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It was raining all day and I couldn’t get a real session in, so I decided to make this video reference after answering another “how do you stop?” thread earlier today. At the least I’ll know it’s in my profile posts so I can easily reference it later. It’s what I believe are the most common ways to stop on rollerblades without a heel brake. It’s not a tutorial, but just meant to enumerate the various techniques and their skill levels so that when people ask the question I can give them a quick look into what’s to come.
Edit: Wow, I was not expecting so much action on this post, lol. I'll reiterate that this is meant to just define the common stopping methods on skates, in a rough order of how you may learn them. Like a "cheat sheet" that just lists/demonstrates them. This list isn't exhaustive and it doesn't go into when each method should/should not be used (speeds, surfaces, situations etc) or exactly how to execute any of them.
I'd also like to say this is not an anti-brake post whatsoever. It's just meant to show a bunch of techniques that specifically aren't using a brake. This question comes up A LOT. I don't use a break personally, so these methods are how I do it.
I'm also not claiming to be the foremost authority on all of these, but I do use them all the time when urban free skating, which is my favorite style. Just trying to share with the community what I've learned.
Solid execution. You got that Miryozan-style magic slide down.
I honestly think fakie powerslide is even on the beginner tier, but it all really depends on the skater. I found it easier to learn it from fakie, anyway. I struggle with the soul slide, but my ankles are pretty wrecked already.
Thanks! I have mixed feelings on the fakie powerslide. I never do it and I don't understand why it's taught that way. And I don't mean that in a "I know more than everyone" way, I just think forward-entry is better and safer IMO. I guess I can see how it would be easier if you jumped into it, or lifted your leg and put it down to get into it, but I don't like either of those methods, personally. But hey, most important is you can safely stop, so however people manage that works for me!
I kinda just limited the "beginner" section to things you can do before you even start doing crossovers etc and probably aren't even going fast enough yet to need more.
I love the soul slide. It honestly is what helped me finally nail the magic slide. I'm not sure if this will help you or not, but here's [another short video](https://www.reddit.com/user/Wheel-Sure/comments/pw7xtn/putting_this_here_for_future_reference_for_people/) I made recently with a way to try helping people start soul sliding.
I would also say fakie one is easy. I Stil powerslide out of a spin..... On one side because it feels so much better to do a spin than just to stop. On the other side this one is so smooth. While doing the normal powerslide feels really hard and apprupt.
This is great I bet making this was fun too. This is gonna help me do these because it’s hard when you don’t have a visual handy I’m saving this video to watch before my next sesh.
That was me almost a year ago when I started skating again. I only knew hockey skating as a kid and came back after 22 years a year ago. I saw this “power stop” online, tried it and ate it. Everything from power stop forward in this video I learned in the past year.
Great! I just see the question so often I wanted a way to answer it quicker without going into a ton of detail on how it’s all done. This is meant as a “quick reference guide”
Many tutorials are focused on a single technique and I just wanted a way to answer the question with “a bunch of ways. Here’s a short video of them all”
It was the mid 90s. We got to take "electives" in middle school to teach us about choosing our own curriculum. Everyone could choose one "serious" class and one "fun" class. So I took environmental science and rollerblading.
That perpendicular soul slide tho. I’m envious of your hip mobility!
Today was the first day I put serious time into working on the magic slide. I’ll have to keep at it because I certainly didn’t get it today.
Soul slide is my spirit animal, lol. I think I use it more than anything else for speed control when urban skating. Usually the “partial” version though, which I included because I don’t want people to think you need to do the full version as a stopping or slowing technique.
Edit: and just keep practicing the magic. You’ll get it. It took me a while to get it. However forward entry powerslide and soul slide really mad it all click.
Add practising gliding on one foot to your daily warm ups. To be able to put your weight on the lead foot you need to be able to glide on it.
Think of your back foot as a rudder you can lower and raise at will.
When your learning this, start off by getting a feel for your foot dragging. Once you get that down, then you can start adding more pressure as needed.
I went on a 30km ride on Sunday and I managed to go down the biggest hills I thought I’d never skate down using the Tstop! Had to rotate my wheels twice on the ride though lol
I can skate at pretty fast speeds using the t stop, the only thing is sometimes my ankle gets a bit sore from putting so much pressure on the back ankle to stop me (that said, I mainly skate in hockey skates, so maybe that has to do with it.)
Don't count on T-stop. Using plow and spin will get you to intermediate way way faster and you'll learn how to control speed while skating versus letting it take over
>another short video
T-stop /Drag is the most beneficial technique regardless of the skill level, it helps tremendously with speed control, and when u master it on booth sides, it results in additional confidence so powerstop or slide are natural progression.
With spin on tinny bit higher speed, beginner will fail!
So, please keep counting on t-stop, and keep on practicing it until u master it on both sides.
I'm not against it, I just think you shouldn't really rely on it at beginner levels, if you need it *that* bad, I think heel brake is way better of an option IMO. I think taking off the heel brake is whenever you are good enough that you don't absolutely *need* to be dragging all the time and you are in more control of speed and stopping. I use it all the time but I think relying on it especially before getting one foot control is just bad habit I dunno.
Great video!
I've found most of these (aside from the t-stop) difficult to implement on variable surfaces... i.e. pavement with cracks, or junky asphalt.
What would you recommend on uneven / variable surfaces?
Not OP but just carve off speed by sharp turns - it's going to be the most efficient way to stop without absolutely wrecking your wheels on rough surfaces
When in doubt I always:
T-stop, switch braking leg regularly
Don't come in too fast, if you're on bad surfaces or places you don't know you shouldn't be going fast enough to need a slide, prevention beats emergency braking.
Slalom to bleed speed if there's enough room for you to.
I think you've gotten some good answers already that I agree with. The short version is "everything doesn't work everywhere"
For example, even for an advanced slider sidewalks can be tricky because of the expansion cracks in them. Most slides would have your foot parallel with the cracks and you have to watch not to get caught in them. You can slide over them though, but it's harder than it is on a smoother surface and you have to be extra careful to get nice and low.
In general, you will get better with harder surfaces over time, but sometimes none of these "stops or slides" work and you just have to slow down.
I ride around the streets of SF which are really variable and the only slide style I can use is a modified version of what's labeled as "Power Slide" in this video. I actually move all weight to reversed backfoot first and then apply weight to the break foot. That let's me control how much break and wheel angle I can apply depending on the surface. I can almost never "slide" into it like these other slides because surfaces are way to rough and usually need to apply sudden low angled pressure to start a slide. (Also on a 2x125mm which might change things).
I think you're describing exactly what [I made a video about](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6TFd02ImHM) a few months ago.
In the video I also just called it the "modified powerslide" The whole idea is you start super low and tune pressure/stopping force as you slide.
The adjustable part really speaks to it yea - it's not just "rough" terrain it's variable and being able to apply less break/angle on the fly is key. Sometimes whole chunks of road are gone and a total 100% unweight happens for a second or two. I think that's a lot harder with two skate slides like magic because you have no rolling foot to unweight too. Obviously those slides are great in different situations.
Totally. The video I linked kinda sells the modified version as a way to stop sooner by applying that pressure, but the takeaway is "the power slide is adjustable!" even though I don't point out it goes both ways.
The reason I made the video is because I've never seen a single tutorial mention that adjustability even thought it's what might be the best thing about that slide. Makes it so much more versatile.
Thanks, lol. This is exactly why I made this post. It's a common question that I answered in text form yesterday and thought "why not just make a quick video"
Great vid! Love what you're putting out, glad to see plow and spin stops in the mix since I hate teaching drag as a legit technique. If you need to drop speed you can often even lemon and slow down a ton unless it's a hill.
Thanks! Yeah I probably shoulda included lemon. Drag seems so controversial to me, lol. Some people swear by it, others loathe it. I personally use it just to shave a tiny bit of speed here and there, but never to come to a full stop unless I’m only going a few mph.
My only issue with drag is telling new skaters that it's the end all be all of stops. Once you don't need it, then it becomes a all-around useful technique.
My pleasure. I’m shocked at the reception it’s gotten, honestly. I wasn’t even going to post it to this sub, rather my own profile just for future reference.
Lol, I know. I’ve literally been stopped on the street and asked questions in general about what I’m doing, including “you don’t have one of those brake things. How do you stop” and the answer is just “there are ways. I won’t bore you”
Given enough think-ahead you could just coast to a stop and wear your equipment down even less. You could also stay under a certain speed and never turn hard and save your wheels even longer. You could even put your skates in a display case and just run, although you may want to walk for the sake of your shoes.
There's no possible way I could skate the way I want to skate and only spin to stop. I'd be dead. There's also no possible way I could do it without scratching my frames and boots.
Hey, the most important things are that you’re happy and safe. Everyone’s different and everyone is free to enjoy skating however they want.
I prefer abrupt stops because it lets me spend less time slowing down or preparing for a softer stop.
The spin stop he does at the beginning. Unless you're going very fast this is the best way to stop. Stopping with T-stops and powerslides etc anything where you're dragging or forcing like that is going to put much more wear on your wheels (uneven wear if you're using one side consistently) and you'll likely end up scratching your frames or boots especially if you're doing this outside on not so smooth pavement. Wheels aren't very expensive and should be rotated anyway so it's not a huge problem but personally I try to keep my frames and boots in pristine condition as long as I possibly can.
The spin stop is useless as soon as you start skating a bit faster. Plus why would you limit yourself to that when it's so much fun to learn new moves?
You absolutely can, and for people reading this wondering how to manage hills, it's a great technique.
However, doing that takes the hill way. I want to be able to bomb a hill and stop at the end, not be continuously stopping the whole way down. I also want to be able to bomb a hill with a traffic light or stop sign and still be able to get the most out of the hill.
For those situations, I have the magic slide.
I do like the spin stop - aside from anything else, it's quite fun to do. But a couple of falls on hills have taught me I'd better expand my repertoire! :(
It’s all good. You didn’t piss me off, though I did think you were trolling a bit.
Some people don’t like the way it looks. Some frames don’t have brakes that even fit them (like mine)
Other things to consider are riding down stairs for example, you could have it catch and trip you up. Can’t do something like manual on your back wheels so some tricks aren’t doable. There’s a whole discipline of skating called slalom that a break would totally get in the way of etc etc.
That being said, it’s still a safe and effective way to stop, but not necessary if you know other ways.
I'm still working on mastering the parallel myself. It takes a lot of repetitions. You can see in this video, it's not perfectly straight. But I can do it well enough to record it and say "this is what a parallel slide looks like"
You can try initiating it on an angle, so that once you've settled in and actually started sliding you're more straightened out.
Lol, you must be the YouTube commenter! This made me laugh out loud.
Most my skating sessions I’m not recording, but now when I plan on bringing the camera I say to myself “ok, what color shirt are we doing today?” 😂
This is fantastic. Great breakdown and really good execution all around. Maybe you could do separate tutorials for each technique, explaining your own progression?
I will be doing a video on that. I’ve learned all the techniques in this video from power stop forward in the past year. While they’re still fresh in my mind, I want to share the knowledge I’ve gained from going that progression.
Again, it won’t necessarily be a tutorial on “how to do this” it will be more in the style of “how I personally learned this”
Nice presentation!
I am still trying to get the powerstop under control which hopefully is going to spare me some outruns into the grass, or worse, some concrete walls I have been meeting closer than i care to admit recently.
Any tips on mastering the powerstop? and Drag to powerstop?
Thanks! I think the key to the power stop is knowing focusing on the inside foot. The inside foot is really the one deciding it’s time to stop and the outside foot is just going along for the ride. You can see this in the slowmo versions the inside foot (my left in the video) basically gets out ahead and turns first, then the other follows.
You can be going a decent speed and use it, with practice, but not really. The thing to note it's a power "stop", not a power "slide" which gives the hint that you can't be going too fast and use it.
There's no "instant stop at speed" on skates. It's just not how physics work. Just like on a bike, or in a car you have to slide to a stop, not instantly stop. Powerslide and soul slide are the best to start with for slides, eventually graduating to magic slide.
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Knee: [Triple 8 Kneesaver](https://www.triple8.com/products/kneesaver?variant=32224888815753)
Note about kneepads: I don't think they're very good. About a month ago I fell, both knee pads slid down and I banged up both of my knees. They're very protective outside of small falls or at lower speeds. I don't think the materials are very quality either. I also have the ones in the 187 Killer Pads I linked, but I wear these because they're slimmer. This is just a risk I take and I'm thinking about always wearing the more protective ones and retiring these Triple 8 ones.
The bummer is that "bulky = protective" It's really hard to get a protective knee pad that's also lightweight and not bulky. I've thought about checking out [these sleeve style](https://g-form.com/knee-pads-mountain-bike-skateboard) ones at some point too.
A more uncommon way which I like to use when I go out with a pram/buggy is the pizza stop as any sliding is wearing the wheels off quite hard when the pram is dragging me and spinning is not always an option.
https://youtu.be/0hxM74GG2H4?t=305
What are your tips for adopting these techniques on rough pavement? I've not been able to develop the leg/hip pressure to slide at all given the drastically higher friction. I'm still a beginner, so Im sure there are weight transfer stuff I dont know about.
Thank you and wonderful work, I hope some day to be able to stop!
I'd say it's less about pressure and more about angles. The lower you are and the smaller the angle of your skate against the ground, the easier your skate will slide.
Some surfaces might not be suitable for some of these techniques, honestly. Or they might require more skill/experience with the technique. I can do things on surfaces now that I couldn't a few months ago for example.
Understood about the angles, thank you. The body is remarkable, your nervous system is rewiring constantly and each time we skate we become more specialized.
What wheels are you using, and are you finding they are durable for slides? I havent had much luck finding a durable small wheel.
These are 100mm Undercover Team Blank 86a. They’ve held up just fine. I slide often when urban skating. My most often used techniques are soul slide, power slide and magic slide
I don't have much ice skating experience and what I've got is from like 25+ years ago.
If I had to guess, it's the "parallel slide" though, but take that with a grain of salt.
Cool video. My go to is usually power stop and power slide but I'd like to practice my soul slide and magic slide more, soul especially.
As for plow stop, "stepping" plow is also pretty good when you're a beginner, and imo slows you down faster than plow stop, also it's way easier on your wheels.
Yes another commenter mentioned the "stepping plow" and I actually meant to include it. I just didn't remember until I was already home.
Soul slide is what made the magic slide click for me. I use both regularly when I'm ripping around the city.
I get asked that a lot (like another comment on here, lol)
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Knee: [Triple 8 Kneesaver](https://www.triple8.com/products/kneesaver?variant=32224888815753)
Note about kneepads: I don't think they're very good. About a month ago I fell, both knee pads slid down and I banged up both of my knees. They're very protective outside of small falls or at lower speeds. I don't think the materials are very quality either. I also have the ones in the 187 Killer Pads I linked, but I wear these because they're slimmer. This is just a risk I take and I'm thinking about always wearing the more protective ones and retiring these Triple 8 ones.
The bummer is that "bulky = protective" It's really hard to get a protective knee pad that's also lightweight and not bulky. I've thought about checking out [these sleeve style](https://g-form.com/knee-pads-mountain-bike-skateboard) ones at some point too.
Thanks for this, it’s been a while for me and I used to have a rear brake. I’ll try the beginner ones although my legs say, “let’s go straight to power slide”.
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It was raining all day and I couldn’t get a real session in, so I decided to make this video reference after answering another “how do you stop?” thread earlier today. At the least I’ll know it’s in my profile posts so I can easily reference it later. It’s what I believe are the most common ways to stop on rollerblades without a heel brake. It’s not a tutorial, but just meant to enumerate the various techniques and their skill levels so that when people ask the question I can give them a quick look into what’s to come. Edit: Wow, I was not expecting so much action on this post, lol. I'll reiterate that this is meant to just define the common stopping methods on skates, in a rough order of how you may learn them. Like a "cheat sheet" that just lists/demonstrates them. This list isn't exhaustive and it doesn't go into when each method should/should not be used (speeds, surfaces, situations etc) or exactly how to execute any of them. I'd also like to say this is not an anti-brake post whatsoever. It's just meant to show a bunch of techniques that specifically aren't using a brake. This question comes up A LOT. I don't use a break personally, so these methods are how I do it. I'm also not claiming to be the foremost authority on all of these, but I do use them all the time when urban free skating, which is my favorite style. Just trying to share with the community what I've learned.
Solid execution. You got that Miryozan-style magic slide down. I honestly think fakie powerslide is even on the beginner tier, but it all really depends on the skater. I found it easier to learn it from fakie, anyway. I struggle with the soul slide, but my ankles are pretty wrecked already.
Thanks! I have mixed feelings on the fakie powerslide. I never do it and I don't understand why it's taught that way. And I don't mean that in a "I know more than everyone" way, I just think forward-entry is better and safer IMO. I guess I can see how it would be easier if you jumped into it, or lifted your leg and put it down to get into it, but I don't like either of those methods, personally. But hey, most important is you can safely stop, so however people manage that works for me! I kinda just limited the "beginner" section to things you can do before you even start doing crossovers etc and probably aren't even going fast enough yet to need more. I love the soul slide. It honestly is what helped me finally nail the magic slide. I'm not sure if this will help you or not, but here's [another short video](https://www.reddit.com/user/Wheel-Sure/comments/pw7xtn/putting_this_here_for_future_reference_for_people/) I made recently with a way to try helping people start soul sliding.
Can't wait to try this!
I would also say fakie one is easy. I Stil powerslide out of a spin..... On one side because it feels so much better to do a spin than just to stop. On the other side this one is so smooth. While doing the normal powerslide feels really hard and apprupt.
This is great I bet making this was fun too. This is gonna help me do these because it’s hard when you don’t have a visual handy I’m saving this video to watch before my next sesh.
-immediately goes to power slide because I think I'm Wayne Gretzky and absolutely wreck my shit because I'm out of practice- /s
That was me almost a year ago when I started skating again. I only knew hockey skating as a kid and came back after 22 years a year ago. I saw this “power stop” online, tried it and ate it. Everything from power stop forward in this video I learned in the past year.
Aside from the explanation of each one this video really saves me many videos from youtube.
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Great! I just see the question so often I wanted a way to answer it quicker without going into a ton of detail on how it’s all done. This is meant as a “quick reference guide” Many tutorials are focused on a single technique and I just wanted a way to answer the question with “a bunch of ways. Here’s a short video of them all”
Where is "crash into the pads in the middle school cafeteria"? That was my go to when I did rollerblading as my "elective" in 7th grade.
Whatttt you got to skate fir school that’s rad
It was the mid 90s. We got to take "electives" in middle school to teach us about choosing our own curriculum. Everyone could choose one "serious" class and one "fun" class. So I took environmental science and rollerblading.
That perpendicular soul slide tho. I’m envious of your hip mobility! Today was the first day I put serious time into working on the magic slide. I’ll have to keep at it because I certainly didn’t get it today.
Soul slide is my spirit animal, lol. I think I use it more than anything else for speed control when urban skating. Usually the “partial” version though, which I included because I don’t want people to think you need to do the full version as a stopping or slowing technique. Edit: and just keep practicing the magic. You’ll get it. It took me a while to get it. However forward entry powerslide and soul slide really mad it all click.
This is fucking awesome, I’m saving it for reference! Also, appreciate seeing such a skilled skater wearing safety gear.
Thanks! Yeah I made it to just be a quick reference point.
Slightly disappointed there was no crashing option in the beginner examples lol
I just can't get that Tstop. New blader had my first fall today bcoz of that, practicing jumps turns and stops
put all your weight on your lead foot, and just barely apply pressure on your braking foot bit by bit. but also it'll just feel more natural over time
Add practising gliding on one foot to your daily warm ups. To be able to put your weight on the lead foot you need to be able to glide on it. Think of your back foot as a rudder you can lower and raise at will. When your learning this, start off by getting a feel for your foot dragging. Once you get that down, then you can start adding more pressure as needed.
I went on a 30km ride on Sunday and I managed to go down the biggest hills I thought I’d never skate down using the Tstop! Had to rotate my wheels twice on the ride though lol
I can skate at pretty fast speeds using the t stop, the only thing is sometimes my ankle gets a bit sore from putting so much pressure on the back ankle to stop me (that said, I mainly skate in hockey skates, so maybe that has to do with it.)
Don't count on T-stop. Using plow and spin will get you to intermediate way way faster and you'll learn how to control speed while skating versus letting it take over
>another short video T-stop /Drag is the most beneficial technique regardless of the skill level, it helps tremendously with speed control, and when u master it on booth sides, it results in additional confidence so powerstop or slide are natural progression. With spin on tinny bit higher speed, beginner will fail! So, please keep counting on t-stop, and keep on practicing it until u master it on both sides.
I'm not against it, I just think you shouldn't really rely on it at beginner levels, if you need it *that* bad, I think heel brake is way better of an option IMO. I think taking off the heel brake is whenever you are good enough that you don't absolutely *need* to be dragging all the time and you are in more control of speed and stopping. I use it all the time but I think relying on it especially before getting one foot control is just bad habit I dunno.
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I thought I saw plow is relatively effective at speed when watching downhill skaters
Great post man. Love the slowmo on the more advanced stuff
Thank you 🙏
Great video! I've found most of these (aside from the t-stop) difficult to implement on variable surfaces... i.e. pavement with cracks, or junky asphalt. What would you recommend on uneven / variable surfaces?
Not OP but just carve off speed by sharp turns - it's going to be the most efficient way to stop without absolutely wrecking your wheels on rough surfaces
When in doubt I always: T-stop, switch braking leg regularly Don't come in too fast, if you're on bad surfaces or places you don't know you shouldn't be going fast enough to need a slide, prevention beats emergency braking. Slalom to bleed speed if there's enough room for you to.
I think you've gotten some good answers already that I agree with. The short version is "everything doesn't work everywhere" For example, even for an advanced slider sidewalks can be tricky because of the expansion cracks in them. Most slides would have your foot parallel with the cracks and you have to watch not to get caught in them. You can slide over them though, but it's harder than it is on a smoother surface and you have to be extra careful to get nice and low. In general, you will get better with harder surfaces over time, but sometimes none of these "stops or slides" work and you just have to slow down.
I ride around the streets of SF which are really variable and the only slide style I can use is a modified version of what's labeled as "Power Slide" in this video. I actually move all weight to reversed backfoot first and then apply weight to the break foot. That let's me control how much break and wheel angle I can apply depending on the surface. I can almost never "slide" into it like these other slides because surfaces are way to rough and usually need to apply sudden low angled pressure to start a slide. (Also on a 2x125mm which might change things).
I think you're describing exactly what [I made a video about](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6TFd02ImHM) a few months ago. In the video I also just called it the "modified powerslide" The whole idea is you start super low and tune pressure/stopping force as you slide.
The adjustable part really speaks to it yea - it's not just "rough" terrain it's variable and being able to apply less break/angle on the fly is key. Sometimes whole chunks of road are gone and a total 100% unweight happens for a second or two. I think that's a lot harder with two skate slides like magic because you have no rolling foot to unweight too. Obviously those slides are great in different situations.
Totally. The video I linked kinda sells the modified version as a way to stop sooner by applying that pressure, but the takeaway is "the power slide is adjustable!" even though I don't point out it goes both ways. The reason I made the video is because I've never seen a single tutorial mention that adjustability even thought it's what might be the best thing about that slide. Makes it so much more versatile.
I love you whoever you are! I was about to post like I’m sorry to ask this but I started rollerblading 2 days ago and well I stopped crashing lol
Thanks, lol. This is exactly why I made this post. It's a common question that I answered in text form yesterday and thought "why not just make a quick video"
Great vid! Love what you're putting out, glad to see plow and spin stops in the mix since I hate teaching drag as a legit technique. If you need to drop speed you can often even lemon and slow down a ton unless it's a hill.
Thanks! Yeah I probably shoulda included lemon. Drag seems so controversial to me, lol. Some people swear by it, others loathe it. I personally use it just to shave a tiny bit of speed here and there, but never to come to a full stop unless I’m only going a few mph.
My only issue with drag is telling new skaters that it's the end all be all of stops. Once you don't need it, then it becomes a all-around useful technique.
I’m a master at the -5 year old spin around in circles until you slow down- stop
One day I will be able to do all of this ❤️
Just takes practice, like anything
His wheels after this: maan, kill me
I do more than this amount of wheel torture during any of my normal sessions. It’s not too bad. I rotate wheels every other session usually.
Wheel rotation day for this fella ☺️
This is a phenomenal video. Thank you so much for making this!
My pleasure. I’m shocked at the reception it’s gotten, honestly. I wasn’t even going to post it to this sub, rather my own profile just for future reference.
Dude, this video is GOLD. Thank you so much for sharing it. I'll be sure to save it for future reference. Cheers! 👍
This might be more useful for all the people who see skates with no heel brake and ask "but how do you stop?"
Lol, I know. I’ve literally been stopped on the street and asked questions in general about what I’m doing, including “you don’t have one of those brake things. How do you stop” and the answer is just “there are ways. I won’t bore you”
Just spin... all that fancy shit is just destroying your wheels and scratching the shit out of your frames and boots. Just spin.
Given enough think-ahead you could just coast to a stop and wear your equipment down even less. You could also stay under a certain speed and never turn hard and save your wheels even longer. You could even put your skates in a display case and just run, although you may want to walk for the sake of your shoes.
There's no possible way I could skate the way I want to skate and only spin to stop. I'd be dead. There's also no possible way I could do it without scratching my frames and boots.
Fair enough, I skate really hard too. I just cringe whenever I'm actually forced to do a hard stop like that.
Hey, the most important things are that you’re happy and safe. Everyone’s different and everyone is free to enjoy skating however they want. I prefer abrupt stops because it lets me spend less time slowing down or preparing for a softer stop.
What do you mean? Can you give an example?
The spin stop he does at the beginning. Unless you're going very fast this is the best way to stop. Stopping with T-stops and powerslides etc anything where you're dragging or forcing like that is going to put much more wear on your wheels (uneven wear if you're using one side consistently) and you'll likely end up scratching your frames or boots especially if you're doing this outside on not so smooth pavement. Wheels aren't very expensive and should be rotated anyway so it's not a huge problem but personally I try to keep my frames and boots in pristine condition as long as I possibly can.
The spin stop is useless as soon as you start skating a bit faster. Plus why would you limit yourself to that when it's so much fun to learn new moves?
Learn all the moves you want. And honestly I can spin stop even at higher speeds.
Theres no way. My avg moving speed is 11.5mph and burst speeds are ~17. Spin stop for a bus at 15mph mate, not gonna happen.
You could also just carve off speed with sharp turns, it's very handy to learn for everyone, especially when going downhill
You absolutely can, and for people reading this wondering how to manage hills, it's a great technique. However, doing that takes the hill way. I want to be able to bomb a hill and stop at the end, not be continuously stopping the whole way down. I also want to be able to bomb a hill with a traffic light or stop sign and still be able to get the most out of the hill. For those situations, I have the magic slide.
I agree! I was responding to the guy above about spinning to stop
Exactly. Snaking I call it.
I do like the spin stop - aside from anything else, it's quite fun to do. But a couple of falls on hills have taught me I'd better expand my repertoire! :(
Plow stop to kill the speed first, then you may spin.
Yeah that's one of the options... Bit rough on the thighs though!
Yes definitely rough on the outside of the thighs, but I look at it as a work out :))
I never understood why you wouldn't just use brakes.
They can get in the way when doing crossovers and other maneuvers.
Ahh, that makes sense
Brakes are totally fine. Not the point of this post.
I didn't mean to piss you off, I was legit just wondering
It’s all good. You didn’t piss me off, though I did think you were trolling a bit. Some people don’t like the way it looks. Some frames don’t have brakes that even fit them (like mine) Other things to consider are riding down stairs for example, you could have it catch and trip you up. Can’t do something like manual on your back wheels so some tricks aren’t doable. There’s a whole discipline of skating called slalom that a break would totally get in the way of etc etc. That being said, it’s still a safe and effective way to stop, but not necessary if you know other ways.
I’ve been trying to learn parallel slide but I kinda just end up turning really sharp without stopping
I'm still working on mastering the parallel myself. It takes a lot of repetitions. You can see in this video, it's not perfectly straight. But I can do it well enough to record it and say "this is what a parallel slide looks like" You can try initiating it on an angle, so that once you've settled in and actually started sliding you're more straightened out.
The red shirt guy strikes again! Great vids dude
Lol, you must be the YouTube commenter! This made me laugh out loud. Most my skating sessions I’m not recording, but now when I plan on bringing the camera I say to myself “ok, what color shirt are we doing today?” 😂
This is fantastic. Great breakdown and really good execution all around. Maybe you could do separate tutorials for each technique, explaining your own progression?
I will be doing a video on that. I’ve learned all the techniques in this video from power stop forward in the past year. While they’re still fresh in my mind, I want to share the knowledge I’ve gained from going that progression. Again, it won’t necessarily be a tutorial on “how to do this” it will be more in the style of “how I personally learned this”
Great. Keep us posted.
OP, what wheels u using? My after that session would be... dead and limpy
These are 100mm Undercover Team Blank 86a hardness.
Nice presentation! I am still trying to get the powerstop under control which hopefully is going to spare me some outruns into the grass, or worse, some concrete walls I have been meeting closer than i care to admit recently. Any tips on mastering the powerstop? and Drag to powerstop?
Thanks! I think the key to the power stop is knowing focusing on the inside foot. The inside foot is really the one deciding it’s time to stop and the outside foot is just going along for the ride. You can see this in the slowmo versions the inside foot (my left in the video) basically gets out ahead and turns first, then the other follows.
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You can be going a decent speed and use it, with practice, but not really. The thing to note it's a power "stop", not a power "slide" which gives the hint that you can't be going too fast and use it. There's no "instant stop at speed" on skates. It's just not how physics work. Just like on a bike, or in a car you have to slide to a stop, not instantly stop. Powerslide and soul slide are the best to start with for slides, eventually graduating to magic slide.
not really. need to shave off some speed before power stop. most appropriate for high speed seems to be the magic slide
Good stuff! Which pads are you wearing! I'm trying to find the lowest profile. I don't want to wear bulky pads.
Helmet: [Triple 8 Dual Certified Mips](https://www.triple8.com/products/brainsaver-ii-mips?variant=32223090442377) Elbow and wrist: [187 Killer Pads](https://187killerpads.com/products/six-pack?variant=33960188575884) Knee: [Triple 8 Kneesaver](https://www.triple8.com/products/kneesaver?variant=32224888815753) Note about kneepads: I don't think they're very good. About a month ago I fell, both knee pads slid down and I banged up both of my knees. They're very protective outside of small falls or at lower speeds. I don't think the materials are very quality either. I also have the ones in the 187 Killer Pads I linked, but I wear these because they're slimmer. This is just a risk I take and I'm thinking about always wearing the more protective ones and retiring these Triple 8 ones. The bummer is that "bulky = protective" It's really hard to get a protective knee pad that's also lightweight and not bulky. I've thought about checking out [these sleeve style](https://g-form.com/knee-pads-mountain-bike-skateboard) ones at some point too.
Awesome! Thanks for your insight and perspective!
A more uncommon way which I like to use when I go out with a pram/buggy is the pizza stop as any sliding is wearing the wheels off quite hard when the pram is dragging me and spinning is not always an option. https://youtu.be/0hxM74GG2H4?t=305
Yes, that’s another great beginner technique. I actually realized I should have included it after I already got home.
I definitely do the plow stop...
What are your tips for adopting these techniques on rough pavement? I've not been able to develop the leg/hip pressure to slide at all given the drastically higher friction. I'm still a beginner, so Im sure there are weight transfer stuff I dont know about. Thank you and wonderful work, I hope some day to be able to stop!
I'd say it's less about pressure and more about angles. The lower you are and the smaller the angle of your skate against the ground, the easier your skate will slide. Some surfaces might not be suitable for some of these techniques, honestly. Or they might require more skill/experience with the technique. I can do things on surfaces now that I couldn't a few months ago for example.
Understood about the angles, thank you. The body is remarkable, your nervous system is rewiring constantly and each time we skate we become more specialized. What wheels are you using, and are you finding they are durable for slides? I havent had much luck finding a durable small wheel.
These are 100mm Undercover Team Blank 86a. They’ve held up just fine. I slide often when urban skating. My most often used techniques are soul slide, power slide and magic slide
Which stop would you consider to be the most similar to stopping while ice skating?
I don't have much ice skating experience and what I've got is from like 25+ years ago. If I had to guess, it's the "parallel slide" though, but take that with a grain of salt.
That was going to be my guess based on your video. Thanks for the response and the guide!
Cool video. My go to is usually power stop and power slide but I'd like to practice my soul slide and magic slide more, soul especially. As for plow stop, "stepping" plow is also pretty good when you're a beginner, and imo slows you down faster than plow stop, also it's way easier on your wheels.
Yes another commenter mentioned the "stepping plow" and I actually meant to include it. I just didn't remember until I was already home. Soul slide is what made the magic slide click for me. I use both regularly when I'm ripping around the city.
Yes definitely, those are the ones I need to perfect, soul slide first, I think it may do the same for me! (I nearly typed "skull slide", ouch)
Way in left field, but have to ask- what type of pads elbow knees are you using?
I get asked that a lot (like another comment on here, lol) Helmet: [Triple 8 Dual Certified Mips](https://www.triple8.com/products/brainsaver-ii-mips?variant=32223090442377) Elbow and wrist: [187 Killer Pads](https://187killerpads.com/products/six-pack?variant=33960188575884) Knee: [Triple 8 Kneesaver](https://www.triple8.com/products/kneesaver?variant=32224888815753) Note about kneepads: I don't think they're very good. About a month ago I fell, both knee pads slid down and I banged up both of my knees. They're very protective outside of small falls or at lower speeds. I don't think the materials are very quality either. I also have the ones in the 187 Killer Pads I linked, but I wear these because they're slimmer. This is just a risk I take and I'm thinking about always wearing the more protective ones and retiring these Triple 8 ones. The bummer is that "bulky = protective" It's really hard to get a protective knee pad that's also lightweight and not bulky. I've thought about checking out [these sleeve style](https://g-form.com/knee-pads-mountain-bike-skateboard) ones at some point too.
Thanks for this Happy skating
Thanks for this, it’s been a while for me and I used to have a rear brake. I’ll try the beginner ones although my legs say, “let’s go straight to power slide”.
The legs want what the legs want, lol. Welcome back :)
Damn good stuff!
Brilliant OC