Front Crook Cheat Code!

This helped me more than anything.

[isawsome]

No one talking bout how this man is skating a granite counter top ledge??

[rackywt]

It worked! It’s the same feeling as a back crook. I didn’t realize that’s how I get into bat crooks. I land on that edge of my front track going parallel to stay moving forward. Wow how do they not reverse it in my mind. Thank you.

[garrettmasaoka]

This tip plus Jamie Thomas’s advice on the nine club to set up your feet like you’re going to do a backside heel flip totally unlocked front crooks for me.

[cybersker]

went out right after watching this and got some of the best front crooks I've ever done so far ! thanks for the tip

[thomascardoso-grant]

An actual proper YouTube short trick tip

[mickesvensson]

never tried it that way but it makes so much sense.

[smashedbabyface]

Tried the tip today, got a few!

Me and this truck have had beef for years, used to have them for feet years ago.
The ‘treat it like nose grind’ method helps a tons!

[BaggyPop]

Exactly what I’ve learned practicing front crooks as well. I have them better than the backside ones. However, as nice as it is to understand the trick better, getting it consistent is a whole other can of worms💯
Happy to see you on the reels, Ben! ❤️

[Johanthegnarler]

Damn still helping me out post retirement. Goat.

[JesseDriftwood]

That’s it. I’m learning front crooks.
Thanks for the tip!

[samwalie]

I’ve sorta accepted that I’m just never gonna land one, but this video has me reconsidering

[EAFM]

Thank you so much dude. 20 years I’ve been daughter to fake a one out of every 85 times because I was just trying to reinvent it. I guess I have modeled after Dills front side crook transfer in feedback.

[justinmorter]

Ben degros is the boy. That helpful dad attitude really makes him great at describing how to skate

[sinisterblister]

Hey Ben, I have noticed also riding parallel to the ledge helps when I learned the trick. But once you get comfortable with riding parallel you can lock in to front crook directly and put pressure on the ball of your front foot. It is basically the same as for a back crook.

[coryjrowlands]

I completely agree, going at an angle always has me sticking or doing a bad nosegrind. Great tip!

[sphtng]

Makes sense. All the skaters I see with really good front crooks tend to approach the rail/ledge straight and then turn with the lock-in.

[xJHNx]

I’ve been telling people this trick for years! Works so well

[jeffli]

The few times I grinded a long front crooks was when I missed on my front nosegrinds haha, this makes so much sense!

[ivangutierrez]

This is probably the key to grinding back crook too

[mRSasha-dvmb]

Personally Instead of doing a crooked nose grind I look at it like a nose slide with my wheel on the ledge. It helped me get the pinch so I could hold it long enough to pop out