- Single foot grinds
There are quite a few single foot grinds used in
Aggressive Inline Skating . They can all be performed whilst grabbing the free foot, or can performed 'freestyle', which means that the free foot is used to help balance and is not grabbed by a hand. For example the trick, when done freestyle, would be a called a 'Freestyle Backslide'. Most single foot grinds (excluding theMakio ) are done sliding on the h-block, and/or backslide plate, and all of these grinds can be donefrontside orbackside .Backslide
The Backslide is a grind done sliding on the back foot only. The skate slides on the h-block and the backslide plate. The Backslide is similar to the
Royale , just without the leading foot.Pudslide
The Pudslide is one of the newer grinds used in
Aggressive Skating , it can be very similar to aFarfegnugen without the leading foot. Only the trailing skate is used to slide and it is bent opposite from a Backslide, so the foot is angled with the direction of motion. This move has been popularized by skaters such as Chris Farmer and Dustin Latimer. The Pudslide is sometimes referred to as a Wondergrind.Fastslide
The Fastslide is very similar to the Wondergrind, but the feet change positions. The leading foot is sliding just on the h-block. Your body needs to balanced directly over the grinding foot to maintain a good distance grind.
Torque Slide
The Torque Slide is much like a
Farfegnugen , but without the trailing foot. The leading skate is sliding just on the h-block and backslide plate.External links
* [http://homepage.usask.ca/~foi822/images/backslide.jpgA photo of a skater doing a Frontside Backslide]
* [http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/revolutionskate/JZ-full-fastslide-cc.jpgA photo of a skater doing a Backside Fastslide]
* [http://pix.twentysix.net/albums/010908a-IMYTAsanDiego/petty_torqueslide.jpgA photo of Josh Petty doing a Torque Slide]
* [http://www.breather.net/irishrolling/img/wtsc/wtsc_08.gifA photo of Albert Hooi doing a Pudslide]
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