Grubby!!!

kyle · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 11:07 am Post subject: Grubby!!!

Wins Wake Games. I really have no idea how he still beats all the other riders, but he always seems to figure out a way. Pretty impressive that he has been in the sport since the beginning and has been able to evolve to the current way pros are riding and still win. Despite the fact that I really don't enjoy watching him ride, gotta give the guy props.

cjbecker · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

he is just a killer, he knows how to throw down.

kornhouse · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

http://alliancewakeskate.com/videos_xl.php?id=969

Is he riding his 2007 board in the end?

joel · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 747 City: ORLANDO

kornhouse, that is the 2009 114cm model.

denskiesATX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 City: San Marcos

Yea dude, Grubbs has been going HUGE since like 03. Hes not quite as tech as the new age of riders, but his wake to wake tricks are almost unmatched. I cant believe he rides such a big skate...114 cm....damn

kyle · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:05 pm Post subject:

denskiesATX, its a big skate but think about how he rides. I bet he rarely rarely rarely rides behind a jetski and he definitely doesn't to many tricks in the flats. He basically just rides the wake and hits rails. I don't know if he can even do a kickflip.

denskiesATX · Pop Shuvit Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 City: San Marcos

Kyle, yea I think you're right, I'm not sure if I've seen him throw a kickflip...ever. Much less a frontside flip, varial flip, etc....... His days are numbered. He can always fall back on his modeling career though ! Laughing

samcollett · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

http://alliancewakeskate.com/videos_xl.php?id=687

yep. he can definitely do a kickflip.

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

kyle, ahah im pretty sure grubb and kickflip, he is one of my favorite riders, he makes it look so easy behind a boat, its crazy

JeffKnox · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

his style is way too wakeboardy for me... i like ben horan or andrew p wayyy more... pushing more tech tricks instead of spins and grabs

kyle · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

samcollett, yeah i've seen that vid, pretty good stuff right there. That wake is huge!! I can't imagine how much control he must feel like he is in being that he has been riding for so long on pretty much the same shape. He must feel like he is attached to the board at this point.

samcollett · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject:

yeah it's crazy. i agree with some of the other guys though. i like the separation between wakeboarding and wakeskating and because of that i'd rather watch more technical guys ride. grubb is insane though.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Wakeboardy: that's how people used to describe grubb's style back when the cassette dudes were owning the lip. I disagree with this because spins and grabs exist (and are important) in every other boardsport, and that's really just pigeonholing his style (he still does wake to wake shuv variations, bigspins, and was an early dude who was working on wake to wake kickflips). Anyway, It really depends on the terrain and how you use it. I'd be more worried if he was trying to whirlybird on a wakeskate or something.

And grubb can kickflip and whatever else. If you look back at asterisk, he landed the first sex change. He was also consistently on the podium back when wakeskating was on the pro tour and was pulled by a PWC. His style doesn't really reflect the heavy, heavy skate aesthetic a few riders bring to the water, but he's unique in his own right and his competitive record is downright amazing.

kornhouse · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure there is a Hyperlite or Accurate banner of Grubb doing a varial above the door leading to the parking lot at the OWC Performance.

Evan71 · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject:

Bt on a new hyperlite bi-level? Probably the same as the blend with the hyperlite logo

nick · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

I used to be on the Grubby-hater wagon, but over the past few years I've come to understand that there are many ways to be a great wakeskater and I've got a lot of respect for who he is and what he's done...

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

Evan71 · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

ive never seen andy p do w2w shuvs or shindies or body varials? its like comparing vert to street in skateboarding, there different yet similar

cjbecker · Posted: Apr 27, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

LiquidForce71, it is the same top deck with a different bottom deck.

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-GYWvfKjA0
theres your verial