Speed Skating Slalom Turning and Stopping

Song "Misahotaka Ny Akama" on Album "Acoustic Africa". A quick tutorial on how to slow down and stop using the slalom method. This will help save your wheels much better than a t-stop, and can help control your speed on moderate hills. Thanks for filming, Greg.

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• slalom
• inline
• speedskating
• speed
• stopping
• gradskater
• parallel
• bont
• matter
• 110mm
• jet
• night
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[gradskater1]

Thanks!

[denouements]

sorry, kind of a dumb question but what is "carving"?

[gradskater1]

@denouements

it means just to steer your skate in an arc. Like your wheels are a blade, and you are slicing a line in the pavement in a curved manner. if you ran through a puddle or something, you would see a curved line on the pavement left by your wheels. does that make sense?

[SkiDooSummit670]

I love this video. I just took up inline skating, and downhill is the biggest obstacle to having fun. It takes more energy for me to go downhill than uphill right now (probably because I am more tense). If I am tired and don't concentrate, I wind up with wide slaloms on a crowned road that require me to head uphill at the ends to slow down. I think light toe pressure definitely helps in turning. I haven't got the carving down yet.

[gradskater1]

@SkiDooSummit670 Yes, it takes some energy, but you'll get used to it. Try to keep your body relaxed and feel gravity help you sink into your turns.

[jvdurme]

Hi gradskater! Thanks for this wonderful video. Just picked up skating again after a 15yr break. ;-)

Yesterday I practiced the scissors and turning with the forward foot. But I noticed that turning right is a problem. Somehow I'm stuck when doing that. I also feel that putting my right foot in front tightens some muscles in my left upperleg. :)

Turning left already goes smoothly.

I guess I need more and more practice to get those muscles loose?

Thanks again!

[gradskater1]

@jvdurme Glad I could help!

[colinbes94]

Been looking everywhere for how to do this. This was IT! Thanks soo much. And the music really made it a pleasure to watch. Great job man!

[carmoldu]

nice vid, it was really helpful for me (though I don't really get how to carve ^^U)

[accordionfolder]

Thank you for posting this!