power stop black belt 🥋

I always love the reaction of bystanders when you make your stops. People love it. Just like we do! 😀

"why am i teaching you a hack but not the exact right form for a powerstop?" Probably cause it's a damn good way to learn! I progressed to the powerstop along this exact path, having been inspired by your videos to work on it, and i've been skating 20 years! :P 4:16 ooh good doggie :D

Always appreciate your skills and advice Bill . Cheers again from Australia 🦘

Just what I needed to see today 🔥

I love the powerstop *HOLD FOR EFFECT* and swerve backwards 😎a BSS original😎 so cool

Thanks for this bill!! The power stop is so intimidating to me and this is very helpful! I'll stop avoiding it now. haha.

Bill thank you so much!I've been trying so hard for years and not giving up!

Solid advice! Us usual😉. Your powerstops have evolved more towards parallel slides as logical result of your concistency. My personal tip is always start with pressure on the outside skate for the first 'milliseconds' of the slide. I mix my inside skate in after I'm sure my outside one is sliding.This ensures you never get catapulted over your outside skate, which sucks bigtime😆

You're the man now dawg! Love these videos.

I've mastered the single (outside) skate slide no problem but man, getting BOTH skates to slide is SCARY! hoping this advice will help!

Thanks. Powerstops are the one last basic thing I need to add to my skillset

I need to add powerslide before this but yeah future goal lol. Glad to see you out skating the Beltway I wish I lived closer to just chill down there too. 💚

This is probably one of the best videos, if not the best, for beginners about how to learn the powerstop. The only thing that confused me a bit is how in the beginning it's about practicing turn (and there are lots of ways to turn, not only the one described there), and later when it's about practising the stop itself, which requires a very different posture. After watching the video a few times I understand the differences now, however. The thing I find most challenging while learning the powerstop is to keep my weight on the inner skate. When doing a turn the weight naturally shifts to the outer skate and I couldn't find a way how to change that yet. Maybe you could focus on that aspect a bit more in one of your next videos?

Ty Bill this is so helpful. Actually lol @1:52 i learned that the hard way haha

i enjoy and learn alot from your videos, thx alot!

The master has spoken ❤

you’re the man Bill!!!

i think you were thoughtful and concise (and i appreciate it) Thankyou!

woahhh i think this is it! ive been going for the wrong body/hip/shoulder angle! i gotta go skate now!

Looking forward to more on this👍🏼

Absolutely great good teacher well done 👏 it's so simple and effective 👌

amazing. yah needed to see this. very hard to do power stop

I like the advice on not sliding oot

Thanks for the tips Bill. Looks like you're rockin' the Twister XT's for this one. 👍

Can you talk about the myth behind the hardness of wheels affecting power stop?

Pretty sure I saw the place at 1:17 in a buzzkill blade video. You should roll with her, she has the same Assault Skating style than you (with insane magic slide to stop)

Hmm, worth practice power stop on both sides. 🙌

I would say, if starting to engage a slide on a curve at speed feels daunting, i'd say practice slower, but tighter turns, even just within one sq. metre - just so you start to get a feel for your wheels slipping and gripping up, and progress to bigger curves from there. I'd say the formula is a mix of entry speed, curve tightness and boot angle, so if you lower your speed, you can tighten up the curve to start to force the wheels out. squatting lower than usual is of course good for when you fall on your ass, but it also helps you figure out the right boot angle for you. wear gloves for this one, kids! Also you can get your head muddled thinking about every bit of advice, so just get out there and get your reps in! Don't think - feel! One other thing i've found that i should probably work on, is that my right leg is stronger than my left, so if i turn right, i can get a nice tight powerstop, but if i turn left, i go into more of a slide. That inside foot sure does do a lot of work!

Come to West park village Tampa fl to have some flow

Does look like a less intimidating entry point. My inline hockey stop has improved since I started ice skating a few months ago. The mechanic that gives a really hard turn on ice gives you a sliding stop on inlines, even with the softish wheels I use.

Great advice. Thanks Bill. I’m curious, do you have any youtube or other media as a biography of yourself? With your maneuvers and flow did you develop all that from skating or do you have some kind of training in your life? I’m just curious that’s all. Thanks.

No matter how much I try I haven’t been able to slide , I even put 90a wheels thinking this would help and it hasn’t

This is the paralel slide.

Bill, what advice would you give for wearing headphones while skating? I want to wear headphones with aware sound but im uneasy about them falling off or something

how do you do that thing where you go backwards after you do a power slide

what stop do you use i kid does a u turn right in front of you. it happenned to me , half crashed in his back weel

Can I know what is the hardness roller you are using? Possible do it on 85a hardness roller?

Can you tell me the brand of skates and wheels you are wearing? Appreciate it.

What's the difference to a parallel slide? I thought it were exactly this.

Do you need some special wheel material or type of wheel to make your skates slide on any surface or is it purely a technique?

Tu utilises des roues en kevlar?

Does the durometer of the wheels matter a great deal? Too soft a wheel and I imagine your going to get launched. What would be ideal?

i have been thinking about trying inlines in London. are there any rules for skating on road in London. if yes please share.

Would you consider showing the "wrong way" or common mistakes on your teaching videos? Showing what can impede success (how not to) can be just as effective as showing how to do it. That information can at least more readily pinpoint the correct form by eliminating some variables. I appreciate any consideration you can give to this idea, and hope I'm not overstepping my bounds as a viewer. Keep rocking, Bill!

What size boot do you have? Endless says these are recommended for boot sizes 40 and under.

Twister XT or crossfire? @billstoppard

Bill, this is great! I’ve skated for decades, but usually speed skates, and I’m just now getting back into street/city skating. I want to master the power stop this year. Also, what boots are you running these days?