Indeed: the mystery of algorithms... Just a 52yo downhill rider sharing his passion. Thanks anyway 😉

Thanks! Indeed. 33 years of inline skating. 52yo now 😜

​@@skatingdoctorwill it considered dangerous for someone start learning to try short downhills?

@@Ka17788 It depends how you do it. Key aspects for downhill are your ability to brake and your ability to keep riding at a steady speed. It means you must learn how to carve

@@skatingdoctor okay many thanks for your fast reply, will check ur other videos later on 🤗

I play hockey (Ice). How hard of a transition would it be for me do you think?

😂😂😂 His name is Insta360 as you know 😜

Unicycle? Na, he is running backwards

I can only support you in this way! I don't know what sport you like. But on my side, I did no sport until 19yo, 1991. That year we discovered the inline skates in Europe. I tried once and became instantly addict. Had fun since the first minute. Even if it was a (very) cheap pair of skates. 51yo now, and skating still brings to me a feeling of freedom. So welcome back! Guess you realized that we now can choose so much different skates setup: urban, fitness, speed, freeskate... Aggressive, 3x125, 4x110, 4x100, 125-110-110-125mm, 5x90, 5x84mm... Do you now what you'll choose?

I’m the opposite. I’m getting back into skating, now I’m dragging my kids along so I can skate more.

Thanks! That's 33 years of skating (from 19yo, and 52yo now). And in reality, in the streets of Lausanne I'm like on a racetrack. I know every inch of these roads. Did these downhill > 100 times

Thanks! Keep training, it's worth it! I began skating at 19yo in... 1991! The city here is in a slope, so you must learn how to brake if you wanna skate in the city 😉

When was that? Maybe we met. Practicing inline downhill since 33 years 😉

Thanks a lot!

I 2nd that! No one film content like him. I went through a lot of KZfaq channels and haven’t seen anyone skated downhill with the skills he has.

@@CatzzSkatesFamily That's a great compliment! Thanks! There are quite a few top inline downhill riders. Unfortunately, they're not motivated to shoot good videos. Or maybe they don't know how to do it 😉

Thanks 😉

Merci !

I have friends who learnt this in 6 months 😉

Thanks a lot! Trying to keep the level at 52yo 😉

Grazie!

Precisely! I began inline skating at 19yo in 1991! Reached top level downhill (racing) around 1998. 52 yo now

Thanks Gary!

Ahahah oui, merci! Y a même 2 vélos dépassés 😜 Ça va, j'ai été clean ! Bon, c'était des amateur/trice. J'ai eu dépassé des mecs qui se la jouait pros... qui se vexaient 😂😂😂 !

Merci !

Wow that's amazing ❤

Thanks! You know, most difficult at 52yo is to find time to ride in order to keep the level, between job, family and other sh..t happening at my age!

@@skatingdoctor true!!! :)

Thanks. Indeed. You need this here to skate in the city. The City is in a slope: 850m at the top, 370m near the lake. And you clim up with the underground. Like a ski resort but it costs you between 4 and 8$ a day to go up 😉

Old indeed (52yo), but rather a medical doctor than a math teacher 😉

@@skatingdoctor Let's not say old, but rather in the advanced stage of life

Ah non, c'est juste la gravité 😜

It's worth it 😉. It's the parallel slide. Lots of tutos on YT. But I didnt learn with a tuto back in the 90's. Only by watching other riders do it. And in reality, this slide comes naturally when you go downhill : while carving, the skates must slide a little bit or they dont turn. So if you tighten your curves more and more, the skates slide more. En finally, it's a parallel slide 😉. About 5x84mm, it's not easier, but it adds grip and stability. Maybe it's easier to learn with a 4 wheels setup. With 3 wheels, it's definitely harder. The balance is harder to find because of the bigger wheels and less grip with only 3 wheels. Finally: if you hear that you must fall to learn the parallel slide, that's wrong. I almost didnt Fall in this learning processus. Sure I fell sometimes, but only when I push the limits and then I know it can happen 😉. When I stay in the 50% of my capability like in this vid, chance of falling is 0,001!

@@skatingdoctor I'll push it, thanks :)

Thanks! 33 years of riding. 52 yo now 😉

The bigger the wheels, the higher the risk of a high side (catch ing thé Edge as you say). So 4x100. The setup with almost risk zero of a high side is my favorite setup for downhill, ie 5x84. But it's not very confortable on a bad surface.

Thanks! It depends how often you ride. During downhill races or freeride weekends, you can finish your wheels in 2 days. But usually, I must change my wheels every 2 to 4 months (hard to say precisely because I am using regularly 6 to 8 pairs of skates as you can see on my channel. I have 3x150, 3x125, 4x100, DH350 (125-110-110-125), 5x84, 6x80, and also SUV tyre wheels (3x125 and 3x150)

Thanks! And this is my low speed everyday skating in the city 😉. 33 years of skating. 52yo now. Here, the city is in a slope (800m at the top, 370m near the lake) so if you wanna skate in the city, you need to learn downhill 😉. What kind of skating do you practice?

@@skatingdoctor I do urban skating, but my city is quite flat, in the north shore of Spain, so I´ve never been in the need to develop a strong slide braking. I went to The Netherlands and had the chance to skate organized routes of +20 km with big groups of people and it was amazing (also flat land too!). I´ve been skating for 11 years on 4x80mm wheels. I´m waiting for a new frame to skate 4x90mm, but I don´t have in mind to go to a larger frame for the time being.

@@alfonsomunoz5456 4x90 is nice indeed for freeskate. But skating in a flat region doesn't mean you don't need to brake, or rather it doesn't mean that you cant have fun sliding in all ways 😜. This rider lives in a flat city, and she's sliding as lot 😉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7l8i8SIl97VnIk.htmlsi=-jXAFC9rXto7o8Sj

@@skatingdoctor Don´t get me wrong, I skate through traffic and I know how to brake in different ways. But that doesn´t mean that I throw myself with speed skates downhill!! LOL I´m assuming that going downhill is faster and the forces are stronger than in the way I skate.

@@alfonsomunoz5456 OK sorry. Sure with 11 years of skating, you must be skilled 😉. So you know, downhill is not different from your skating. In this video, in reality I don't ride really fast. Max 35kmh. That's why I don't wear my helmet. Truly it's not dangerous. When I ride faster (ie > 60kmh), I put the helmet 😉

Thanks! Gloves are sliding gloves produced initially for longboarders

I have 10 pairs of skates. But these remain my favorite for urban freeskate and downhill freeride in the city. All my skates are customized and modified by myself. These are a SEBA iGor 2011, with a Mogema 5x84mm balade. Hydrogen 85A 84mm wheels. This is a flat setup (no rocker). Once you try 5x84mm, you dont want anything else 😉

Not that easy to learn indeed. I learnt by myself, but now you have a lot of tutos about this parallel slide (best slide to brake downhill 😉). And you're right: when you begin, you must wear gloves and knee pads and ideally hip protection. About helmet, wear one but in reality you rarely fall on your head at low speed (ie

Thanks for watching! Maybe because you realized I took time to shoot good rushes, to synchronize them with the music, with the small amount of time that remains at 52yo, instead of putting one crap rush as a short or a reel or a TikTok... 😜

@@terrablader Ahah, yes indeed! Thanks!

My gold standard setup is flat 5x84mm. If you wanna ride fast, you don't want any rocker 😉

@@skatingdoctor🎯 I see, thanks 🥇

@@Ka17788 You welcome! I know that 5WD flat setup seems a vintage setup. Why is it the best for downhill with 5x84? Because you have more wheels, so more grip for carving and braking. Also more secure : if one wheel slips, you have 4 more wheels. And because smaller wheels give more maneuverability. Then, if you want an actual setup, you should consider 4x100. But you must know it's more tiring than 5x84mm 😉. And finally, when choosing a frame, the longer the better for downhill. Ideal lenghth is... the one of the 5x84mm 😜. From middle of wheel 1 to middle of wheel 5, it's 340mm, with total length of 420mm. So if you choose a 4WD setup for downhill, better choose a longer frame than the minimum length of the 4WD you can find.

@@skatingdoctor oh many thanks 🤗 for 420mm I think it's impossible to find 😔 and if I do, I guess it might be at a premium price! I'll check for used hopefully I can find something reasonable, again thanks for your time and for your honest recommendation 🥰 best wishes!

@@Ka17788 What do you mean impossible to find? You mean a 4x100 setup of 420mm total lenghth or a 5x84mm? I just saw a fellow rider 2 days ago. He found on Ebay an almost new pair of speed skates with 5x84mm. Because in 2000, 5x84mm was the only setup for races like marathon. Now it's 3x125mm. So you have plenty of old skaters with 5x84mm hidden somewhere 😉

Sure, hockey downhill should be fun. You can body-check the cars ✌🏼

These are the "classic" Rollerblade Hydrogen, the white ones. They are the best quality/price ratio you can find for downhill. Good grip, not too expensive, and same whatever the size. You can find them 80, 84, 90, 100, 110 and 125mm.

Insta360 X shooting with 'Me mode'

You have a lot of tutos on KZfaq. Sorry, I'm not good at explaining 😉

I guess it depends on the wheels you are using.

@@albertoalmeida3424 Sure. But then it depends what you like. Personnaly, I like having a lot of grip with my wheels. And I learnt sliding with this kind of wheels. But you can also learn with slippery wheels and it could be easier at first, since the wheels will slide earlier than wheels with a lot of grip.

Thanks! Indeed. Better way to go in the city. In reality, that's the only way to find true freedom in our urban environnement ! Maybe you can find this with parkour, but it's not as cool as skating 😉

You don't imagine how lucky we are in Lausanne. When you arrive at the lakeside, you have a subway that can get you uphill... Lake is at 370m. Top of the subway is at 700m. It's like a ski resort... but with so much more fun 😎

Oui, on a de la chance à Lausanne: où que tu habites, tu es sur les pistes 😜. Pour la symétrie, pas besoin de Luc, je sais d'où ça vient: le problème, c'est d'une part la perche de l'Insta réglée à 1,50m qui déséquilibre (1,5m c'est pour éviter l'effet fish-eye avec une perche trop petite que je n'aime pas du tout). Sans ça, ma godille est assez symétrique. Mais surtout, mon problème c'est que je n'arrive pas à faire du switch depuis toujours... Là, c'est clair que c'est pas symétrique. C'est mon objectif pour mes 80 ans: réussir le parallèle normal et en switch 👍😎. J'ai le temps. Ps: mais à part ça, un truc qui n'a pas changé, c'est que je ne vois pas bcp de vidéo bien faites des top riders de downhill, ou des anciens top riders, que ce soit sur Insta ou sur KZfaq, malgré GoPro et Insta360. Heureusement que je suis là pour faire des vidéos bien filmées et un peu stylées, avec du montage, avec de la Downhill, du slide, du gloveslide, des 3 roues, des 4 roues, des 5 roues, des 6 roues, des SUV, tout ça à 51 ans avec le très peu de temps que j'ai (50 heures de travail par semaine + la famille) 😉.

Thanks! About the helmet, maybe at 52yo it's too late 😂. More seriously, in reality, in this video I'm not fast, only in low traffic areas. For us downhill riders: 0-30kmh is slow, 30-50 is not so fast, 50-70 is quite fast, 70-99 is fast, >100 is very fast. So I dont wear a helmet for slow downhills

@@skatingdoctor 30km is fast enough to split your head open like a watermelon or get concussed enough to have brain damage. Your riding is amazing but one little unforgivable accident. Stay safe!!

@@user-wi9fu3fc2l Thanks again. Forgot to say.... I'm a medical Doctor specialized in traffic safety 😉. So I can tell you that since 1991 in Switzerland, we had no accident involving an inline downhill rider with severe head injury or death. But we had head injuries WITH the helmet. Why? Because these happened during races or freeride events. In these cases, people take more risks. And a few head injuries with skaters skating on flat roads with helmets (mainly facial injuries because fitness or speed skaters wear open helmets). If I take risks or speed, I always wear a full face helmet. And finally, why isn't it really dangerous when I'm riding downhill at 30kmh? First because I ride at 50% of my capability (and I had a world inline downhill championship level, with last participation in 2014). Second, I know these roads on the vid like a racetrack (every inch!), so it's not a random downhill, and I let only 0,1% to bad luck, where bad luck would be a plane or a piano crashing on me. Third, skating is not like bikes: if you fall at low speed at my level, you don't fall on your head but on your side or toward the front, so I ALWAYS wear gloves. I know it can be hard to understand, like it's hard for me to understand that people cycling at 80kmh down a road with a shitty open face helmet think it's safe. Same thing for pro skiers (or non amateur skiers) going downhill at 140kmh with ridiculous open face helmet, instead of full face helmets like these used for mountain bike downhills. Sorry for this too long message! Here's my Bell Sanction helmet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=5SJjPVLlEUzhOTSB

@@user-wi9fu3fc2l Thanks again. Forgot to say.... I'm a medical Doctor specialized in traffic safety 😉. So I can tell you that since 1991 in Switzerland, we had no accident involving an inline downhill rider with severe head injury or death. But we had head injuries WITH the helmet. Why? Because these happened during races or freeride events. In these cases, people take more risks. And a few head injuries with skaters skating on flat roads with helmets (mainly facial injuries because fitness or speed skaters wear open helmets). If I take risks or speed, I always wear a full face helmet. And finally, why isn't it really dangerous when I'm riding downhill at 30kmh? First because I ride at 50% of my capability (and I had a world inline downhill championship level, with last participation in 2014). Second, I know these roads on the vid like a racetrack (every inch!), so it's not a random downhill, and I let only 0,1% to bad luck, where bad luck would be a plane or a piano crashing on me. Third, skating is not like bikes: if you fall at low speed at my level, you don't fall on your head but on your side or toward the front, so I ALWAYS wear gloves. I know it can be hard to understand, like it's hard for me to understand that people cycling at 80kmh down a road with a shitty open face helmet think it's safe. Same thing for pro skiers (or non amateur skiers) going downhill at 140kmh with ridiculous open face helmet, instead of full face helmets like these used for mountain bike downhills. Sorry for this too long message! Here's my Bell Sanction helmet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=5SJjPVLlEUzhOTSB

Indeed! When you practice downhill, wheels are part of your budget. I spend between 500 and 1000$ per year since my 30 years of skating 😅

Sure! We're lucky here!

Thanks! Trying to shoot cool videos with the small amount of time I have at 52 yo. About the helmet, I know it could seem weird. First, I'm a former top inline downhill racer (world championship level). Second, in this vid, I skate only in low trafic areas (pedestrian, or 20 or 30kmh areas). And I skate at low speed, ie not more than 35kmh. And I skate at 50% of my capability. You may think it's not possible, but I can assure you I leave 0% of a fall, or even a car/bike/people coming from the side. When it could be dangerous and I skate nearer of the 100%, I wear my helmets. Like here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=efOlK_7q6OWb4zbn

@@skatingdoctorAbsolutely my mindset also! I rarely fall - recently tried ice skating as well, but I'm too noob not to wear the helmet! Crazy stuff you do, lovely content!

hopefully you use one normally

@@ilisati When it coukd be dangerous, helmet, like this Bell Sanction (I recommand full face helmets) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=UiGKn4qTV-sYTkdq

@@ilisati Or with the wing it can be dangerous. Here my TSG Downhill helmet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNWhe5iauq_LfYU.htmlsi=DenHzxGNcGwI5EPK

@@ilisati But when I know I'll take less than 0,1% of risk, like in this vid in low trafic areas at low speed (

It doesn't happen. When skating in the city like here, I keep a lot of margin. I skate at 50% of my capability. I did inline racing downhill at top level, so I know what I'm talking about. As you can see, I know how to brake 😉 And by the way, I'm quite slow in this video: max 35kmh. For us downhill riders, 30kmh is slow, 31-50 is not so fast, 51-70 is quite fast, 71-100 is fast, more than 100 is very fast.

​@@skatingdoctor daaaaamn!

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Not so young. 52 yo in reality. 😉

Not on purpose 😂. In reality, my balance is altered because I'm riding with the Insta360 and the pole settled at 1.5m (5ft). So too much weight in front of me. Without the camera, I don't do this 😉

@@skatingdoctor ok, that's actually really funny! Thanks for the explanation

Thanks for the like! But I dont understand your 'asked 19 times' question. May I help ?

@@skatingdoctor Уou often showed “like” with your right hand.

@@user-hh6zy9rm2g 😂 True! It's not done on purpose. It's because of the long pôle (1.5m) and the camera. It changes my balance.

Thanks! Unfortunately, only street sounds isn't good, because you'll have too much wind noise. With the Gopro, I could took almost all the wind sound away. With this Insta X3, I didn't find the good settings 😉

Thanks !

True: I'm really bad if I try to slide on my right side. I tried to learn but it remains bad. So I decided to get my good side as good as possible. And I could race at a good level, with a best rank of 13th World inline downhill races, and a qualification for the final of the World inline downhill championships with a 23rd rank in 2014 😉

Yes and no 😂. In reality, I began skating at 19yo 😜. But you're right. Still a kid despite my 52yo!

@@skatingdoctor i imagine it used to be your way to school, and later your way to work you skated thousands of times down

@@IchDuForeverExplorering Almost that. In reality living in this city is like living on the ski slopes. So that's true that I know every inch of these streets like a race track.

By "he", you mean me 😉? For a powerful parallel slide braking, the key point is wheels with maximum grip. Here I have the classic Rollerblade Hydrogen 85A. They're good. And about how to learn parallel slide, you have a lot of tutos. But personnaly, I learnt by myself, watching the others. And I learnt by practicing carving in a not-too-steep slope. When you carve downhill, in reality you must let your wheels slide a bit in every curve. The more you tighten the curve, the more you'll slide. And in the end, it's a parallel slide. And finally: you don't have to fall to learn. I rarely fell during the process. But let's remain careful: always wear gloves. The remaining gear is optional, but it could be good to wear knee pads, a hip protection (you often can fall on the side), and a helmet (but in reality, you almost never fall on your head when you don't ride too fast: skating is not biking...)

​@@skatingdoctor yes i mean you sir! thanks so much, you are such a professional in skating! i am good but i am scared of going downhill so i need to watch some parallel slide tutorials. i just want to slow down faster just like you, not planning to go fast but if it goes down it can be very fast if i do not slow down like this. This video can help me, thank you

@@stargirl5194 No sir please. We're all riders 😉. The key for fun when going DH is to master speed indeed. If you have a quite wide road in a steady slope, it would be perfect. When carving, you must learn to put weight 50-50% on each skate. Practically, you must put the inner skate slightly in front of the outer skate at the very beginning of your curve. I.e., if you wanna turn right, you put your right skate in front, put weight on it, lean forward, and here you are 😉

@@stargirl5194 On this vid you can see some carving. 1st one is me 😉. The woman then has become the 2022 World inline downhill champion! And the 3rd rider has won a lot of races in the 1990's, 2000's. The others are learning 😉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hclhYJB5uqjagJ8.htmlsi=zugx-Y32HRcO9zkq

СПАСИБО !

Thanks! Fortunately you have not been hurt... You know, here, in reality, it's not high speed. I'm skating in low traffic areas or pedestrian areas. I'm between 20 and 35 kmh (12-22 mph). I raced in inline downhill world championship. Nice speed is 60kmh (37mph). High speed is more than 80kmh (50mph). And the pedestrian was watching me go down and we had eye contact. I know these streets like if I'm on a racetrack: did them more than 100 times. And at 52yo, I skate like a wise rider. 20-25 years ago, we were riding by night from the top of the city (750m = 2500ft) to the lake (370m = 1200) in 12 minutes at a mean speed of... 60 kmh (37.5mph).! OK, we had full protection gear, but I can tell you THAT was dangerous (especially for us) !

It's good that you are a good skater. Thankfully you seem to be always able to control your speed. However in reality, there must be a situation you couldn't control. That's the moment your irresponsibility toward pedestrian is revealed to your local around.

@@MrSafetysafety It's good indeed, Mr Safetysafety 😉. And in reality, I'm also a medical doctor specialized in... traffic safety! So the the Hippocratic oath forbids me from harming anyone. You must realize that the wide angle Insta360 camera alters the distances and believe me or not, but I assure you I don't let more than 0,1% to bad luck, where bad luck would be an earth quake opening the road in front of me and letting me ride into these people on the sidewalk...

@@skatingdoctor Being a doctor doesn't contribute to preventing accident in the first place by any means. Whatever oath you have, not a single one on earth is authorised to harm anyone unless under legitimate reason. I realise that you were keeping distance with anything around you. Don't worry about that. Mate, the last words you wrote about the bad luck and its possibility just reassure me your overconfidence and recklessness.

@@MrSafetysafety OK. You know, I do these vids to show my skills, to show what can be done with Inline skates downhill and to show that you still can find some freedom in our urban areas. Nothing more. Come here to Lausanne and I'll show you how safe it is if you do it well. 😉

Sorry, I dont sell helmets. Just doing these vids to show some cool skating and my skills. I can recommand you the Bell Sanction like on this video in Sicily, or the beautiful TSG Downhill. Only full face. Forget the small non full face helmets kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=efOlK_7q6OWb4zbn

And here's my TSG Downhill Helmet. Sold with 2 shields. One transparent and this beautiful mirror one 😎 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gduqpayj2K6ndac.htmlsi=_JiANjbgyM8vL1p9

First, you can see a couple of vids where I have my helmets 😉 So why no helmet here? Because I'm free to choose. Because here, I don't ride faster than 35kmh (22mph) and only in low traffic areas (you can see 20 or 30 writen on the road: these are km/h). Because I'm old (52yo). Because statistics in Switzerland show that no one got severely injured (or died) at the head as he or she was not wearing a helmet while inline skating downhill over the past 30 years (and I'm working as a medical doctor in... traffic safety!). Because here I'm riding at 50% or less of my capability, taking zero risk (I did races in inline downhill world championship, reaching speeds > 80 kmh = 50 mph). Because I know these streets like a race track (did this downhill > 100 times). So when I take risks, I put my TSG Downhill helmet, or my Bell Sanction helmet. Full face helmets only, because other helmet only protect you half of your head. So I can tell you: when I don't wear my helmet, I'm wise. When I have my helmet, I take risks and that's not so wise at 52yo! BUT... I never forget the gloves. Because you can be severely injured to your hands. It's not deadly, but it can be really serious 😉

Here is my Bell Sanction helmet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLuBi7hj0ceWYYU.htmlsi=FU6VD5mx7hNhsJtL

And here my really nice TSG Downhill helmet kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gduqpayj2K6ndac.htmlsi=jw5pdhUEUM3vx6-U

@@skatingdoctor yessir everything not protect our

​@@skatingdoctor they say most accidents are caused by other morons around you. Put them helmet on for them 😂

You welcome!

Pas compris... Essaie en français ou en anglais

Sure. But you can see on other vids that I have a beautiful TSG Downhill helmet and a Bell Sanction with (too expensive but so great) Oakley goggles. I know it's impossible to understand for people who don't do inline downhill freeride. But in reality, the risks are different from bikes, MTB... When you ride slowly like here in low traffic areas or on sidewalks, the risks if you fall isn't for your head, but for your hands and knees/hips/elbows. That's why I wear gloves 100% of the time when I ride AND I don't take even one chance of a fall. I'm like on a racetrack in these streets in Lausanne, knowing every inch of the road. So when I ride at 50% of my capability the risk of a fatal crash is 0.01 (I raced in world DH championship, now 52yo). OK, I can't imagine that a plane or a crane crash on me, but I anticipate even cars and bikes and people driving/walking through a red light. So I can tell you I take risks when I wear the helmet, not when I don't wear it😉. But despite this lack of helmet, I hope you appreciated the skills. That's my goal to show nice footage of inline skating downhill

Thanks! Always had problem with my switch slide. So I made my normal slide as perfect as possible. That allowed me to reach top 15 in World inline downhill races and to reach the final in the World inline downhill championships I took part. According that I never trained specifically for these races, only downhill fun. Trying to keep the level at 52yo now 😉