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  • City streets: what stops work best [read]


    Consummate List of Stops
    NOTE: In the context of this list, a stop is defined as any action that decreases velocity. The requirement of bringing one to a full stop is not necessary for inclusion in this list.

    SINGLE ACTION STOPS

    HEEL BRAKE
  • standard
  • heel-toe
  • brake only (one foot)
  • Wile E. Coyote
  • bkwd
  • side surf
  • dbl extended
  • dbl extended dbl brake (anyone done?)

    GRASS STOP
  • standard

    SPIN STOP
  • standard

    LUNGE STOP
  • standard

    EDGE STOP
  • std (two feet)
  • one foot - fwd/bkwd inside
  • one foot - fwd/bkwd outside

    POWERSLIDE
  • fwd
  • bkwd
  • fwd extended (entered with half spin)
  • bkwd retracted like on ice with dropped knee
  • ice (inverted retracted; entered backward)
  • single foot
  • Boston V-stop (tweaked bkwd powerslide; balance leg is crossed out in the middle of nowhere)
  • PowerT
  • New York Stop
  • inverted NYstop (outside edge)

    HOCKEY STOP
  • tight
  • splayed (also Vstop. V for vert)

    SNOWPLOW
  • fwd
  • bkwd
  • bkwd with slide

    T-STOP
  • standard (also bkwd; toe out)
  • standard with style (foot crossed to opposite side)
  • inverted (also bkwd; toe in)
  • indian (crossed inverted)
  • pretzel (behind and around)
  • sick (bkwd mot with forward foot in Tpos in front of bkwd skate; AKA aley-oop mistrial)
  • sick pretzel (like the sick, but pushed further outside and back)

    STEP STOP
  • (step to the side; only 1 or 2 steps; low speed only unless onto grass) [read]

    PADSLIDE
  • single knee
  • dbl knee
  • single or dbl knee with wrists

    MULTIPLE ACTION STOPS

    SLALOM STOP
  • standard

    CHOP STOP
  • (stepped snowplow; toe in; high acclaims from those who do it; but looks like it hurts) [read]

    ALTERNATING POWERSLIDE
  • right/left
  • fwd right/(spin)bkwd left

    ALTERNATING T-STOP
  • alt sides
  • alt std/inverted
  • absolute: alt sides,std/inv
  • sick: alt std/pretzel

    ALTERNATING EDGESTOP
  • standard(two feet)
  • onefoot (ex. fwd outside to bkwd outside)

    SHOPPING CART STOP
  • standard

    UNNAMED
  • edge - spin - edge
  • fwd edge - bkwd edge
  • fwd edge - bkwd T
  • fwd half edge - fwd snowplow
  • **NEED MORE

    COMMON SENSE STOPS
    (OR LACK THEREOF)

  • Bearing stop (bad bearings req'd)
  • Tree stop
  • Bush stop
  • Car stop
  • Pole stop
  • Pedestrian stop (strongly not recommended)
  • Asphalt stop (also butt stop, shoulderstop, hipstop)
  • Tar Patch stop
  • Roll stop
  • Helmet stop (also strongly not recommended)
  • Curb stop
  • Bus stop (just don't)

    • COMMON SENSE STOPS (OR LACK THEREOF)
    Bush Stop
    See Tree stop, and instead of a thud, think of a whole bunch of prickling from the branches. Not as effective as the tree stop, but it works in a pinch. And leaves you with scrapes instead of concussions.


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