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Summary: How to skate backward to forward on rollerblades, explained by an inline skating expert in this free online video clip.

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Adam Silverstein Adam Silverstein is an inline skating instructor at Compo Beach Skate Park in Westport Connecticut. He has been teaching for more than three years and roller... read more

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by scarred99

thanks adam for the videos. (: and silicone, get a life. stop showing off, dweeb.

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by sIlIc0nE

thats how high i juped like 9 years ago. now i can jump like 10 times higher. i have videos of me doing better tricks. like stalls, backwards manuals, and 180 jumps. is there anyway u can see them?

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by girlygirl1915

i could never do that on rollerblades before but he taught me how !!!!! i could sorta do it on the ice in my figure skates but not in rollerblades!

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Skating Backward to Forward: Rollerblading Tips & Techniques: Free Video

Hey guys Adam Silverstein here again on behalf of Expertvillage.com. Now in this next clip I am going to show you guys how to go from backwards back to forward. In the past couple of clips I had shown you how to make the transition from forward to backwards and how to maintain that speed rolling backwards. Now it is important to go from backwards back to forwards so that you know where you are going to stop. So what we are going to do is as we are rolling backwards we are still bringing our feet out and in to generate that speed. But when we reach the point when we are comfortable enough to turn back around we are going to start by turning our shoulders in that direction. By turning your shoulders the rest of your body is sort of forced to follow with you, so what is important you also do is make sure while your knees are bent, your skates sort of lift off the ground slightly. You can do this by just by picking the fronts up and making it easier to quickly turn around. Now watch as I give you demonstration of this. I am going to start off by rolling backwards going in and out like before. Now I have decided I am ready to turn around so my shoulders swing around, I pick my feet out, I turn in that direction. See how quickly I was able to turn around now as I am lifting my foot the front of my feet off so there was not as much drag or resistance against them. Keeping them from turning. You guys at home give that a shot.

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