Fast & effective emergency stop on rollerblades. Double Powerslide with Stuttering Skater in NYC.

Learn the Powerslide with Asha’s fool-proof method & feel the joy of having an emergency STOP! https://skatefresh.com/stops-slides/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ In this video, I work with The Stuttering Skater (Ari) on the streets of New York to tackle backward Powerslides on the weaker side and build up to the ultimate trick combo: The Double Powerslide. Working with advanced skaters allows us to dive deep into subtle mechanical tweaks. By analyzing edge angles, body alignment, and weight transfer, watch how small corrections produce immediate, high-speed results. Technical Breakdown: 1. The Double Powerslide Combo: • Perform your standard Powerslide on your dominant side, launch/jump cleanly off the sliding skate, and drop immediately into a second powerslide on your non-dominant side. • Avoid landing with weight too 50/50. You must land directly onto the new support knee with the same weight distribution as on your dominant leg to keep the momentum going. 2. The 80/20 Weight Distribution Rule: • For any slide to work, 80% of your body weight must remain on the bent support leg, while only 20% sits on the light, sliding skate. If your weight splits 50/50, your edge will catch and throw off your balance. 3. Closing the Gap (Belly to Thigh): • Staying upright at a 45-degree angle puts too much pressure on the sliding skate. • Drop your torso and bring your arms down so your belly physically presses against your front thigh. This lowers your centre of gravity and drops your inner ankle closer to the ground for an effortless glide. 4. Fixing the Plunk & Roll-In Half Lemons: • A heavy, clunky plunk sound on entry means the sliding leg is too heavy. • When using a half-lemon roll-in (instead of lifting the foot), steer your belly button directly over the rolling thigh before turning the sliding edge to ensure it doesn't grab the ground. #inlineskating #rollerblading #howtoinlineskate #powerslide #inlineskatelesson ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Double Powerslide Demo 01:24 - Static Drill 02:01 - Powerslide: Roll or Jump 02:49 - Combo Practise 03:49 - Head to Belly Rule 04:22 - Head Position 05:08 - Combo Practice 06:27 - Combo Additions + Syncronisation 09:04 - Roll-in Lemon to Powerslide 11:32 - Summary & Outro ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHO IS ASHA SKATEFRESH? • Founder of Skatefresh (since 2000) • Skate Coach for BBC and Disney's "Soy Luna" • Teaching inline and quad skating for 26 years • Former international roller figure skater • Skating for 43 years • @Powerslidebrand Ambassador since 2011 • @EndlessBlading Ambassador • ICP Examiner 350+ instructors certified worldwide (Inline Certification Program) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LEARN TO SKATE WITH SKATEFRESH Website: https://www.skatefresh.com Online Courses: https://www.skatefresh.com (Courses Tab) Skate Tours & Events: https://www.skatefresh.com/trips ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FOLLOW ASHA Instagram: @skatefreshasha Facebook: Skatefresh Asha ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EQUIPMENT: Asha's skates: Powerslide EVO + Endless Frames Helmet: Thousand Helmets Leggings: K-DEER Skate-inspired clothing: https://skatefreshtshirts.teemill.com Filmed on iPhone 13Pro or Insta360 Video Footage Filmed by @clope247 Music: "Summer" by: https://www.bensound.com/free-music-f... License code: FSBLAOGHEQU6INJ5