Skate Better - Griptape Review: Mob vs Grizzly vs Shake Junt

[@mikerein5854]

Love this review. You probably saved me 4 hours of reading reddit forums. Very thorough and great detailed comparisons.

[@Skatebetter]

Thank you my g!

[@xX12VincEXx]

Finally I found a good griptape review with all bigger griptape brands. Haven't tried Mob or Grizzly (but I definitely will). Love Shake-Junt so far, even though it isn't the gripiest. It's a cosmetic thing, however I really like the reflections/shine/glitter effect of the griptape when your skating outside. Some brands from Germany (Emillion and Titus), doesn't have it that much.

[@xX12VincEXx]

PS: Subscribed :D

[@Skatebetter]

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I also love shake just. Let me know what you think of mob and grizzly when you get a chance to check them out!

[@valix8477]

Whats wrong w/ titus

[@8bitsamurai6]

Im just getting into it but seems like Mob and Grizz are the top favs. Mobs def grippier to the touch. Really personaly taste.

[@kaydenmaguire659]

Dude I don’t get why you don’t have 1 mill subs you’re awesome and funny I believe in your channel man!

[@Skatebetter]

STEAZE SKATEBORDING Thanks a lot man! I really appreciate the support, it means a lot!

[@evvilando]

My advice: Never buy Jessup Grip. Wears down easily and isn't grippy at all

[@thekelsek6337]

Double that. It's not bad per say but for me it was not grippy enough and it wore down pretty fast.

[@tuplahaukat]

Depends, i kinda like that for flip tricks. With Mob i have problems with peeling and being too grippy.

[@jonathanrequena4361]

You crazy Jessup is the best in the business followed by grizzly AM shake is garbage, and so is mob

[@llama8860]

Yeah, Jessup doesn't last for very long. It's good in the beginning, but starts to wear down, and slips off very soon.

[@evvilando]

@@llama8860 exactly. i just put jessup on my board again and like 1/5 of my griptape looks like it was torn off

[@vandal.e6541]

Grizzly is my favorite. Simply because it’s the best of both worlds. Not insanely grippy like mob but not gripless like Jess up. Its right in the middle

[@YNG.nation301k]

Someone needed to say that.I love grizzly also💯🧸

[@borisbadenov9863]

Grizzly rules

[@SKATEGRAFFDANK]

Mob or Shake Junt 4 life

[@ryandecker3127]

love grizzly slighty sand when brand new thoo

[@watchmesquatch]

Yep.

[@g51582]

awesome review. never seen your channel before today but you have solid, chill delivery.

[@Skatebetter]

g51582 appreciate that!

[@hoodedcobra1531]

Grizzly did good making graphics on the griptape…

[@camelo1495]

nice one bro. Bought the mob cause I need the grip front foot keeps coming off on the transition so I need grip.

[@Skatebetter]

camelo Mob is definitely the grippiest. Hope it works to your favor!

[@toddt.]

I've always liked black magic

[@Zoloxer]

Came here bc i started heavily skating transition and always have used jessup my whole life as preferencd... but jeses mf christ did i eat some doo doo 💩 bc my front foot slipped off while doing a 5050 stall on a 6ft pool coping. Made me rethink my entire skate career and now im here 😭

[@alphaskateboarding6048]

Ow dude just ow.

[@Jay2loud]

You look like a buff Chris cole

[@Skatebetter]

I’ll take it, lol.

[@jouhajohnny]

Lowkey hahaha

[@isakeliasson8680]

Mob is the best griptape

[@WorldsWorstGarage]

Drixy I prefer shake junt, but I respect your opinion

[@Adam-118]

Been building cruise boards for a while, I wanted to know what the popular opinions were about the cheapest tape in my town which is mob tape. I shyd away from it at first for diamond tape. I hate diamond tape now, it fucking hurts man. Definitely realizing mob is best for what I do haha. Thanks man!

[@diddymelone2265]

By far my favourite is SYS griptape, its made of synthethic material, softer than shoe Material, so it doesnt rip your shoes, grips Just fine and saves you literally hundreds of dollars. If you can find it, its much better than rubber grip or Something like that.

[@kotymccallister5150]

Also, as to not wanting to risk running a grip you don't like, just re grip the deck lol. If it sucks peel it up and s tr ick a fresh sheet down. (Remove the trucks first, I made this mistake when re gripping my first board lol

[@Skatebetter]

Kolton McCallister this is great! I would love to see a video of someone doing this as i always thought it would be quite a hassle!

[@kotymccallister5150]

@@Skatebetter it's simple enough, just peel it up lol. It 100% will come off in several pieces. Bet you can't get it off in one piece

[@Skatebetter]

Kolton McCallister hahaha thanks! I thought you would need some sort of liquid “remover” lol

[@kotymccallister5150]

@@Skatebetter nah, it's a workout that Hercules would approve of, but itll come off haha

[@dam0AU]

You can use a hairdryer on it for a couple minutes to make the glue easier to peel off

[@kotymccallister5150]

Mob is very thick griptape. Like twice as thick as most. Why people say it peels. (It's never peeled on me)

[@Skatebetter]

Kolton McCallister I’m curious as to what kind of Mob grip you have skated (M80, the standard, etc). I’ve skated the standard twice and i didn’t find it thick at all, actually it felt rather thin, however I could totally see how the heavy granulation makes it feel thick.

[@kotymccallister5150]

@@Skatebetter standard MOB. It's just a thick grip. Compared to things like jessup, other deck branded grips, shake junt ect

[@Skatebetter]

Kolton McCallister 100%. I’ve been skating shake junt for a while now and it definitely feels thinner for sure. What kind of deck do you ride?

[@kotymccallister5150]

@@Skatebetter my current deck is a blind full concave. The one before it was an enjoi? If I recall correctly. But I've had various deck brands. Like mystery, mini logo, darkstar, etc. On all of them mob seemed like a really thick grip. I know the last time I held two sheets at once was back in like 2016 at zumiez lol. So things could be manufactured differently since then

[@Skatebetter]

Kolton McCallister I’m definitely itching to try blind. Let me know if you like it. And i laughed really hard because lately the only thing i go to Zumiez for is grip tape! lol

[@markjenkins1217]

How goes it, tidy video you've gotten here.

[@Skatebetter]

Mark Jenkins thank you sir!

[@whydidiwastemytimeonthis4581]

Which one helps shoes last longer, Shake Junt or Grizzly?

[@Skatebetter]

why did i waste my time on this If I’m being honest- i think Shake Junt and Grizzly can both do some damage when they are fresh, and ultimately in my opinion I’d say Shake Junt “smoothes out” faster so I’d give them the win as far as not damaging your shoes.

[@drygulch1000]

I think Jessup ultra has a little bit more grip than mob.

[@Skatebetter]

never tried it but im intrigued for sure.

[@SKATEGRAFFDANK]

Jess up grip fucks up the tip of the nose and Tail ...so definitely the worse than mob

[@anhiirr]

Depends on what you ride and what kind of tricks. I love mob especially on flat concave, The more i ride concave boards the more ive been riding SJ, same with doing fliptricks on 8.8 shapes. If i get mob on concave i blast through laces and shoes. Its the right amount of grip though for flat/mellow/shallow concave especially fliptricks i really feel my board and flick fs flips with mob. But one of my favorite tricks are nollie halfcabs Mob on concave is a completely different style of doing them big. I started running venture 6.1s on those setups too from my indy 159s. Same height bc stage X and stage 9s are around the same height of venture highs. Just kind of depends on the type of skating youre doing, if im riding an 8.8-9.25 strictly for bowls/grinds/airs. Id take mob, but if i want to ride an 8.8 for some slappy and fliptrick fun ill go with SJ. The grip affects how i shove out of nose/tail slides...mob tends to be more sticky and less flick, especially depending on the nose/tail shape and how they lock in and pop out. I mean PJ skates jessup among a few others and hes a gold standard street skater so i dont really pick sides just try stuff out myself. But mob has a signature feel for fs flips that really brings them home for me. Gonna try a twin tail ishod 8.38 He rides SJ so it wil be the second pop i try with SJ ive ridden 2 shapes so far. But i havent skated the ventures with mob grip so ill probably run that on the twin tail once i go through a flat baker. Mob also brings the bs360s and full-cabs home too. TBH i only really skated SJ bc of their team and figured its passing grade bc foy, reynolds, ishod, spencer etc so many rad skaters run it....but tbh its bc they set up boards often so its a perfect grip when brand new. For a long-standing quiver id stick with mob. Gum soles and mob grip and suede/leather upper is just something you either get used to and die hard or move on from. When covid hit my shop didnt have blank mob for a good window which is when i was willing to try SJ, bc i didnt want to ride a graphicd mob grip. Whats weird is the shop told me it would be grippy, but i was like w.e i guess its rider approved. Just the dirtier/older it gets the worse it feels but then again bakers soften up too and that its own territory of boardfeel/grip/snap etc. And LOL i once bought a bargain bin 35$ toy machine didnt even know the size other than a line up with my deck. It was the first time i rode a flat deck with a flat nose/tail. On jessup my foot would come off ollies on sets id eat shit so hard XD sometimes my nose would barely get up. Yet i love flat for street/fliptricks just with mob LOL. Also with SJ you really have to sand the edges of your grip job so you dont catch it with fliptricks or flipping into a slide and dark slide. If theres any grip it will peel/rip etc. I chipped a brandnew setup trying to fs flip a hip and lukily i was able to extract the chip w.o tearing the girp bc it was so fresh...if it was broken in that would be gone. I would havg glued the chip back in if it was my main ride or on the toe side. Nothing worse than a fat chip on the first week of a setup. The boards 32.75 length so its definitely its own deal it blasts though with no speed needed. Grips good though on SJ not insane like mob but i got boardslide reverts with SJ on rails/boxes to flat which is nice to whip out in a session. essentially fall out of a boardslide land 90 then revert while trying not to lose speed. SJ has a good feel for smith/lip lock ins the way your feet grip those tricks it really applys to the boardslide reverts. Then again Mob is more ideal in pools for that pivot out of boardslides and nose slides. Concave and shapes really is that middle ground for mob with me. The ppl asking about shoe efficacy is ironic, Mob i can just tap the mid nose of my board mid ollie to kickflip less grip especially on flat concave i need to drag my foot a lot more to do kick flips or 3 flips so by that aspect overall you ruin shoes with less grippy grip bc you have to have youre shoe sideways/dragging more to flick. Mob you can flick a lot of tricks with your toe cap, especially with concave. But fresh mob on brand new shoes is only something i do in rare occasions just to know what it feels like to be sponsored LMAO like wow this break in period of grip and fresh gum/cap rubber is so rare. If youre shoes are already broken in/destroyed fresh mob is like heaven. people really dont do enough half-cabs and it shows....if they really knew how easy it was to blow a cuff on a shoe or a low profile shoe....and i do nollies so i blow out the toe in the front foot and the heel/cuff in the back. I could care less about how bad my grip is for my shoes and put more emphasis on shoe design/wear. Talking as someone that loved skating rowley pro's growing up that knew they lasted all about one day of skating, they were a race to see if the toe cap blew out or the box/upper first.

[@adzivy4301]

Who is your English teacher I think he deserves an award

[@OscarMan12]

Too much text

[@Flak2k]

What the orange stuff around the board

[@Skatebetter]

I think what you’re talking about is just the stain of the wood of the deck. Decks are made of different plies of wood that are often stained different colors (usually for fun). I hope that helps!

[@rwirtz77]

Jessup is made in usa, get some Vans and hell concave and Jessup is great. It has that old school fly paper look to it too which i like. Looks different then normal grip.

[@josephbachtel6756]

Prolly a dumb question but does any sticky grip tape exist that doesn’t destroy your shoes?

[@Skatebetter]

joseph bachtel As far as “real” griptape goes, not that i know of my g. I know there’s a company that makes a “fake” griptape in like a rubber material that won’t destroy your shoes, but it has some different properties than real griptape from what I’ve seen (thicker, less sticky, etc.). I know it’s a bummer, but i think most skaters except their shoes are gonna get beat up given enough time. Good luck out there homie!

[@josephbachtel6756]

Skate Better thanks man I’m not new to skating or anything I’ve been skating for ab a year I’m just broke asf I can’t afford a new pair of shoes every month or to slip and fall on my ass every time I pop an Ollie

[@Skatebetter]

joseph bachtel totally here you and feel that!

[@RikRiorik]

joseph bachtel DKL Non Abrasive Rubber Grip. Might take some getting used to but your shoes will last infinitely longer. Might not be the choice you want for transition but for flat(ish) there’s no reason not to save your shoes. Just make sure you watch the tutorial on how to apply it so it doesn’t peel too easily.

[@philipwalling3906]

I like DKL but it does peals much easier than any other tape. It lasts forever so I just super glue the spots that peel up.

[@danielm428]

Shake Junt is difficult to apply, I was disappointed with my edges before I even skated it.

[@Skatebetter]

I had the exact same experience with the first grip i had from them- then the rest were fine for whatever weird reason.

[@Dan_Hazard]

Could you review Flik grip tape

[@xfasterd8932]

I got mob and it is the least grippy griptape ive ever gotten, cant even ollie over 3in now. I mightve gotten defective griptape but it feels really really small granulations

[@Skatebetter]

Are you sure it isn’t Mob M-80? The reason I ask is that is a cheaper version of mob and I find they usually give it for free if you buy a deck but it’s different than regular mob. And you could be right it could totally be a fluke or something weird. I’ve had 3 sheets of mob and I could swear the last one was not as grippy as well.

[@xfasterd8932]

@@Skatebetter i dont think i got m-80 but im not 100% sure im getting new grip soon probaly gonna get shake junt

[@Sk8tan]

Do clear grips are good tho ?

[@NeuroplasticityReprogram]

They aren't the same material so, colored/clear griptape isn't as durable & doesn't last as long. That being said I love skating clear grip so I don't have to make cuts in my grip tape, you get to see those top graphics. There is the trade off of possibly having to replace it before the life of the deck is spent. I have personally had excellent luck with Black Diamond Grip, been skating it since I was a teenager.

[@joshodonovan4602]

You are under rated

[@Skatebetter]

Thanks my g!

[@vrokyoto]

Funny how eveyone says Jess is ass, but for me I think grizzly lost grip in literal weeks

[@Skatebetter]

I agree- for me Grizzly is overrated but for some people it just works i guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@sasproductions701]

so grizzly is the best then?

[@Skatebetter]

SAS Productions Personally i find it hard to proclaim anything in skateboarding as the “best.” It all comes down to personal preference and what helps you skate the best. I will say that Grizzly is a very good all around griptape and i found it had a good in the middle “grittiness” compared to other companies. I hope that helps!

[@sasproductions701]

@@Skatebetter i use to skate jessops back in my day and everyone did. now im looking at either jessops or another brand i should try for my new set up. im thinking of going medium coarse, what range is jessops at if mob is the grippiest .

[@Skatebetter]

SAS Productions From everything I’ve read Grizzly is slightly more gritty than Jessup, but apparently also better quality as a lot of people have issues with the wear of Jessup. I can personally say Grizzly does seem to hold up REALLY well, so to me it’s worth it to pay a little more than Jessup. Both Jessup and Grizzly are less gritty than mob- so they say.

[@sasproductions701]

@@Skatebetter ok thanks bro, at the moment i got element griptape and all i can say is its wack i dont like it. its not so grippy and im sure i find it worse than jessops.

[@lukebraverman8366]

Poop

[@johntorres532]

Which last longer but doesnt ruin your shoe as fast. I know it'll ruin it regardless lol

[@Skatebetter]

Oddly enough i would say Grizzly. It’s honestly not even my preferred grip but out of all the grips I’ve skated that one still seems to be in great shape and it’s not super gritty so should be easier on the shoes.

[@johntorres532]

@@Skatebetter thanks dude it's been 10 years since I've skated and I have tried jessup and mob but it's been yeah 10 years

[@Skatebetter]

@@johntorres532 welcome back my g!

[@johntorres532]

@@Skatebetter thanks dude lol but kinda intimidated cause i was okay but wasnt great but who knows maybe 10 years i can have changed lol. But yeah thanks dude continue with the great content!!!

[@barbipudwillHD74]

Place your feet on sheet of Grizzlygrip.

[@hellohi-mj8ho]

Mob peels a lot

[@benjamins7229]

Word of advice brother. Stop smacking your lips between sentences. As weird as it may seem, it actually drives away viewers on KZbin. I know people who immediately turn off a video when they hear it. Love the content though!!

[@Skatebetter]

Hey my g! Totally understand what you’re saying. This video was made a while ago before before I started editing my videos to make things easier. I used to do them all in one take (which took a few tries) so my mouth got dry lol. Great advice I agree! Check out my newest video on the Spitfire Classics, I doubt you’ll find a single “smack” lol.

[@benjamins7229]

@@Skatebetter hell yea man haha I wasn’t trying to be a dick. Hope I didn’t come off as one , love your videos

[@Skatebetter]

@@benjamins7229 not at all! I absolutely appreciate any and all constructive criticism!

[@christopherlim307]

DKL if you wanna save your shoes

[@kidmorgan1226]

Im the 666s subscriber

[@Skatebetter]

*palpatine voice* gooooood... lol

[@whiteymamasan4138]

I like mob. I refuse to skate shake junt because I have know idea what the fuck a shake junt even is or means. Plus I see everyone riding shake junt. I'm terminally unique so I can't be like everyone else. Never tried grizzly. Don't think I will. Not interested in being in a grizzly squad. That sounds weak to me. Jessup sticks to you like herpes.

[@npentify]

you are thinking way too mucha bout his lmfao

[@SKATEGRAFFDANK]

Shake Junts the best i hate Diamond grip