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This is fascinating, man. I'm a rollerblader of 20 years, was flow sponsored for 6, and most of my progression came with skating with friends. Seeing someone start completely by themselves and still finding the enjoyment in the FEEL of just ROLLING is amazing. I hope you keep at it! Reach out if you want some insider knowledge on the process :D

Honestly you should continue doing this man. It even kinda motivated me to start practising a new sport like this aswell!

Seeing those skaters cheer for you for hitting the stairs just warms my heart

Long time aggressive skater here... that was really good for only a week's worth of practice. You got noticeably better over the course of the week. I was surprised that you attempted a lot of challenging things despite being noob - those drop ins and stair cases can be quite intimidating for beginners. This video was really accurate in showing how it can be fun & challenging even at the very early stages. With practice like this, after a few weeks you should have the fundamentals on lock and know a handful of tricks. It's really cool to see people still taking up this sport/hobby in 2021! Here's some tips for other beginners: Bend your knees. It's really easy to lose your balance if your legs are too straight. Doing this will also give you more degrees of freedom to move & gets you closer to the ground so you don't fall as far. Keep your feet out to the side and keep one foot in front of the other (even if only by a few inches) instead of right beside each other, especially when coasting forwards. Your legs + ground should look like triangles from the side AND front - you're essentially creating 2 triangles and utilizing their ability to hold weight and keep things stable on 2 axis. This will stop your blades from flipping out from under you. Learn to shift/cradle your weight across one or both feet, toes & heel. Keep your arms out for balance. Be relaxed but braced/prepared to fall at all times. Falling is part of the sport so instead of avoiding it completely, learn to tumble (fall properly) and laugh it off :P Start slow. Learn to move around with confidence before trying tricks. When you do attempt tricks, break them down into smaller parts and work on the smaller actions beforehand - how much speed/height do you need? where are the forces at play? how do you have to shift your weight? how will you exit the trick? are there obstacles nearby? Faux grinding is great for practice - find a low rail and just try to keep your balance in different foot positions without any momentum (eg. Royale, X grind, Mistrial). Afterwards, you can have some one push you after you've locked your legs/feet in place to get a feel for the move. You can also ride beside a rail and place each blade individually on practice runs before committing to both. Have fun. And *wear a helmet* - the smallest moves or simplest tricks can result in really bad things.

I want "rollerblading after 1 month" / "6 months" videos. Keep practising and sharing the results man this was fun af to watch, made me want to take it up.

The single biggest tip I could give for everything rollerblading: It's all in your knees! From standing up, to pumping, to grinds, basically everything, you have to bend your knees. The thing we hear the most from non-bladers is "I could never bend my ankles like that" or "I don't know how you dont shatter your ankles". Secret is, it's not your ankles, it's your knees. So do some squats, warm-up those hammies and keep rolling! Loved this so much.

as a skateboarder, im so impressed by how much progress could be made in a week, I dont know if this was considered a fast progression or not, but to me, this is rapid just by how hard it is to progress on a skateboard, you can barely learn how to ride comfortably in a month!! man now i really wanna start aggressive rollerblading

Helmet???!!?!?

"Basically its midnight and I really wanna go skate" now you know Jimmy now you know!

Welcome to the inline skating community, hopefully you decide to stick around. We are always excited to welcome new skaters to the family.

You just inspired me. I’m 39, way overweight but used to skate back in my teens and want to get back into it. I’m petrified to just rock up at a park, damn when I was a kid we had to drive an hour to an indoor park and they’re everywhere now. Now to order some skates

This makes me really happy as a rollerblader who enjoys watching parkour. Glad to see you're enjoying!

Very impressive first week on blades Jimmy! I hope my tutorial helped in some way 😅 Pumping is very hard to pick up.

Honestly congrats on trying out rollerblading it's mad how much you progressed in a week

Welcome to blading dude! :)

Props homie. Rollerblading is generally so much more fun with a group-especially to learn from and gather advice.

Hell yeah mate! This is so great to see! Keep on shredding and remember to bend those knees and don’t be on your heels! I really hope to see more of this 🤩🙌

big respect for taking this challenge and thanks for covering blading again. mad progress for a few days not bad really! Pls do more videos about your progress :) "pumping" is the easiest thing once you feel it and it "clicks". I can see a few things in your approach about it that might be hindering for you. And since the process is same in all ramp based sports its kind of a great skill to gain in general.

Agree with you on the injuries thing. Started noticing at 18/19 that when I hurt myself it started taking 3+ months to heal. Now that I'm 25 it's closer to a year. There's always a balance when I skateboard to not try anything that'll create a new bad injury (like rock to fakies).

It was great to see you doing this ! I started this in the 90s, reached semi-pro level in the 2k's , slept during the 10's and returned in 2020. Your video reminded me of our early days, learning to roll, learning to jump, roll fakie and jumping your first stairs. As for comparison I do some parkour while wearing rollerblades and often lacing them with grinds. I also got a streetboard/snakeboard and that took me months just to learn how to roll around with .

Yes dude!! You did great for the first week, the jumps and drop ins were really good. When you pump keep one foot slightly more forward than your other to keep a more stable balance especially going fakie. A helmet is a great idea too but awesome video 👏

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this is awesome! i saw your first video on the history of skating, but just this for the first time and you killed it for just one week. good shit. thanks for tuning into our podcast!!!

Yes!!! 🙏🏼👍🏼 sharing the stoke and learning g new things! I’ve been aggressive roller blading for about 8 months but I’ve aggressive roller skated at skate parks for two years!! It’s my fav thing in the world to feel the flowiness the ability to “fly” 🙌🏼

For only skating for a week that is pretty impressive! I've blading for a couple of years and I have to say pumping is certainly different to everything and it all comes down to your timing of weight transfer into and out of the ramps. Honestly, your pumping at the end was looking pretty decent!

This was fun. Playing outside the lines surrounding "regular content I produce" has weird pressure and uncertainty - but if it hasn't been said: you're a talented story teller. The same clarity, arc, and evolution from your recent explainer/research videos is all over this.. Proves to me you've got the skill to basically chase your curiosity or ambitions and just - show us where it goes. I'll definitely be along for the ride. Take the wheel my guy! ✌️

After trying out my new inline speed skates for the first time and thinking I would be just pumping down the street at full speed, but at the end of my quick 30 minute session not even making it out my own driveway lol 😅realized this is going to take some time to pick up something I have not done in a couple years. Cool to see someone going through the same things I have to face for myself now. Excited for this journey 💪

Awesome progression, really enjoyed the video. Excited to see a month, year into it. Keep it up man.

I actually started aggresive rollerblading last year and now I'm getting a Gawds Brand skate as my other skate are falling apart thanks to all the gnarly street fall I get every day. Its pretty ok progression for you getting comfortable with blading itself. I would suggest you get used both rolling forward, backward, and cruising because its part of the fundamental. The last thing you want when you try grinding is to hit your shin, so you might want to invest on shin guard when you try grinding.

I love it but the progression should be longer, like a month, so that we really appreciate how far you've come !! Still really impressive though ;)

BRAVO 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thanks for your journey. I was huge on rollerblading in the 90s and thinking about get back into it!

Yo Jimmy, you should keep at this! Love your exposure on our world and the impact of just you showing this sport some love can be felt. Big love from a fellow blader 🤟

I wanna see you keep grinding rollerblade, that was just very entertaining. Everything else is just soo plentyfull on the internet but rollerblading

Great addition to your KZfaq content, thats actually the next level! + impressive progression right there

Great mindset and pretty impressive :D That first drop in the ramp was amazing. With pumping(Or more so going backwards), putting one foot infront of the other might help a bit with the balance.

You have to continue. I started rollerblading a year ago and was a complete mess. But, now, one year after I am doing some grinds, some airs, my drop in turned into a jump in, and today I can grind on top of copings and all. It is awesome. So, do it, make it awesome for you too, rollerblading is incredible! And congratulations for your goals. Keep going!

Mate!! What an amazing feat in just a week. It took me so long to drop In my first quarter pipe when I was 13. You have an awesome approach to Learning new things!!! You should definitely keep at it, since you understand that feeling of freedom and flow! You’ve smashed it tbh dude, the parkour background has most certainly helped. But you need to learn to skate backwards properly before you can master the “PUMP”. Get yourself down to a roller disco, with 8 wheels down and feel the vibe and drill skating backwards!! You’re gonna be hooked!

Wow this was so inspiring! I shared this on most of my platforms for many reasons because i love to rollerblade and also because a lot of what you said was very meaningful. So wishing you the best for your content and i hope you continue to rollerblade even after the challenge!

10:26 I love the people cheering you up. I think that support is one of the best things of urban sports

Really dope loved this video and you progressed very nicely through that whole week I’ve been skateboarding before i could remember and ice skating for about 6 years about to get aggressive skates and this made me more stoked to get them

I expect a soul grind in when November ends!

This content is great, it always falls in line with what I’m interested in, I was just watching more and more rollerblading videos and you came out with a video on it, I ended up picking up a pair at the thrift store and trying it out for the first few days, and then you release a video where you do the same. Love everything your coming out with.

Hats off to you for taking that on dude, Really enjoyed watching the video. Used to skate almost daily with my buddies at skate parks and street in the late 90s and then it kinda just went away. Really cool to see people trying it again.

When you pump on a ramp, your feet always have to stay below your head, if you let them get away from you, you'll fall. It seems unnatural, but when riding a vert ramp backwards, the pivot point becomes your head instead of your hips. To make it easier for you, it's the same motion you use to flip on monkey bars, but hanging on to it by your chin instead of arms extended.

This is a great video! I'm also a beginner rollerblader. Something I've always wanted to try out, and eventually recently decided to "drop in" and just go for it. My progress at slow, but I'm loving every second of it. I fully get and understand the problem you're having with pumping, because I'm currently struggling to do it too despite watching different videos on how to do it. Keep it up man, and hopefully see some more blading videos from you.👍🏻

This channel deserves a lot more subscribers! Always sick content for me throughout the lockdown in the uk, cheers mate!

LOVED THIS!! Great progress and amazing job incorporated all the steps and videos and tutorials 🙌🏽

This was awesome! I’ve not skated in perhaps well over a decade but I’ve been considering getting back into it. Watching you give it a go has inspired me to get back on my edges. Thanks and keep it up!

God I love to see stuff like this! Way to show the crazy learning curve and how fun it can really be after the initial awful day

This is great to watch how much you just embraced learning a new skill! Great job, but overall tip is to PLEASE WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR!!! I know parkour doesn't use it, but especially just wearing knee guards helps!

I feel like you just became a real Rollerblader. Congrats dude. Im a Rollerblader of 20 years or so. This was awsome to watch. Made me remember why I like skating so much. As soon as you said "its midnight and I really want to skate" thats how you know you found something you really enjoy doing.

Don't quit, practice makes perfect but patience and determination is key. The rest is history. Edit: STRETCH!

Thank you for bringing back good memories from my early rollerblading days! I'm now 36, and i think i put my rollers back on again, as my daugter (6) just started learning it. Big respect for the documentary on the sport also.

Wow, great progress! Pumping on ramp is pretty hard when you are starting, maybe try it on pumptrack because on pumptrack you don't have to roll backwards. 🔥

Hey Jimmy! Just wanted to thank you, this video go me back into skateboarding and that has changed my life. Really appreciate you man.

I started to learn in 2020 during the pandemic, I was also going through suicidal depression, my first aggressive pair was the razors cult. Blading saved my life! I started at 31 now I'm 33 and still going at it.

God this is just making me want to skate. It's been so many years.

Props for learning how to blade and exposing it to the world. You’re doing great things for rollerblading

I hope you keep at it and keep filming your progress this was fun to watch!

As someone who picked skating up 2 months ago I can say it's impressive what you were able to do and has me convinced to finally get over the fear and get out to our local skate park and give a try

Man, I wish someone told you to stagger your feet when you go up/down slopes and when going over bumps. By day 3 you would have been cruising much more confidently if you did. When someone told me that, I went from falling on my ass every other minute to being ready to take on small pump tracks confidently in a single day!

I can 100% relate to the challenge of learning a new sport but also being aware that I'm at the age where an injury could be super shit. On one hand you want to try something new to develop your skills but on the other you're worried that your collarbone is going to snap 😂 So great job! Rollerblading is super fun but falling is guaranteed. Wrist guards are worth every cent!

Really wholesome video. I enjoyed a lot not only the effort but also the sincerity you put in learning to rollerblade.

As a in liner for many years this was a good watch ! Well done bro you done better than you actually know ! The stuff you did off your list was way more important everything else comes with spending quality time in your beloved boots and with good friends around to support you ! Again great work with content and info for those that are curious about the scene 👊🏾

Good start, once you get comfortable the "flowy feeling" is awesome, I liken it to the feeling of gliding (especially when bombing hills) as you just get to jump around and flow effortlessly. Things like grinding can take a while to get used to but just start with a soul and a frontside and work your way up from that. Also weirdly 180's can sometimes feel safer than just jumping normal, as on the off chance you mess up and your feet go from under you, you can drop forward and put your hands down rather than falling on your ass or potentially going right over and hitting your head, plus you can bend your knees more into the landing with a 180 which will reduce the distance you may potentially fall. For the same reason this is why I'm more comfortable landing 540's than 360's. Hope you stick with it :) and yeah rollerbladers and skateboarders don't tend argue knowadays...in the 90's it was a genuine rivalry but these day we all just see it as different types of artists painting on the same type of canvas. heck I even started learning skateboarding as I got older because the stuff I was doing on skates was getting a bit risky for a guy of my age lol. skateboarding I can just play on flatground and have fun learning new stuff...that being said, the years of inline skating has made it so easy for me to rollerblade I just get to enjoy doing simple stuff without really thinking now, so it's definitely more fun for me if I'm just wanting to have a play without thinking about progression.

Hey Jimmy, just wanted to say it’s been really cool following your progress over the past 1.5 years. Love the topics, love the approach and man, your editing has become good! Also, you kinda make me want to buy some skates again😂

The community.. it's just beautiful!! its getting together again!! i just bought myself a pair of inline Oxelo MF900 and im getting a blast with them!!

I just started skateboarding coming from rollerblading and this is giving me confidence. I felt that skateboarding is just harder than rollerblading but after watching this I'm realizing I'm progressing faster on the skateboard than he is on the rollerblades. There's a learning curve for everything.

Crazy progression! Love to see blading showcased out of our underground bubble. Basic grind tricks for the next one? :)

I am 13 but been rollerblading for +6 years going to skateparks, trips to Japan to roller-skate their and it is truly a good sport: The more you do, the more addicting it gets! Thanks for trying the sport I am sure the inline skating community is happy you tried!

Friggin’ loved it mate!! Such a good story teller! Keep up with that pumping..

Thanks for giving it a go and showing love for the rollerblading community and beyond to the greatest sport in the world!! I've skated aggressive since the late 90s and never gave up

damn this is making me want to pick up a pair of blades and pick up my old hobby - I used to blade as a kid and got to a fairly high level and then discovered free running and put down the blades, funny because your journey was the complete opposite!! Your progression for 7 days in awesome and I loved that you got out of bed at midnight just to scratch the itch haha. When rolling around you tend to bend over and your chest tends to lean slightly in front of your knees my best advice would be to try and keep your chest on top of your knees... as for the pumping, you're struggling because your posture is quite low to the ground, when learning new things this keeps you safe and quite balanced (low centre of gravity) but when it comes to pumping you're un able to generate a pump because it requires going from standing pretty upright to squatting low (with your knees and not your hips and chest) Just keep on rolling, I feel like your posture will improve as you just get more comfortable on the blades and as for me, turning 30 next week i'm defiantly picking up a pair of blades and working towards backflipping a spine near me :D

This was actually such a sick video, I’d love to see you try the same with skateboarding! Keep these challenge videos up fr

Hey man, keep rolling. You are doing great! I hope you keep at it and show us your progression. My biggest piece of advice is to find some friends to skate with. You are progressing so fast on your own, but things will click even faster when you see others do it and can ask questions.

I used to rollerblade all the time as a kid. I would fly down hills going way too fast and hit crazy ramps. It's amazing that I never really hurt myself too much. At 25 I don't think I could risk doing that stuff because I got a job I need to be at the next day so now I just like cruising around on my longboard.

I think you would've had more fun with a flat setup (4 wheels) cuz rolling anti (2 wheels) feels a bit bleurghh. Seriously though if you like the glidey feeling get yourself some middle wheels. If you're not gonna be grinding you can just chuck them in the flt3 frame you've got there.

A thought: maybe pumping was hard because you never really practiced moving backwards. Master that on the flat and the pump might be easy.

I first watched this when you first posted it, and now, I've circled back to re-witness you're journey as I've just bought myself my first pair of inlines. My kids both want skates in the spring, so, after 25 years of skateboarding, I've decided to get a couple of months headstart on skates so i can be out there, with my kid.

Awesome video Jimmy! Skating is such a positive light for many and to go out and flow brings wealth and health to all! Keep blading universe!

Half a million views and 3.5k comments on your ‘Why Rollerblading Died’ video clearly shows that rollerblading hasn’t died..

It would be epic if you learned how to jump a staircase on a unicycle

Really enjoyed this, the progression is crazy, Good job brah!

Seeing your progress was so much fun😌 reminded me why I love roller blades💖

It seems like yesterday when you were at 30k subs Now your at 150k

11:20 that was a perfect pump right there, your legs were going faster than your body and if you would've just leaned back a little more you would've felt the speed basically pumping is a center of mass concept, while going up you start knees bent and as you go up you rise with the ramp to create an upward force which will decrease the amount of downward force as a result of gravity. the same principle applies for going down a ramp, start tall, end low to create an additional downward force

Wow i loved your unique approach to learning grinds. (Jumping on top and aiming with your outside foot). Ive mever thought to try that, but seems helpful! Tip on the bowl, keeping one foot infront helps wonders with stability while pumping and riding ramps. Its been a gamechanger for me. And seeing those nice skates something tells me well see more blading content. Cant wait!!! 🤘

Awesome!! One thing I would say is, the more comfortable you are skating on flat surfaces, the better and more confident you'll be in the park. And it is all in the knees. But try to not keep your feet together all the time. Going up the ramp, dropping in, pumping, is so much easier with one foot slightly more forward than the other. It will keep you more centered. Good luck! Hope to see more videos of you blading 🤘🏼😀

I don't normally comment on your stuff Jimmy, but I'd love to see some more stuff like this! Either more rollerblading, or other stuff. Your consistent uploads and quality content has earned you some extra engagement! Keep up the good work!

Such fantastic progress in only 1 week! I'm wanting to start rollerblading and this is very inspirational x

The UK Inline Community is growing and thriving. Everyone you meet will be super nice and helpful too. So hopefully if you or anyone that is just starting up give the sport a chance longer term, you'll get to be part of something awesome and super fun. Much love for the really informative video and how well you tell your story.

You picked it up so quickly. I didn't expect you to be on or near a ramp in the first week. All of us rollerbladers feel represented, sure, but also impressed!

try to skateboard its gonna be fun to learn :)

As a skater that has been skating for years, in a week u are exceptional. Keep it up. U are an inspiration

I'm learning to skateboard (week 3) - the challenges you set for yourself at the start made me so worried for your safety but you pulled them off!! In a week!! That's huge

He dont want to get hurt aaaaand he don’t wear an helmet. 🤷🏼‍♂️

So came across your channel and I know these videos are 2 years old but this makes me excited for getting back into rollerblading. I am going to try and be more confident and actually try and learn tricks this time. An I think the one thing I know I am going to have to just get over is be safe but you don't learn with out a bit of risk.

so glad i found your channel while ago GREAT content made with care your a one man army bro! love the dedication and exploration !

Hey Jimmy, I'm from Brazil, I practice skates for 20 years, I found your channel by chance, I liked it. I'll follow and wait for more videos. It goes in faith brother.