Skateboard trick to be renamed in honour of deaf inventor
by Alex Hern from World news | The Guardian on (#56VQN)
The mute grab' to become the Weddle grab' after first person to do the move in 1981
For almost 40 years, the mute grab" has been part of a skateboarder's bag of tricks: grabbing the toe side of the board between their feet, while rotating backside", to land facing the opposite direction.
Now, the trick is being renamed to better honour its inventor, Chris Weddle, a deaf skater who was never actually mute in the first place.
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