Not to be confused with noseslides, a nose grind is whe you ollie onto an object and land on only your front truck. Similiar to how a 5-0 grind looks like a manual on an object, a nosegrind looks like a nose manual on an object. But hey, you probably already know all this, so let's just get on with the trick tip.
You need to know these tricks because it will have you comfortable with grinding, and familiar with grinding while balanced only on one truck.
Other Skills:
Before trying this trick, you might want to have a solid nose manual. Make sure you know how to balance them well and such, since it's going to be a must for this trick. And also, by now you should know how to approach something you want to grind from the frontside setup, as well as how to get yourself over something to land in the grind. If you're having issues with that, work on frontside 50-50s for the time.
Doing The Trick
Positioning:
The front foot
Your front foot will be set up like it would be for most grinds. Closer to the nose than usual to help you land balanced, but also giving yourself enough room to get a high enough ollie to get onto whatever the object is you're wanting to grind.
The back foot
As above, similar to the set up you'd use to get into most grinds. A set up that will give you a solid pop and allow you to land balanced.
Motion:
As aforementioned, you should be familiar with how to approach what you want to grind. Know the object, and know how much speed you'll want. Once you've got that figured out, we can get the trick going.
Set your feet up as described above, and approach what you want to grind as you should
Pop your tail and drag your front foot to do an ollie. As you're in the air, shift weight over the front truck and push it down slightly as you guide yourself over the object.
Land on the object on only your front truck. You will want most of your weight centered over the front truck to best be able to balance out and maintain controll, but don't put ALL of your weight over it. Similiar to nosemanuals, you will need to leave some of your weight over the rest of your board to balance yourself, and to keep your board straight on the object.
While you're positioning your weight, have your knees slightly bent to further be able to adjust your weight for best balance.
Grind it out and approach the end of the object. Getting out of this grind can be sort of tricky at first.. It's very similiar to doing nose manuals off of a ledge. As you're about to leave the object, place a little bit more weight over your front, pushing the nose down a little bit more. As you doing this, you also need to push the nose forward a little bit more, nudging it off of the object.
Once you're off the object, give yourself enough distance to level out without clipping the back end of the board on the object. Land on the ground as evenly as possible, with your weight centered over your board. Absorb impact as you see fit, and ride away from it. Nice stuff, you've done it.
Video Trick Tips:
Troubleshooting
This grind can be a lot more difficult than you might have expected it to be.. Check out below for some solutions to some common problems.
As soon as I get into the grind, I stop and don't slide
Certainly the most common problem with this trick. Firstly, make sure you're going fast enough to actually grind the object. Going slow can kill it, so consider going faster or applying more wax if you think it will help.
Make sure you're not putting all of your weight over the front truck of this grind, since that'll kill it to. And don't approach this like you would a 5-0. I mean, on a 5-0 grind, you've likely noticed that you can get away with dragging your tail on the object a bit, and still make the trick happen.. But you can't really let the nose of the deck slide on this one. Make sure you're balanced out, and that only the truck is on the object.
I grind alright, but my board gets crooked.
Haha, it's not uncommon to see somebody try a frontside nosegrind only to end doing something that looks more like a frontside crook/overcrook. It's not a terribly big deal, since you're still grinding and all... But perhaps you should take the time to try to straighten them out to make them look right.. This usually happens because people do a sloppy job of guiding the board over the object. Play with it overtime and you'll find it cleans up somewhat easily.
I can't make it off the object clean enough to ride away
It's an understandable problem, I'd say. This grind requires a lot more to get out of than most other grinds that you might know do. You really gotta make sure you're giving it that nudge at the end, and not just trying to grind off the object. If this is really hard for you, and you don't think you can sort it out.. Try doing some nosemanuals off of some ledges.. It's a lot less intimidating, and the motion is about the same. That will really help you figure this one out.
I know by now you've come to find that tricks don't really come easily most times.. So don't worry if this one seems hard at first. Keep messing with it and you'll figure it out soon enough. Good luck.
Where Do I Go From Here?
Clean it up, and take it to some more difficult objects to grind.
