Soul
This is another basic trick, that is very easy to master! Put your back foot in soul position – that is: put your back foot parallel to the obsta...
When you skate to the object, you want to skate to it straight on, unless you're spinning to it. Jump a little above the obstacle, to see exactly where you're going to position your feet.
Lots of beginners step into the grind, by first putting the back foot onto the obstalce, and then the front foot. Forget it! It will not work when you're going to grind real things like rails or ledges – it also looks terrible.
If you're grinding round things like copings and rails, it will be easier to keep the balance by bending your souling foot over the rail, so that the knee of your souling foot is resting on the opposite side of the obstacle that you jumped to the obstacle from. You also need to bend your ancle.
If you're grinding ledges or curbs, you need to have your soul foot perpendicular on the obstacle or else your souling foot will slide out of the soul position.
Put the weight on the souling foot – your back foot in this case. This is the case for almost every grind with a souling foot in it. To add style, try to get as low as possible – this is called a 'lowrider soul'.
Torque soul: A torque soul is a soul grind with the front foot in torque position instead of normal soul grind position. The front foot in the torque soul is put very close to the soul foot, so that it is possible to put the non-souling foot in torque position. There is not too much to the torque soul than putting it in that position – you do not need to be able to torque with the non-souling foot to do the torque soul.
Some skaters put their weight on the torque foot instead of the souling foot – but that is often to compensate for the grind being switch – for instance switch topside torque soul.
Written by Anders Toxboe on August 17, 2003
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John Garza
29 Nov, 2003
The soul one of my fav. grinds. Once u get the stall down there not much more to the actual grind process. One thing though is to always remember that souls take a little more speed than some grinds like ur frontside.
Cornbread Weatfreak
3 Dec, 2003
i find this the easiest grind because if you have skates with a wide soul area then all your balance is put onto the front foot. if you dont bend your ankle on the soul foot you will slide off if it is a waxed or round rail. if you just lean forward and get speed it is the easiest.:)
Osama Elharek
17 Dec, 2003
A soul is one of the easiest tricks to learn and master. I reccomend learning to makio before you soul, you will get balance in your' grinds much easier learning this. once you learn makio, practice it with your front foot hanging over and then jus do it! good luck.
jamie mull
23 Jan, 2004
hey, are rollerblade trc estillos any good? im trying to find good skates, from CHICKYBABE
jamie mull
23 Jan, 2004
i mean trS….B)
robert clayton
8 Feb, 2004
THIS IS THE EASIEST GRIND TO LEARN
Rich Burton
11 Feb, 2004
how far apart does ur souling foot and ur frontiside foot have 2 be on the rail / ledge?
mike zacharias
16 Feb, 2004
whast the trick kalled when you just stal on one foot in the middle of your blade
ZACH EGIZIO
23 Apr, 2004
i cannot get souls, everytime i try i fall off, when i go to land my front foot stays on but my bak foot falls off and i wipe out! now i can do makios and mitzus very easily and i almost have front sides and bak sides. but i just cannot to this, help!
mark lugton
26 Apr, 2004
^^ try to first, stand inline with the rail at the same angle as if u were going to grind it, then step up onto it, and work out how u have to balance to stay on for a decent amount of time. Then when uve got that, try jumping up to the rail without moving, and once uve got that souling shouldnt be a problem
zac ayers
24 Jun, 2004
there so easy
Sara insertlastnamehere
30 Jun, 2004
how can i get my soul foot to lock on?
kyle luntz
4 Jul, 2004
you have to kind of lean it so its half on the frame, and half on the soul plate, at least thats how i do it.
nick hoesing
7 Jul, 2004
wouldnt the frontside grind be easier?
kyle luntz
9 Jul, 2004
the day i tot my self soul, a byn soul came in almost as easy. u just turn ur backfoot a little mre, untillits pointing in the other direction
Keith Doe
10 Jul, 2004
is a soul tha same if i put my sole foot (right) in front and my left foot in tha back?:(
Keith Doe
10 Jul, 2004
IM me at ...elliminater
kyle luntz
24 Jul, 2004
no, thats a mizou
Matt Greenlees
29 Aug, 2004
I sarted skting a week ago and i learned this grind in about 30min. what i did was i first would jump on the ril in the soul position then i would try to grind and every time i messed up the grind i would soul stall 5 times then try to grind again. this made it very easy to learn the soul position.
Matt Greenlees
29 Aug, 2004
I sarted skting a week ago and i learned this grind in about 30min. what i did was i first would jump on the ril in the soul position then i would try to grind and every time i messed up the grind i would soul stall 5 times then try to grind again. this made it very easy to learn the soul position.
ALEX DAY
3 Sep, 2004
wen i jump in2 soul position i cant get the heal of my soul foot on the ledge and i wont slide, how du i fix this?????
ben iburg
21 Sep, 2004
and 4 ALE-D2004, try to get on top of the rail or whatever youre grinding and u usually need to wax up the sides of a rail or ledge to soul smoother;)
Nick A
12 Oct, 2004
:D i did this my first time on my 10ft rail on my 2nd day i had aggressives and it looks cool doin the whole thin loridin the grind :D
yuval f
9 Nov, 2004
iwm afraid:(:(:(:(
doug ansell
20 Jan, 2005
whats this grind called if it's done backside
taylor stibbe
13 Mar, 2005
its not backside its topside if theres a soul foot then there is no backside its topside its called a topsoul:D
Dean Richards
9 Apr, 2005
SO EASY as long as you put all your weight on your back foot and strech the front one out. I prefer Topsouls
Michael Douglas
6 May, 2005
:( when i try to do souls i can get my front foot to be exactly perpendicular to the rail. How do you get your front foot to slide? like how do you get your front foot in the frontside position while the back foot is in soul? please help. thanks
wouter noerens
12 Jun, 2005
i have the same prob
Colin Donaho
6 Aug, 2005
I learned by stepping into it, and holding it, then jumping into it and holding it, then with my rail in the grass, take a couple of steps and jump into it and slide it, then I did in the street. I can't do this on tall rails yet, just front sides on anything knee height etc.
Tom Bedwell
6 Nov, 2005
How do you do this on ramp? i can do it on street no probs, but i just can't do it on ramp, ne advice?
adam mccoy
24 Dec, 2005
To do it on a ramp u have to pump and push ur ankels into the coping if put ur soul foot up first and then put ur frontside foot up then you can get it easyier and use that to work up to it
sean cunnington
14 Feb, 2006
never step int this grind. u only end up losing speed, and over balancing. and when you jump, try not to look @ ur feet. put's u off big time. put ur feet above the ledge,rail and ur feet will jusst slide.:D :p
Fedor Karmanov
8 Jul, 2006
I cant put my feet on the rail at the same time. What should I do
Qwerty Keyboard
21 Jul, 2006
can you do it with ur right foot on soul?
jean galofre
28 Jul, 2006
yhea thats mizou
Eddy 1
29 Dec, 2006
i cant do this trick to save my life…ahhh i cant get my soul foot to stay on my outside sole…i just fall…HELP ME!!!:(
stephen amsdell
15 Jan, 2007
for this grind what foot should i throw down first?, or should they go down at the same time?
Casey Davis
1 Feb, 2007
soul grinds are my favorite to do i could to them ALL DAY[u/]
Yaakob Williams
24 Mar, 2007
I cant do this trick very well. I wish I could. I'm going to work at it until I get it.
charles turner
11 Apr, 2007
i can't seem to get my left foot on the coping:(! please help. however, when i grind like this, i find it easy, but only on legdes. plz help
joe minniti
10 Jul, 2007
i cant get my soul foot to land the right way, and the few times i do, i dont slide or i come to a quick stop, does neone have ne tips on a way that i can land the soul foot on easier:(
thomas jensen
13 Aug, 2007
This 1 is so easy
robert robinson
19 Aug, 2007
i love soles and topsoles… i can do topsoles soooo good and boxes but when it comes to circle rails i used to be able to do them really good but then i got hurt and now im scared to death because sometimes if i dont lock in i get thrown to the ground and i hurt my knee really bad one time any tips on locking in better on circle rails? i lock in almost everytime on boxes but its just harder for me …. i think its because i put my backsiding foot on first then my souling foot on i think thats why its harder but any advice would be nice
josh poop
12 Sep, 2007
if i do the soul but use my right foot as my soul foot and left as frontside is it still called a soul?
Ryan Kidwiler
3 Nov, 2007
This trick is really easy for me but it can really suck if your soul plate misses the rail and you ride on it. This could end up really bad :(
ales jakopic
1 Apr, 2008
Oo I am suprised to say this trick is easy . I have been skating for 3 days xD i can so front side and back side very well but not soul.I know i have been skating for 3 days but i prasticed 5 hours a day or more .I just cant get it to slide it and i step on not jump xD thats kinda hard any tips please comment it :D
Tj Virtanen
1 Apr, 2008
dynasty1701: They should go same time for having better style but I cannot do them same time and if u donot do them same time u should definetily have youre souling foot firts.
soul is nice grind:D
Austin N
1 Apr, 2008
I've been practicing stalls, and its natural that my left foot is frontside and my right is souled.
I thought this would be a soul, but i guess it depends on what angle you go from? or would i be mizou'ing?
Aaron C
1 Apr, 2008
god this was difficult for me, i had to practice stalling a bunch before grinding
landing on the soul part of my boot was really foreign to me and hard to learn. once im on balance is easy though, its just a matter of getting both feet in the same place
Marcus Mock
1 Apr, 2008
This is the Simplest grind in Aggressive I leaned after 15 min to perfect it
Just roll up Jump push the side of your boot onto the ledge and place your back foot like a backside SO EASY! ;)
wouter noerens
1 Apr, 2008
@noro lean in the grind enough, make sure the wheels don't touch the obstacle
andreas noro
1 Apr, 2008
i can't find out how to keep grindÌng¥, every time i try my left food hits the right. please help me
max treutlein
1 Apr, 2008
this fuckin trick is almost easier than te frontside! i tried it 2days but it dosent work!
wouter noerens
1 Apr, 2008
i can pornstar a handrail ,ledge ,makio ledge,mizou too but i just can't get my soul on my box
my front foot foesn't seem to want to get on top of my box
Sam Caba
1 Apr, 2008
give it a week of practise everyday and u can do it blindfolded! practise is the key dudes! it only gets easier every time!
jean-paul berghen
1 Apr, 2008
:Dso easy to do this trick It was my first grind everB)B)B) And now i almost always land it:D later dudes
Skylar Johnson
1 Apr, 2008
this trick is easy
nelson pena
1 Apr, 2008
ths is so easy if you cant do it you f@#$%^ suck
ben iburg
1 Apr, 2008
is it even possible to soul a ledge?? if it is, then how do ye do it? :(
Kevin Houser
1 Apr, 2008
Some people find Souls easier than any other grinds. It took me about a week to learn to stall on the soul plate consistently. Then i started doing the grinds.
Don't learn these on handrails until youre completely comfortable with souls. I would recommend learning other tricks on rails first, because these are known to hurt the worst when you rack (i.e. do the splits on a rail and rack your nuts). I recommend makio, miszou, back farf, or front royale. Topsoul is oftentimes safer than soul even.
Frontside, Miszou, Makio, Pornstar, and Soul are the most common grinds people learn first. It depends on the person as to which they learn first. I learned frontside, then soul, then royale, then more…
mark lugton
1 Apr, 2008
bacardi…... as far as u feel comfortable with,,,, the further apart they r, the harder it is for u to lose ur balance…... hmmm, personally i thought the frontside was easier to learn then the soul, but soul grinding feels safer, and more natural
Michael Ojeda
1 Apr, 2008
You should try to do a combo—makio and then go to a soul, or you can Mizou and then go to a soul, its a little tricky to learn, cuz you have to turn your body if you wanna stay on the rail