nose grab

Skateboard front catch

A nose grab is a skateboarding or snowboarding trick where the rider grabs the front tip of the board while airborne: He threw a clean nose grab off the halfpipe.

The move appears in other board sports like wakeboarding and surfing.

Nose grabs can be combined with rotations or other grabs for more technical variations.

Related

aerial · big air · snowboard · tweak · pipe · ramp · vert · ollie · indy · melon · mute · board · air · freestyle · flip · rotation · skatepark · grind

Opposites
board position grabbed

nose grabtail grab

Gripping board's rear aloft

roast beef · tail bone · truck driver

Family

nose, grab, noses, nosed, nosy, nosing, nasal, nasalize, nasalization

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G