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Hey,! New moron dude asking for tips...
Oct 1, 2008 by Soapnoob

Greetings all. I'm a soaper from portugal (perhaps even the only one :x). I've started around 3 weeks ago and as my nickname says, I'm a noob. Since I'm the only one around here to practice soaping I was hopeing you guys could give me some tips on the subject.
btw, my soaps, or in this case, heelys (whit grind plate. Model name: Five-0) were the only ones I could get, and I had to order them from the US, since there's no such thing as "grind shoes" in this shithole little country wich I'm ashamed to call mine --'

anyway, here are some questions:

1-would you advise me to put wax on the grind
plates, as skaters do on rails?

2-what's the best position to keep your balance?

3-I'm still a little wierd about hittng a stair rail (falling etc...). which move do you advise me to do for my first grind on a vertical rail?

these are the first of some questions. thanks for helping me out, since your the only conection I have to this awesome sport ;)

cheers!
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Oct 2, 2008Altman

1. You don't wax the plates, you wax whatever surface you're grinding. This can range from ledges to rails or whatever.

2.The simple frontside grind, with your feet shoulder-length apart and your knees slightly bent is suitable.

3.Once again, the simple frontside.

Oct 2, 2008Soapnoob

1. yeah, that of the wax on the rails i'm aware of. but the other day i grinded a waxed rail an some wax was stuck to my plates. as i went to rail an unwaxed rail, i grinded perfectly. so i thought: how about waxing the plates instead of the rails? thanks dough.

2. thanks. but an UFO is suitable to, or not?

3. cheers.

and now:

4. any advise for a well done royale? i've tried it a couple of times, but my feet tend to be faster than my body(even if bend forwards) and i almost bussted my wirst a couple of times while crashing from a screwed up royale :s

Oct 3, 2008Altman

Yes, a UFO is also suitable. A well-done Royale is done with the knees bent to a good amount with enough balance to lean to your back foot, thus allowing someone in front of you to see the bottoms of both of your shoes. Here are 5 good examples.

http://www.solidgrind.com/photos/soap-shoes/257/

http://www.solidgrind.com/photos/soap-shoes/224/

http://www.solidgrind.com/photos/soap-shoes/186/

http://www.solidgrind.com/photos/soap-shoes/158/

http://www.solidgrind.com/photos/soap-shoes/212/

Oct 3, 2008Soapnoob

thank you ;)

Oct 8, 2008azerate218

oi camarada! Mais um Soaper tuga aqui! lisboa? Se sim a gente devia combinar umas grindadelas por ai. Eu tb tenho ums Heelys mas comprei no ell corte ingles. Tenho os Evolution. Eu como só tenho esses n posso comparar mas posso dizer que nao estou desiludido.

Inglish: hi comrade! an other portuguees soaper here! lisbon? if so we should go grinding toguether one day. I allso got a pair of Heelys but i got them on Ell Cort Ingles. i'v got the Evolution. i can't compair with other shoes caus i only got this pair but thy do fine for me.
Nuno Silva Azerate-218hotmail.com
Ps: Sobre os tips comcordo com o altman.
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