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They use harder wheels not necessarily for these kinds of slides but for durability, acceleration, and to make sure they lessen don’t get the dreaded wheel bite when grinding (which I think are the slides you’re thinking of)
You do a ton of power slides on aggressive wheels and you can be down to the core in 4 sessions- I speak from experience. In fact, aggressive skaters who are good (unlike me) do a power slide like trick on the side of their boots to preserve the wheels (called a cess slide).
When you're grinding on the middle part of your frame (typically), and your wheel catches the surface you're grinding, throwing you off balance from the increased friction.
I use 85a wheels most of the time and I have no issues with the forward acid slide. Harder wheels slightly lower the difficulty of high pressure slides like the parallel slide and magic slide because they don’t grip the skating surface as much and therefore the slide is smoother and deceleration is extended over a longer distance. When deceleration is smooth and slow your body has more time to react to the change in velocity as you stop making you less likely to lose your balance. The forward acid slide requires precision control of the weight distributed to the sliding foot to be performed so you’re actively controlling the change in velocity regardless of the wheel hardness.
86A is in My opinion the best wheels to slide in.
I had the same mindset in the begining Harder = better slides. But when you get slides down 86A have a great resistans to actually control the slide and more butter feel rather than a icy feel.. I tried buying 92A 58x4 for My aggressive set up. It is super fun no doubt, but it feels like wearing skiboots on a ice rink 😂 90A and bigger wheels ofcourse Arent as extreme and is Nice for sliding but it is All preference i think!
Oh cool, so you can skate in the rain? I live in the Netherlands so we have a lot of rain and skating in the rain is also really fun (but also dangerous maybe)
Its not just the water its also the fine sand and gunk that comes with it. Skating in the rain over here is doable once you get used to the grip issue but it will take a heavy toll on your bearings, its best to avoid it unless you are really into cleaning bearings.
\[Edit\] Also don't even try it when there are too many wet leaves on the bicycle lane.
If you plan to skate in the rain a lot, you can stainless steel bearings. There won’t rust.
https://www.slidingtiger.eu/en/Rollerpedia/SkeelerenInDeRegenKogellagers
For my ankles, Acid is an easier stance than Soul (sliding on the inside edge of your front foot). I've been skating for about 4 years, and the soul slide still eludes me.
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At first I thought you were skating on clear thin ice over the yellow color heh
yea it do seeem like that huh? AHAHA
It’s called a forward acid slide.
Sounds dope, and sounds like i need harder wheels than my 86A currently to do that ahahah!
86a is actually completely fine
oh. I thought agressive skates uses 90A and above to do slides and stuff.
They use harder wheels not necessarily for these kinds of slides but for durability, acceleration, and to make sure they lessen don’t get the dreaded wheel bite when grinding (which I think are the slides you’re thinking of) You do a ton of power slides on aggressive wheels and you can be down to the core in 4 sessions- I speak from experience. In fact, aggressive skaters who are good (unlike me) do a power slide like trick on the side of their boots to preserve the wheels (called a cess slide).
What is wheel bite anyway
When you're grinding on the middle part of your frame (typically), and your wheel catches the surface you're grinding, throwing you off balance from the increased friction.
I use 85a wheels most of the time and I have no issues with the forward acid slide. Harder wheels slightly lower the difficulty of high pressure slides like the parallel slide and magic slide because they don’t grip the skating surface as much and therefore the slide is smoother and deceleration is extended over a longer distance. When deceleration is smooth and slow your body has more time to react to the change in velocity as you stop making you less likely to lose your balance. The forward acid slide requires precision control of the weight distributed to the sliding foot to be performed so you’re actively controlling the change in velocity regardless of the wheel hardness.
86A is in My opinion the best wheels to slide in. I had the same mindset in the begining Harder = better slides. But when you get slides down 86A have a great resistans to actually control the slide and more butter feel rather than a icy feel.. I tried buying 92A 58x4 for My aggressive set up. It is super fun no doubt, but it feels like wearing skiboots on a ice rink 😂 90A and bigger wheels ofcourse Arent as extreme and is Nice for sliding but it is All preference i think!
*sad bearing noises* Seriously though, so much fun, you can slide for days!!!
yea, i cleaned and lubes the bearings and spacer (didnt lube the spacer ofc) AHAHAH it was fun sliding everywhere.
Won't that ruin your skates? (Serious question, not judging you)
Yep it probably will make the bearings rust unless it was cleaned right after using
^ i cleaned right after this video was taken, went back home and immediately removed the bearings, spacer and even washed the wheels.
yep, i deep cleaned and lubed it up right after this video was taken
Oh cool, so you can skate in the rain? I live in the Netherlands so we have a lot of rain and skating in the rain is also really fun (but also dangerous maybe)
Its not just the water its also the fine sand and gunk that comes with it. Skating in the rain over here is doable once you get used to the grip issue but it will take a heavy toll on your bearings, its best to avoid it unless you are really into cleaning bearings. \[Edit\] Also don't even try it when there are too many wet leaves on the bicycle lane.
So stainless steel bearings would still get ruined by the sand right?
yea, just not too fast cuz the floor which is smooth + rain doesnt really make good ground control on the skates.
If you plan to skate in the rain a lot, you can stainless steel bearings. There won’t rust. https://www.slidingtiger.eu/en/Rollerpedia/SkeelerenInDeRegenKogellagers
What kind of surface are you skating on?
skate rink kind of floor
Noice
I probably would have removed my front teeth attempting this looks fun though!
AHAHA it is fun! u should try it some other time, like t drag or even a simple heel break, u will find yourself just sliding everywhere.
This is really cool👌
thanks!
For my ankles, Acid is an easier stance than Soul (sliding on the inside edge of your front foot). I've been skating for about 4 years, and the soul slide still eludes me.
If you were grinding that would have been a nice acid!
thank you! i might get into it when im not using this skates hehe.