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The Seat Grab Indian Air

Indian Air Video 1
Indian Air Videos 2,3,4

The superman seat grab indian air is similar to a standard superman seat grab, as far as getting off the bike and grabbing the grab hole goes. The difference is that when the trick is in full extension, the rider will have his legs crossed and kicked out to the opposite side of the bike. Keep in mind, there are several ways to rotate your hips and move your legs to do a superman seat grab indian air. What will be discussed in this section is the most common way used by the professionals.

To complete this trick, bring your legs off the bike as if you were doing a superman seat grab. As you grab the 'grab hole', instead of kicking your legs back and behind the bike, begin to rotate your hips sideways. The directions of the torso rotation is a matter of personal preference and comfort level. You should try both directions to determine which is most natural to you, and what you feel looks cooler. Once you've figuered our where your hips are going, its time to kick your legs out. The "normal" way to do the indian air is to kick your right leg the left side of the bike and your left leg is kicked to the right side of the bike. Some people don't do this; they just rotate their hips sideways and kick their leg out to its corresponding side. This may look cool but is not a true indian air. A true indian air is a can can and a nac nac at the same time.
To come back on the bike, you must reverse the kicking motion or your legs, bringing them back to their usual superman positions, while turning your hips back to a neutral state as well. Almost simultaneously, begin pulling yourself back onto the seat. When you are directly over the bike set your feet on the pegs and touch down.

Okay. I'm preparing my body here for a trick; I'm in the "attack" position, ready to allow my arms and legs to be compressed slightly as soon as I hit the "sweet spot" of the ramp. Since my front wheel is at the beginning of the sweet spot, I've already begun to compress my legs/arms a hair to pop off the bike.

You can see how at the top of the ramp, I'm already decompressing. My legs are much straiter, but my arms aren't straitening because my legs and lower body will lead here. My shoulders have allowed my upper-body to drift forward a tad, to prepare it to lunge back in just a second.

My legs are already beginning their bounce off the bike (the "pop"), and my rear wheel isn't completely off the ramp yet. I'm also thrusting my rear-end back with my arms, because I know my legs will follow the motion that it makes.

Like any grab trick, only a few feet off the ramp I'm already halfway to my grab-hole. I'm getting my head down, butt up, and my feet are bouncing off the pegs (already about 3/4 a foot off them).

As soon as I've got my grab secured (a gesture that I'm very comfortable with) I'm already rotating my hips. Normally I'd be extending both legs (on a normal seat-grab) strait back but here I keep my right leg a little "sloppy" (bent up a little) so that rotating it to my left won't take as much force, and will come more natually. My left leg will stay bent a while I'm rotating my hips, and It'll eventually be sloppier than my right leg after I cross them and straiten my right leg it will stay at around 90 degrees hanging behind me.

You can see how I've rotated my hips to the left as I've pushed up with my left hand/arm - forcing my whole lower body further off the bike. My left leg remains bent about 90 degrees, and I've straitened my right leg as I push it across the plane of my bike and the rear wheel. My right leg is now going into "left leg territory" and as my left leg reaches "right leg territory" it will become the sloppy one as it goes behind me. I also begin to rotate my head to the left to look over, mostly for style, but also because looking to my left will help my body turn in that direction.

Alright! I know I've hit my mark here, as I feel my right leg fully-extended on the left-side of the bike. That's my main landmark for this trick - the extension of my right leg on the left side of the bike. My head is rotated to the left, and I've maintained a fairly-horizontal position with my body by holding steady with my left arm on the grab hole.

Now to come back in, I must reverse the rotation of my legs BEFORE I pull my upper-body in with my arms. If I were to pull with my arms first, I could get hung up. I bend my left leg back 90 degrees while I also retract my right leg slightly to make myself "ball up" a little, which is what I need to do to come back on.

Still holding onto the grab here, I've untwisted my legs to the point where I am now in a very similar position to coming back from a normal seat-grab. I've unwrapped/untwisted my legs, but I don't want to over rotate them and lose my bearing. Now is where my focus has switched back to my upper body and pulling myself back on with my arms.

My upper body is pretty much there, and I have felt my feet hit the pegs again. I still am holding onto the grab in this frame (or just let go but still close), and now that I've completed my upper-bodys motion and my feet are on/close to the footpegs, I'm going to get it back to my handlebars.

Okay, time to prepare for the landing. Hands secure, feet on the pegs, my knees are slightly bent along with my elbows, and I am spotting my landing. Because I left the ramp correctly and didn't make any significant pulls on the bike (a really tough pull on the grab hole with your arm can sometimes bring the nose up slightly) I am ready for the landing.

I've stood up slightly more here then in the last frame because I'm just about to land and this is a little-bit harsher landing (because it's a little mellower than I'd like). I'm ready to make any adjustments I may need to, and I'm looking between the bottom of the landing and my landing spot to ensure nothing is in the way.

Okay. I'm preparing my body here for a trick; I'm in the "attack" position, ready to allow my arms and legs to be compressed slightly as soon as I hit the "sweet spot" of the ramp. Since my front wheel is at the beginning of the sweet spot, I've already begun to compress my legs/arms a hair to pop off the bike.	You can see how at the top of the ramp, I'm already decompressing. My legs are much straiter, but my arms aren't straitening because my legs and lower body will lead here. My shoulders have allowed my upper-body to drift forward a tad, to prepare it to lunge back in just a second.	My legs are already beginning their bounce off the bike (the "pop"), and my rear wheel isn't completely off the ramp yet. I'm also thrusting my rear-end back with my arms, because I know my legs will follow the motion that it makes.
Like any grab trick, only a few feet off the ramp I'm already halfway to my grab-hole. I'm getting my head down, butt up, and my feet are bouncing off the pegs (already about 3/4 a foot off them).	As soon as I've got my grab secured (a gesture that I'm very comfortable with) I'm already rotating my hips. Normally I'd be extending both legs (on a normal seat-grab) strait back but here I keep my right leg a little "sloppy" (bent up a little) so that rotating it to my left won't take as much force, and will come more natually. My left leg will stay bent a while I'm rotating my hips, and It'll eventually be sloppier than my right leg after I cross them and straiten my right leg it will stay at around 90 degrees hanging behind me.	You can see how I've rotated my hips to the left as I've pushed up with my left hand/arm - forcing my whole lower body further off the bike. My left leg remains bent about 90 degrees, and I've straitened my right leg as I push it across the plane of my bike and the rear wheel. My right leg is now going into "left leg territory" and as my left leg reaches "right leg territory" it will become the sloppy one as it goes behind me. I also begin to rotate my head to the left to look over, mostly for style, but also because looking to my left will help my body turn in that direction.
Alright! I know I've hit my mark here, as I feel my right leg fully-extended on the left-side of the bike. That's my main landmark for this trick - the extension of my right leg on the left side of the bike. My head is rotated to the left, and I've maintained a fairly-horizontal position with my body by holding steady with my left arm on the grab hole.	Now to come back in, I must reverse the rotation of my legs BEFORE I pull my upper-body in with my arms. If I were to pull with my arms first, I could get hung up. I bend my left leg back 90 degrees while I also retract my right leg slightly to make myself "ball up" a little, which is what I need to do to come back on.	Still holding onto the grab here, I've untwisted my legs to the point where I am now in a very similar position to coming back from a normal seat-grab. I've unwrapped/untwisted my legs, but I don't want to over rotate them and lose my bearing. Now is where my focus has switched back to my upper body and pulling myself back on with my arms.
My upper body is pretty much there, and I have felt my feet hit the pegs again. I still am holding onto the grab in this frame (or just let go but still close), and now that I've completed my upper-bodys motion and my feet are on/close to the footpegs, I'm going to get it back to my handlebars.	Okay, time to prepare for the landing. Hands secure, feet on the pegs, my knees are slightly bent along with my elbows, and I am spotting my landing. Because I left the ramp correctly and didn't make any significant pulls on the bike (a really tough pull on the grab hole with your arm can sometimes bring the nose up slightly) I am ready for the landing.	I've stood up slightly more here then in the last frame because I'm just about to land and this is a little-bit harsher landing (because it's a little mellower than I'd like). I'm ready to make any adjustments I may need to, and I'm looking between the bottom of the landing and my landing spot to ensure nothing is in the way.