[Please note that most skating tricks involving skates or a street glider is usually done by professionals. This blog does not condone unsafe tricks or skates to be used by amateurs in all forms of trickery. Skate at your own risk, but the purpose of this post is purely informative]
This is a skating category where skaters do “slides”. “Sliding” is often done on smooth flat surfaces. It involves placing one or both feet in perpendicular direction to which they are currently moving (e.g. skater is moving North, however, one or both of his feet may be facing East or West, taking reference from the direction from which the heel to the toes face for the feet direction).
Consequently, the skater slows down. However, the rate at which he or she slows down largely depends on how much pressure is being applied to the foot/feet that are “sliding”. It is a form of stylistic skating where attention is paid to the footwork. There are fewer slides than tricks in “sliding” compared to aggressive skating but they often share the same names as they are done similarly to grinds in aggressive skating.
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