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** When Sora visits [[{{Disney/Tarzan}} Deep Jungle]] in the first ''[[{{VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI}} Kingdom Hearts]]'', there's a minigame where he and Tarzan go tree-surfing. To make this even weirder, if you make the right turns you can end up sliding through a ''cave''.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series.

* In John Woo's ''Stranglehold'' Detective Tequila is able to grind down rails while shooting enemies in slow motion.

* Franchise/SlyCooper learns the Rail Slide technique after Episode 2 of [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRAccoonus the first game]]. [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves The third game]] takes it even further with [[spoiler:Laser Rail Slide]].

** The below mentioned [[ProductPlacement Soap Shoes]] were featured in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' in order to introduce rail sliding to the series. Although the games no longer feature the brand (due to the bankruptcy of the original company), the rail grinding has remained. Originally only Sonic and Shadow could grind. Now anyone can grind, even those without shoes, like Big (who wears sandals instead) and Omega (who's a robot, and thus has no need for clothes). In other words, in the world of Sonic, people really, ''really'' like Soap Shoes.

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* The Disney ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' movie, and the ''GeorgeOfTheJungle'' movies.

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* In the video game ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', the main character, [[IThoughtItMeant Raz, can grind on anything]] -- branches, ropes, wires, monorail tracks, wooden rails, ''tables'', and probably your nose. It's [[HandWave handwaved]] by him being raised in a circus.

* Characters in ''VideoGame/{{Jet Set Radio}}'' employ grind boots capable of grinding anything even if it goes directly up.

* Lady Alvida of ''Manga/OnePiece'' can now do this, thanks to her Devil Fruit powers.

* Chev Chelios in ''CrankHighVoltage'' attempted this, but failed while [[GroinAttack crushing his balls]].

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' features several segments, during the on-foot portions of the game, wherein Pit grinds on rails made of light. No special footwear required; he gets by with his standard sandals. They happen to be gifts from Palutena, and can only be seen, much less ridden, by Pit.

* A level in ''GunstarHeroes'' has the player(s) sliding at high speed down a hill, fighting off sliding bad guys all the while.

* Whenever Sora visited [[{{Disney/Tarzan}} Deep]] [[{{ChuckCunninghamSyndrome}} Jungle]] in the first ''[[{{VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI}} Kingdom Hearts]]'', there was a minigame where he and Tarzan went tree-surfing. To make this even weirder, if you made the right turns you would end up sliding through a ''cave''.

* Batman, Nightwing and the Red Hood all do this in a chase scene in ''BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.

* As noted above, ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''

** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' feature grinding as part of the gameplay. It's pretty noticable how the rails magnetically attracts any characters who have their shoes close to the rails. Miss, and [[BottomlessPit oblivion awaits]].

* Used in ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'' during [[http://darkencomic.com/?webcomic_post=20051028 The Race]].

* StaticShock employs a flying disc to travel around, but when he meets similarly powered veteran superhero Soul Power, he learns to use his powers to grind power lines to travel around.

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Named after the equipment from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' that allows the main character to grind rails.

* As noted above, ''RatchetAndClank''

Ever try grinding a rail on a skateboard? It is as hard as it looks. But not as hard as grinding one without a board. Despite this a surprising number of characters are able to do just that. Sometimes they don't even need a rail, they can grind just as well down any slope.

* Characters in {{Jet Set Radio}} employ grind boots capable of grinding anything even if it goes directly up.

* An episode of ''InuYasha'' features [=InuYasha=] and Miroku rushing to the aid of the populace by sliding down a grassy hill.

* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series.
** The below mentioned [[ProductPlacement Soap Shoes]] were featured in ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure 2]]'' in order to introduce rail sliding to the series. Although the games no longer feature the brand (due to the bankruptcy of the original company), the rail grinding has remained. Originally only Sonic and Shadow could grind. Now anyone can grind, even those without shoes, like Big (who wears sandals instead) and Omega (who's a robot, and thus has no need for clothes). In other words, in the world of Sonic, people really, ''really'' like Soap Shoes.

** In ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), the Kingdom Valley level features special poles with a bar on a green orb on the end. Hitting these orbs causes them to spin around the pole and create a small pathway made out of spiralling wind [[http://img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots_ps3/sonic/sonic1_large.jpg that one can grind on.]]

* Lady Alvida of ''OnePiece'' can now do this, thanks to her Devil Fruit powers.

* In ''TheLegendOfKorra'', metalbender police officers sometimes use this during chases. Considering the [[ExtraOreDinary nature of their powers]], it's completely justified.

* When Sora visits Tarzan's world in the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts1'', there's a minigame where the two of them go tree-surfing. To make this even weirder, if you make the right turns you end up sliding through a ''cave''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' has this as a regular feature. The series being what it is, there's nothing forcing you to grind in the direction of gravity, and indeed must use the feature to go ''straight up''.

* ''SlyCooper'' learns the Rail Slide technique after Episode 2 of the first game.

* The eponymous ''TyTheTasmanianTiger'' can grind on rails and ropes. ''Bare pawed''.

** Soap shoes were featured in ''[[SonicAdventureSeries Sonic Adventure 2]]'' in order to introduce rail sliding to the series. Although the games no longer feature the brand, the rail grinding has remained. Originally only Sonic and Shadow could grind. Now anyone can grind, even those without shoes, like Big (who wears sandals instead) and Omega (who's a robot, and thus has no need for clothes). In other words, in the world of Sonic, people really, ''really'' like Soap shoes.

* Real life example: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_shoes Soap Shoes]] are shoes with a built in plastic concavity in the sole to allow grinding rails.

* When Sora visits Tarzan's world in the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', there's a minigame where the two of them go tree-surfing. To make this even weirder, if you make the right turns you end up sliding through a ''cave''.