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Backward Powerslide – 7 Exercises
from How To Inline Skate on 16 Mar 2017

SkatefreshAsha : https://youtu.be/MRCTOOaRZC8?t=1m53s

Backward Powerslide – 7 One-Leg Balance Exercises

Today I did some drills to improve my backward powerslide

#1 One-Leg Backward

First I tried to keep balancing on one leg going backward.

#2 Front Wheel Touch

Then I tried to gently put down the front wheel.

It’s easier said than done.

Too much weight on it and it starts to wobble.

I also tend to drift to one side …

Hmmp …

[crash]

#3 Tight Turn

Okay, time for the first powerslide.

I try to make a sharp turn to trigger a slide.

It doesn’t really work … or you could say … it works too well… too much slide

But this was on a wet area.

Let’s try on a dry spot.

Yea, that works better.

#4 Put Down

Instead of a tight turn, I lift the skate a bit and put it gently down to trigger a slide.

I like it this way better, although that’s just my personal preference.

#5 Slide to Stop

If you push just a bit harder the skate will come to a full sudden stop.

Learn to control. It sure takes practice to master.

And yea, I still get it wrong sometimes.

Too much weight and it either stops immeditaly .. or it bounces

A tip is to stay low and extend your leg to make a steep angle between your skate and the pavement.

#6 All-in-One

To do the backward powerslide you need three different skills

1. Transition to backward
2. Roll backward on one leg
3. Place down the skate gently at a steep angle

You can do these one by one, or all in one smooth motion.

…I like it smooth…

#7 Powerslide vs Powerstop

Normally I like to stop another way.

Make a sharp turn that trggers a slide.

It eliminates the need for a transition.

It’s less of a slide and more of stop. Therefore I like to call it the Power STOP!

While what we’ve been practicing today is more of a slide, thus better call that the Power SLIDE!

And there you have it. That’s the difference between powerslide and powerstop.

Comments

– SkatefreshAsha
I got the ideas for this video from SkatefreshAsha’s tutorial. I recommend you watch her video.

Link in the description below.

She does it better than me, so absolutely, watch her video as well.

– Rockered Skates

Today I used slightly rockered skates.

The wheels in the front and the back were slightly smaller.

The reason they have different size is I’ve used them on triskates.

First time on triskates, you can see here:

And second time in this silly experiment:

This means two wheel for each skate are less worn.

Rockering made powerstop much easier. If you look at the marks, only back two or three wheels are touching.

– Stuck Wheels

Last session killed the bearings completely

That’s why I replaced them today.

Interesting thing though, is that from snow skating in winter, the bearings were almost unharmed.

I think clean snow isn’t that bad as long as i dry the skates properly and spin the wheels every few hours while drying.

The last session was on dirty melt water from roads, and all that sand and salt must be what killed the bearings.

At least that’s my theory. What’s your experience? What do you think?

– Old Skates

These skates are frikkin’ old.

We’ve been through so much toghether, can’t let you go! Don’t die on me! Don’t!

No, seriously, there’s still some melt water around and roads are still full of sand, so still not the time to put on the good skates yet. But heck do I look forward to that.

– Subtitles

Oh, yea, and a final note! I didn’t know that, but YouTube lets you upload the transcript and inserts subtitles.

Surprisingly it knows when to put the correct lines, so that pretty impressive on YouTube’s end.

Just click the subtitle icon to get subtitles if you want.

You may even set another language, and google translate is well …

I tried with Norwegian, my native language, and it’s yea gramatically a bit [hehe] off. But understandable for sure, so it’s a good idea if you’d don’t understand my English or English in general.

Are Cheap Hockey Skates Good Enough?
from How To Inline Skate on 13 Mar 2017

My skates are …. CHEAP!

Yup, these are the skates I’ve used all winter. And to be honest .. they are okay. But there are also some things about them that I don’t like.

#1 They are SOFT

Beginners may want soft skates, as they allow bending and flexing more. But as you progress, you’d want stiffer skates.

These skates are really soft, and I do feel them twisting a bit when I sprint, make sharp turns and hard stops. It’s not the end of the world. Whatever I try to do, I can still acheive, but if I did play serious hockey they would have been too slow.

#2 Few Eyelets

These skates only have seven eveyelts on each side. Typically hockey skates have nine to eleven. Since my skates have few eyelets, it’s difficult to lace them to a real snugh tight fit.

#3 Unwaxed Laces

The original laces are unwaxed. I replaced them with waxed ones, which helps. It only cost me about $5 so it’s a really cheap and effective upgrade.

#4 Heavy

These skates weigh 1150 grams each. That’s very heavy for ice hockey skates. Hockey skates are normally somewhere around 700 to 800 grams. For me this does not really matter though. I’m used to inline skates that are a lot heavier.

#5 Cheap Steel

I don’t know what steel they used, but a fair guess is that it’s very cheap. And I do notice they get dull rather quickly, however this is also due to the kind of ice I skate on. Anyway, my point is that if cheap skates come with cheap steel, and they do need to be sharpened more often, this will make them more expensive to maintain.

Final Verdict

These skates are good enough for me since I only skate for fun. Still, if I had to buy new skates today, I’d anyway go a little bit up in price.

I’d buy a stiffer skate with at least nine eyelets.

A beginner may be better off with very soft skates though.

A serious hockey player, of course, will need a lot better skates. For example, these skates are very heavy compared to more expensive skates. For me it doesn’t matter, as I only play pond hockey.

How to Skate during Spring Snow Melt
from How To Inline Skate on 28 Feb 2017

Finally! Spring has arrived! The new inline season has started!

Really?

Water everywhere. Ice and snow even. Not to mention sand! Salt!

Mehh, that doesn’t stop me. Here are some tips on how to skate in early spring!

#1 Focus on the ground!
There’s sand, ice, snow, water everywhere. So jsut always always always focus on the ground so you don’t get your skates stuck or damaged.

#2 Short strides!
The surface is slippery, so especially when doing crossover turns … better do short strides. I also wear padded underwear just in case.

#3 The grass roll!
The grass roll is super useful during summer, and here I do a snow roll I suppose, the same thing.

#4 One-leg paddle!
Like here going over sand, it’s almost impossible to skate. A one-leg paddle is good in such sitauations.

#5 Back wheels only!
It’s not recommended to skate through water, but if you have to, then only exposing the back wheels will reduce damage.
Also if one wheel gets stuck it’s quite easy to regain balance.

#6 Powerstop!
I remember how difficult it was to go from inline powerstop to ice hockey stops a few months ago. Now the table has turned. I need to relearn the powerstop.

Third try and it’s pretty much back! No problem there!

I may add that I practiced the powerstop on ice just recently, and now I’m more aware that the powersop kinda goes through the heel.

#7 Old Skates
There’s nothing worse for skates than skating during spring snow melt. Not only is all that water bad for your skates, but all that sand and salt from the winter will kill your bearings. I use my old skates with the absolute cheapest bearings I can find.

How to Paint and Label Hockey Puck – the Quick/Easy/Ugly way …
from How To Inline Skate on 27 Feb 2017

How to DIY Paint and Label Hockey Pucks
… the Quick / Easy / Ugly way…

It’s very simple. First you need spray paint. Don’t spray too much. The paint won’t stick. It will float on top of the the puck. It may form bubbles too.

Therefore better paint two pucks at a time, then rub them against each other to ensure a thin layer of paint over the entire surface.

Wait for it to dry a bit.

Then repeat on the other side.

After a few minutes the paint is dry and, if you want, you can label them with a permanent marker.

***

Some tips

#1 Orange puck on black ice.
I always use painted pucks on the lake because lake ice tends to be black. Remember … roller hockey pucks are usually orange or green for the same reason. It’s played on dark surfaces.

#2 Spray paint is messy
Go outside when using spray paint. Careful so the paint doesnt blow onto your clothes or in your face.

#3 Paint many pucks at once
After 5-10 sessions the paint is almost completely faded away. Since it’s annoying to repaint the puck all the time, I rather paint about ten pucks at once. When one puck is faded, I swithch to another one, and so on. Ten pucks is enough for the entire season. Therefore I only need to paint pucks once a year.

#4 Perfect gift
Why not leave a painted puck behind at the ice? It costs you like one dollar but your buddies will really appreciate your nice deed.

Warning! Beware of Dangerous Lake Ice
from How To Inline Skate on 24 Feb 2017

No skating for me today! Damn it!

It’s sad but that’s life. Nature gives and nature takes!

So in this video I’ll just remind all my viewers from Canada, Northern Europe, Russia and other cold places on the Northern hemisphere that spring is approaching and lake ice is getting less and less safe every day.

And even if you can see others out there on the ice, it does not mean it’s safe!

Look at this!

**chuckles** … sorry, it’s not funny

But the good news is that – probably – next week already I’ll be back on inline skates!

So ya all stay tuned. Another inline skating season is up and coming! Yay!

I’ll also apologize if I wasted your time with this video, but I just really wanted to warn those of my viewers from the North who are still out skating on lakes to maybe reconsider it now that the spring is approaching.