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Aggresive skating? fun?

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3dressedupasa9
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i sorta want to freestyle skate. i dunno, how is it?
Jun 25 2011 3:01PM
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cwillygood
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very fun, painful and hard to do

def try it
Jun 25 2011 3:02PM
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DGski
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its awesome.
Jun 25 2011 3:03PM
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JibbaTheHutt
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yeah i started a week ago, my hands are really bruised, my elbows are ripped to shreds and i have pulled muscles in my stomach but im loving it if im honest...
Jun 25 2011 3:15PM
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3dressedupasa9
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thats what its all about
Jun 25 2011 3:17PM
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Inline.
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my skin on my elbow and knee is ripped to shreds but its fun
Jun 25 2011 3:39PM
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WillStart
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sooooo fun. you will slip out a lot at first, but its kind of like skateboarding in that basic slip outs aren't much of a problem as you get better. build a little 10 foot long pvc rail and go crazy
Jun 25 2011 3:46PM
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razors-chaz
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Its really fun. Helps with your rail game and cos you canfuck yourself up a bit when you fall it helps with dealing with stacks when your skiing.
Jun 25 2011 3:48PM
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infuser
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i wanna get into it too... i just bought skates and im gonna bring them to windells sesh 4 so hopefully i learn a thing or two
Jun 25 2011 3:57PM
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DGski
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i learnt sooooo much on blades at windells last year. foam pit is suuper fun. i had experience before that but my friend, who had never been on skates, learnt a lot also.
Jun 25 2011 4:00PM
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Dan-Man
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saying that inline skating doesn't help your skiing is stupidity and I do not condone stupidity.

all skiers, and we all bladers.

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Jun 25 2011 4:06PM
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Dan-Man
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NS's embed option is the worst on the internet!!! damn you schmuck

http://www.vimeo.com/24832773
Jun 25 2011 4:07PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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O hai. check the thread in my sig, and look around for the cool bangin rolling edits thread.
Jun 25 2011 4:57PM
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3dressedupasa9
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yeahh i got a ton of pvc in my backyard right now
Jun 25 2011 6:10PM
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Robbie.d
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shreds your knees but so fun. also helps a ton with your rail game not as much for jumps
Jun 25 2011 6:27PM
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.squirrely.
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are the k2 fattys a good skate for a beginner?

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i know i sound like a huge gaper but in the edits ive watched when people hit rails their feet are always crossed or straight or some weird stuff not just sideways like sliding a rail on skis. do you have to slide like that or is it just a different type of trick?
Jun 25 2011 6:45PM
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WillStart
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crossing your legs and using your soul plates (the grind plates on either side of the wheels) is really, really fun and is one of the sick things about roller blading. those types of grinds allow you to grind on really high shit and you can balance for a long time. you can do skier slides, but unless you angle our skates to do a royal or far you will totally look like a kid trying to do shit on blades that he does on skis and not taking advantage of your souls. i don't mind that at all, but some incliners really hate on kids who do that. plus they're actually harder than you would expect (really easy to miss the plate) and its a little harder to balance.

if you're looking to cross train for skiing, then skier slides are a great way to improve balance, switch ups, 2 on/off, etc..

if you're looking to really get into inlining because you really want to become an inline, play around with all sorts of grinds.

here's an edit my friends and i made. we are all pretty bad at inlining but it gives you a good look at some traditional inline grinds and also some that look just like skiing:



and here's a Vinny Minton segment to show you how sick using your souls is. scope 1:15:


Jun 25 2011 7:12PM
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WillStart
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shit how did that happen


Jun 25 2011 7:16PM
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sagesnow
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yeah i was obsessed with it from age 6-13 and then i busted both my knees to death so i gave up my sponsors and saved my knees for skiing.

really a fun ass sport though if you get good at it.
Jun 26 2011 3:31AM
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cwillygood
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DAVE= huge gayper hahaha

my brother got the fattys, they were old and used, we like cut the frame up and made them ok

it really all depends on what frame you have on them
Jun 26 2011 9:22AM
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