Roller Derby - How to do a Power Slide

[@AmbrosiaVoyeur]

Thank you SO much Bonnie D. Watching this I just realized your sideways skating video is what got me over that particular hump. You make newbies squee. - Slambrosia

[@AVincent2]

I know there is tradion of using the roller skates but I wonder if it would ever change to roller blades. I would think on 1 set of wheels you could really get more leverage to support yourself when bumping into as in ice hockey.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Im smilin every time I watch you!! The trainstop you badass! Skate skips sticky floor. Im a born again skater.

[@zatannafan1]

This was so unbelievably helpful. Thanks for posting this.

[@BltchonaBroom]

Cool...loving the slow motion to...you get to see it a little better...thanks Bonnie x

[@nia.j.h]

stopping the train, I love that! great video

[@PRRazcle]

WOW Stopping a train with the force of her bare hands 😳 What a WONDERful woman 😁 Nice Tuts 👍🏼

[@godalmighty5331]

Comment 100 and I am 100% impressed thank you! it's a day where we can focus on praise and punishment being the 11th of September but your good presentation and demonstration are due praise. Great going. Charlie Ososami

[@JADEakiko]

i'm no where near this yet - but you are an awesome video instructor... mahalo much from the big island....

[@kstarsmiles]

We just did this stop at practice last night and I like it so much more then the hockey stop. Similar for sure but I don't end up with pulled groin muscles like with the hockey stop!

[@loxosceles5]

An excellent breakdown of a useful move. Thanks!

[@winter2718]

I think t-stops, along with plows, are more in the category of gradual stops (especially good for slowing down in a pack). Rapid stops (hockey, tomahawk, etc...) are also really useful for getting back into play quickly after going out of bounds or skating into a pack with a slow moving wall -- to avoid back blocking.

[@oCYBERPUNKo]

Stop the train, huh? That seems a good think to mentalize. I'm learning inline skating but I found this useful. Thanks!

[@6950062]

Thanks for sharing this pearl of wisdom

[@KittyDeCapitate]

well actually emerican19, as a derby girl from London, UK, my whole league found this really useful and i'm sure the 5000+ other rollergirls across the world did too! Great explanation---we're all super keen to try this at practice!

[@eddieblanco2652]

Love your videos. thank you!

[@polerin]

@PoobahSCRG just from the standpoint of stance, this looks much more stable than a hockey stop for impacts from behind you. Very similar to a front stance in TKD.

[@rhyboy1]

no way in the world i can do this yet, but you explain and make examples so well...

[@zomb1etron]

Awesome explanation, that stop looks scary as shit though! I wish I had the opportunity to skate on a banked track!

[@AudioMasterRTrib]

Your awesome !!! Thanks for all your post .

[@AldbroBev]

Great vid, thanks for sharing, will be trying this out at next skate practice, need to get the jist of the sideways skating first

[@Bigotedechivo]

you are the best bonnie!

[@Sheylaluzdemaragasca]

Super no sabia como frenar al llegar al termino de una vereda muchas gracias a ponerlo ahora en practica cool!!!

[@sierraEllifritt]

I've been roller skating since o was super little, and i heard that doing roller derby was like a actual thing, and holy shit I didn't know I needed this till now!

[@nia.j.h]

I hope you ended up getting into it!

[@videodobaguio]

T-T-T... Sound efects!

[@FrankieFacebreaker]

Great video! I'm sending this to my coach right now! Frankie Oklahoma Victory Dolls oh and, emerican...seriously dude, filming a truck going through some dirt and mud? That, my friend is a waste of bandwidth.

[@985Mindy]

very good video thanks, we have been trying to do this the past few practices

[@Urhoboman5]

These stops/breaking will work on all surfaces correct? I haven't been skating long and right now I'm experiencing the jittery stutter du du du thing you did in the beginning. So far the power slide just isn't working for me.(on ASPHALT) Am I not doing it right or is it because I'm a beginner? Thanx for this video. :-)

[@iamgalvanized]

Great explanation. Very logical and down-to-earth description. I will watch this more than once I'm sure. Gal VanIZed Fresh Meat L.A. Derby Dolls

[@campfortune]

Now that's a real instructor!!!

[@qbanocb]

the man who repair thar floor must love you!!

[@hadleymanmusic]

What skills make a good derby roller?

[@Morax]

@StoryTimeWithBonnieD Hmm maybe you're right. I just remember growing up, we all called the "hockey stop" a powerslide

[@stillwill2215]

we used to skate and play derby in the 70's/80's, we would do that stop going forward, that is what we called a hockey stop".

[@MystiqueRisingSun]

Where I am, a hockey stop is done somewhat the same, but both feet are sideways instead of just one.

[@xXPuppyDogEyesXx]

thank you i am putting your training to use tomorrow

[@sebastien381000]

trop bien votre video , merci a vous car je souhaite savoir le faire le power slide

[@luvaddictXO]

what kind of wheels do you have on those skates?

[@greeboiare]

great video! thanks!

[@UnspoiledChief]

Actually stability. On rollerblades its way easier to get knocked on your butt. Quads have more surface contact so its more stable when you get slammed. Derby in rollerblades will only cause you to get hurt more frequent, and though it is a rough sport we try to be as safe as possible.

[@krekotin]

thanks a lot for the video!

[@dadoe]

guk guk guk guk! Awesome!

[@briantakumi]

wow.. that banked track looks so smooth.. what is the material was made? :O is that wood?

[@DAN-ti6ju]

Macenite

[@briantakumi]

Doodlebugs - Cereal killer ohh i see, thank you :D

[@Knight-RaveN-Rollers]

the ones we played on were mahogany oak and veneer with cedar rails

[@lasktguy]

mcschwagnip, well maybe for your girl's leagues there are both. I trained with both roller derby and roller games and they never taught or used anything but the hockey stop.

[@enchilada702lv]

Thank you

[@lasktguy]

PoobahSCRG, it's not different. It's exactly the same as a hockey stop, just not done properly. When skaters are first learning how to do it what's shown in the video is how they usually start out. Then they work on it and do it the way it's meant to be done.

[@thisisbonkers]

oohh i may try this as trainng tonight

[@6602O]

@AVincent: no quads work much better for roller derby, they are much more manueverable and have more edges....actually positionally blocking and hitting are not like hockey really at all

[@bobspie4]

do tatoos hurt?

[@kinghaza2440]

Me and all my mates call this hockey stopping but we jump in the air before you put your foot out

[@DoctorWhomaniac1000]

Wow .. u make that look sooo easy, i havent tried it yet and already it looks awkward :S lol

[@jibsonator7]

This could be useful, i was going backwards about 20 miles an hour and i stopped, my toestops came off lol.

[@zanglass]

ok so i try this but all i do when i try is go in balerina circles

[@Defenestrate27]

Quads are much better for not breaking your ankle when your slammed to the ground at 15mph unlike roller blades. Also, roller derby is not just a race, speed isn't everything.

[@Kelsie154]

'when you're finished you'll be standing in a T stop position'... or on your butt. :) ha It took me 2 years to learn how to do this... (because the rink owner kept re-doing the floors!) Needless to say, my butt AND face, met the floor many times.

[@IVR68]

Круто!

[@silveriagargantilla2025]

Hi can you pls do a how to skate because i don't know how to skate XD

[@MystiqueRisingSun]

If someone falls in front of you and you try to use your toe stop or the tomahawk you'll run them over before you come to a full stop. Power slides, t-stops and hockey stops - done properly - can stop you on a dime, so there's less chance of injury for all.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Hard wheels are safer dont use soft wheels till you are strong enough and able to do this second nature

[@youretoofastforlove]

It takes a lot of practice ans trust to do this haha

[@izasdiary44]

oh my god

[@LxTxSURGE]

darn shes fast

[@laronda10]

Not trying to troll here but this is good n all for learning how to chatter your skates but in an athletic skate stop you leg should should not be out side of your frame. Cause now you have nothing to plant off of after you have stopped.

[@thylacinelove]

Crud crud crud crud....got it slow but cant pick up the speed...

[@happyplayce8725]

2017 Anyone??

[@916bigAl]

she's pretty

[@yakov1928]

lol this roller for 3 years old

[@BBiarna]

ilove you. bemysister.

[@Amara_Leone]

Now it's called barking if u make the noise right

[@shaymlaljews4015]

👍💋💋🌹

[@justinpierceify]

im 12 and i knew how to do this stop for 3 years and i no how to do the t stop and a turn stop i guss u call it if u live in lakeland florida u will no who i am XD im the only kid at skateworld who can do stuff like tht XDDDD

[@neonnation9428]

This isn't the type of power slide I do. The type I do I slide with both skates going around a turn. It works good to do sharp turns if you do races or to juke sombody out in shark attack if your skating rink plays any of those games. Make sure your boot is sewed. I learned how to do it on GT-50s and it ripped my boot and I still skate on em. I just have vamnilia wheels but when my boot fully rips and can glue it more with gorilla glue I'll buy a sewed boot. Just be aware of ripping your boot. It takes a while to learn and it will swing you swing you in a circle if you do it to hard

[@DeezSkates]

That's not a power slide. Doing it with both feet is known as a hockey stop.

[@ayeekaden925]

Actually thats called a cut.

[@GuardRaven]

she looks nice^^ cool tatoos ;)

[@Morax]

niwdogslim is right, this isn't a powerslide..

[@laronda10]

Well should say that far out of your frame

[@lasktguy]

It's a hockey stop done wrong. When I was a derby skater we practiced doing hockey stops all the time in training school. This is how the beginners would do it. After you got better at it you could do it with your two feet together, not apart like she's doing it.

[@6602O]

@AVincent: no quads work much better for roller derby, they are much more manueverable and have more edges....actually positionally blocking and hitting are not like hockey really at all'

[@Mostcarpiot]

heard a tatatataa

[@gaae2000]

She cute....

[@AGDemo]

;-)

[@HaloofCurls]

Okay, I want to see you do a vid of this without breaking something. Go ahead, upload it.

[@zacharyking7030]

stop a train

[@jimboeth]

*swoons*

[@Nuisance_Bear]

How to do a Power Slide: Play Mario Kart :D

[@chrispchicken313]

Why don't you use your toe stop to me this is a half baked tamahalk .

[@Knight-RaveN-Rollers]

First off that is not a proper power slide, its a hockey stop, A proper power slide is with both feet 90 degrees to your direction. Second you never Roller Derby in Shoe skates, for you'll wreck your ankles, a Full support sewn boot is the only way to go and make sure they are either Suregrip, Snyder, or Riedells. Which are my personal favorite. Our Roller Derby team The Fantastic Four was highly active during the Late 70's to to late 80's. Only on Banked track systems, never on flat track,for it just didn't exist back then.

[@MystiqueRisingSun]

Using both feet sideways is a hockey stop. Anyone who has ever played hockey knows that. What she did (one foot sideways) is the power slide. If you wear an artistic skate for derby, you'll be laughed at! Derby in the 70's and 80's was much different. Those who played use the high top boots solely because that was what was readily available. They were cheaper than speed skates. You're actually more likely to mess up your ankles in a high top boot because you need the ankle flexibility in derby - hence why they started making "derby" skates. The only difference between a derby skate and a speed skate are the wheels...that's it. Derby usually means slightly softer wheels while speed means slightly harder wheels.

[@827hop]

lol who would do that

[@trueblood2345]

this suckedddddddddddddd

[@nuffflavor]

Not much of a slide.