---
title: Stalefish grab
skill: land a straight air with a Stalefish grab
switch: true
tags:
- kickers
- grabs
image: stalefish-grab.mp4
image_source: https://youtu.be/q9c-oIwvLTk
image_credit: Raph Trinidad
image_credit_url: https://www.youtube.com/@raphtrinidad8758
image_title: "HOW TO DO A STALEFISH GRAB - WAKEBOARDING TUTORIAL"
image_clip: https://youtu.be/q9c-oIwvLTk?0:24.3-0:27.1
authors:
- renec112
published: 2026-09-22
---

The Stalefish is the back-hand cousin of the [Method](/wakeboarding/method-grab). Reach down behind your back leg with your back hand and grab the heel edge just in front of your back binding. Because the hand goes behind the leg, it looks harder than it is once the board comes up to you.

Learn it on heelside straight airs off the L-kicker. Ride in on a mellow heelside edge and keep the board flat off the lip.

Learn more here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9c-oIwvLTk

*[Raph Trinidad](https://www.youtube.com/@raphtrinidad8758) · [HOW TO DO A STALEFISH GRAB - WAKEBOARDING TUTORIAL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9c-oIwvLTk)*

## Key tips

- Back hand, heel edge, just in front of the back binding, reaching behind the back leg
- Push the board a little forward in the air - it makes the grab easier to reach and looks better
- Board up to the hand, not hand down to the board

See a map of all grabs [here](/courses/wakeboarding/grabs/).