Description

Grind discovered by: Arlo Eisneberg

Definition: A soul grind is seemingly an easy grind, however it requires extra coordination of your body to be able to hold on to. As with any regular soul grind, your dominant (back) foot will be locked on the soul plate, and your front foot will be moved forward towards the direction you're grinding in, extending the reach of your leg. You will lock your front foot on the groove of the frame. The lower you go with your back leg (i.e. bend your knees, somewhat like a squat) the better the trick will look and the further you should be able to extend your front leg. The more frontwards leg extension the more tilted your front skate will become, and ideally you will lock not only on your frame groove but also the negative soul plate. The difficulty in preforming this trick is that in order to nicely bring your front leg to the grinding position you will find you need to twist your hips and the rest of your upper core towards the object you are grinding.