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Skating Tips, Rollerblade Tricks, and Moves

So, you'd like to try some of those fancy tricks you see people doing? You'd be surprised at how easy many of them are, and given some time to practice the move and enough effort, you'll soon be pretty competent.

Learning from a book/web page is never as easy as being shown how to do the trick, but providing you spend a little time analysing the break down of each move as shown here in these tutorials, you can learn the move.

Tricks, Tips, and Moves

Why to bend your knees on skates	Part 2 of kneebend - why it's important, and how it will help you to skate faster.
How to balance on skates	One-foot balance is the key to graceful and competent skating
How to bend your knees properly	The thing most people get wrong most often
How to skate in the rain	We get lots of rain in the UK!
How to skate on rough ground	Top tips to make it across and reduce your chances of falling
How to skate up hills	Just about everyone finds this hard!
Top ten gumbie skating mistakes	The top mistakes made by beginner skaters - all ones to avoid!
How to skate a Barrel roll	An article to detail each part of this manoeuvre, and make it easier to learn. This contains videos, diagrams, and stills.
How to skate a Grapevine	This breaks down this bendy-legs manoeuvre into simple steps. This move and the barrel roll above are the two more common impressive tricks that you can often see skaters performing. Pretty good for showing off! :)
How to stop on Inline Skates using a Heel Brake	Detailed techniques, photos and a short video demonstrating how to learn this most essential skill. Related to this is the following article on whether to keep your heel brake.
How to skate Heel-Toe	A short article on how to do this basic trick. Easy to learn, and minimal skills needed.

Maintenance and Other

Skate axles, frame bolts, how to avoid bolt damage
Tying laces so they don't slip	Peter Maisey, March 2003
Removing Stripped Bolts	Dicky Williams, February 2003
Customizing your skates - Mogemas	XSFred, August 2002

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