Editing Indy grab

{{Short description|Type of aerial sports trick}}
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[[Image:Snowboard IndyGrab2.jpg|thumb|200px|An indy grab performed on a snowboard.]]
[[File:Air in front of the clouds - Far Rockaway Skatepark - September - 2019.jpg|thumb|Indy in front of the clouds - Far Rockaway Skatepark - September - 2019]]
An '''Indy grab''', also known as an Indy air, is an aerial [[skateboarding]], [[snowboarding]] and [[kitesurfing]] trick during which the rider grabs their back hand on the middle of their board, between their feet, on the side of the board where their toes are pointing. The Indy grab is a generic skateboarding trick that has been performed since the late 1970s. This trick is performed mainly while [[vert ramp|vert]] skating, e.g. on [[halfpipes]]. Although this move can be done on flat land, it is much easier on a ramp. The Indy grab is one of the basic tricks in vert skating and is usually combined with spins, [[kickflip]]s and heelflips.

The Indy air was originally called the Gunnair, which was invented by Gunnar Haugo in 1977.<ref>Skateboarder magazine, August 1978, Volume 5 Number 1, page 101.</ref> By 1980, the trick was renamed the Indy air, after the Independent Truck Company by skateboarder [[Duane Peters]] (who popularized this grab around 1980).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.snowboarder.com/transworld-snowboarding-archive/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-frontside-indy | title=Theres No Such Thing as a Frontside Indy | date=17 June 2015 }}</ref> The trick involves doing a [[frontside|backside]] air while gripping one's board on the toe side, between the feet with the trailing hand. If the board is grabbed during a frontside air, the trick is simply called a "frontside air", as opposed to a frontside [[Ollie (skateboarding trick)|ollie]], in which there is no grab. Many variations have come into existence as skaters push the limits of creativity and physical exertion. Two of the most popular variations are the kickflip Indy and Indy nosebone.

The term ''Indy grab'' may also be misapplied to any aerial in which the rider grabs the toe side of their board with their trailing hand (as in snowboarding). This confusion is partly due to the name being applied to all such grabs in the ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater]]'' video game.

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