its been a bit since i came home after skating for a few hours, thought id write about it to kick the blog page off.

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today ive only pretty much been practicing royales and backslides, and the practice paid off! i managed to get the feel and position of the royales down pat! the backslides need work though. and, its a little odd, i actually LIKE going fast doing royales and ive only been tryin em for a few days now. i spent quite a bit of time seeing how fast and how far i could hold a royale, but either i wasnt squatting low enough, or my wheels just bit, or maybe i just couldnt hold it n slipped out, so i never really slid that far. theres always tomorrow though, and im feelin REAL confident in my royales now. hell, i even tried doing a mini disaster royale at one point. the quarter pipe i was practicing it on curved to the left at the right side so i was getting small air off the side and landing into a royale. at least, thats what i wanted to do. i never actually got it but i think if i just gave it another day or two i might get it. maybe.

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on backslides, i have some trust issues whenever im attempting one, i dont tweak my as much as i should, and its because i feel i might slip out the instant i try settling into the grind. and mind you, that exact thing DID happen at least a few times, and while they werent bad falls or anything i still didnt like falling, so atm im just taking it safe. it also kinda sucks cuz i think if i try n grab my free foot while in the grind i think that sorta messes things up for me, and makes balance a lot harder to maintain. but ill overcome it. one day. soon? better be.

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for those not acquainted with aggressive inline skating, heres what a royale looks like:

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im goofy footed (hardly anything goofy about it, really. right foot dominance forever) so id actually be travelling in the other direction. basically imagine if the image was mirrored and thats how i do it. a backslide is almost the same thing, except youre balancing solely on your back foot, and grabbing your front foot, if you so please.

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anddd thats all i gotta say. til next time!