I put myself on a low traffic road yesterday for the first time and found myself on a gentle slope unexpectedly. Had to immediately revert to the drag stop and found myself panicking quite a bit as I approached a small intersection with no room to do the slalom style slowing. Wish I had thought of using both feet alternatively to drag. Also, for anyone else watching, if you need to stop right at the end of the slope or even worse, mid slope, you will need to use a power stop/hard slalom stop to come to a complete stop usually. Practice doing it in narrow stretches. I didn't realise how wide I stopped until I was forced to narrow my movements yesterday and that was terrifying.

Your one-footed jump over 4 steps while holding the camera stick is low key the most impressive action in this video😂🙌👌🏻

I think Bill’s tutorials are some of the best you can find on KZfaq...

Thanks for the vid Bill, you are showing real world application of how to stop. This is unlike most of the training videos. Keep it up.

Thanks for the precise language in all your videos. I just bought my first skates and they arrived in the mail today. These videos are very helpful in providing a clear learning curve and goals for practice.

This is the kind of video I need and want the most. There are many hills where I live. After 2 months or so at it 6+ hrs per week. I feel confident on most small slopes but still need work on slowing down and stopping at speed especially on rough / worn asphalt. I can T stop or use the heal brake but I can't do any power slides yet.

Your vids are great Bill. I just grabbed a pair of skates after 15+ years!

U make skating look unbelievably easy. Im still a beginner so this was massively helpful for me

Very quality and informative voice over. Definitely gonna study this for my stop skills!

Thank you Bill!!! Great video💪🏻💁🏼🙌🏻

Thank you for doing this videos. They help me so much, keep up the good work 😉

I love your skate setup.

Thanks Bill, I needed this, nice timing! Getting better at dragging to a power stop, and alternating drag. Really enjoying my skating, I feel I've got better every time I'm out there! You were (and are) a big inspiration when I started inline skating, love your flows. Loving the three wheels too, was practising transitions in my last vid, and was surprised at how easy it felt. Happy rolling!

Wow, I've got a lot to learn.

Holy hell dude I'm 2 years late to this video but your sculpted legs and skill on those skates make me so envious you're gliding on those things my dude

Thank you Bill. Your advise of using grass to stop in previous vids really helped today. I crashed 3 times today mostly on slight down heal and turning. Good thing I am wearing crash pads, elbow , knee , helmet and wrist guards as I am still a beginner. I am having a problem preventing my skates from doing the wobble! I plan another skate tomorrow to work on developing skills. I still have problems stopping good thing there are nice parks in southern California!

Got myself some powerslide infinity 125mm and I m loving it so far but I m a beginner. Such tutorials are gold worth and I just wanna say thanks! Greetings from switzerland

Thank you for showing me proskatersplace. I honestly just ordered some inlines. I've been back and forth for a minute so it was nice to get a recommendation from someone with some clout lmao. Thanks for the video, too.

thanks bill....always helpful.....after clearing a very long jump.....with little room left to break.....running like a chicken on the grass really saved me.....keep it up big guy

Great flows. Love the stopology.

Super useful, thanks for sharing

Thank you for this video. I have been skating for a while for fitness, but haven't learnt anything new for a while, and it's been playing on my mind that I have forgotten how to stop quickly like I used to be able to do in the 90s. I am almost 40 with 2 kids, and I am going to the park like a teenager to practice these moves!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Great videos BIll.

Am in love with your skills

Спасибо ! Thank you Bill !

Thanks Bill your flow was a great "non tutorial" tutorial , confirmation that both leg T drag is so wise , not just for wheel wear? I twisted my knee on s fall ,so being able to T drag on either leg is a essential !

best video i've seen than those who talk more than demonstrate..thanks !

Thanks for your vids bill I keep trying some moves out, do you have any other cool and easy fun tricks 😄👍

A master in action.

Great explanation and visuals, for a shadow talker!

Really helpful, thanks ! :)

idk much yet , but i'm liking the roller videos to keep up a folder as long as i learn things to check in couple weeks =)

You are so fun to watch in action.

Estou aprendendo powerstop do seu jeito,👏👏👏👏

Just turned 41 feeling inspired to get back on some blades since high school, still have some good balance and agility been ice skating with my kids for a few years now.. time for some wheels what of kind skates and wheels would recommend for stuff like you skate

Love THE video's, here in belgium. I go down hill. No problem. But how to get back up. Thats no easy

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Someday, if I learn skating, it is because of you

You are so good!

you make it look so easy...

I use an 80mm wheel set up and ride on the streets, what would you recommend for a fast but durable wheel and bearing setup?

Bill are you using Hypercrete Wheels plus G(rip)©, for general wear reduction? Great vid, looking forward to your slime slide tutorial lol....if you like slime sliding come to the UK lol.....

Hey Bill, is it necessary to use all 4 wheels when you drag stop? I'm having a hard time getting my abductors open enough to get that full T with all 4 wheels, I'm still working on it

Can you pls explain for us beginners where the body is positioned when stopping. Do we lift the front wheels up when power stopping or turning for example. Or is it the knee positions that better guide ? I can’t get anywhere

Bill, did you ever see how you compared to inline speed skaters speed-wise? Your balance is as good as any speed skater, but I don't see you doing the double push technique.

Must test this trick in my video uploaded... its break so cool andso strong...

super tute from the best

Would you recommend power slide over t stop? I feel like power slides are safer.

Now i am 33, and i start skating, it feels great... Hahahaha, thanx bill... I still learning how to stop, it feels like i will falling, i will try better..

Genio !!!

PLEASE HELP 1:55, when u do the stop your inner (left) skate, do you kind of very slightly lift front wheel up/using no weight on it and then turn the skate 180 degree backwards, or how do you split the weight on left skate to do it? is it like you turn by mostly front of skate and set weight for stability on back wheels?

How long would it *typically* take to learn the quick stop? Asking so I can evaluate if I'm doing something fundamentally wrong

Toronto!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice video. I’m a beginner and what frightens me about inlines is stopping. It’s so easy on ice. On inlines it takes so long to burn off speed. The power stop is pretty easy to learn but your preferred side is the opposite of mine. I’m right handed. A CW turn is natural for me. Anyway, a few stops you missed out, which you don’t seem to like. Dabbing one foot down in front at an angle, works at slow speeds. Placing both feet in a V formation, with good separation between them. Works at slow speed. Doing a sort of slalom, but the feet are wide apart, and the weight is mainly on the outside skate. I guess this is akin to your slalom, but pushing on the outside foot helps shed speed. When I’m going fast I so want to do a one foot outside edge hockey stop, or a vanilla hockey stop. But I’d go arse over tit. Actually I did go arse over tit. 🙄

If you are in Toronto can I meet you anywhere and you teach me some stop tricks. Much appreciated

Bill Stoppard: stopping expert

Bill I really need a same skate in this video how can I get it

I'm starting inline skating because I like to skate but I don't like rougher surfaces on my roller skates (quads are my comfort zone). I can drag stop with my right foot but nothing with the other side (I'm too scared of falling). How can I improve this? The power stop on ice skates is easy. Not for me on inlines, so far. Thanks!

what is that song in the intro?

Hi, can anyone tell me what skates are those?

How his front feet doesn't oscilate outside and inside in the drag stop?

Is it 100 or 110 wheel? + first comment :D

Love u trrr u t great

What if you have to emergency stop going at high speeds for say a pedestrian or biker? Would the B stop still be effective? I'm a little apprehensive of doing it at high/ down hill speeds.

Wow Great I am also Skater .......

@intrestinskate #intrestinskate

Can someone link me his headphones pls ? Thank You :D

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hate drag stopping on skates. i can just feel my wheels getting destroyed

Expensive skAtes

Why is it bad to have a brake on your skate?

Sise👍

Yep, my legs are snapping if I try do that.

You remind me of Chris pine and Tom hanks

😯😯😯

I cant slolom with my left leg at all!

Track name?

Every one : now we can stop I front of a puddle Me: *turns around instead of stopping with different ways for no reason* FBI OPEN UP

I wear a helmet.

Thoses skates are wo.derfull

Hi Bill, your wheels are too new and 'grippy' for braking 😕😕

Where is your protective gear? You’re crazy!

why this jugging suckers thing , we all active ppl . I would never say skating or any other sport is for suckers

U r right, jogging is too boring.

Use à helmet....

Skateboarders always bullying rollerbladers

It's fucking ridiculous that a guy named Stoppard seems to always be showing off his stopping.

dude.. how old are you? is that question fine for you or is it not?

Just use Heel Brakes... Problems solved, money saved, wheels condition top.

Why do you advertise to run without a helmet ?

Where a helmet lmao

Real men don't skate.....get a day job

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