Roller Skate Tricks

Hi, I am Stuart Thomas and I am going to show you some tips and tricks on roller skates and blades. In this video, I am going to show you how to do some tricks on skate. We are going to learn how to skate in the heels, how to do the great wind, and how to do the moonwalk.

So, the first thing I am going to show you is how to skate in the heels. When skating in the heels, you want to do smooth circular motions to keep your momentum going. Once you have got that, you can then turn into sideways, onto one foot, going backwards, I will show you how to do it.

Basically, once you are on your heels and if you are comfortable with your balance, then we will do smooth circular motions just to get your skating _____ going. Once you get that going your front, you can go into side surfing and backward skating, but basically you are keeping your heels in full direction of your skates _____ you can add some spins in there, carry on forwards, and if you really want you can go into stops and backs. Next technique I am going to show you is how to do a great wind.

In the great wind, you _____ crush your weight over the two feet, so _____ you want to follow and from a side wards position you want to crush your foot over. Now, you must feel a bit alien, but try it first. Cross it over and then your next foot follows, once you have got to this position this foot then comes back behind you to try and get back to the sideways motion.

Once you get to your sideways motion, you are then trying to get to your backwards motion. You are crossing over, to the sides, and into the back. After the first step, you need to then get back to the same position as you started so you can carry on the flow.

So, you are going to cross over, to the sides, and then back and from here you do not need to get this leg back over the front, so you want to pivot on your toe and at the same time _____ that leg over so now you have started again as the _____ leg over, over. Next thing I am going to show you is the moonwalk. Basically, you just stop as your brake and your wheels will be a sliding motion, so what you want to do is pull back on your stopper and slide the wheels once you get to where your back wheels are you want to put back stopper down and then the stopper comes off and you are back on your four wheels and then slides to the next back wheel, when you stop it down, slides, stop it down, back slides, stop it down, back slides.

What you are doing is you are pushing back on your stopper so you are pushing off on your stopper if that make sense so you get your stopper there, so you push back and that is how to moon walk on roller skate and that is how to do tricks on roller skates.