6 thoughts on “Hopeless Old Men On Skateboards”

1. 
   Grover on January 24, 2012 - Reply

   Layback Grind: This is an archaic variation of the basic frontside or backside grind whereupon the skater places their trailing hand on or near the lip being ground, ostensibly to help “push” the grind further. Whoop there it is Whoop there it is!

2. 
   Prickly Pete on January 25, 2012 - Reply

   Two schools of thought on this. Some say the only true layback grind is the Jay Smith approach of laying back within the bowl. Others also consider the kind where you’re on top of the coping, out of the bowl to be a layback. This second type was invented by Duane Peters(?), but made famous, in my mind, by Bill Danforth. Which is the true layback? You’re worthy of a free burrito if you can do either one on vert.

3. 
   wesCHAOS on January 25, 2012 - Reply

   What Duane did was called a “layback rollout”.

   Jay Smith did “layback grinds”.

4. 
   Ronnie on January 25, 2012 - Reply

   The Duane Peters/Bill Danforth variation is called a layback rollout.

5. 
   Rich on January 25, 2012 - Reply

   Either variation of the layback grind and/or the layback rollout is acceptable to collect a burrito. What’s not acceptable is squatting down at the end of a frontside standup grind and a smacking your trailing hand on re-entry. Albeit cool, it’s not a layback.

   1. 
      Mac on January 25, 2012 - Reply

      Agreed!

      When did “grind” get added? I just know the Jay Smith version as a Layback. Originally comes from surfing, I think.