STOP Making These 5 Mistakes - Aggressive Inline Skating

[@chrislopezb]

I start rollerblading because of you so i appreciate this videos a Lot :)

[@iRollerboot]

YEAHHH!!! that’s awesome!!!

[@stefanpavicevic5890]

@@iRollerboot that’s so cool 😎

[@alexferrier5732]

Accurate summary. Another thing I would like to add in my experience as a free skater and agreessive skater, is to embrace the falls and learning how to fall to minimize damage. I have seen begginers trying to avoid a fall at all cost which often gives the opposite result and ends in a nasty uncontrolled fall. In some cases when you know you fucked up is better to just prepare and take the fall with technique and control with minimal damage. I feel like knowing how to fall is an underlooked part of the sport, but is an essential part of It, an important part.

[@FernandoGraeff]

I agree. Most of the people tend to be ashame of falling, then try to avoid it of any cost when, sometimes, it is better fall safely than try to save and fall wrong and injure yourself. A friend of mine told me once "if you are not falling in aggressive skating, you aren't learning anything", so, if falls are inevitable, learn how to fall.

[@arodOTG]

100% agree. I've avoided some really nasty injuries simply because I had technique and could influence my fall. An overlooked and underrated skill for sure 👌🏽

[@apexpredator_jku]

100% agree! Falling is a part of the game. No risk, no reward. Avoidance of falling at all costs is a detriment to progress.

[@adeadlyfart13]

Totally, I certainly think in any extreme sport there is an art to falling. With inline skating I think it is even more imperative, as you can NOT bail from your skates as if you would with; a skateboard, bike, or scooter. With rollerblading or any kind of skating, you don't exactly have the option to "bail" and recover with your feet, only options are to use your body.

[@RacoonAndres]

and never forget protection, at least helmet

[@1Blablz]

Always have some protection in my wallet so i'm set

[@uanbaggins]

@@1Blablz 😂😂😂

[@hey_perception]

Facts my old ass ain’t getting hurt on some bs

[@rhythmdroid]

I would argue that wrist guards come before helmet…

[@GerardLambert992]

​@@rhythmdroid that was my thought until I face plant down in the bottom of the bowl. Head injuries are bad

[@j4nk3n]

It's not necessarily a mistake but learning how to look over both shoulders early on rather than just always looking over 1 shoulder will help massively later on!

[@iRollerboot]

Such a good tip

[@JulianDreamsx]

And also change the back foot to the front foot then??

[@j4nk3n]

@@JulianDreamsx as in which foot leads while skating backwards?

[@JulianDreamsx]

@@j4nk3n yes. If i have to change it when trying the other shoulder. Because everyone has the standard front and backfoot

[@j4nk3n]

@Giacomo I would suggest your back foot is the same as the shoulder you look over, that way your already in an ideal stance to turn inwards to whatever trick you might want to do

[@TheGingerBeef]

The first tip is probably what I've been trying to figure out on ledges for a couple decades at least...Thanks!

[@j4nk3n]

It's kinda vital for ledge skating, if I get skates I haven't owned before I always put my soul on a ledge and lean my foot over and see how much I can lean over while still feeling stable, also for topsides I see how little I can get away with bending my knee while also not letting my wheels of my soul foot touch the ledge, because when I first started I had this self imposed rule in my head that topsides had to always be perfectly boot down 90° which isn't necessarily great for balance or your ankles

[@tightpantsmachine]

Also, (maybe not so much for round coping) leaning over on a 90 degree ledge will have less surface area contact, so you will slide even faster.

[@arodOTG]

"suscribirse", love it 😂 definitely a foundational list of mistakes I find to be common. One thing I still struggle with to THIS day is following through on my grinds..you hit it on the head, drive your knee OVER the obstacle and stay on TOP. Always look forward to your videos 🤙🏽

[@marcbenjamin6841]

I have been saying this to grommets for years. All in one video to further validate my instruction. This is exactly what I have been waiting for. Thank you sir.

[@aldolega]

😄 I love Beginner Ben. I hope we see him in more videos.

[@iRollerboot]

😆😆👍👍

[@richskater]

Try to be like McFly & Tri and slide your grinds to a stop, hold the balance as long as possible. It's usually disheartening when you don't have enough speed to make the obstacle, but it's a great test of balance, maybe carry a little less speed on purpose once in awhile.

[@AtongAndal]

On point! The learning how to roll is the best one! I've noticed few of the fella bladers here learned how to grind off the bat without fully mastering the roll. Thought they was way ahead than other beginners but the issue suddenly surfaced when learning new grinds which requires a good approach. Ended up realizing that it should have been started with the basics and there's no other way than that.

[@rodrigovilleda764]

Great points , thank you.

[@quinn_X13]

This was so helpful for me. I know how to rollerblade from being a child in the 90s, but always wanted to get into aggressive inline and these tips are perfect for me.

[@PicMus]

I did agressive inline for 3 or 4 years when younger and am now coming back at 34. I never rotated my knee like that in 90 degree grinds unless I want to do top grinds or was on round rails. I'm gonna try to incline my knee in flat surfaces to see the difference. Thank you!

[@jaykirchner8027]

Same.

[@Back2NatureZeroHero]

Man I came across your channel right after I bought USD Sway Team 4 blades because I decided to start rollerblading again. I am over 40's and I don't want to stop again. I remember back in the good old days when we were skating there were an old man over 70's who was enjoying like crazy fitness skates. We called him the Yellow knight because his skates were yellow. Now I want to become the White knight with this Sway blades. 😁 Thanks for you inspirational videos. Don't give up the blading! 🙃

[@liberatumplox625]

Same. Deep into my 40's and just ordered a pair of Aeon 80s. I'm cool with being the grey knight.

[@rhythmdroid]

Same here, bro! Stopped skating 25 years ago-just got Aeon XXI 72s and went to a skate park today!! I’m 42. OMG it all came back so quickly-I even sat-in to the pool!

[@busyboxst7]

3 thoughts, caveats. 1) Lean forward when very first beginning but at some point good style (and safer for your back) involves learning to “lean back” in a sense (namely do most of the squatting and shock absorbing with legs not hips! It’s kinda rookie style to land and bend at the hips as if trying to do a toe touch stretch. Really common thing to see and it makes people trip if leaned too far forward. But the other issue, besides back health and style, is leaning too far forward = knee falls. Knees break much easier than butts… won’t see many pros falling to knees unless they skate vert and wear knee pads always.. and by style I mean “good style” often involves someone looking relaxed almost as if walking (usually leaned back more than like a beginner at the roller rink… again, a matter of progression tho, depends how far along the skater is). 2) There are a few grinds I would actually say looking 100% behind you, opposite of where you’re grinding, actually makes the lock on work better and helps slide it longer. True spin mizu (spelling?) is a good example. But in general where you look also is affected by how you plan to spin out or land it I think. If you get too twisted around it can cause the grind to slip off early. 3) Just another thing I think can help, some tricks are much easier to learn to slide without falling off, or easier to learn good form by either landing fakie (backwsrds) (or in some cases by not coming out fakie). Example, royales and back royales will naturally get more perpendicular to the ledge if someone commits to finishing the rotation and landing backward. Backside farfs this really helps on. Front farfs might be the opposite tho, come out forward (but conversely gotta make sure the torqued foot isn’t almost fishbrain angle).

[@shingweima]

Definitely agree with learning to be a rollerblader first. I'm getting back into skating (like many mid/late-30s people) and I have to keep checking myself to wanting to learn grinding until I can master skating fakie, powerstop and jumping/landing. Would also add learning to fall/bail out of tricks.

[@iRollerboot]

💯💯🍻🍻

[@MattMcFedries]

Best Royale ‘how to’ I’ve seen. Awesome job. Getting back into aggressive skating at age 46 😜 that Royale is gonna happen, so thanks for the tips 👍💥

[@stevenwright8335]

This was one of my favorite videos so far, hands down. Showing my friends now 💜✌️

[@iRollerboot]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jasongoodson7035]

Facts....number 1 is my jam! Since getting back into the rollerboots, this has been my nemesis...as well as most of these 5.... lol 🤣

[@fDeqPNGHxk]

Agree! Thank you for sharing! To my thought, the more base you train, the better you'd be balancing on grinds

[@dos7956]

I look straight down to my feet while "grinding" andddd yes... i guess i need to trust my feet more

[@busyboxst7]

Either look ahead like Ben said OR for some grinds, look behind (if your body is naturally positioned totally backward on the rail/ledge, sometimes looking backward actually works better in my opinion. Certain alley oop and blind tricks.. especially if spinning out. It’s both about you lean where you’re looking but also if you have to twist too much to look where you’re going it can cause you to slip off a grind.

[@divinevirtualreality]

Yessss!!! To me inline skating was and is always a form of ART!!! 🦇🦇🦇

[@prematuredgravy8033]

That last tip is SUPER important. I’ve been on skates for the better part of 10 years doing speed skating, Jam skating, Shuffle skating, you name it, and as soon as I hit the park it took me the better half of a week to learn basic weight transfer. Seriously, if you’re not comfortable on skates, you should not be trying to ride features at any skate park.

[@RevengeOfTheNerd]

Thank you so much! Lots of value here!

[@BreezyKun]

Yeaaah, that last one got me--I"m still learning the basics, been at it once a week for several months and folks in the blading group I roll with say I'm improving at a good pace at least!

[@GarrettCrosgrove]

Just bought my first pair of blades today. Waiting for them in the mail! Thanks For The Tips!!! Hoping that coming from a roller disco skating and snow skiing background translates over a bit. haha

[@Travis732]

Thanks for the pointers 🤘🏻❤🤘🏻

[@Gloam.]

Thank you. Exactly what I needed🔥👍🏾

[@masterless8779]

Perfect the basic first is so important before u get into aggressive blading. Most people think u can just buy a pair and hit the skate parks lol

[@gwendallkessler840]

Okay, great vid and great recomandations, personally i would like to add one conseil : go step by step, i've seen a lot of skater that are really proud to do a complicated grind without even mastering the easiers, so not only they will have to go back to these simple grinds later but also their posture on the hardest grind are not so well because of a lack of experience on skates. It's normal to start by little tricks and it's only if you take some time to do them that you'll be able to progress someday.

[@iRollerboot]

THIS

[@edwardtrinidad7541]

That beginner roll up to back sav...now THAT is style lol

[@iRollerboot]

😆😆😇😇

[@Kevhoe]

Some great tips my friend

[@andrewhaynes8682]

Great vid and good tips, will definitely keep them in mind. Always love watching a pro trying to look like a beginner 😂

[@DeathRUM27]

"How to" videos are great. Yoa are awesome teacher

[@iRollerboot]

🙏🙏🙏

[@undersoulskate]

That waddle to back sav was pretty funny 😂

[@iRollerboot]

😆😆😇😇

[@DailyDr3aming]

Really helped me out thanks

[@iRollerboot]

Great to hear that! 🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@busyboxst7]

Super agree with the comment here about leaning how to fall well.. , practice falling is key especially if you’re older. I broke my hand, worst wreck ever, simply because my muscle memory was lax cause I hadn’t skated in a long time and I failed to simply put my hand parallel to the ground when I fell, like just fell too quickly and didn’t react fast enough. Painful mistake. Btw, wrist guards with plastic in the back are a bad idea (instead of getting a minor fracture in the wrist, it’s possible to snap your forearm instead or possibly hand bones (metacarpals). Wrist guards with slick plastic on the palm are also a dangerous idea. Somewhat grippy is safer. Can’t say how many times I’ve seen someone fall to their palms on a slick surface, hands slide out and they slam their face or head down.

[@there_is_no_switch]

I hear people say "snap your forearm" a lot, but is there any evidence to support that other than anecdotal?

[@busyboxst7]

@@there_is_no_switch Conversely, is there any real reason to have the back splint in a wrist guard? What's it doing that's necessary? Have you ever fallen at an angle that the splint would protect you from something? ... Just thinking out loud. Doesn't seem that a wrist needs to be immobilized. Seems the greater need is for palm padding just to lessen impact.

[@larryjonn1973]

Any proof? Because I use wrist guards and I feel like they've saved me from breaking my wrists many times

[@stephenhudson4526]

Proof of the sliding out? Going to any wood made skate park for enough years is proof, people hitting their face or teeth is not entirely unheard of… As for the *back* brace in the wrist guard, what good does it do anyway? It’s not absorbing shock, all it does is immobilize your wrist more, but you’d have to have a freak accident fall or bizarre luck to need more than the front one. I think a wrap with padding in the palm is about as good as it gets unless you’re jumping insanely huge gaps then maybe you need something more - but if so, you’re probably not watching this video anyway or reading this comment.

[@stephenhudson4526]

Proof of the sliding out? Going to any wood made skate park for enough years is proof, people hitting their face or teeth is not entirely unheard of… As for the *back* brace in the wrist guard, what good does it do anyway? It’s not absorbing shock, all it does is immobilize your wrist more, but you’d have to have a freak accident fall or bizarre luck to need more than the front one. I think a wrap with padding in the palm is about as good as it gets unless you’re jumping insanely huge gaps then maybe you need something more - but if so, you’re probably not watching this video anyway or reading this comment.

[@maneotis4g63t]

Your bad habit recreations are freaking hilarious

[@Drummavore]

mistake #6- remembering that my ankles are 39 years old & maybe it’s not smart to have the buckles 3 clicks on with 80s 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@iRollerboot]

🤣🤣

[@JohnnyBlaze6954]

Getting back into skating after 20 years. Your last tip was hilarious and so true! Personally, I would never go to a skate park if I didn’t know how to roller blade 😂😂 how does one expect to grind on a 6’ half pipe going 15mph when they can’t even turn or stop correctly 😅😅

[@dannytwitch3276]

Yo! Thank you! These are really great tips. One I need work on is looking in the direction of intended travel. 😆 Thank you for pointing that out. No cap, I’ve been looking at my boots way too much and it’s time to make that change and look where I’m going! SeemsGood 👍.

[@iRollerboot]

🙏🙏🍻🍻

[@there_is_no_switch]

@@iRollerboot How do you advise looking at your boots when you're learning a grind and want to make sure they're in the right place?

[@masterless8779]

There is 1 thing you didn't mention to me most important. The art of falling/ bailing, there's a technique.

[@rideblades007]

That back savannah…. 😂😂😂

[@iRollerboot]

😝😇😇

[@juandepaz7184]

Agreed you need the foundation 1st and basics

[@baiaili80]

That purposely trying to fall on the lean back part made me literally lol.

[@OfficialMyse]

i have a question can you grind whit the side of your inline skates (normal inline skates, no aggresive ones) and can you got to the skate park with them?

[@RideorDieFit]

Ben can you do video on normal rollerblading? 😊As l am new to it .And want to roller to the shop and gym before l buy aggressive skates to learn tricks in the 🛼 skatepark

[@rhinusbreedt9772]

6:32 😂😂😂 man the first time on proper rollerblades with big soft urethane wheels 😂 that was years ago

[@MrTarrasque]

I could watch you trying to skate badly, all day

[@leser1music]

I was trying to learn soul grind today and was having a hard time with balance because I was looking at my feet. I knew I had to stop doing it but I couldn't get on the ledge without looking at my feet. Any suggestions how to correct this?

[@iRollerboot]

It’s ok to look at your feet initially, but your gaze should adjust quickly towards the end of the ledge

[@leser1music]

@@iRollerboot cool, thanks

[@davewestsk8]

Think my 6 years of skating before aggressive skating really helped.

[@apexpredator_jku]

Learning to roll 1st & foremost should definitely be #1. It's like learning to crawl before you walk. I've seen people pick up a new pair of blades who've never bladed a day in their life & they're watching TS Miz tutorials

[@Annanas.official]

i should say that if your skating it's really important that theres always one foot in front and one in the back so you can balance when skating of a ramp ( this is a fault that begginers make)

[@amaninaroom8678]

Im back again, after 27 years, and I lean back instantly......😛🤣 Just sitting around and chilling my bu** wasnt the best warmup. Nice tips !! thank you but Since this is a video for the target group of beginners I miss the reference to protective equipment. I drive relatively safely, and years ago I also drove in the aggressive range But after a 27-year break, I recently ended up on the ground 4 times in the park. and it's not like it used to be, you feel like you're falling deeper, and above all you have to learn how to fall "correctly" again. What I want to say: You're bound to fall as a beginner, so you should wear protective gear.

[@jasonmarkwell8593]

Been rollerblading since early 90's. What is this jumping with both feet you speak of? I will try this and see if I get cheat code super jump. 👍

[@abdallah2892]

Mandou bem demais! 🇧🇷👏👏👏

[@K_8T]

Okay....I will wait till I master the basic before getting my first aggressives. Thanks Algorithm for showing me.

[@spookwackadoo]

The biggest mistake is not subscribing to iRollerboot

[@iRollerboot]

Precisely 🙏🙏😆

[@eliyasimon2098]

That was good

[@Ucceah]

i think another common reason to folks to make the mistake of leaning backwards, is that it makes your riding look pretty cool and effortless .. untill you most gracefully plump down on your butt (or worse)

[@nickaustin4368]

Fucking love this. A+.

[@moneropete]

man I hit the park yesterday tried to grind a ledge and busted my ass. then I watch this video and youre basically like floating onto the ledge and ever so gently gliding and floating off and I just want to quit now

[@iRollerboot]

Don’t quit Pete! Keep at it

[@RatSewage]

I like to imagine you film all of your botch clips in front of people before they know how skilled you actually are and then out of nowhere you start popping off.

[@stefanpavicevic5890]

💪🏼🙏🏻✊🏼

[@mean-genes]

💥💥💥💥💥

[@iSafijiiva]

I am on my second week on rollerblades. I am 37😂 But I won't give up

[@timtaylor9590]

Wizard skating is mostly basic moves with variations.

[@busyboxst7]

Oh, and wrist guards *can* be a mistake! Plastic splints in the back can take a minor fracture in the wrist to a snapped forearm (rare but it happens). More often tho, slick plastic on the palm side causes someone to slip out and smack their face or teeth, worse than just not having wrist guards. Point is ones that have some grip like normal skin are probably safer so you have some control when you fall and aren’t just sliding around uncontrollably.

[@chinobean3555]

now my fafurite purt wud da twipple backfwip

[@MultitaskingGuy]

4:57 you don’t look at your feet?

[@okthisisthelasttimeipromise]

Just for the lock on. Then adjust gaze outward.

[@MadCroc98]

Okay but that are absolutely beginner mistakes

[@heldermachado780]

Gotta love those fake noobie moves 🤣

[@that_which_is_not]

Good to note that pads and a helmet aren’t linked to a skill level. Great video otherwise

[@Junk_Druggler]

Can I just take a moment to say how impressed I am at you not actually stacking it when showing how easy it'd be to fall over with said methods 😅 Some great tips in here though bud! The getting over the ledge and not right angled took me wayyy longer to realise on my own little skating journey, these tips are for sure gonna help people!