Been trying to learn the lion recently (didn't realise it had a name!) Mine currently looks like both the common mistakes but at least I know what I'm doing wrong now! Great tutorial.
Nice, I appreciate breaking down the move in essential steps that are required to master first and also details about how you should position both your body and weight during the execution. Most people that make tutorials tend to just show final version with little to none explanation on the most important things. So good job on this.
Fundamentals are key, next video will be open power skating techniques. I like to show how techniques work together to create an intelligent skater. We will use checking for everything else too! Cheers!
Love the tutorial.....awesome to see the troubleshooting at the end, I think a lot of tip videos miss this aspect, so great work.....definitely a move I want to learn thanx to your video, props from Australia!!!!!!
Really appreciate you guys putting this tutorial together. Love this move and it's great to see a breakdown of it. Please keep doing these tutorials. Cheers.
I have been studying this video for like 3 months now and I'm finally getting my 3 turns and lions to be solid! Thanks for the pointer! Have you guys ever considered a tutorial on choctaws? For some reason I just can't wrap my head around them lol
You guys are really talented, but I feel like this tutorial could be improved a little. There's a lot of extraneous footage, especially on Brock's part, that make me unsure when I'm supposed to be paying attention to what he's doing. And is "checking" skate terminology? Seeing it KIND of explains what it is, but I'm still unsure, it's a bit like "watch me and do what I do". Am I supposed to put my weight towards my front wheels to pivot? I notice his back wheels lift up a bit, is that key? Are there any other points to note during that motion? Good explanation on centering your weight over your skating foot though, and about how the shoulders are what provide the rotation (and how the arms are just used to help that).
zerocontrast -The first minute and a half is introduction, City Blades doesn't really have a ground in sport. Nice to give a little end game. -Check - Like 'Check your self' or stop. Counter rotate your shoulders against your rotating direction to stop . -In Ice skating, we have rockers and when we turn, you go to the ball of the foot and lift the heal. Most inline skates don't have a rocker, and raising to 'toe wheel' is necessary. The raise of the knee should activate this naturally and why I didn't mention it. The knee action and checking arms are more important imo. -Thanks for the comments, we do have a lot of ground to cover and will try to be more pointed.
@@MulaSoldats1 Thanks for the reply. That clarifies it a fair bit. Keep the tutorials coming though, I've been curious to learn some flatland tricks and there really isn't much out there to learn from yet.
A pretty awesome video! I have a pair of rollerblades (in which I haven't worn them yet) and I wonder how will my ice skating skills will "play a roll" (pun intended) when it comes to rollerblading? Anyhoo, this video gives me an idea on rollerblading when the nice weather hits.
@@CityBlades I actually have a pair of aggressive rollerblades but I haven't worn them out of the house yet! Sometimes, I tend to find a suitable place to practice my rollerblading. I remembered one time I used to roller skate - at a roller rink! The experience was okay, but I'm eager to try out rollerblading for sure.
Hey I love this discussion about this topic going on here! Brock seems to be a pirouette guy... nice unique style you have. However I miss an important thing in both of your skating: when skating backwards, you are not looking back over your shoulder. Sometimes I find it more difficult to learn the head later on than learning it straight when you are still practicing.
@@CityBlades you're welcome, picked up a few things that made total sense, the shifting of the weight on one foot, also the bending and raising of the knees in a kind of "not jump", that slight lift to make the swivel easier. If you know what I mean. Anyway, I've got lots of stuff to practise, cool.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have been looking for a decent explanation of these skills for ages. I'm English and have never heard of 'Flatland Skating' and Google only references skateboarding. What is Flatland Skating please?
psocretes flatland skating to me is just... stylish movements that don’t require objects. Includes freestyle slalom, some of wizard skating, and our... idk what to call it. To me it’s flow skating, but other people use that term to describe just striding through a city, or striding + stair bashes and jumps... idk, it’s a more ambiguous term than it should be, lol
@@CityBlades Thank you for your explanation. I recently viewed a video of a hockey player inline street skating and although he was a solid and competent skater there was no flow and he looked like a pit bull on wheels. For me it's all about the flow and elegance. All the best.
Can you do this on rollerblades too? Do I have to lift the foot I'm turning on? Because it seems impossible to turn using all three wheels while doing it
This is so frustrating 😂😂😭 I'm a fairly good figure skater (learning a lutz and axel jump) so learning three turns is a complete thing of the past for me. I can do them without even thinking on the ice. So nothing you say isn't known or not understood but I still can't freaking do it on inline roller blades 😂😂😂
Are you going up on your front two wheels at the point of turning on the 3-turn or your middle two wheels? Or just one wheel? On ice skates, when doing 3-turns, much of the blade is lifted off the ice, apart from a small part of the blade under the ball of your foot that remains on the ice, enabling the blade to pivot freely- I’m trying to transition to roller skating and I am struggling to understand how the wheels operate in this manoeuvre without stopping you dead and causing you to trip up! How does the pivot happen with four independent wheels??? Any hints? Do I just need to try it? 😬
Yeah on ice you can use the toe pick to make a little check mark in the ice, on rollerblades it’s waaay more about doing it with your edges and the lift is more… a consequence of the edge transfer… where you will briefly come up on one or two wheels just a little. Second half of the video is a better illustration of that. Rocker & edges.
@@CityBlades many thanks for helpful and extremely prompt reply. Your video has been really helpful but I’m going to need to be brave and try it, myself, I guess. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on any skates, but I’d love to get back into it, but I’m more nervous now I’m older…
So the 3-turn is starting with an outside edge and ends with an inside edge. And the lion starts with and inside edge and ends with an outside edge. Is that correct?
Naphtali at the time I was convinced the manner in which it was performed was the difference. Since then though I’ve kind of accepted that it was just Wizard skating dudes trying to rename a figure skating move. It’s just an edge-heavy 3 turn, not its own thing
@@CityBlades Yes, the lion looks like my early attempts at 3 turns on ice, where I skidded the blade, much to the annoyance of my coach. That suggests that on inlines too it is easier to learn than a 3 turn.
Golem1988 I will say this... I’ve taught people with rocker and without rocker these moves, those with rocker were immensely more successful than those without
@@CityBlades sure thing. I use my skates to get around campus. (Hence my ig and youtube name😁😁 shameless plug lol), but was curious about the height difference. Weather is nice enough today that I'm going to play around before class.
Commuter Mike lol already subscribed to you, bro. The height should be okay, huge wheelbases are gonna make it harder. Play around with it, have fun, you’ll get it
@@CityBlades Lol I know. 😁😁 But yea your right. I did play around with it. I definitely see what you mean about being a little trickier. I think I may learn them on 4wheels first.
Thank you gentlemen, now if only we had some ok weather
oh i feel that, lol
Been trying to learn the lion recently (didn't realise it had a name!) Mine currently looks like both the common mistakes but at least I know what I'm doing wrong now! Great tutorial.
Nice, I appreciate breaking down the move in essential steps that are required to master first and also details about how you should position both your body and weight during the execution.
Most people that make tutorials tend to just show final version with little to none explanation on the most important things. So good job on this.
Fundamentals are key, next video will be open power skating techniques. I like to show how techniques work together to create an intelligent skater. We will use checking for everything else too! Cheers!
Thanks for the tutorial, stay awesome guys
More videos like this please. This has really helped me out! thanks
gary compton there will be 🙂 #soon
Love the tutorial.....awesome to see the troubleshooting at the end, I think a lot of tip videos miss this aspect, so great work.....definitely a move I want to learn thanx to your video, props from Australia!!!!!!
Time to get to work! Good tutorial you two.
Really appreciate you guys putting this tutorial together. Love this move and it's great to see a breakdown of it. Please keep doing these tutorials. Cheers.
Russ Tatlow Thanks man! There’ll be a new one in a few days
Dying to know what a twizzle is and see the tutorial. Love your channel and all your videos.
Awesome training video on the 3-Turn technique. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing!
I have been studying this video for like 3 months now and I'm finally getting my 3 turns and lions to be solid! Thanks for the pointer! Have you guys ever considered a tutorial on choctaws? For some reason I just can't wrap my head around them lol
we've discussed it ad nauseum lol but have yet to produce one
Very clear, well filmed, excellent video.
This is awesome, you should do a tutorial on the transitions they do in this video!!! SLYTHERIN on rollerblades
We will get there! Practice commentary? Thank you sir!
Wow. So glad I found your channel. Great tutorials.
White Hat Videos thank you!
FIRST, loved it! Waited for this a lot
Thanks! Let us know how it works for you :)
Damn lol I had to claim the second comment slot!
@@KirraZirra LOL
@@CityBlades they were so quick lmao!
It’s been nice so far. Really helpful. Now I just need to practice more to make it more fluid. It sometimes feels a bit weird tho... thanks!
You guys are really talented, but I feel like this tutorial could be improved a little. There's a lot of extraneous footage, especially on Brock's part, that make me unsure when I'm supposed to be paying attention to what he's doing. And is "checking" skate terminology? Seeing it KIND of explains what it is, but I'm still unsure, it's a bit like "watch me and do what I do". Am I supposed to put my weight towards my front wheels to pivot? I notice his back wheels lift up a bit, is that key? Are there any other points to note during that motion?
Good explanation on centering your weight over your skating foot though, and about how the shoulders are what provide the rotation (and how the arms are just used to help that).
zerocontrast
-The first minute and a half is introduction, City Blades doesn't really have a ground in sport. Nice to give a little end game.
-Check - Like 'Check your self' or stop. Counter rotate your shoulders against your rotating direction to stop .
-In Ice skating, we have rockers and when we turn, you go to the ball of the foot and lift the heal. Most inline skates don't have a rocker, and raising to 'toe wheel' is necessary. The raise of the knee should activate this naturally and why I didn't mention it. The knee action and checking arms are more important imo.
-Thanks for the comments, we do have a lot of ground to cover and will try to be more pointed.
@@MulaSoldats1 Thanks for the reply. That clarifies it a fair bit. Keep the tutorials coming though, I've been curious to learn some flatland tricks and there really isn't much out there to learn from yet.
omg i love this so much thank you!!!
🙂🤜🏻🤛🏻
I’ve been looking for this. Great tutorial. Thanks from the u.k 👍🏻
A pretty awesome video! I have a pair of rollerblades (in which I haven't worn them yet) and I wonder how will my ice skating skills will "play a roll" (pun intended) when it comes to rollerblading?
Anyhoo, this video gives me an idea on rollerblading when the nice weather hits.
Simon Tonekham rocker the rollerblades and it’ll be a fairly easy transition, assuming they’re good quality
@@CityBlades I actually have a pair of aggressive rollerblades but I haven't worn them out of the house yet! Sometimes, I tend to find a suitable place to practice my rollerblading.
I remembered one time I used to roller skate - at a roller rink! The experience was okay, but I'm eager to try out rollerblading for sure.
Simon Tonekham aggressive skates aren’t going to turn like this, but they’re fun in different ways for sure
@@SimonTonekham dude lace them up, and go have some fun!
Hey I love this discussion about this topic going on here!
Brock seems to be a pirouette guy... nice unique style you have. However I miss an important thing in both of your skating: when skating backwards, you are not looking back over your shoulder. Sometimes I find it more difficult to learn the head later on than learning it straight when you are still practicing.
Great video! I already got 'em down but I'll tweet it ;o
Goddamn I need to make a video. I just need some decent weather 😭
Samantha O'Brien it’s a commodity, lol I’d have another tutorial ready to go if the weather would cooperate
this is so dope please teach the backwards versions!
iplayddr3789 maaaybe... it’s kinda the same thing but backwards... still, may not hurt, we’ll see
Very useful video 👍! Which wheel are you at the point of turn, front or one of the middle wheels? What's the rocker on your skates in the video?
This is it.
Great one, thanks a ton for this :)
Thank u!!!!!!
Yeah, awesome tutorial
Third!
Johro's Inline Skater Channel thanks man!
@@CityBlades you're welcome, picked up a few things that made total sense, the shifting of the weight on one foot, also the bending and raising of the knees in a kind of "not jump", that slight lift to make the swivel easier.
If you know what I mean. Anyway, I've got lots of stuff to practise, cool.
Johro's Inline Skater Channel sink, rise and pivot
@@CityBlades yessir
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have been looking for a decent explanation of these skills for ages. I'm English and have never heard of 'Flatland Skating' and Google only references skateboarding. What is Flatland Skating please?
psocretes flatland skating to me is just... stylish movements that don’t require objects. Includes freestyle slalom, some of wizard skating, and our... idk what to call it. To me it’s flow skating, but other people use that term to describe just striding through a city, or striding + stair bashes and jumps... idk, it’s a more ambiguous term than it should be, lol
@@CityBlades Thank you for your explanation. I recently viewed a video of a hockey player inline street skating and although he was a solid and competent skater there was no flow and he looked like a pit bull on wheels. For me it's all about the flow and elegance. All the best.
Can you do this on rollerblades too?
Do I have to lift the foot I'm turning on?
Because it seems impossible to turn using all three wheels while doing it
You’ll need to rocker your wheels-we have a couple videos on it
I see you live in Denver. I see my condo @ Brooks Tower, by Four Seasons from there lol. What roof is this ?
This is so frustrating 😂😂😭
I'm a fairly good figure skater (learning a lutz and axel jump) so learning three turns is a complete thing of the past for me. I can do them without even thinking on the ice. So nothing you say isn't known or not understood but I still can't freaking do it on inline roller blades 😂😂😂
Are your skates rockered? Front and back wheel off the ground a bit?
@@CityBlades I don't think so!
Becky oh, you should definitely do that. It makes all the difference in the world... really can’t overstate how big of a difference it is
@@CityBlades I'll believe you! Thank you I'll look into it!
Are you going up on your front two wheels at the point of turning on the 3-turn or your middle two wheels? Or just one wheel?
On ice skates, when doing 3-turns, much of the blade is lifted off the ice, apart from a small part of the blade under the ball of your foot that remains on the ice, enabling the blade to pivot freely- I’m trying to transition to roller skating and I am struggling to understand how the wheels operate in this manoeuvre without stopping you dead and causing you to trip up!
How does the pivot happen with four independent wheels???
Any hints? Do I just need to try it? 😬
Yeah on ice you can use the toe pick to make a little check mark in the ice, on rollerblades it’s waaay more about doing it with your edges and the lift is more… a consequence of the edge transfer… where you will briefly come up on one or two wheels just a little. Second half of the video is a better illustration of that. Rocker & edges.
@@CityBlades many thanks for helpful and extremely prompt reply. Your video has been really helpful but I’m going to need to be brave and try it, myself, I guess.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on any skates, but I’d love to get back into it, but I’m more nervous now I’m older…
Where do you pivot? Center wheels? Front wheel? Or is it a mini jump? Are ur skates rockered?
No jump, yes rocketed. Uhh… Brock’s example was front wheel, mine was more an edge transfer
@@CityBlades thank you 💛
@@JesAbella you’re welcome! Also don’t forget you can slow down TH-cam videos-may help you get a better visual
Can you do lions on a non rockered setup?? I can’t seem to get them
Wouldn’t recommend it, especially if you’re just learning. You’d need A LOT of wheel skid to compensate
City Blades thanks man. Really appreciate you taking the time 🙏🙏
Where is Brocks Video about the Double 3 Turns?
Man the lions are so much harder than they look on video!
need rocker to that or can go flat? suggested approach?
defintifely looks too easy when you doing it...
So the 3-turn is starting with an outside edge and ends with an inside edge.
And the lion starts with and inside edge and ends with an outside edge.
Is that correct?
Naphtali nah both can be inside or outside
@@CityBlades Okay, but what is the difference between a lion and a 3-turn then?
Naphtali at the time I was convinced the manner in which it was performed was the difference. Since then though I’ve kind of accepted that it was just Wizard skating dudes trying to rename a figure skating move. It’s just an edge-heavy 3 turn, not its own thing
@@CityBlades Aah okay thank you, that makes it clear!
@@CityBlades Yes, the lion looks like my early attempts at 3 turns on ice, where I skidded the blade, much to the annoyance of my coach. That suggests that on inlines too it is easier to learn than a 3 turn.
Is rockering needed to perform both?
Golem1988 I will say this... I’ve taught people with rocker and without rocker these moves, those with rocker were immensely more successful than those without
@@CityBlades thank you ;)
ryan gosling skating these days?
Lions here looks like Forward Loops in figure skating
What do you guys do you think about 3turns on tri skates?
Commuter Mike ain’t my type of hype, but you do you
@@CityBlades sure thing. I use my skates to get around campus. (Hence my ig and youtube name😁😁 shameless plug lol), but was curious about the height difference. Weather is nice enough today that I'm going to play around before class.
Commuter Mike lol already subscribed to you, bro. The height should be okay, huge wheelbases are gonna make it harder. Play around with it, have fun, you’ll get it
@@CityBlades Lol I know. 😁😁 But yea your right. I did play around with it. I definitely see what you mean about being a little trickier. I think I may learn them on 4wheels first.
4 wheel rockered is your best bet
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