WHY AND WHAT PROTECTION GEAR TO USE. Fail expert explains.

[@IFW949]

I had a minor concussion over the winter. Not from skating -- I fell on the ice walking my dog. Gave me a new appreciation for how my helmet saved my brain a couple times 🤣

[@NikZvi]

Good you've had it when it saved you)

[@grazianocini3831]

Ah Y😮😮Zengarini un po’

[@Snifffski]

It's all about risk assessment for sure. I wear the protection I deem necessary for my skill level and what I'm doing. For rec/transport when I'm cruising I wear wrist guards and knee pads. At the skatepark (my skills are very basic) I wear everything - helmet, elbow pads, wrist guards, crash pants, knee pads and shin guards. I don't think I'll ever do stair rolls! Having said all that it's impossible to mitigate for every risk.

[@NikZvi]

You're right, risk assessment. With me the problem is that the desire to make something more dangerous than just simple recreational/commute skating can come to my mind unexpectedly, so I m trying to be always ready for it:)

[@Snifffski]

@@NikZvi That's a good attitude. I'm the reverse - I make everything as safe and simple as possible 😅😅

[@NikZvi]

Everyone choses his own way. Sometimes I'm also very cautious.

[@rururu5630]

Get good fitting pads, preferably with sleeves that wrap around your joint. I used some without a sleeve and scraped my knees and elbows pretty badly when they slipped off on a downhill fall. At least the pads absorbed the impact force.

[@NikZvi]

Yeah I have the ones with sleeves. Good choice

[@TheRollingRaptor]

Great vid! Informative _and_ funny! 😅👍

[@NikZvi]

Thanks Tim!

[@Inliner242]

The Armored Man & Skeleton pics lmao oh man! Great compilation of clips by the way

[@NikZvi]

Thank you) I've been searching for some corresponding images for some time.

[@sirjaketh6082]

Very nice sir

[@NikZvi]

You're welcome!

[@jojoinlineskater2226]

Hi Hi Nik, I personally made several mistakes when starting out on inline skates. The first was that you have to train on a flat surface. I started on a bit of an incline with an elevation. Another was an inappropriate push. When a person learns it wrong, he does it wrong for a long time. My next misstep was speed. Seeing your videos when you're going fast is very motivating, but I've learned that I need to start riding slower. Mainly because of the surfaces. Driving in our small town, where in front of every apartment building there are different tiles, asphalt, concrete, pieces of branches, rockeries, is completely different than, for example, on the cyclo asphalt in Germany, or even in your place in Saint Petersburg. Also the fact that if someone wants to take this sport seriously, they shouldn't start with soft boot skates. That's how I started. A mistake. I should have gone to buy more expensive hard boot skates right away. About 150 euros and more. Protectors are also important. Seeing how you and others like you are doing without protectors can mislead beginners. Even if a person has protectors and falls, he can also fall on his knuckles. Previous mistakes cost me both broken wrists. That's why there are so many new skates for sale in bazaars. Allegedly due to lack of time or the size of the shoe 😄😄😄.. Nevertheless, I continue on, watching your videos, but if I could turn back time like this: 1. Hard boot 2. Protectors 3. Push training. 4. Power stop. 5 jumps 6. Back skating... And only then increasing the speed. I wish you good health. Your subscriber inline skater jojo from Ružomberok, Slovakia. 🫶👈

[@NikZvi]

Hi JoJo! Thanks a lot for such a great comment! I totally agree with all your points and it's a pity that you had to pass through some injuries while finding the proper way of learning how to skate. Hope all the negative parts of inline skating are already in the past.Good luck 🤞

[@jojoinlineskater2226]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@hahanoiceu]

Powerslide Next 2022 update?:) I really liked the 2020 review

[@NikZvi]

Will put it in my to-do list)

[@untitledproduction6164]

Nice vid! Best protection is Good technique! Question why do you bob your head left and right when u skate? example at 2:13 it reminds me of playing car games as a kid and tilting my head to turn faster :))))

[@NikZvi]

Ahah) I guess I was just moving to the rhythm of the music in my headphones 😁

[@EugeneMaynard]

A very important message! 👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇹🇹

[@NikZvi]

Thanks 🙏!

[@MegaSysadm]

Was that Mr Lenin at 0:05 leading you to a bright future?

[@NikZvi]

Yes, it's him. Although our future is not bright at all ...

[@MegaSysadm]

@@NikZvi ya, same thoughts...i say "sorry Mr Lenin we failed it all"

[@willielibet7487]

What city and country is this one? I ask just to learn.

[@NikZvi]

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

[@rumatatel]

первый роллер который говорит что нужно кататься в полной защите. Это очень круто. Сам всегда полную одеваю. Потому как асфальт гораздо крепче моего тела

[@NikZvi]

Спасибо! Я, видимо, просто не особо ловок, поэтому на своем опыте знаю, что удариться можно чем угодно и когда угодно)

[@YanVulich]

1.super important 2. Funny 🤣 3. The most beautiful city in the world, IMHO

[@NikZvi]

Thanks a lot! Especially for the city part)

[@electrica_]

I litterally died today trying to skate up a ramp lol and i almost broke my knee , (that grave was funny lol) Thanks for the video

[@NikZvi]

Thank you and take care!

[@electrica_]

@@NikZvi thank u so much dude , keep rolling

[@NikZvi]

@electrica_ 👍

[@NinjaOldwars]

Hear hear !

[@NikZvi]

:D

[@BlackyRay_Patrick]

Lol nice topic or better said nice Timing:D

[@NikZvi]

The timing made a big deal here. I really started falling too much recently:)

[@robsongodoybello]

+1 INSCRITO. Um abraço aqui do Brasil

[@NikZvi]

Muito obrigado!

[@G0rdonFr33man]

Helmet probably saved me an eye socket.

[@NikZvi]

Sounds scary, how did it happen?

[@G0rdonFr33man]

@@NikZvi skating a completely new area, coming down a very narrow bridge with a 2 way split at the end, panicked turning, grabbed a bridge railing, flew hard hitting the ground. Bridges a generally dangerous.

[@NikZvi]

Yeah, you're right, bridges are really dangerous and sometimes unpredictable.

[@freshasadaisy4782]

Good video in general but a bit too much moralizing in this video for my taste. Even the smoker got some unnecessary advice. Let him smoke, it's perhaps one of the few pleasures he has left that he's willingly traded for less health.

[@NikZvi]

Ok, I understood you. Most moralisation content here is included for a comical effect. Smoker actually didn't recive any advice, the subtitles are lying a little bit. In fact I've just said: "No, I don't smoke". I use too much sarcasm sometimes, that's my problem.

[@willielibet7487]

@@NikZvi This video is as good as it gets! Do not worry about your sarcasm. I got it! If I wanted a "perfect" video, then the only "perfect" one I will find on KZbin is the one I make myself. Thanks for this video.

[@NikZvi]

👍

[@enesin91]

Не курю 🚬 😅

[@NikZvi]

И вам не советую;)

[@rempage]

I see a lot of soldiers there. Perhaps going to ukraine meatgrinder. Hope you'll have your protection gear when you'll be mobilised. Happy return as Груз 200

[@NikZvi]

God luck to you man. I never supported this war and talked about it in my videos. I understand you if your hate is caused by the loss of some people that are close to you. You have your right for it. But since you're not even writing Ukraine form the capital letter, I suppose you're just a troll. Anyway KZbin skating channel is not the place for such conversations.

[@rempage]

@@NikZvi Good to know that you are not supporting the war! But I guess you are in huge minority in Russia. Hope your compatriots will soon end this madness. Sorry for trolling your account. Thank God there are some reasonable Russians left on this planet...

[@darius6917]

fail expert lol

[@NikZvi]

Yes, I am