I Learned to Rollerblade in 1 Week...
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After making a video on the rise and fall on rollerblading, i've been obsessed with rollerblading and wanted to try it out... in today's video I give myself a one week challenge to see what I can learn.
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Do you watch Mike Shake?
@@Habsnska Hell yeah mike is sick
Good job jimmy! Keep it up
@@JimmyTheGiant following you since you were at 20k
Yo try skateboarding next...
This is fascinating, man. I'm a rollerblader of 20 years, was flow sponsored for 6, and most of my progression came with skating with friends. Seeing someone start completely by themselves and still finding the enjoyment in the FEEL of just ROLLING is amazing. I hope you keep at it! Reach out if you want some insider knowledge on the process :D
sorry for being 'that guy' but how do you get sponsored
@@Char1ieskate 1) git gud, 2) film parts, 3) reach out to shops and brands you want to be sponsored by, 4) prepare to be rejected by most, 5) rinse & repeat until sponsored.
Just a heads up, this can take years. Be prepared to be realistic about how good you actually are in comparison to the rest of the scene.
@@GraemeStanfordWilson ok, I kinda live in a shit area for getting sponsored (a very small village called llansilin, nearest town: oswestry, nearest city (30 miles away): shrewsbury. which kinda sucks..
@@Char1ieskate I live in Moscow, Idaho (a middle of nowhere town in the States) and I got sponsored by a skate shop in California. All that matters is that you can get footage where you live and post it online where everyone can see it. Again though, you gotta get good and it helps to find other people that do it.
@@GraemeStanfordWilson i'm comfortable skating backwards, skating relatively quick and forwards crossovers, there's a small skateshop near me (skate britain) what do you think of my chances?
The single biggest tip I could give for everything rollerblading: It's all in your knees! From standing up, to pumping, to grinds, basically everything, you have to bend your knees. The thing we hear the most from non-bladers is "I could never bend my ankles like that" or "I don't know how you dont shatter your ankles". Secret is, it's not your ankles, it's your knees. So do some squats, warm-up those hammies and keep rolling! Loved this so much.
What Richard said plus pumping is about bending your legs at the top of the ramp and straightening them as you hit the curve transitions back to flat at the bottom of the ramp
Definitely warm the quads more than the hammies man
Thatâs so true everything is in the knee.
That and learning the concept of how balance works. Think of your body as a lever and the wheels as a fulcrum and it all become a lot more intuitive
I feel old just thinking of having to warm up before doing something like that lol
Seeing those skaters cheer for you for hitting the stairs just warms my heart
Long time aggressive skater here... that was really good for only a week's worth of practice. You got noticeably better over the course of the week.
I was surprised that you attempted a lot of challenging things despite being noob - those drop ins and stair cases can be quite intimidating for beginners. This video was really accurate in showing how it can be fun & challenging even at the very early stages. With practice like this, after a few weeks you should have the fundamentals on lock and know a handful of tricks. It's really cool to see people still taking up this sport/hobby in 2021!
Here's some tips for other beginners:
Bend your knees. It's really easy to lose your balance if your legs are too straight. Doing this will also give you more degrees of freedom to move & gets you closer to the ground so you don't fall as far. Keep your feet out to the side and keep one foot in front of the other (even if only by a few inches) instead of right beside each other, especially when coasting forwards. Your legs + ground should look like triangles from the side AND front - you're essentially creating 2 triangles and utilizing their ability to hold weight and keep things stable on 2 axis. This will stop your blades from flipping out from under you. Learn to shift/cradle your weight across one or both feet, toes & heel. Keep your arms out for balance. Be relaxed but braced/prepared to fall at all times. Falling is part of the sport so instead of avoiding it completely, learn to tumble (fall properly) and laugh it off :P
Start slow. Learn to move around with confidence before trying tricks. When you do attempt tricks, break them down into smaller parts and work on the smaller actions beforehand - how much speed/height do you need? where are the forces at play? how do you have to shift your weight? how will you exit the trick? are there obstacles nearby?
Faux grinding is great for practice - find a low rail and just try to keep your balance in different foot positions without any momentum (eg. Royale, X grind, Mistrial). Afterwards, you can have some one push you after you've locked your legs/feet in place to get a feel for the move. You can also ride beside a rail and place each blade individually on practice runs before committing to both.
Have fun.
And *wear a helmet* - the smallest moves or simplest tricks can result in really bad things.
Honestly you should continue doing this man. It even kinda motivated me to start practising a new sport like this aswell!
Same
Yes, PLEASE keep rollerblading
Keep up the sk8ing m8, You need to get a helmet bro concrete hurts ya noggin!!
He should! Not bad of a progression for 1 week! :)
Rollerblading has such a dope community
I want "rollerblading after 1 month" / "6 months" videos. Keep practising and sharing the results man this was fun af to watch, made me want to take it up.
I used to be pro for a few companies back in the mid 90s, inline is fun, for sure. Try it, you'll be shocked at the progression you make.
@@louistorres no you never you were never a pro skater at all mr torres Thats a Fact
YES PLEASE!!
@@williamthomson2548 How can you call that a fact?
Sounds like you're jealous đ
@@JubbLaRacingnot jelious at all just know from being involved in the pro scene being an amateur on few sponsors he was not pro
as a skateboarder, im so impressed by how much progress could be made in a week, I dont know if this was considered a fast progression or not, but to me, this is rapid just by how hard it is to progress on a skateboard, you can barely learn how to ride comfortably in a month!! man now i really wanna start aggressive rollerblading
Thanks for being cool and supportive like the skateboarder in the background of this video. Caught a lot of heat from skateboarders while rollerblading over the years, love seeing cool ones.
Welcome to blading dude! :)
Yooo
"Basically its midnight and I really wanna go skate" now you know Jimmy now you know!
Big time
best time to skate. i bought luminous led wheels so i can skate in the night time
HAHAAAAAA đđœđđœđđœđ»đđŻ
I felt like this about 20 years ago đ He did a lot of progression in one week!
Yupppppp
Welcome to the inline skating community, hopefully you decide to stick around. We are always excited to welcome new skaters to the family.
MN aggressive inline represent, where are we skating at?
I am also learning to skate
Cheers dron poland. Newbe skater here
Newbie heređ
You just inspired me. Iâm 39, way overweight but used to skate back in my teens and want to get back into it. Iâm petrified to just rock up at a park, damn when I was a kid we had to drive an hour to an indoor park and theyâre everywhere now. Now to order some skates
Same here. 42 now, bladed all the time in the 90s as a teenager. Wanting to get back to it. Looking at skates currently
Just turned 40 and doing the same. How did it go?
Updates đ
39 too, big into skating in the 90âs. My kids just got skates, time to get back into it and skate the parks with them!! How you getting on???
Helmet???!!?!?
U dont need oneđ
He sure is
â@@IEditBikesAndCars Goody ahh take
Very impressive first week on blades Jimmy!
I hope my tutorial helped in some way đ
Pumping is very hard to pick up.
Honestly congrats on trying out rollerblading it's mad how much you progressed in a week
This makes me really happy as a rollerblader who enjoys watching parkour. Glad to see you're enjoying!
Props homie. Rollerblading is generally so much more fun with a group-especially to learn from and gather advice.
Mike Shake: Learning Inline Skating with no experience
British Mike Shake: Learning Rollerblading with parkour experience
Hell yeah mate! This is so great to see! Keep on shredding and remember to bend those knees and donât be on your heels! I really hope to see more of this đ€©đ
Do the ting!!!
Jimmy listen to this guy. He is one off the GOATS
Cj is pure sex on blades
CJ !! đđđ
goooooda!
It was great to see you doing this ! I started this in the 90s, reached semi-pro level in the 2k's , slept during the 10's and returned in 2020.
Your video reminded me of our early days, learning to roll, learning to jump, roll fakie and jumping your first stairs.
As for comparison I do some parkour while wearing rollerblades and often lacing them with grinds.
I also got a streetboard/snakeboard and that took me months just to learn how to roll around with .
this is awesome! i saw your first video on the history of skating, but just this for the first time and you killed it for just one week. good shit. thanks for tuning into our podcast!!!
biggup guys, love what you do - I'm hoping to keep making blading content the more i learn about the sport and it's stories.
big respect for taking this challenge and thanks for covering blading again. mad progress for a few days not bad really!
Pls do more videos about your progress :) "pumping" is the easiest thing once you feel it and it "clicks". I can see a few things in your approach about it that might be hindering for you. And since the process is same in all ramp based sports its kind of a great skill to gain in general.
This was fun. Playing outside the lines surrounding "regular content I produce" has weird pressure and uncertainty - but if it hasn't been said: you're a talented story teller. The same clarity, arc, and evolution from your recent explainer/research videos is all over this.. Proves to me you've got the skill to basically chase your curiosity or ambitions and just - show us where it goes. I'll definitely be along for the ride. Take the wheel my guy! âïž
Yes!!! đđŒđđŒ sharing the stoke and learning g new things! Iâve been aggressive roller blading for about 8 months but Iâve aggressive roller skated at skate parks for two years!! Itâs my fav thing in the world to feel the flowiness the ability to âflyâ đđŒ
Don't quit, practice makes perfect but patience and determination is key. The rest is history.
Edit: STRETCH!
Yes dude!! You did great for the first week, the jumps and drop ins were really good. When you pump keep one foot slightly more forward than your other to keep a more stable balance especially going fakie. A helmet is a great idea too but awesome video đ
That was exactly what I was gonna say, so many beginners make that mistake but even having one foot slightly (as little as half a boot but more if needed) in front of the other at all times makes this 1000X easier. Landing stair sets and fakie especially, you can distribute the weight and balancing over a much larger area.
@@TheEdZachary The biggest beginner mistake is doing maneuvers without a helmet or knee pads. He is using all the gear except the critical ones!
I love it but the progression should be longer, like a month, so that we really appreciate how far you've come !! Still really impressive though ;)
Agree with you on the injuries thing. Started noticing at 18/19 that when I hurt myself it started taking 3+ months to heal. Now that I'm 25 it's closer to a year. There's always a balance when I skateboard to not try anything that'll create a new bad injury (like rock to fakies).
that's dependant on your metabolism, if you still have a stoner metabolism at 25, then your good.
the sports that I tend to do are live or die, so I never get injured.
Awesome progression, really enjoyed the video. Excited to see a month, year into it. Keep it up man.
I actually started aggresive rollerblading last year and now I'm getting a Gawds Brand skate as my other skate are falling apart thanks to all the gnarly street fall I get every day. Its pretty ok progression for you getting comfortable with blading itself. I would suggest you get used both rolling forward, backward, and cruising because its part of the fundamental. The last thing you want when you try grinding is to hit your shin, so you might want to invest on shin guard when you try grinding.
For only skating for a week that is pretty impressive! I've blading for a couple of years and I have to say pumping is certainly different to everything and it all comes down to your timing of weight transfer into and out of the ramps. Honestly, your pumping at the end was looking pretty decent!
**jimmy**: "i'm worried about getting injured"
**also jimmy**: not wearing a helmet
You have to continue. I started rollerblading a year ago and was a complete mess.
But, now, one year after I am doing some grinds, some airs, my drop in turned into a jump in, and today I can grind on top of copings and all. It is awesome.
So, do it, make it awesome for you too, rollerblading is incredible! And congratulations for your goals. Keep going!
I expect a soul grind in when November ends!
Mate!! What an amazing feat in just a week. It took me so long to drop
In my first quarter pipe when I was 13. You have an awesome approach to
Learning new things!!! You should definitely keep at it, since you understand that feeling of freedom and flow! Youâve smashed it tbh dude, the parkour background has most certainly helped. But you need to learn to skate backwards properly before you can master the âPUMPâ. Get yourself down to a roller disco, with 8 wheels down and feel the vibe and drill skating backwards!! Youâre gonna be hooked!
Really dope loved this video and you progressed very nicely through that whole week Iâve been skateboarding before i could remember and ice skating for about 6 years about to get aggressive skates and this made me more stoked to get them
BRAVO đđŸđđŸđđŸđđŸđđŸ thanks for your journey. I was huge on rollerblading in the 90s and thinking about get back into it!
Wow this was so inspiring! I shared this on most of my platforms for many reasons because i love to rollerblade and also because a lot of what you said was very meaningful. So wishing you the best for your content and i hope you continue to rollerblade even after the challenge!
This content is great, it always falls in line with what Iâm interested in, I was just watching more and more rollerblading videos and you came out with a video on it, I ended up picking up a pair at the thrift store and trying it out for the first few days, and then you release a video where you do the same. Love everything your coming out with.
Those skaters chearing on your small victories brought a tear to my eye.
When you pump on a ramp, your feet always have to stay below your head, if you let them get away from you, you'll fall. It seems unnatural, but when riding a vert ramp backwards, the pivot point becomes your head instead of your hips.
To make it easier for you, it's the same motion you use to flip on monkey bars, but hanging on to it by your chin instead of arms extended.
This is a great video!
I'm also a beginner rollerblader. Something I've always wanted to try out, and eventually recently decided to "drop in" and just go for it. My progress at slow, but I'm loving every second of it. I fully get and understand the problem you're having with pumping, because I'm currently struggling to do it too despite watching different videos on how to do it.
Keep it up man, and hopefully see some more blading videos from you.đđ»
I wanna see you keep grinding rollerblade, that was just very entertaining. Everything else is just soo plentyfull on the internet but rollerblading
Yo Jimmy, you should keep at this! Love your exposure on our world and the impact of just you showing this sport some love can be felt.
Big love from a fellow blader đ€
that was awesome to watch, ive skatboarded my whole life and would love to see ya do that. youll understand pumping a lot easier on a skateboard
This channel deserves a lot more subscribers! Always sick content for me throughout the lockdown in the uk, cheers mate!
Great addition to your CZcams content, thats actually the next level! + impressive progression right there
The community.. it's just beautiful!! its getting together again!! i just bought myself a pair of inline Oxelo MF900 and im getting a blast with them!!
LOVED THIS!! Great progress and amazing job incorporated all the steps and videos and tutorials đđœ
Man, I wish someone told you to stagger your feet when you go up/down slopes and when going over bumps. By day 3 you would have been cruising much more confidently if you did. When someone told me that, I went from falling on my ass every other minute to being ready to take on small pump tracks confidently in a single day!
God I love to see stuff like this! Way to show the crazy learning curve and how fun it can really be after the initial awful day
Hats off to you for taking that on dude, Really enjoyed watching the video.
Used to skate almost daily with my buddies at skate parks and street in the late 90s and then it kinda just went away. Really cool to see people trying it again.
I started to learn in 2020 during the pandemic, I was also going through suicidal depression, my first aggressive pair was the razors cult. Blading saved my life! I started at 31 now I'm 33 and still going at it.
Wow, great progress! Pumping on ramp is pretty hard when you are starting, maybe try it on pumptrack because on pumptrack you don't have to roll backwards. đ„
Thank you for bringing back good memories from my early rollerblading days! I'm now 36, and i think i put my rollers back on again, as my daugter (6) just started learning it. Big respect for the documentary on the sport also.
I hope you keep at it and keep filming your progress this was fun to watch!
I donât know much about in-line roller blading but I skate a lot. I know from this and doing some roller blading that you need to lean forward.
This is great to watch how much you just embraced learning a new skill! Great job, but overall tip is to PLEASE WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR!!! I know parkour doesn't use it, but especially just wearing knee guards helps!
Props for learning how to blade and exposing it to the world. Youâre doing great things for rollerblading
The "yeaahhh" and clapping from the random skateboarder fills my heart.
Wow i loved your unique approach to learning grinds. (Jumping on top and aiming with your outside foot). Ive mever thought to try that, but seems helpful!
Tip on the bowl, keeping one foot infront helps wonders with stability while pumping and riding ramps. Its been a gamechanger for me. And seeing those nice skates something tells me well see more blading content. Cant wait!!! đ€
God this is just making me want to skate. It's been so many years.
I'd love to skate again but I have too many aches and pains from all the broken bones ! I used to throw myself into big tricks on the regular back in the day but I ended up in hospital a few times !
Just get some blades lads, you can keep ik at small as you want. Plenty of older bladers around still having loads of fun doing small stuff. It's fun :)
Same man, I used to work at a local rink as a kid (I was a skategaurd) i haven't been skating since I quit that job. I truly miss it.
I'm 50 and just started last year. My only regret is not starting sooner. DON'T WAIT !!!
@@christiansinner5187 this!
Great mindset and pretty impressive :D
That first drop in the ramp was amazing.
With pumping(Or more so going backwards), putting one foot infront of the other might help a bit with the balance.
10:26 I love the people cheering you up. I think that support is one of the best things of urban sports
Really wholesome video. I enjoyed a lot not only the effort but also the sincerity you put in learning to rollerblade.
Crazy progression! Love to see blading showcased out of our underground bubble. Basic grind tricks for the next one? :)
After trying out my new inline speed skates for the first time and thinking I would be just pumping down the street at full speed, but at the end of my quick 30 minute session not even making it out my own driveway lol đ realized this is going to take some time to pick up something I have not done in a couple years. Cool to see someone going through the same things I have to face for myself now. Excited for this journey đȘ
This was awesome!
Iâve not skated in perhaps well over a decade but Iâve been considering getting back into it. Watching you give it a go has inspired me to get back on my edges. Thanks and keep it up!
Hey Jimmy! Just wanted to thank you, this video go me back into skateboarding and that has changed my life. Really appreciate you man.
I can 100% relate to the challenge of learning a new sport but also being aware that I'm at the age where an injury could be super shit.
On one hand you want to try something new to develop your skills but on the other you're worried that your collarbone is going to snap đ
So great job! Rollerblading is super fun but falling is guaranteed. Wrist guards are worth every cent!
Good start, once you get comfortable the "flowy feeling" is awesome, I liken it to the feeling of gliding (especially when bombing hills) as you just get to jump around and flow effortlessly. Things like grinding can take a while to get used to but just start with a soul and a frontside and work your way up from that. Also weirdly 180's can sometimes feel safer than just jumping normal, as on the off chance you mess up and your feet go from under you, you can drop forward and put your hands down rather than falling on your ass or potentially going right over and hitting your head, plus you can bend your knees more into the landing with a 180 which will reduce the distance you may potentially fall. For the same reason this is why I'm more comfortable landing 540's than 360's. Hope you stick with it :) and yeah rollerbladers and skateboarders don't tend argue knowadays...in the 90's it was a genuine rivalry but these day we all just see it as different types of artists painting on the same type of canvas. heck I even started learning skateboarding as I got older because the stuff I was doing on skates was getting a bit risky for a guy of my age lol. skateboarding I can just play on flatground and have fun learning new stuff...that being said, the years of inline skating has made it so easy for me to rollerblade I just get to enjoy doing simple stuff without really thinking now, so it's definitely more fun for me if I'm just wanting to have a play without thinking about progression.
Hey man, keep rolling. You are doing great! I hope you keep at it and show us your progression. My biggest piece of advice is to find some friends to skate with. You are progressing so fast on your own, but things will click even faster when you see others do it and can ask questions.
I feel like you just became a real Rollerblader. Congrats dude. Im a Rollerblader of 20 years or so. This was awsome to watch. Made me remember why I like skating so much. As soon as you said "its midnight and I really want to skate" thats how you know you found something you really enjoy doing.
Hey Jimmy, just wanted to say itâs been really cool following your progress over the past 1.5 years. Love the topics, love the approach and man, your editing has become good! Also, you kinda make me want to buy some skates againđ
Thank you man means alot
I am 13 but been rollerblading for +6 years going to skateparks, trips to Japan to roller-skate their and it is truly a good sport: The more you do, the more addicting it gets! Thanks for trying the sport I am sure the inline skating community is happy you tried!
Been skating since 97 and still is one of my fav stress reliever
Thanks for giving it a go and showing love for the rollerblading community and beyond to the greatest sport in the world!! I've skated aggressive since the late 90s and never gave up
A thought: maybe pumping was hard because you never really practiced moving backwards. Master that on the flat and the pump might be easy.
damn this is making me want to pick up a pair of blades and pick up my old hobby - I used to blade as a kid and got to a fairly high level and then discovered free running and put down the blades, funny because your journey was the complete opposite!! Your progression for 7 days in awesome and I loved that you got out of bed at midnight just to scratch the itch haha. When rolling around you tend to bend over and your chest tends to lean slightly in front of your knees my best advice would be to try and keep your chest on top of your knees... as for the pumping, you're struggling because your posture is quite low to the ground, when learning new things this keeps you safe and quite balanced (low centre of gravity) but when it comes to pumping you're un able to generate a pump because it requires going from standing pretty upright to squatting low (with your knees and not your hips and chest) Just keep on rolling, I feel like your posture will improve as you just get more comfortable on the blades and as for me, turning 30 next week i'm defiantly picking up a pair of blades and working towards backflipping a spine near me :D
Awesome video Jimmy! Skating is such a positive light for many and to go out and flow brings wealth and health to all! Keep blading universe!
Been skating pro/am for 20+ years and when I was younger I would hear people say that rollerblading is easy or for people that couldn't skateboard but anytime someone actually tried to put their money where their mouth is and put the boots on, they quickly changed there mind.
This was actually such a sick video, Iâd love to see you try the same with skateboarding! Keep these challenge videos up fr
I think you would've had more fun with a flat setup (4 wheels) cuz rolling anti (2 wheels) feels a bit bleurghh.
Seriously though if you like the glidey feeling get yourself some middle wheels. If you're not gonna be grinding you can just chuck them in the flt3 frame you've got there.
I was think same tho I my friend said he thought 2 wheels are easier when I got him into it
Really enjoyed this, the progression is crazy, Good job brah!
I used to rollerblade all the time as a kid. I would fly down hills going way too fast and hit crazy ramps. It's amazing that I never really hurt myself too much. At 25 I don't think I could risk doing that stuff because I got a job I need to be at the next day so now I just like cruising around on my longboard.
It seems like yesterday when you were at 30k subs
Now your at 150k
I don't normally comment on your stuff Jimmy, but I'd love to see some more stuff like this! Either more rollerblading, or other stuff. Your consistent uploads and quality content has earned you some extra engagement! Keep up the good work!
As a in liner for many years this was a good watch ! Well done bro you done better than you actually know ! The stuff you did off your list was way more important everything else comes with spending quality time in your beloved boots and with good friends around to support you ! Again great work with content and info for those that are curious about the scene đđŸ
this is great, i had bought some aggresive skates myself prior to watching this was very cool, keep it up man
It would be epic if you learned how to jump a staircase on a unicycle
I agree unicycling would be a good challenge and would like to try it
Half a million views and 3.5k comments on your âWhy Rollerblading Diedâ video clearly shows that rollerblading hasnât died..
When you try your first grind, you go ass over head and break your first rib, that is when you really come to realise how fucking insane roller blading grinding videos are.
Frigginâ loved it mate!! Such a good story teller! Keep up with that pumping..
You picked it up so quickly. I didn't expect you to be on or near a ramp in the first week. All of us rollerbladers feel represented, sure, but also impressed!
11:20 that was a perfect pump right there, your legs were going faster than your body and if you would've just leaned back a little more you would've felt the speed
basically pumping is a center of mass concept, while going up you start knees bent and as you go up you rise with the ramp to create an upward force which will decrease the amount of downward force as a result of gravity. the same principle applies for going down a ramp, start tall, end low to create an additional downward force
I don't roller blade but the physics in this comment doesn't quite check out. When pumping, you can only exert force perpendicular to the ground. If you were to try to push yourself upwards while going up a ramp, you would end up just pushing your skates back down the ramp and falling over (imagine pushing a wheel on a ramp straight down, this just pushes it down the ramp). So if you can only push perpendicular to the ground, how does this translate into forward movement? Picture a curved ramp like a slice of a circle. When you are on the ramp, your body is actually rotating around the center of that circle. By moving your center of mass closer to that center (by standing up), you accelerate. It's the same reason a ballet dancer twirling goes faster when they pull their arms in, and why parkour athletes doing flips tuck their head and knees in. So whether you are going up a ramp or down, you always pump by standing up while you are on the curve of the ramp. This also explains why you can't pump while on a long straight ramp, you can only pump at a transition like where the ramp meets the flat ground. If it were just a matter of pushing yourself "up" the ramp, then standing up while going up a hill would make you go faster... which it obviously doesn't.
tl;dr: when going down a ramp, you also need to start low and then stand up as you go down. In a pipe or bowl, this means squat as you approach the transition, stand up in the transition, squat as you reach the top, and then stand up again in the transition.
@@AdrianQuark pumping is also about weight distribution. you pump at the bottom of the transition and it reduces the weight transfering to the ground, so you can roll higher on the transition and shift the weight back to that there's more weight to use at a higher point on the ramp that gives you more acceleration when you're going down. the motion is kind of a mix of squatting, jumping, squatting more and, standing up.
@@Fausto_4841 that is part of it but I don't think it can be very significant. Try going up a long straight incline and squat on your way up. You won't feel hardly any acceleration or gain noticable height up the ramp.
â@@AdrianQuark the squat alone does nothing. its reorienting the weight based on center of gravity that actually does something. as you move along a transition the center of gravity is constantly changing.
if i do your fixed angle incline experiment at the same speed, i'll get higher on the bank if i shift my weight at the bottom of the ramp where the incline starts and pump than if i just go at it straight legged. i dont know how to explain it from a physics experiment, but from personal experience riding ramps i can guarantee you that it works. it's a very similar effect as pumping on a swing. i dont know the exact physics of why those work, but just shifting weight at key times generates the energy or whatever force that gets you to swing higher.
Great video! It was the first time I laughed in 2 days so thank you!
Impressive progression too. I'm so keen to get my skates đ
Shoutout to that person supporting you at 10:20
try to skateboard its gonna be fun to learn :)
Skateboarding is so mainstream... everyone's mom can do it.
@@shaun8062 rollerblading used to be just as mainstream at one point, you do something because it's fun, not because it's mainstream or even not mainstream and your trying too hard to be edgy! And you think skateboarding is easy? I'll put it like this, the easiest skateboarding tricks are the same difficulty as easiest rollerblading tricks, you really make it sound like you have no clue what your talking about.....
@@j4nk3n lol I was being ironic. I've been skateboarding and rollerblading, sticking up for both in the most hostile of times, in person at the parks for the last 25 years.
Greatđ continue with it, live to see it remind me to the good old days
The nice thing about blading is that there is always something new to learn. Bored of aggressive? Try slalom. Not exhausted enough? Try speed skating. Want to get shredded? Try assault skating