FROM INLINE DANCE TO STYLESLALOM
1- Examples
1.1 - Sliding simple Tip-tap adding forward walk, sideway walk and 180
VIDEO 1.1
1.2 - Sideways 360 on both sides and moving backwards
VIDEO 1.2
1.3 - Backward walk performed sideways between the cones
VIDEO 1.3
1.5 - Sideway movements on the toes
VIDEO 1.5
1.6 - 180 and sideways movement on toe-heel
VIDEO 1.6
1.7 - Sideways 180s with one skate on the heel
VIDEO 1.7
1.8 - 180 and sideways movements on the toes
VIDEO 1.8
1.9 - Sideways 180s using an external pendulum
VIDEO 1.9
1.10 - Sideways 180s and 360s lifting a skate
VIDEO 1.10
1.11 - My favourite trick on toes that has characterized the most my skating in these years, is shown on video 12.2 ( in section INLINE DANCE ). We can see it applicated between cones on the two following videos
VIDEO 1.11A - VIDEO 1.11B
2. Shuffles between the cones
You can go through the cones performing the shuffles described in videos 11. A same shuffle repeated symmetrically from one side to the other one or two different shuffles alternated every two of cones.
VIDEO 2.1 - VIDEO 2.2
The videos 2.1 and 2.2 show two versions of Acid slide shuffle: sliding one skate only on its first wheel or on all four wheels at the same time. It's possible to perform in the same way also the crossed acid slide shuffle, as you can watch in the videos 2.3 and 2.4, even if in this case it is more difficult to slide with the four wheels.
VIDEO 2.3 - VIDEO 2.4
Much more difficult is to perform Acid Slide symmetrically from the other sides proceeding forward, as you can see on the following video
VIDEO 2.5
3. Compasses between the cones
You can perform a compass as a figure around one or two cones, going on the following cones performing other tricks; alternately, you can switch a compass with its opposite and inverse one, creating good choreographies.
a) Examples of compasses around one or two cones.
VIDEO 3.0
If the compass is performed around two cones, the main circle contains both cones while the internal circle is located between the two cones.
b) Examples of steps obtained mixing more compasses
EX1: Forward compasses on the heel or toe wheel switched by its opposite one
VIDEO 3.1
EX2: Backward compasses on the heel wheel alternated with its opposite one (the inverse step of the one shown on Ex1), performed on only one leg.
VIDEO 3.2
EX3: Half backward compass on the heel wheel alternated with its opposite one
VIDEO 3.3
EX4: Half forward compass on the heel wheel alternated with its opposite one
VIDEO 3.4
EX5: The step shown on EX4 mixed with its inverse one, the step described on EX3.
VIDEO 3.5
EX6: Symmetric step obtained by performing a toe-heel forward compass around each cone at both sides
VIDEO 3.6
EX7: Symmetric step composed by forward crossed half-compasses on both sides
VIDEO 3.7
EX8: Half crossed forward compasses repeated always on the same side, both skates are always on the ground.
VIDEO 3.8
EX9: Symmetric step obtained by performing the compasses of the video R on both sides.
VIDEO 3.9
A lot of compasses performed like figures around one or two cones are shown in the following MOVIE
The excellent execution is from Skali, one of the best European slalom skaters.
It may be interesting to watch this movie according to what I've written on this page. Above all, I suggest you to learn the opposite and inverse versions for every compass in order to alternate them periodically between the cones, like I show in my last movie, and to create symmetric and/or antymetric steps.
EX10: The following video shows some combinations of crossed compasses forwards with sideways 180s.
VIDEO 3.10
EX11: Symmetric step obtained alternating the crossed forward half compasses shown on video 3.7 with those ones you see on video 3.8
VIDEO 3.11
EX12: Symmetric step obtained mixing 180s and 360s sideways with crossed compasses
VIDEO 3.12
4. Cross and simple footguns
VIDEO 4.1
As you can see in my previous video, footgun consists of skating only on one skate, totally sitting on it, while the other leg is stretched in a horizontal position and its skate is almost always grabbed by the hand of the same side.
Some skaters perform footgun first sitting on both skates maintaining their arms forward, then lifting one skate and stretch the leg so they lean on the ground only on the other skate. On the contrary, other skaters try to remain only on one skate when they are still erects before squatting.
I prefer this second way for two reasons: first, the trick can be performed with better style, secondly, it's possible to study gradually the trick because you must take some middle positions with growing difficult. So in the following part I will explain this second way to perform footgun.
First of all, you must hold yourself upright and begin to lift one leg without bending your back forward. Then you stretch out your arm and take it with your hand the first wheel of the skate lifted. Practically the leg that is lifted approaches to the arm but not vice versa. The best solution may be to stretch both arms forward in horizontal or even lightly inclined position and then to lift one leg until the first wheel of the skate touches the palm of the hand which grabs it.
The arms strecthed forward are a good counterbalance so you do not fall backward when you lift your leg.
Of course, when you keep hold of the skate by your hand, your back is a little forward, but you must try to maintain it straight , rather than curve, even if it is slightly bended.
Then you begin to squat on the skate leaned on the ground. While squatting, the weight of your body must concentrate on the rear of the skate, so your back always keeps straight also if it gradually inclines.
When you learn to take footgun position, you can try to run across the cones in that position, for example a dozen of cones, at the beginning placed at 150cm distance, then you can reduce the distance to 120, 100cm until 80 cm.
Footgun learning can be quicker if you perform the trick without skates before. So I suggests the stretching exercises already shown on VIDEO 5, 6, 7, included in the interview on footgun published by Francesco Maselli on Pincio Skaters website
To better control the position it is good to learn to pass through the cones without grabbing the skate with the hand, but keeping the two arms parallel to the floor, like you can see in the next video:
VIDEO 4.2
