Freeskier turns Aggressive inline Skater - First Day

How does a freeskier manage aggressive inline skating?
Thats what I will try to figure out in this video.
I have 3 goals for my first day Aggressive skating:
1. Pump the halfpipe
2. Drop in
3. Nail some sort of stall
Join me on my motorcykle and see if I manage these 3 goals!

[@swissblader8037]

Very good for the first day.💪💪💪PS: The USD Aeon is a good skate for learning aggressive skating. But the much better choice for you had been the Aeon 60 with 60mm wheels because 72mm is not optimal for aggressive skating (you will get a lot of wheel bite while learning all the different groove-grinds and this is not helpful and also quite dangerous for a beginner). The Aeon 60 has a much wider groove in the middle of the wheel-frame and the wheels are smaller, so they will not touch the ledge if you do a groove-grind. As an alternative it is also helpful if you use a skate with an antirocker-frame and -setup (two wheels up from 57mm to 65mm on the outside and two plastic-wheels for grinding in the middle). This will make your grinding-experience much, much better and you will progress ways faster in aggressive skating. There is a reason why about 90per cent of all aggressive skaters use an antirocker-setup.😉By the way: The Aeon 60 is an exception, because it is not a UFS-skate like all the other aggressive skates. That means you cannot change the frame of the skate (you need to change the whole shell if the soulplate or the frame is damaged). This is a big disadvantage of the Aeon-Skates; especially if you prefer streetskating on rougher ledges. But the advantage of the Aeons is that you are due to this construction a little bit lower to the ground and this creates on the Aeon 60, despite you are riding a flat-setup with four wheels touching the ground, a similar good grinding-experience as you would ride an antirocker-frame while you can enjoy the little bit smoother ride with a flat-setup. As you can see chosing the right gear for aggressive skating is at the beginning a little bit challenging because it is a science and the danger is high that you buy the completely wrong stuff and get unnecessarily frustrated from the first day. Another important point in this context is the right choice for the right skate for narrow or wide feet because there are huge differences in fitting between the different skate-models. So, in summary what you need to get the maximum fun and progressing-experience: A UFS-skate with a good antirocker-frame (e.g. Kizer fluid 4, Groundcontrol featherlite, Seba CJ-Frame, Create Originals etc.) that is not too stiff (Roces M12 or FR Ufr for example are pretty stiff, Seba/Razors/USD/Gawds/Them/Icon-skates are softer), has a wide soulplate which makes locking-in easier and fits good to your (narrow, normal or wide) feet. The only alternative with a flat setup is as said the USD Aeon 60. UFS-flat-frames are for you at the beginning not your best friend because your focus is at the beginning learning all the grinds and not to find the right technique to deal with wheel-bite. That is all you need. Have fun!😉

[@simonzetterbergg]

Hey! Thanks for the tips, will definetly consider this when buying my next pair, but these will do for now :)

[@Kj16V]

I've been skating for years, so I forget just how much guts it takes to learn to backside stall, as you're doing there. You're doing brilliantly. I hope you keep it up!

[@simonzetterbergg]

Yeah its terrifying at the start! Thanks for watching, stay tuned!

[@ParkourGrip]

Cool. The easiest stall to learn is the front-side stall. It's the stall where you go forward, put both skates H-blocks on the coaping, and come out of the stall fakey. However I recommend you to practice pumping the miniramp without doing 180 jumps (going forwards and fakey) more before doing it. Make sure that you don't have to switch the skate that's in front and behind when transitioning from going forward to fakey. Make sure that you look where you are going while skating backwards (look over the correct shoulder, the shoulder of the leading skate). When you are conferable going backwards you can start increasing the height with pumping. Gradually increase the height until you can touch the coaping with 1 wheel on the skate thats infront while going forward. After that you gradually increase speed untill foot can touch the copaping with the H-block. (You are still returning backwards after touching.) You can first try to touch the coping lightly, and then try to put more and more weight on it. Just be careful cause the H block to coaping contact can be slippy so if you put too much weight on it and your balance is not on point you can slip out of it. You will pretty quickly get the confidence to put both skate's H blocks onto the coaping and exit out fakey. And just like that you did the stall. After that you can try to stall it for longer and longer and after you feel like you have full control you can stall it, hold it a bit, and jump out of the stall with a 180 spin into the ramp going forwards.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Wow thank you for the tips, I will make sure to try them out! What stall would you recommend after the frontside stall?

[@ParkourGrip]

@@simonzetterbergg Backside stall. You also put both skates H-blocks on the copping. However you approach the coping going forward, do a 180 jump landing on the coping, and then just drop back going into the ramp going forwards. I learned that one by doing 180 jumps high up closer and closer to the coping. Then just YOLO do it for real once and hope you touch the coping with H blocks.

[@simonzetterbergg]

@@ParkourGrip Tried it yesterday, landed it after a few tries, will be in my next video :)

[@eckbeil]

Phenomenal Journey! Stay Low, stay save. 👍

[@Avedisdrummer09]

My biggest general advice is just to stay low! Bend those knees and keep your hands in front of you. This will keep you compact, stable, and from flailing around. If you keep that in mind while learning and taking in other tips for specific tricks it will go a long way! Those are big wheels for aggressive skating too, so if you get your stalls learned on those you will have them down on any pair of skates! Good job, have fun!

[@simonzetterbergg]

Sick, thank you sir!

[@Joey_Vicario]

Came here to say this. Knees bent and maintain a good balance point just like you would when skiing! Very good for your first day though :)

[@simonzetterbergg]

@@Joey_Vicario Thank you Joseph!

[@todd_harrison4500]

I've got Aeon 72s as well. I love them! I come from the "bigger wheel, no grinds" era!

[@simonzetterbergg]

Haha sick! Do you ride with 4 or 2 wheels?

[@leesoutheast]

Very good first day. Worth learning some simple grinds on a small ledge or coping edge such as soul, mizou and frontside then stalling will seem much easier.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Soul grind feels so strange as it is not similar to anything in skiing, but I will try to make it work!

[@rol4life]

Great BRoll and editing!

[@willpursell]

Nice I had my journey the other way back in 2000. I started blading and then wanted something to do in the winter. I'm still stoked I got a grind and a 540 on my first day.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Sick Will! Did you manage grind and 540 on skates or skis the first day?

[@pogoSK8]

Nice man, solid Makio stalls at the first day 👍 keep your center of gravity low.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Ah, thants what the stall is called? Thanks for the comment!

[@pogoSK8]

@@simonzetterberggyes, If you log in one footed with your +Soulplate on the outer site it's a "Makio". Inner -soulplate "negative Makio" etc. etc. Google "book of Grinds" for more inspiration. There are a minimum of 30 basic Stalls you could try on coping, ledges or rails. As a Bonus you can try to grab the other foot with your hand, then it's a grabbed makio. good luck and a lot of fun 👋

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

that's a lot of progress, wow. definitely try stalling frontside or backside!

[@simonzetterbergg]

Thanks, wure will!

[@anthonyocallaghan7785]

Keep it up man. Once you master rolling around I imagine it will feel just as cool as skiing.

[@simonzetterbergg]

It already is kind of similar to skiing in som aspects. But I sure think that when im more confortable it will become more and more flowy, just like skiing!

[@anthonyocallaghan7785]

Rollerblading is all about stability and flow

[@anthonyocallaghan7785]

Good to see others taking up the sport.

[@kevindaugard3244]

yes sir~ keep going at it! You will get it

[@simonzetterbergg]

Thank you siiir!

[@grinpiece3432]

The two sports I love most, thanks for the video ! You have chosen a good pair of skates, put an intuition liner in it, the feeling should come closer to your K2 ski boots. You probably should have gone with the 60mm version if you spend most of your time in the park. I undestand you wanted to keep some freeroll coming from a downhill sport, but this 72mm makes stalls and grinds in general a lot harder, like by a big margin, especially for a beginner, but if you master it with these, means your a better skater, so...

[@simonzetterbergg]

Thanks for the comment sir! I will keep that in mind. Do you recommend me taking the middle wheels of as well? I´ve seen most people skate on 2 wheels and it looks a bit easier to grind as you dont have to be so precise

[@grinpiece3432]

@@simonzetterbergg Personally I don't because I like that free roll kind of flow feeling, with just the outer wheels you will have more the feeling to be on train tracks. But yeah definitely makes stalls and grinds easier (try it, make your own opinion, personnally I'd recommend a flat 60mm model with slightly smaller or used wheels like 58mm to avoid wheels bites on groove tricks, for now work on your soul grinds, i.e sliding on the side of your boots, the taller wheelbase will not really affect those, for groove tricks i.e sliding on the space between wheels it will and for top tricks i.e sliding on the side of the frame even more)

[@simonzetterbergg]

@@grinpiece3432 Alright thank you, I will try 2 wheels next time I skate

[@TheCassosClub]

Let's go !!

[@danielyoung8302]

You should direct a film.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Hahaha suure! What kind of film are you thinking?

[@BackLogH3ro]

i would like to know how well my aggressive skating would translate to free ski.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Probably quite well! Come ski in Åre this winter!

[@burachek]

Du skulle har skydd på arméns och kne👍

[@simonzetterbergg]

Sant!

[@Bathingwookie]

You need to lean your soulplates right over otherwise you’ll slip off

[@simonzetterbergg]

Thanks for the tip! Will keep that in mind.

[@Bathingwookie]

@@simonzetterbergg if you just place your soul plate on a ledge or rail and try and balance without moving it’ll click in your head how to stay on the stall/grind. Good luck.

[@mikecynic5167]

So what you're saying is you can learn to rollerblade in a couple hours.

[@simonzetterbergg]

Hey! First time on Aggressive skates. Not first time on any rollerblade. So I was already able to roll around on them but I had never tried making tricks n stuff on rollerblades before. So I guess that made my progress in the skatepark a bit easier.

[@lustforlow-end6022]

@mikecynic5167 you really live up to your username don’t you?! 😁