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Scenarios:

  • 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)

    • MULTIPLE ACTION STOPS: UNNAMED
    fwd edge - bkwd edge
    Do a forward edge stop, except allow yourself to overrotate. As your body continues to rotate past 90deg from original direction of travel, sweep what was your lead foot backwards, to lead again. Sweep the feet as you would have in a backward edge stop.

    Things that will help:
    --Keep your feet separated (fore-aft) by a skate length.
    --Squat a little
    --Lean away from your skates (as you do in powerslides and other slides), allowing you to use your edges to the fullest
    --Start learning this trick at slow forward speeds; you'll need to get used to the transition from forward to backward this tight while still having some net forward motion.


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