Freestyle slalom skating
Encyclopedia
Equipment
Most freestyle slalomers use inline skatesInline skates
In-line skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates have two, three, four, or five wheels arranged in a single line...
although some use quad skates
Quad skates
The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, with four wheels set in two side-by-side pairs, was first designed in 1863 in New York City by James Leonard Plimpton in an attempt to improve upon previous designs. The skate contained a pivoting action using a rubber cushion, and this allowed...
. Those who use inline skates tend to use a full rocker wheel configuration, however there are variations of the rockers which are used. Some skaters prefer to use a 'full hi-lo' rocker, which means the largest wheel is the second in from the back, with the smallest at the front. A short frame (230–245 mm)is used to give them the maximum possible maneuverability. The inline skates are very tight with a very strong cuff, to give sustaining ankle support. Popular skates used to include the FSK skate range by Salomon, now unavailable, the market is now dominated arguably by Seba skates, formed by a world class slalom skater, and other brands such as Powerslide and RollerBlade.
List of slalom moves
The list of basic moves from easiest to hardest. There are many more moves than the ones shown in the list, and many variations on how to complete each move. The names of these moves may differ between countries. (Do not try these moves unless you are experienced with skating.) The best way to learn slalom is to watch someone else.Basic
- Forwards Parallel (Fish)
- Forwards Monoline (Snake)
- Forwards Criss-Cross
- Alternating Forwards Cross
- Double Cross
- Forwards One Foot
Beginner
- Backwards Monoline (Snake)
- Backwards Criss-Cross
- Backwards Parallel
- Backstab Criss-Cross
- Forwards Heel-Toe Snake
- Forwards Heel-Toe Criss-Cross
- Forwards Toe-Toe Snake
- Forwards Heel-Heel Snake
- Swiss Monoline
- Forwards Shifted Cross
- Backwards Shifted Cross
- Eagle
- Eagle Cross (Independent)
- Eagle Shifted Cross (Wave)
- Eagle Royal
- Eagle Royal Cross
- Reverse Eagle
- Reverse Eagle Criss-Cross
- Reverse Eagle Shifted Cross
- Fake Side-Surf
Intermediate
- Crazy
- Grapevine (Mabrouk)
- Double Crazy
- Double Crazy Back
- Forwards Stroll
- Backwards Stroll
- Backwards One Foot
- Chapi Chapo
- X
- X 2
- X Jump (Crab Cross)
- Nelson
- Nelson Back
- Nelson Transfer Back (X-Back)
- Sun
Advanced
- Alternating Cross
- Crazy Sun
- Mexican
- Italian
- Volte
- Wiper
- Footspin
- Special
- Oliver
- Brush
Master
- Rocket (Coffee Machine)
- Backwards Rocket
- Kasatchok
- Toe Wheeling
- Grabbed Toe Wheeling
- Heel Wheeling
- Grabbed Heel Wheeling
- Screw
- Swan