitcase" style, or you can do it like a "palmer" (when it's banked out in front of you).

Anyway, I'm only using that information to illustrate the point that sometimes there are a few different ways to do the same trick and in this situation, i really don't think a new name is necessary.

People used to call your trick an "ohm" or something (an other hand method). I thought that name sucked. Anyway, danny harf was doing that grab back in "my house" on his little double up wakeboard. And travis williams did that in an option ad a few years back...I dont' think either of them called it a nukefish.

And you're right, i can't do that grab. Not only would I never WANT to do that grab (on a snowboard or otherwise), but I wakeskate.

method isn't a grab. it's a move/trick.

ummmm sure joe.

joe's right proho....explain the diff. between a Method and a Melan...if you can??

just as well, i'm a firm believer there is no such thing as a "half-cab" on a wakeboard....unless there is a quarter pipe.
Yet idiots seem to call tricks "Cab" like theres a skate below thier feet.......

(Message edited by baschralper on December 09, 2006)

why would a quarter pipe make a difference in a cab?

just cuz it isnt in a different spot than a melan doesnt mean it isnt a grab. i cant say "check out that sick method grab"?

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wow prohoe, im not insecure about anything and i am proud of how i ride and how it looks, your opinion on this grab means nothing to me. i just wanted to educate you a little on how this is nothing like a method...although you think it looks like one, it is not...just because it is grabed in the same spot as the ''trick'' (wich IS a trick not a grab) method doenst mean it is the same. using the other hand to get across your body like that is a little tougher than you think and looks compleatly different.

now im not saying i invented this cause i know i didnt but i just do them and there was no name for it so i made up ''nukefish'' for fun (grabbing with the nuclear hand but down to where you would grab a REAL stailfish)

so i would appriciate it if you didnt TELL ME that i was insecure and ''calling you out'' cause i wasnt and im not. im just stating the fact that, that is nothing like a method air. wehter the picture was of me or not.

FYI Mute is between grabbing your toeside edge between your feet...slob is grabbing your toeside edge between your nose and your front foot...

correct.

haha i dont even know what to say. okay ill start with the method. i know what you are trying to say its not JUST a grab. Its a tweak and a grab i know. I would say a grab is a "trick" so i guess you could say stales and mutes are "tricks" too but they are also grabs. without the grab on a method its not a method and likewise without the proper tweak its not a method either. so imo it would be more accurate to say its a tweak AND a grab rather than a trick but not a grab.

You guys are wrong about the slob but i wont waste my time explaining why they are supposed to be grabbed in the same spot because you would never change your opinion. I just figured i should let you know that e-snow knows more than anyone should ever know about skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding than any one person should know. So if you dont believe me believe her.

all i have to say about the "nukefish" is that i find it kind of ironic that the people who first started doing it were calling it an other hand method and you are still trying to "educate" me on how these two grabs are nothing alike.

Peter T, see what you started

I wanna unload on this one. I am with Kaesen. But I will keep my mouth shut.


Lets argue about helmets! That one is always good!

YAWN!!!!!

You guys grow up, especially those whose sponsors may be watching you act uptight, rude and immature in public.

Just like an OHH (other hand hoochie), it could be called OHM (other hand method). I'm partial to the real method grab; I like the look much more. Like I said "counterfeit method grab"

Randy- I didn't start it.- Honest
My posts have been purely factual.

I'll leave the opinions to the experts.

I know what you mean about it being unnerving driving chase. Not sure I could drive 20' behind my own kid.

(Message edited by deltawake on December 10, 2006)

guys get over yourselves who cares ,this ripping riders an ovcely strong oppinions on whats real and whats not is useless..

This is an individual sport where most ride for fun and relaxation and dont care if they misgrab a board and then get rippped for posting it .

If it has a name and can be done its a trick and not many are doing this for valadation from those on these Online chats .If your happy with it then so be it if not then kudos to you you keep on ripping but let others do what they want.

Live and let live ....

you all sound like a bunch of grumpy olds...

Dude! All I know is that the guy that Joe posted doing the method is a major stud...cute too!

Just kidding

Joe, what's up buddy? We miss you guys, when you gonna come down and visit? You gotta see my new pup..."Boaty"