This video was damn long, but it's also damn important for all new skaters (like myself) to watch! You really effectively teach tips, tricks, and etiquette that noobs would have to learn on their own, which would be a hassle for the community and the individual. I also really appreciate your progressive language calling things accessible rather than handicap!
Me too; just watching a lot. Had Impala skates for a week but sent back. They charged me $200 which went down to half the price after I purchased. Still no skates, and not ready to make a fool of myself. May get Moxi skates later but too old to be falling.
@@hollywood5703 look into BTFL skates! They’re cheaper than moxie but still very high quality. Super comfy! I just got my first pair. They’re easy to skate in and I’m still learning ♥️
Here’s a list of all the main tips showed in this video: 0:00 Preferred way to go down sidewalks 0:49 Going up sidewalks 2:04 Advice for skating on street and interacting with cars 2:55 Use surroundings to stop if needed 3:41 What to do with Small Cracks vs Big Cracks 5:19 Skating backwards outside not advised 6:09 Going over Bumpy Grates on corners/accessibility ramps 6:52 Basic etiquette with pedestrians 7:19 Going over “Cheese” Grates again 7:42 Avoiding crashing with pedestrians 9:50 “Turn-Around Toe Stop” is most efficient way to stop for street skating 10:18 Avoid potholes and big dents on floors 10:27 & 11:22 BEND YOUR KNEES! Hands out! (ramps) 11:55 Slowing down WITHOUT T-Stop 12:43 Modified T-Stop for outdoor skating!!! 14:31 Using Bikelanes 16:29 Rolling over debris (tree nuts) 17:52 Think like a driver 20:01 Stopping with Grass 20:47 Practicing stepping over things/shuffling over 21:29 Carving to slow down 22:18 Going down Stairs 24:31 Avoid getting sand in skates if possible (lol) 28:53 How to do Jumps 29:55 How to gain momentum on One Foot 30:33 Try to skate empty streets as a beginner 30:59 You can Practice Drills in Small Spaces before going outside. 31:41 Skating over bridges 33:37 Staggered Stance against Cracks 34:09 Advice skating over Brick textures 36:09 Transitions Outdoors 38:27 How skating will affect body and how to protect your lower back 40:48 Three Ways to go off Sidewalk Curb 42:31 Speedbumps 44:48 Speed Dips/Dents (Reverse Speedbumps) 45:11 LOOK UP!!! Beginner mistake is looking down! 46:52 Reacting to Sneaky Stairs/When path turns into stairs 48:40 Skating over Wood and Textured Surfaces 58:07 Not a tip, but demonstration of hillbombing grass lol
This was so helpful! I’m picking up skating again as a 55 year old and live in an old neighborhood with lots of uneven sidewalks, streets, tree debris, etc. You covered just about everything I’ve encountered while skating, not to mention that your videos of you skating around your city are somehow very therapeutic and relaxing. Please continue to make more of these!
We do #familyskating in Birmingham, UK We are doing #30daysskating with a bunch of #newbies with children on skates. Amazing to see their progress. Currently we are on #day19 though loads of peeps got sick or didn’t have skates to use so they are on a different day. We will all get to #day30 by the end of 2021
I've noticed that recently there's a lot of little girls at the park on blades and rollerskate that like to watch me skate backwards and do spins and...well I'm not saying me and my friend started a mini movement of skaters in my small town in North Texas buutttt maybeeeee. Or it might just be quarentine and the kids miss the rink lol
I remember like one month ago I found your channel and it had 14 K subscribers. Now it has 18 K subscribers, just shows how many people have gotten into skating during quarantine.
I'm a newbie skater, just bought my first pair of skates and changed out the wheel and bearings so the wheels roll real smooth now I'm kinda afraid to go skating outside as I normally skateboard but seeing this video gave me loads of confidence to try skating outdoors I just have to put all my protection on. Thank you so much for all your live lessons and tour around your town. People like you give shy introverted potatoes like me the confidence that can achieve anything.
Question: (I’m from London btw) I wanna get skates soon and i want to know is it vital to change the wheel and bearings. And are the wheel tight or do you have to tighten them and with what equipment.
@@bluedolphin6351 You will need to be able to maintain your equipment by replacing hardware (wheels, bearing, axle nuts, etc.) as they become degraded, and ensuring everything is as tight as it needs too be. A spanner should be fine.
It’s so crazy this was in my feed. I just got done roller skating outside for the first time ever. I felt so defeated because I could barely stop on my toe stop, let alone go over the ridges in the sidewalk (I had to hold on to my dad the ENTIRE time) . I just kept going up and back around my car trying not to fall. I used to skate very often in roller rinks and frequently went ice skating. That’s nothing compared to roller skating outside. SO DIFFERENT. I’m super nervous to do it again but your videos give me confidence. Hopefully I’ll keep doing it, despite feeling embarrassed from how bad I was. P.S. my neighbors just laughed the whole time waiting for me to fall. Which I didn’t. Because I didn’t go far enough 😂.
Mariah Bailey Take your time to learn and feel comfortable. Avoid crowded streets and downhills. I figure skated for years but that didn't make street skating less challenging. Try and find smooth surfaces to skate, and again avoid downhills until you feel 100% prepared. I am still scared of them. Listen to your gut and your body, they will tell you what you are ready for. Last but not least, use protections. Knee and wrist pads. Those are the main ones. Maybe a helmet too.
I'm doing this now. After a seven year hiatus and transitioning from rollerblades to quads. I'll be 50 next Saturday and I'm out here in the parks with SKI POLES when I don't have anyone that can walk with me. I can't imagine what it looks like but it sure feels good.
Hey Mariah, I've just joined the world of roller skating. Don't stress about the neighbours or anything else...just focus on what you love doing. How's the skating been coming along?
I love how friendly you are!🥺 gonna do my best to keep this energy when I'm skating the scary streets of NYC. Cheers for all these videos lately they're the biggest help!
You're a legend for good reasons. As an older person returning to my love of skating, this was the most thoughtful and conscientious video I have seen for new skaters. You didn't skip any possible concern. All the scenarios that cause me anxiety... you covered and in grand fashion/ I'm a fanboy for real and you deserve the attention. Thanks for loving skating so much and then sharing that love with all of us. You're amazing!
Missed the live stream but watching now! I am 42 and a few months ago got back into skating with my 9 year old daughter and her dad (my hubby) He is an excellent skater and after lots of practice in a nearby parking lot my daughter and I are doing very well!!! We went on an epic family street skate yesterday evening!! Perfect weather and lots of smiles and feelings of accomplishment!! We are in Kentucky right across the river from Cincinnati and we got lots of smiles and waves from neighbors on their porches. I am becoming very comfortable with skating outdoors and we are lucky to live near lots of smooth, low traffic, one way and dead end streets. Skating is changn g my life and I am so proud of how well my daughter is doing!! Thanks for everything!
WOW! Silber, it brings me SO MUCH DELIGHT to read this beautiful scene you paint! I oftentimes ponder where my obsession for skating started and I think it's because its from scenes like these.. the most fun times I have had on my skates have been spent with my family. Thank you :)
@@estrojen8755 thanks to you and Planet Roller Skate for inspiring me! I always loved going to the rink but you opened up a whole new avenue for my family! My daughter already adores skating and I tell her she is a KY Moxi girl!😊❤️
Jen, I LOVE your chill approach on teaching. I've been a long time fan, and it's great to see how you've grown. Your energy is so serene, beautiful, and makes me feel much more confident taking these tips to the streets/parks rather than intimidated. You're straight to the point and never over complicate anything, which is where I struggle with most other tutorials. I saw someone mention a "tour" on skates with you and I think that would be a phenomenal experience! Happy skating! 💚
thank you for this lesson! I broke my wrist in skating in the street a year ago and I'm not comfortable now. I think this video will give me confidence
Vanessa I broke my wrist several years ago at the skating rink. I was hit from behind by a guy. Went up in the air landed on my wrist. That didn't stop me from wanting to get back out there. I couldn't wait. Sorry to hear about your fall. If you haven't gotten back on your skates I hope that you do.😄
@@msbelindab5231 What’s up with these men using women on skates as bumpers? A guy grabbed onto me while skating to catch his fall and knocked me down in the process! He didn’t even help me up or check to see if I was ok! I was already terrified to skate in the first place and now this? Let’s just say that I didn’t look at a skate for over 10 yrs after that. I’m getting into it again and there’s no turning back! Happy skating, ladies!
@@mignondee The guy who knocked me down was going way too fast from the start. He was careless. Sorry to hear about your incident. I wish you were able to get back out there. I will keep skating for the both of us. 🤗
i finally said whatever and bought my skates yesterday....i cannot wait to do some solo skating even tho i havent skated in like 9-10 years when i was like 13/14.....im so excited! and this video helped give me some pointers on where to skate and what to look out for!
Just ordered my first pair of lolly’s clementines !!! I’m so excited it will also be my first time skating again since I was like 10 years old lol wish me luck and I look forward to my skating future !!🖤 love you estro you’re the best !!! Hopefully I get to meet you in person one day 🤞🏼❤️
Rattiya Setvanich around 5pm PST, I get lucky sometimes and get my last work break when it’s happening live! They’re pretty dope, feels kind like you’re in a skate sesh lol
Estro, your voice is so comforting. It reminds me of those super rad teachers whose class you'd be excited to attend. Ily thank u for introducing me to the world of roller skating:-)
Im surprised at how many people have gotten i to roller skating. I wish there was this many 3/4 years ago when i got my moxis, I've gotten so used to skating solo that im hesitant to skate around others now hahahah. But honestly skating is a good quarantine hobby, especially since you can go solo
I'd love tips on going into the grass! For some reason every time I've tried, I get weirdly nervous and I seem to struggle with the whole 'run into the grass' thing aljsdlfkj
bend your knees and relax. Grass that is super mushy is WAY harder to roll through! Probably ease of it depends on the moisture in the air- but it sure is fun to land on!
Just go for it!! And like Michelle said, relax and keep those knees bent!! Once you get the hang of it it is pretty fun and very useful for bailing out!❤️
Worst case scenario you fall on soft grass, that's why you trust it to stop on. And if your knees are bent like mentioned before it will be a short fall
This makes me so excited to learn to skate, once quarantine is done I’m traveling to Long Beach to get skates 💞 amazing information and cameraman did a great job keeping up
I fell asleep while watching this and had a dream that you were teaching me how to skate and you knew all of my childhood friends and i had superpowers and we were staying at this really crazy hotel and yeah it was a pretty great dream
I love the way you teach! One day I would love to learn in person from you! You just have a calming presence about you, that it makes things click for me. Thank you! 💕
@@trinamendenhall3842 this channel actually has a video about being a plus sized skater! I haven’t watched all of it but from what I saw it was good, (I was actually planning on finishing it after this) i couldnt find anything saying that certain skates are better for plus sized people or not so I’m assuming you can just go with whatever you like most. I believe in you! Good luck skating!
So I have been deathly afraid of cheese graters since they came out and I haven't fallen trying to go over them, because i've never actually ROLLED over them... I fall all the time trying to avoid them ... I actually broke my tailbone in 2016 trying to avoid them and it always hurts... anyway... now I guess I'm just gonna try rolling around them and over them fast and see what happens! I've googled how to go over them but couldn't ever find a solution ... I was referring to them as "yellow bumps at the sidewalk for the blind" "how do I go over yellow bumps at the sidewalk for the blind?" --- i recently found a video where the skater did a bunny hop -- toe stop .... and I ... see falling. So, thank you ... thank you for an answer and for this video
"IM SMILING UNDER THIS MY MASK!" I SAY THIS EVERYTIME I'M OUT ROLLING! I'VE BEEN SICK FOR A WEEK AND SKATING BACK TODAY! PERFECT VIDEO! I LOVED THIS ♥ SOOOO INFORMATIVE! & I MISS CALI! ✌🤘🖖💚💜💙
This was the tutorial I didn’t know I needed! Getting my first pair of quads (beach bunnies) soon and I totally would have gone out and had some “uh oh what do I do now moments”. 😅 When I was a kid I needed stitches from blading into a gutter, this tutorial would have saved me back then. Thank you for the info and good vibes!
Thank you so much, this has been so helpful! I could not get the T stops to work, the way everyone says they should with the 4 wheels down, when I was outside on rough surfaces. I tried your method today with the 2 front wheels and it worked really well! Genius! Thank you!!
Youre so cute stopping for trumpet flowers!!! Thanks for all the tips! I miss LA cant believe I lived there for a decade and never roller skated..just inline. Roller is so much more fun!! Thanks!
I enjoyed watching this! I use to skate around Beverly to Hollywood as a young adult. I could of used these tips then! You reminded me of how much fun it is to roller skate in my neighborhood. Thank you for all the tips to stay safe. You inspired me to skate outside tomorrow! Cute red hip bag Jen! Miguel is a great camera guy.
As a street skater this video would be really helpful for beginners. I should’ve watched it before I started skating but instead I learned the hard way by falling and getting up👍🏽
I’m from Long Beach so these tips that you’re giving are even more helpful because I’m def gonna go skating at the bluff once I get my skates in the mail! I used to skate for fun when I was younger and can’t wait to really hone in on skating now.
I loved this video, thank you so much! I tried skating on asphalt path around a soccer field and was definitely looking at my feet the entire time hahahaha
I'm so happy to have found you I'm just getting back into skating after 20 years of absolutely no skating it is so much worse than when I started at 9. Maybe because then I didn't care if I fell now that I'm 45 I know it going to hurt. thanks for loving it as much as I want to again.whoi hoo all you moxie girls roll on roller
I'm just starting to learn roller skating and I love watching your videos so much because you are incredibly in tune with the joy and playfulness of it. The whoops are the best bits :D And watching you run up that hill to go again and again! I've been scared since I was in single digits that one day I'd have to grow up and stop playing. Thank you so much for showing me that I am wrong as hell in your special way
Such a fantastic video! Jen gives great tips, really comprehensive and safety first focused. This video is all you could want on refreshers of outdoor skating- and so cool to see our city rolling by...
Thanks for sharing this. I used to skate outside all the time up until I was in my 30's. I'm 60 now. Somehow I have gotten very fearful of skating outside in my 30's. I last skated in a rink in my early 50's, a couple years after I broke my wrist skating at my 50th birthday party. I started having balance issues in my 50's. I want to go skating so bad but fearful of falling because of balance issues.
Watched this yesterday. It was my first time skating outside and I'm so happy I did. I thought about the tips you gave and was able to implement them. I felt much more confident skating outside by the end of it all. It was awesome! Can't wait to get back outside. Thank you so much!
I am going back to skating! Thanks to my Son for getting skates from your company and him showing me your company! I got into skating for my Sons when they were in their pre-teens. Took them for skating lessons with a great local teacher named Jim Harmer (he won many National Championships in the 50's and 60's) for 4 to 5 years for some Dad& Sons time. 11 years later my one Son (just 2 days ago) ordered Quads for himself and his wife! Gotta get back into it now myself too (at 55 yrs old). I gotta stretch out and do the one trick (don't know what it is called) where it is like 'shoot the duck' but you cross your free leg behind your support leg and your face is almost an inch from the skate surface. Too much fun! Thank you for your videos!!!!!! Great job by your camera man!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing these videos! They have helped me immensely with some of the skills I’m trying to learn. I have wanted to learn to skate since I was a kid, but was too scared. Now that I’m in my 30s, I finally have a glimmer of confidence to start learning! Sending you a virtual hug!! 💖
Thank you Estro for this and other outdoor skating videos you produced. Quite a few good tips to navigate the outdoors. I never thought roller skating outside would be as much fun as jamming to music on ice skates! It is and possibly more. You definitely can’t ice skate downhill on an ice rink or go over speed bumps.
Just bought my first pair of skates (Lollys) and I’m a Long Beach local so this video has me pumped to learn and be able to skate all of LB. thanks for this video! Gives me so much to look forward to in a time where that’s hard to come by. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Haha I remember skating one afternoon back in 2015 to the light house and I think it had to be you that high 5ed me haha we were both super stoked little did I know at the time it was a moxi skater haha thanks again for sharing these tutorial vids!!! 🙌🙋♂️❤️🤘much love dude!!!
Loved this. I used to live in Long Beach and skate that route all the time! In fact at the 17:15 mark I spotted my old apartment building! Ah, those were the days.
I tried street skating for the first time Downtown in my city!! It was so scary 😆 i didn’t realize all the variables I would deal with. It was a little stressful. I need more practice in a flat open space🙈 great video! Thanks
Thank you so much I know this is an old video but this is the main kind of skating I’m going to do. I think you are so cool Estro and so helpful and happy like a ray of sunshine. I got my moxi panthers in today and can’t wait to roll 🛼💕
Thank you so much! I've recently started outdoor skating after not skating at all for over twenty years. I'm 50 this year and am so glad I did! My wife has never skated much at all and your video is perfect for instilling confidence in her before we get going. My most important goal is to keep her safe so she can enjoy this amazing workout with me. Thanks again for such an informative video.
Returning back to skating. Always been a rink skater. Was an avid salter up until high school... then party and rock roll came into my life. Now I'm looking into skating outside as the rink is not convenient to me. Great tips and looks like your in Los Angeles..
Love this vid! So far I'm doing everything right plus some new tips. I skate in my neighborhood in Fort Worth where everything is concrete with lots of cracks. I have the Lolly's with the gummy wheels and I absolutely love them. I get compliments on them all the time. Best investment ever! What kind of wheels are those? What is the hardness? What I'm learning now is to how to clean and care for them. Thank you for all your expertise. I love skate life!!!
This video was really helpful, I've been skating in rinks on and off for years so I can skate but I can't skate in the street, I don't know what to do when the ground has cracks, I don't know how to get up and down a sidewalk specially with cars waiting and I don't know what I could do if a car was coming, so thank you so much, I'll be trying little by little and hopefully one day I'll be able to skate as a transportation method and go from point A to point B. Thank you so much!
@@Katsanargle I'm fairly new to the area. Since derby has been canceled I haven't been skating much actually. I know theres a skate park on the west side, but I haven't tried them yet.
This was so much fun to sit and watch in bed
ellorac glad it’s not just me sat in bed watching lol am going to get up and get my skates on now tho. Great video
Same lol I eat shit last night so my ankle hurts
Is anyone else waiting for their Moxi Skates by watching videos!? 😩🙃
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Alaysia Joi I am!! 😔✌️
This video was damn long, but it's also damn important for all new skaters (like myself) to watch! You really effectively teach tips, tricks, and etiquette that noobs would have to learn on their own, which would be a hassle for the community and the individual. I also really appreciate your progressive language calling things accessible rather than handicap!
Where do you skate?
I’m from NY and I’m most amazed that she says hello to every person that she passes and that they say hi back 😂 ppl here would never lol
your camera man is impressive! skating and keeping up while filming? holy moly!!
Miguel is an Inline legend who teaches at Woodward west.
@@carpenter751 wow I didn’t know that I’ve been wondering who he was.
Me too; just watching a lot. Had Impala skates for a week but sent back. They charged me $200 which went down to half the price after I purchased. Still no skates, and not ready to make a fool of myself. May get Moxi skates later but too old to be falling.
@@hollywood5703 why'd you send them back?
@@hollywood5703 look into BTFL skates! They’re cheaper than moxie but still very high quality. Super comfy! I just got my first pair. They’re easy to skate in and I’m still learning ♥️
Estro Jen’s body is absolutely goals 🥰😍 she’s an amazing skater and with such a brilliant mind too.
I was thinking the same thing the entire time!
And a kind, generous heart.
Amanda vilella She’s a whole woman crush for me, it is what it is boo 😏🤷🏻♀️💁🏻♀️
Estro Jen goes by they/them btw :)
@@amirxh.a where has Estro said this?
I love videos like this when someone’s just Crusing and at the same time showing you what to do
Here’s a list of all the main tips showed in this video:
0:00 Preferred way to go down sidewalks
0:49 Going up sidewalks
2:04 Advice for skating on street and interacting with cars
2:55 Use surroundings to stop if needed
3:41 What to do with Small Cracks vs Big Cracks
5:19 Skating backwards outside not advised
6:09 Going over Bumpy Grates on corners/accessibility ramps
6:52 Basic etiquette with pedestrians
7:19 Going over “Cheese” Grates again
7:42 Avoiding crashing with pedestrians
9:50 “Turn-Around Toe Stop” is most efficient way to stop for street skating
10:18 Avoid potholes and big dents on floors
10:27 & 11:22 BEND YOUR KNEES! Hands out! (ramps)
11:55 Slowing down WITHOUT T-Stop
12:43 Modified T-Stop for outdoor skating!!!
14:31 Using Bikelanes
16:29 Rolling over debris (tree nuts)
17:52 Think like a driver
20:01 Stopping with Grass
20:47 Practicing stepping over things/shuffling over
21:29 Carving to slow down
22:18 Going down Stairs
24:31 Avoid getting sand in skates if possible (lol)
28:53 How to do Jumps
29:55 How to gain momentum on One Foot
30:33 Try to skate empty streets as a beginner
30:59 You can Practice Drills in Small Spaces before going outside.
31:41 Skating over bridges
33:37 Staggered Stance against Cracks
34:09 Advice skating over Brick textures
36:09 Transitions Outdoors
38:27 How skating will affect body and how to protect your lower back
40:48 Three Ways to go off Sidewalk Curb
42:31 Speedbumps
44:48 Speed Dips/Dents (Reverse Speedbumps)
45:11 LOOK UP!!! Beginner mistake is looking down!
46:52 Reacting to Sneaky Stairs/When path turns into stairs
48:40 Skating over Wood and Textured Surfaces
58:07 Not a tip, but demonstration of hillbombing grass lol
omg, i love your voice and the way it cracks.
U n me both
Yes, I was thinking the same thing! 😇
This was so helpful! I’m picking up skating again as a 55 year old and live in an old neighborhood with lots of uneven sidewalks, streets, tree debris, etc. You covered just about everything I’ve encountered while skating, not to mention that your videos of you skating around your city are somehow very therapeutic and relaxing. Please continue to make more of these!
@DarlingDaring I would love to do that someday. Just have to get up the nerve, time and video equipment! :-)
@DarlingDaring 😊
We do #familyskating in Birmingham, UK We are doing #30daysskating with a bunch of #newbies with children on skates. Amazing to see their progress. Currently we are on #day19 though loads of peeps got sick or didn’t have skates to use so they are on a different day. We will all get to #day30 by the end of 2021
I've noticed that recently there's a lot of little girls at the park on blades and rollerskate that like to watch me skate backwards and do spins and...well I'm not saying me and my friend started a mini movement of skaters in my small town in North Texas buutttt maybeeeee. Or it might just be quarentine and the kids miss the rink lol
If you're loving skating, people will flock to do it too! Its a lovely thing expressing what you love in public, isnt it?
What time is this live for TX?
Wait where in NTX?! Where I am at there are just derby skaters!
Cheyenne Wolf I am in Allen TX skatepark, street, and trail skater here!
Hey, street/trail skater in Plano here! 👋
I thought you kept saying “my gal” not Miguel haha thanks for the helpful tips!
Me too!! I was so confused hahaha
Mee too.
My stomach was in my throat when Jen was speedily going down those stairs without holding onto the rail. I forget that she is practically superhuman!
Practice makes perfect. You can do it as easier or even better if you would just practice . Lol
Me too!!! She was stressing me out lol
I remember like one month ago I found your channel and it had 14 K subscribers. Now it has 18 K subscribers, just shows how many people have gotten into skating during quarantine.
We only just got started posting content on here a month ago, too!
Now it’s up even more!
Went to 20.2k to 20.4k whilst I was watching. 😂
I just ordered my skates several weeks ago. And I’ve been watching all of these skate videos, lol.
Now its over 23k!!!
her laugh running up the grassy hill.... i would die for her
Sis I saw your lower body and had to order myself some skates. You are FIT
I'm a newbie skater, just bought my first pair of skates and changed out the wheel and bearings so the wheels roll real smooth now I'm kinda afraid to go skating outside as I normally skateboard but seeing this video gave me loads of confidence to try skating outdoors I just have to put all my protection on. Thank you so much for all your live lessons and tour around your town. People like you give shy introverted potatoes like me the confidence that can achieve anything.
Question: (I’m from London btw)
I wanna get skates soon and i want to know is it vital to change the wheel and bearings. And are the wheel tight or do you have to tighten them and with what equipment.
@@bluedolphin6351 You will need to be able to maintain your equipment by replacing hardware (wheels, bearing, axle nuts, etc.) as they become degraded, and ensuring everything is as tight as it needs too be. A spanner should be fine.
We are in brum. As your comment was a year ago you could b a pro by now…
@@sarahtornado7909 lol I'm not a pro yet but I am a confident skater now
It’s so crazy this was in my feed. I just got done roller skating outside for the first time ever. I felt so defeated because I could barely stop on my toe stop, let alone go over the ridges in the sidewalk (I had to hold on to my dad the ENTIRE time) . I just kept going up and back around my car trying not to fall. I used to skate very often in roller rinks and frequently went ice skating. That’s nothing compared to roller skating outside. SO DIFFERENT. I’m super nervous to do it again but your videos give me confidence. Hopefully I’ll keep doing it, despite feeling embarrassed from how bad I was. P.S. my neighbors just laughed the whole time waiting for me to fall. Which I didn’t. Because I didn’t go far enough 😂.
SAME it really helped to go skating with someone who was walking. So that they could help me on rough ground
Mariah Bailey Take your time to learn and feel comfortable. Avoid crowded streets and downhills. I figure skated for years but that didn't make street skating less challenging. Try and find smooth surfaces to skate, and again avoid downhills until you feel 100% prepared. I am still scared of them. Listen to your gut and your body, they will tell you what you are ready for. Last but not least, use protections. Knee and wrist pads. Those are the main ones. Maybe a helmet too.
Keep going. Practice and fuck them neighbors! Bet they can't do it either.
I'm doing this now. After a seven year hiatus and transitioning from rollerblades to quads. I'll be 50 next Saturday and I'm out here in the parks with SKI POLES when I don't have anyone that can walk with me. I can't imagine what it looks like but it sure feels good.
Hey Mariah, I've just joined the world of roller skating. Don't stress about the neighbours or anything else...just focus on what you love doing. How's the skating been coming along?
Estro is explaining stuff that is second nature to her which she doesn't have to think about. Stay safe, have fun.
YES to the crawl. Yes yes yes. Awwww I liked you before but now even more. That was so relatable and made me feel happy.
You were like a little kid going down the grass hill😂 The giggling and the one more time Miguel? 😂 I loved it
I love how friendly you are!🥺 gonna do my best to keep this energy when I'm skating the scary streets of NYC. Cheers for all these videos lately they're the biggest help!
Dnt do the streets, go to a park. Ny taxy n uber dri ers. Dangerous
Hearing Estro laugh running up the hill made me happy 🥰 I love seeing people feel so much joy!
"Nuts....from hell" - lmao 😂 Know how u feeling.
These are some awesome street-skating tips, Michelle. Big ups!
LOVE the color of those Moxis!! 😍
Absolutely agree with you. I avoid them
You're a legend for good reasons. As an older person returning to my love of skating, this was the most thoughtful and conscientious video I have seen for new skaters. You didn't skip any possible concern. All the scenarios that cause me anxiety... you covered and in grand fashion/ I'm a fanboy for real and you deserve the attention. Thanks for loving skating so much and then sharing that love with all of us. You're amazing!
Omg when she mentioned the sidewalks in Argentina ! I'm Argentinean and that is one of my fave things about our architecture! : )
Missed the live stream but watching now! I am 42 and a few months ago got back into skating with my 9 year old daughter and her dad (my hubby) He is an excellent skater and after lots of practice in a nearby parking lot my daughter and I are doing very well!!! We went on an epic family street skate yesterday evening!! Perfect weather and lots of smiles and feelings of accomplishment!! We are in Kentucky right across the river from Cincinnati and we got lots of smiles and waves from neighbors on their porches. I am becoming very comfortable with skating outdoors and we are lucky to live near lots of smooth, low traffic, one way and dead end streets. Skating is changn g my life and I am so proud of how well my daughter is doing!! Thanks for everything!
WOW! Silber, it brings me SO MUCH DELIGHT to read this beautiful scene you paint! I oftentimes ponder where my obsession for skating started and I think it's because its from scenes like these.. the most fun times I have had on my skates have been spent with my family. Thank you :)
@@estrojen8755 thanks to you and Planet Roller Skate for inspiring me! I always loved going to the rink but you opened up a whole new avenue for my family! My daughter already adores skating and I tell her she is a KY Moxi girl!😊❤️
10:42 She legit stopped to smell the flowers 😂
Those flowers are highly psychoactive and dangerous lol. It's literally nightshade
Those cheese grate things will be the death of me !!! 💀 I struggle so hard omg
hahha, yeah stagger stagger, speed speed.
Jen, I LOVE your chill approach on teaching. I've been a long time fan, and it's great to see how you've grown. Your energy is so serene, beautiful, and makes me feel much more confident taking these tips to the streets/parks rather than intimidated. You're straight to the point and never over complicate anything, which is where I struggle with most other tutorials. I saw someone mention a "tour" on skates with you and I think that would be a phenomenal experience! Happy skating! 💚
Just ordered my first pair of skates! 40 is a good time to learn, right?!! Thanks for the great videos =)
I’m turning 37 this month and I just started this year! It’s so fun! Hope you ordered wrist guards!
haha im 41 and just starting.. yikes! :)
I’m 12 years old
Yaaas me too! I’m 40 and just bought my first pair of adult skates ♥️🦄
57🤚🏼Love my Lollys
thank you for this lesson!
I broke my wrist in skating in the street a year ago and I'm not comfortable now.
I think this video will give me confidence
Sorry to hear that Vanessa. Youre so welcome :) Remember to listen to your gut feelings and only do what you discover as feeling really good to you :)
Vanessa I broke my wrist several years ago at the skating rink. I was hit from behind by a guy. Went up in the air landed on my wrist. That didn't stop me from wanting to get back out there. I couldn't wait. Sorry to hear about your fall. If you haven't gotten back on your skates I hope that you do.😄
@@msbelindab5231 What’s up with these men using women on skates as bumpers? A guy grabbed onto me while skating to catch his fall and knocked me down in the process! He didn’t even help me up or check to see if I was ok! I was already terrified to skate in the first place and now this? Let’s just say that I didn’t look at a skate for over 10 yrs after that. I’m getting into it again and there’s no turning back! Happy skating, ladies!
@@mignondee The guy who knocked me down was going way too fast from the start. He was careless. Sorry to hear about your incident. I wish you were able to get back out there. I will keep skating for the both of us. 🤗
@@msbelindab5231 Im practicing street skating now. I wanna get good enough before hitting the rinks again.
i finally said whatever and bought my skates yesterday....i cannot wait to do some solo skating even tho i havent skated in like 9-10 years when i was like 13/14.....im so excited! and this video helped give me some pointers on where to skate and what to look out for!
Just ordered my first pair of lolly’s clementines !!! I’m so excited it will also be my first time skating again since I was like 10 years old lol wish me luck and I look forward to my skating future !!🖤 love you estro you’re the best !!! Hopefully I get to meet you in person one day 🤞🏼❤️
Amelia Ibarra me too! I’m so excited!! I love orange
Same! I ordered Fuscia Lollys
Amelia And I ordered Floss Lollys! June can’t come fast enough
"Even though where I'm from we do a lot of jaywalking" As a fellow Philadelphian I can confirm! 😂
Thanks for all the lessons!! :)
Estros giggle at the end while booming the hill is EVERYTHING!!!!
Keep doing these lives please! I look forward to them every time! I can wait to be on 4 wheels and try out everything!!
Alejandra, thanks so much for the encouragement. I'm still getting used to doing them so I really appreciate you saying so.
Alejandra Martinez I love watching these, but keep missing them live, what time is this LIVE?
Rattiya Setvanich around 5pm PST, I get lucky sometimes and get my last work break when it’s happening live! They’re pretty dope, feels kind like you’re in a skate sesh lol
Estro, your voice is so comforting. It reminds me of those super rad teachers whose class you'd be excited to attend. Ily thank u for introducing me to the world of roller skating:-)
Im surprised at how many people have gotten i to roller skating. I wish there was this many 3/4 years ago when i got my moxis, I've gotten so used to skating solo that im hesitant to skate around others now hahahah. But honestly skating is a good quarantine hobby, especially since you can go solo
I appreciate the variety of angles that Miguel does in his art
these videos are so encouraging, thank you for being so patient and clear and friendly! it's so nice to watch you :)
I'd love tips on going into the grass! For some reason every time I've tried, I get weirdly nervous and I seem to struggle with the whole 'run into the grass' thing aljsdlfkj
bend your knees and relax. Grass that is super mushy is WAY harder to roll through! Probably ease of it depends on the moisture in the air- but it sure is fun to land on!
Just go for it!! And like Michelle said, relax and keep those knees bent!! Once you get the hang of it it is pretty fun and very useful for bailing out!❤️
Worst case scenario you fall on soft grass, that's why you trust it to stop on. And if your knees are bent like mentioned before it will be a short fall
This is the best outdoor roller skating tutorial ever. Thank you💜
Oh wow! Chrissy! Thank you SO much !
Thx for covering the speed bump situation👊🏼
they can be really fun.. softening the easy knees up and over them :)
Just ordered my first pair of skates ever!! Beach Bunny and i can’t wait! So glad i got Moxi’s. You have such great energy!!
Oh me too :D !!!! Which ones?
This was such a chill video. Just two people casually skating through LA streets. I loved it. 💕
😁 your giggle running back up the grassy hill is all of our spirits while we're skating 🥰 that was the cutest thing ever
This makes me so excited to learn to skate, once quarantine is done I’m traveling to Long Beach to get skates 💞 amazing information and cameraman did a great job keeping up
i’m going to be doing the same ! hope you find a good fit !
Tove Sol you as well 😊💗
EstroJen, do you ever do “tours?” I would love to come get my helmet autographed by you!!!
Thats a really great idea! I should :) I'm easy to find in the skate scene and would be happy to sign it the next time we bump into each other!
Michelle Steilen aka Estro Jen 🥰😭🥰😭 you are amazing! Once CA opens up again we shall plan accordingly... ❤️
@@estrojen8755 OMG! what an amazing idea! Ill be 2nd in line with my lollys for you to sign!
@@estrojen8755 I'd love to do a tour too, that sounds like a great idea.
@@estrojen8755 You should come to South Australia 😁
I fell asleep while watching this and had a dream that you were teaching me how to skate and you knew all of my childhood friends and i had superpowers and we were staying at this really crazy hotel and yeah it was a pretty great dream
I love the way you teach! One day I would love to learn in person from you! You just have a calming presence about you, that it makes things click for me. Thank you! 💕
The sound of the skates is soo satisfying, I want to start skating!💗
Is there a weight limit on them? Bc I'm a big girl but wanting to lose weight. Which ones would be best for me?
@@trinamendenhall3842 this channel actually has a video about being a plus sized skater! I haven’t watched all of it but from what I saw it was good, (I was actually planning on finishing it after this) i couldnt find anything saying that certain skates are better for plus sized people or not so I’m assuming you can just go with whatever you like most. I believe in you! Good luck skating!
I recently had to move out of Long Beach and seeing 4th really makes me feel like I'm right back at home :')
Estro Jen is a precious human.
Hearing her giggle at the end when she wanted to go back up the grass ☺️ fills me with joy
So I have been deathly afraid of cheese graters since they came out and I haven't fallen trying to go over them, because i've never actually ROLLED over them... I fall all the time trying to avoid them ... I actually broke my tailbone in 2016 trying to avoid them and it always hurts... anyway... now I guess I'm just gonna try rolling around them and over them fast and see what happens! I've googled how to go over them but couldn't ever find a solution ... I was referring to them as "yellow bumps at the sidewalk for the blind" "how do I go over yellow bumps at the sidewalk for the blind?" --- i recently found a video where the skater did a bunny hop -- toe stop .... and I ... see falling. So, thank you ... thank you for an answer and for this video
"IM SMILING UNDER THIS MY MASK!" I SAY THIS EVERYTIME I'M OUT ROLLING! I'VE BEEN SICK FOR A WEEK AND SKATING BACK TODAY! PERFECT VIDEO! I LOVED THIS ♥ SOOOO INFORMATIVE! & I MISS CALI! ✌🤘🖖💚💜💙
Thank you for a fun educational video! I look forward to more. You made my day, can’t wait for my skates to arrive.
This was the tutorial I didn’t know I needed! Getting my first pair of quads (beach bunnies) soon and I totally would have gone out and had some “uh oh what do I do now moments”. 😅 When I was a kid I needed stitches from blading into a gutter, this tutorial would have saved me back then. Thank you for the info and good vibes!
I love these long videos with Estro. It feels like hanging out with a friend
Thank you so much, this has been so helpful! I could not get the T stops to work, the way everyone says they should with the 4 wheels down, when I was outside on rough surfaces. I tried your method today with the 2 front wheels and it worked really well! Genius! Thank you!!
i could watch estro jen skate all day long
Youre so cute stopping for trumpet flowers!!! Thanks for all the tips! I miss LA cant believe I lived there for a decade and never roller skated..just inline. Roller is so much more fun!! Thanks!
I enjoyed watching this! I use to skate around Beverly to Hollywood as a young adult. I could of used these tips then! You reminded me of how much fun it is to roller skate in my neighborhood. Thank you for all the tips to stay safe. You inspired me to skate outside tomorrow! Cute red hip bag Jen! Miguel is a great camera guy.
AWESOME ADVICE FOR AVOIDING UNNECESSARY RISKS AND FALLS
As a street skater this video would be really helpful for beginners. I should’ve watched it before I started skating but instead I learned the hard way by falling and getting up👍🏽
I’m from Long Beach so these tips that you’re giving are even more helpful because I’m def gonna go skating at the bluff once I get my skates in the mail! I used to skate for fun when I was younger and can’t wait to really hone in on skating now.
Thank you so much! Not only was this helpful from a technical standpoint, but you showed some great skater etiquette as well!
I've seen this before but it's fun watching again. I miss the weather in CA.
That last classroom in front of the Moxi skate store was my old 5th grade class /elementary school !! ⚡️⚡️
I loved this video, thank you so much! I tried skating on asphalt path around a soccer field and was definitely looking at my feet the entire time hahahaha
You’re so BOMB for these tutorials! I’m so geeked about trying out what I’m learning this afternoon!
Oh thank you! I've started practicing again and I've found curbs to be particularly challenging (and scary)
I'm so happy to have found you I'm just getting back into skating after 20 years of absolutely no skating it is so much worse than when I started at 9. Maybe because then I didn't care if I fell now that I'm 45 I know it going to hurt. thanks for loving it as much as I want to again.whoi hoo all you moxie girls roll on roller
I'm just starting to learn roller skating and I love watching your videos so much because you are incredibly in tune with the joy and playfulness of it. The whoops are the best bits :D And watching you run up that hill to go again and again! I've been scared since I was in single digits that one day I'd have to grow up and stop playing. Thank you so much for showing me that I am wrong as hell in your special way
You bombing down that grassy hill at the end was the cutest thing ever.
I'm so glad that I can learn from you while I wait for my Moxi skates to arrive!!
Such a fantastic video! Jen gives great tips, really comprehensive and safety first focused. This video is all you could want on refreshers of outdoor skating- and so cool to see our city rolling by...
Thanks for sharing this. I used to skate outside all the time up until I was in my 30's. I'm 60 now. Somehow I have gotten very fearful of skating outside in my 30's. I last skated in a rink in my early 50's, a couple years after I broke my wrist skating at my 50th birthday party. I started having balance issues in my 50's. I want to go skating so bad but fearful of falling because of balance issues.
Watched this yesterday. It was my first time skating outside and I'm so happy I did. I thought about the tips you gave and was able to implement them. I felt much more confident skating outside by the end of it all. It was awesome! Can't wait to get back outside.
Thank you so much!
I just received my Beach Bunnies and I love them! I'm on day 3 of my skate journey...so exciting❤️
How many miles did you skate for? I love watching you skate through the city. You should do a tour on the skates!
I am going back to skating! Thanks to my Son for getting skates from your company and him showing me your company! I got into skating for my Sons when they were in their pre-teens. Took them for skating lessons with a great local teacher named Jim Harmer (he won many National Championships in the 50's and 60's) for 4 to 5 years for some Dad& Sons time. 11 years later my one Son (just 2 days ago) ordered Quads for himself and his wife! Gotta get back into it now myself too (at 55 yrs old). I gotta stretch out and do the one trick (don't know what it is called) where it is like 'shoot the duck' but you cross your free leg behind your support leg and your face is almost an inch from the skate surface. Too much fun! Thank you for your videos!!!!!! Great job by your camera man!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing these videos! They have helped me immensely with some of the skills I’m trying to learn. I have wanted to learn to skate since I was a kid, but was too scared. Now that I’m in my 30s, I finally have a glimmer of confidence to start learning! Sending you a virtual hug!! 💖
I always come back to this video, my favorite. I just bought the Jack2 in Strawberry 🍓, we are twins now ❤.
Thank you Estro for this and other outdoor skating videos you produced. Quite a few good tips to navigate the outdoors. I never thought roller skating outside would be as much fun as jamming to music on ice skates! It is and possibly more. You definitely can’t ice skate downhill on an ice rink or go over speed bumps.
Just bought my first pair of skates (Lollys) and I’m a Long Beach local so this video has me pumped to learn and be able to skate all of LB. thanks for this video! Gives me so much to look forward to in a time where that’s hard to come by. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So helpful! This is week 3 of trail skating for me. I love it. Those cheese graters are crazy, but I think I got it.
Haha I remember skating one afternoon back in 2015 to the light house and I think it had to be you that high 5ed me haha we were both super stoked little did I know at the time it was a moxi skater haha thanks again for sharing these tutorial vids!!! 🙌🙋♂️❤️🤘much love dude!!!
Loved this. I used to live in Long Beach and skate that route all the time! In fact at the 17:15 mark I spotted my old apartment building! Ah, those were the days.
I tried street skating for the first time Downtown in my city!! It was so scary 😆 i didn’t realize all the variables I would deal with. It was a little stressful. I need more practice in a flat open space🙈 great video! Thanks
Thank you so much I know this is an old video but this is the main kind of skating I’m going to do. I think you are so cool Estro and so helpful and happy like a ray of sunshine. I got my moxi panthers in today and can’t wait to roll 🛼💕
Thank you so much! I've recently started outdoor skating after not skating at all for over twenty years. I'm 50 this year and am so glad I did! My wife has never skated much at all and your video is perfect for instilling confidence in her before we get going. My most important goal is to keep her safe so she can enjoy this amazing workout with me. Thanks again for such an informative video.
Returning back to skating. Always been a rink skater. Was an avid salter up until high school... then party and rock roll came into my life. Now I'm looking into skating outside as the rink is not convenient to me. Great tips and looks like your in Los Angeles..
The whole time you we’re going down those stairs I was dying for you to grab the railing. Thanks for the heart array just though 😂
Love this vid! So far I'm doing everything right plus some new tips. I skate in my neighborhood in Fort Worth where everything is concrete with lots of cracks. I have the Lolly's with the gummy wheels and I absolutely love them. I get compliments on them all the time. Best investment ever! What kind of wheels are those? What is the hardness? What I'm learning now is to how to clean and care for them. Thank you for all your expertise. I love skate life!!!
This video was really helpful, I've been skating in rinks on and off for years so I can skate but I can't skate in the street, I don't know what to do when the ground has cracks, I don't know how to get up and down a sidewalk specially with cars waiting and I don't know what I could do if a car was coming, so thank you so much, I'll be trying little by little and hopefully one day I'll be able to skate as a transportation method and go from point A to point B. Thank you so much!
I loved this video. Thank you Estro! I just ordered my first pair of Moxi Lollys.
Thank you!! I really needed this. Streets are full of obstacles where I live :(
The first time I skated outside after moving to Phoenix, I skinned my knee so bad on some of those acron things!!
Awe don't i know it! Its like the rudest wake up call hittin those things!
Pads will help
@@RheRheSmily yeaaaa, that's what everyone at derby said a few days later. 😅
@@Katsanargle I'm fairly new to the area. Since derby has been canceled I haven't been skating much actually. I know theres a skate park on the west side, but I haven't tried them yet.