@@Renclif Thanks. Indeed we are lucky, because the roads are quite good everywhere in Switzerland. We're paying a lot of taxes and we see where the money goes (at least for the roads! )

@@outem_ms Faut le dire vite! Je survis plutôt sur la technique 😜. À 52 ans, quand tu n'a pas vraiment le temps, c'est plus dur de garder le physique!

@@terrablader Ahah, yes indeed! Thanks!

@@terrablader When you know how to brake, this downhill is not so hard. And I choose the nap hour: at 3 pm with 34°C, you don't have any cars 😂

@@skatingdoctor do roads need to be smooth for the moves your making?

@@terrablader No, in Sicily, roads are not so good. But what you need in reality is a good grip. So you can have a surface that is not perfect and a good grip and it's OK.

@@TV-tg2fn Nice to meet you too and thank for your message! So you must be quite skilled after 20 years! And sure, speed skating is a great way to learn how to push at decent speed. But to me, downhill remains THE skating domain that gives me a feeling of freedom. Have fun!

@@MrHUGOLADEIRA Thanks!

@@MrHUGOLADEIRA About music ; it's always a pain in the ass to find the music... So I decided to choose some epics without lyrics. BTW, this video is even better 😉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNWhe5iauq_LfYU.htmlsi=zccrqJ7aYBH4yx-n

@@terrablader Always interested! But you know, at that point, I'm running out of time. As you can see on the channel, I can't find time to edit. Only posting some sh.tty reels on Instagram. I hate that, but people watch this. And so easy to do... And I can find only 1 or 2 hours for skating per week... Really depressing in reality!

@@terrablader I can tell you that the Trinity mounting on the Twister is perfect! It doesn't move at all with the 3x150 SUV and with the DH350. And with the DH350, it's the lowest setup you can have. Even with a Powerslide boot, it can't be lower. In reality, I had only bad experience with the Powerslide boots. That's why I finally choose the Twister (it began with my 2006 Twister Pro) . Easy to modify according to my way of skating, not too expensive, quite stiff. But my prefered skates are my 2011 highly modified SEBA Igor with the 5x84mm frames. You can't imagine how I destroyed the boot so that I can skate as I like with them!

@@terrablader Thks. But in reality difficult in this freeride. Road is rough, hard to perform good slides. And at 1min11sec, we could reach 80kmh 50pmh (I'm 75kmh 46mph here) and the you must brake to 25kmh 15mph 25kmh for the right curve! Same downhill here in 2010. My almost 200k YT vid! I was the 1rst ever shooting a FPV like this with the gopro Hero1 on a stick. It looks improvised but it's not. No stabilisation at that time, so I had to stay steady 😅 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apOna86kndu1hnU.htmlsi=6QJK15kasRChrjlY

@@terrabladerDone! My first short 😉. The only difference with the DH350 frames is that I had to make some room for wheel 2 by digging into the boot with a Dremel kzfaq.infoS2iaM0M4s2Q?si=oplySuELdoqrwpMh

@@terrablader Forgot today that the short include my open source customization of the Twister 😉

that was Excellent short, going to put 150 PS off roads on them for now, temped to buy that frame too. it looks a bit scary being that high up at speed. Can you comment on the carving feel of those versus 5 wheel 90s or 80s? They look futuristic.

@@terrablader Thanks! About the DH350 frame, you must know that wheel no 2 is in the boot. To remain as low as possible, I had to dig into the boot to make room for this wheel. And wheel no 1 is at less than 1mm of the tip of the boot!

@@terrablader with the 2x110 in the middle, it's not too high. But still, it's high and harder for slides than with 5x84 or 5x90. For carving it's OK if you have wheels with a good grip. The classic Hydrogen wheels 85A are a good deal regarding grip/price, compared to the CodeXtreme on my video here which are overpriced. But the difficulty with this frame is that your skates are far less manoevrable than with 5x84!

@@terrablader The season indeed 😂. I didn't even think about the fact that one could think about falling! Sorry

@@terrablader This whole fall ride is here, but YT censorship cut my music. You can see it in Vimeo with music kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bN5irZt8qa_QYac.htmlsi=ubLWFdUtglZJY-Fq

@@terrablader In reality, we did these ourselves for like 50$ in... 2000. At that time, maybe you remember that the biggest wheels were... 80mm! So we supposed we could have more grip in the curves, so more speed. But in reality, the best setup for technical downhills remain 5x84 or 5x90. Because with 6 wheels, it's too long and if the road isn't perfectly flat, 1, 2 or more wheels lose contact with the ground. With 5 wheels, the wheels can deform and stay in contact with the ground more easily

@@skatingdoctor Very cool, did you see my monster skates? Believe it or not they do work, being up high is a bit of a think since you have to lower body weight allot. that was tradeoff for rock stable platform that and wieght. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNVxgcKkmLDRfaM.htmlsi=0C2dPCKROhMfBIqi They also had hydraulic brake set for middle wheels for trails, the lines go up legs, back arms to poles grip

@@terrablader Mogema is a flat setup for downhill. It seems that Endless Blading has a 5 wheels setup with a slight rocker

@@skatingdoctor Do you remember the Slalom blade? Lightning skates with 5 wheel metal frames. I think they had slight rocker they turned nice. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsenY66W2b2rYIE.htmlsi=9YCSbWZHG0IgvEH7&t=529 thats 1993. i should have spent some time learning to slide, its a bugger not being confident with that. now at 62 not sure if want to learn new stuff. do you need a really smooth surface?

@@terrablader Sure I remember that in the 1990's, you could add a 1-2mm rocker on a lot of frames, by turning a part on the middles wheels. About smooth surface, it's always easier than a rough surface 😉

@@skatingdoctor would you think that is about the rocker of dragon skates? or other wizards?

@@terrablader Not sure to understand because in reality I'm not interested in rockered frames. But I just saw now on Instagram that Rollerblade is producing a 5 wheels with a rocker.

Thanks 😉

Thanks !

It isn't. In reality, it's the 3x125 Powerslide SUV frame and I adapted 125mm urethane wheels on it ;-)

Dang bro!! Then thats some hard work! You are very strong. Keep rockin on 😎

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 (<35km/h), I dont need a helmet. I raced in World inline downhill championship, so I can tell you I'm slow in these no-helmets vids 😉. And you can think I'm riding random streets, but in reality, I'm like on a racetrack that I did > 100 times, knowing every inch of these streets, and every danger.

I must say it looks effortless because I try to smile or to appear cool while shooting a video ;-). In reality, these are 33 years of skating and >25 years downhill at high level (raced in world championship). Began skating at 19yo, 52yo now. You can find tutos on how to do parallel slide. But I didn't learn this way (because it was 1991!). I learnt watching fellow riders and trying to do like them You can see the parallel slide as a variation of a carving curve. You sure know that when you're carving with inline, in reality you must let your wheels slide a bit (unlike skis and ice skates that carve naturally). If you don't, you go on a straight line (talking about flat setups, and not about rockered frames). So first I learnt carving in a steady slope. In order to keep a steady speed, when you carve downhill, you must slide much or less. When you got that, you realize you have one side where you have a better feeling. Mine is the right side (ie sliding while turning on my right). So then you can train to tighten your curves while carving and to feel the wheels slide more and more, and to put not all the weight on the outer skate, but also on the inner skate. Because ideally, with parallel slide, we should put weight 50-50% on the skates. In reality, most of the time it's rather 75% outer - 25% inner. So then, you can end a curve keeping sliding, with your slide doing some banana shape. When you're very used to the feeling, you can start a slide in a straight line. On my side, as you can maybe see on some of my vids, I always do a "pre-slide": the purpose is to test the grip of the road, while sliding a bit in my a right carving turn, then carve left a bit and finally do the parallel on my good side. So I'm not surprised by a lack of grip or by too much grip. Finally, wheels are very important. I'm always searching for the wheels with the highest grip I can find, because I like a lot high angle curves and glovesliding . And last but not least: you know that new wheels have a shiny outer layer. This "vernice" doesn't slide. When I have new wheels, I do extreme carving left and right to get rid of this layer. If you dont, it could be very tricky to do a slide. So I dont know if you alway skate on a straight line. Because in this case, you maybe still have some vernice on the side of the wheels. Hope this help. Also on Instagram: @vincjom

@@skatingdoctor Thanks, i'll try 'this, hope it helps!

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!

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.

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

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

СПАСИБО !

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

These are sliding gloves. Initially designed for longboarders (dowhill). I recommand a brand for your first pair. So you can be sure you have good quality sliding pads. For my 2 first pairs, I spent about 60 dollars par pair. But in reality, the qualitly of the glove itself was not so good, even if it was a brand. So next, you can go on Amazon and choose some cheaper ones. My actual pair was 20 dollars, and I`m still using the pads of my 2 first pairs, because the slidind pads of this cheap chinese product were... not sliding!

@@skatingdoctor nice I’ll just have to grab a few pairs off Amazon to try out. Do you have a particular brand that’s worked best for you? I’m 46 buy the way and you are my biggest inspiration so far out of all the skaters I’ve found on KZfaq. Thanks for keeping at this for all these years to show us what we’re all capable of!

@@skatingdoctor and do the skates also touch the ground when you’re sliding?

Indeed, the inner part of the outer boot regularly touches the ground. Like in this video at 40sec kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMl9eJx2stzOp3U.htmlsi=iYea2L-gLskEvj0i

@@sedat4151 About 3x125, it's a good choice fo fitness and speed. For freeskate, its not as easy as 4x90, or 4x100 or 5x84. On this video, I took a lot of leaning angle with 3x125 with weight on both skates. But in reality, there's a little secret: the wheels were new. So you have an incredible grip during about an hour. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMtijJmKv93Pn5s.htmlsi=O9oNA4FWdO9I8Bhy

About protective gear, you better wear at least knee pads. If you have gloves and kneepads, elbowpads are not nessary. For the beginning, you could also wear a hip protection. Personnaly, I never wore a helmet during my learning years back in the 990s et never hit my head on the ground. But a lot of people will tell you to wear one ;-) Up to you to decide

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 :)

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 😉

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... 😜

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

This Coyote 3x150 is special: it includes a powerful braking system on wheels 2 and 3 on one boot. You can see I'm braking when I put the right foot in front of the other. For "classic" 3WD, it's harder to brake than with 4WD. Less grip, balance is more difficult to keep during braking