Footwork on Roller Skates - Corner Work 

Ignore the haters. Your voice and style are memorable. I’ll never forget “down with the butt, up with the gut”. :)

Why cant more people teach like you do. Everything is so detailed.

Every time Dirty Debra uploads a new video I know I'm about to be 5% more awesome of a skater 😁

Dirty Deborah, Represents wisdom, Beauty, and Grace. Your voice is your signature along with your skating expertise and precision. I wouldn't be skating again after 50 yrs. if it wasn't for you. Much appreciation girl!!!!

I'm not at this level yet, but I love how detailed you teach and explain everything body wise that you do! I would never be able to skate as well as I do without you. That comment who called you annoying is wrong. They will say anything to put you down, but that is because you are fabulous! I love your voice and I love your videos.

As common to the girl who said your voice is annoying that isn't right. I like hearing you talk. With that said thanks for the vid very helpful. Next time I go skating I'll try theses moves lol. Thanks again.

Your voice isn't annoying. You speak with great emphasis and motivation. I love it! I get so motivated from your voice whereas I can't wait for the next skating session. I put my skates on and practice somethings in my house

Your voice isn't annoying, I've listened to hours of it. If listening made me a great skater I'd be Olympic quality.

My friend and I find ourselves at the rink saying UP UP UP and snacks tight! Down with the butt! We love you and remember what you say! It's not like we can watch videos while skating at the rink so we remember what you say!

I think your voice is memorable, enthusiastic and confident ~ I want to pay attention to everything you say...what more can you ask for in a teacher??

You have 44k subscribers ma'am, so apparently your voice isn't that bad! You just keep teaching and we'll keep learning 😉

Best voice, best teacher with best dirt..

I love your videos and your positivity! Every time I watch I feel jazzed to get on wheels again.

a) Your voice is definitely NOT annoying b) Your online tutorials are invaluable c) your advice to keep practicing is spot on. It takes hours and hours of practice to become naturally talented. I'm not naturally talented so I practice, fall down, get up and practice some more. You rock Dirty Deborah Harry. Thank you for taking the time to make and post these vids.

You just made me like you EVEN more. 😆 Way to zap energy from negativity. *I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!* Its why I'm skating again. 💙💙💙

Hey Deb.... Just wanted to say thanks for all the videos you’ve made... My girlfriend was shaming me at the local skating rink for not commenting on any of the videos... But she was telling me how much all the practice and research has been paying off, so thank you and please keep doing what you do!!!

Love your voice. It’s gritty and “dirty”. I hang on every word... Keep it coming

I always get so excited when she uploads a new video❤️❤️

Your voice is not annoying it's beautiful and direct everything is not for everybody you are hands-down the best technical teacher my go-to

I love all you do and especially your voice. I hang on your every word,,,chin up, shoulders straight "snacks tight"....I love you⛸️⛸️❤️

Your class at 4 minutes and 34 is very important, in that spinning step. That's what I was looking for Deborah, thank you very much.

Please don't stop making videos about skating!!! I'm so glad I clicked on your video!

Wow. Your voice is music to my ears! I can listen to you all day. Thank you for all of your videos! Im 51 and just getting back into skating. You’re teaching me so much! Thank you thank you!

At 3 minutes, and 29 that turn and stop, that you do are incredible Deborah.

Arrrhh, I love your voice. Full of passion and enthusiasm 🥰

Thanks for another useful lesson!

I so appreciate your tutorials! I feel like a lot of cool skate moves are learned organically, but for those of us who don’t have a ton of time to skate, we appreciate these detailed tutorials! They are also inspiring! Can’t wait until I can get to a flat big spot to practice (instead of my sloped and scruffy driveway). Keep em coming!

Love the slider skates, very chic!!! This video helped me realize I might be able to consider myself advanced. 🤗 I always say I'm intermediate, but I can do everything you just did and more. Thank you for the video!!!

That braking you did is spectacular Déborah. 

Your energy is contagious and you responded to the negative criticism with grace. You speak from a place of confidence and experience and you give us the steps to improve that no one can question.We appreciate what you’ve shared because your regular viewers (like me) have grown so much and enjoy listening to you. This is a great video. I learn something from you every week DD 😘 I watch sometimes just to here you say, “keep snack area tight”. That will never get old to me 😂

Thank you for this lessons 😇

Thank God for that voice! It cuts right thru the airport runway sounds from those marble wheels! 🤣🤣 Anyway, fun video!. Way to rock it! I can do these elements but I watch the video all the way to the end anyway!. Talk to ya soon!

I Love Love Love your energy. I wish I had known about you when I lived in So. Cal... I’ve been skating since I was about 7 yrs. old I am going on 48 yrs. next month. Thanks for being so freaking awesome..

It’s like you know what I’m struggling with right when it happens! ❤️ Thanks Deb

I never get tired watching your vids.

Your voice is the best. I hear you talking to me in my head all the time when I practice "head turns shoulder... snacks tight..." I love it!

Your voice gets the message across! Lol! I love your vids, and envy you that awsome roller rink! If I could, I would've loved to come there AND listen to your voice live! Love and light from icy Norway!

I love these videos and find them helpful. I need to get back out there skating at least weekly again!

YES!!!!! This is one of those moves I've been wanting to learn for a while. You make this so approachable. I love your voice, love your technique.

Wha?! I ❤️ your voice and your sense of humor.

I've been trying to learn this forever! Thank you!!!

Nice and flowing moves

Im gettin some skates tomorrow and im so excited and your vids are perfect

I don't find it annoying at all. Love to see and hear your videos. Keep them coming!

Awww I love your voice! You remind me of my aunt sherry, I don’t get to see her too often.

Deborah is a great teacher, in this specialty of skating, so today make the video of the best time of the day I send you to see. Have a nice Wednesday day. Kisses.

Thursdays mornings at our rink is the the adult skate and afterwards I always quickly see if you have loaded a new video. AND YES you have Oh boy, more learning videos to be a better skater. I get excited and quickly tell my friend that you have uploaded another video. She also skates at the adult skate session who also watches you and appreciates your videos. Every session we talk about your videos and how wonderful you are at helping us learn more moves !!! Thank you Ms. Deborah !!!

Dirty you are the best teacher on RU-vid. I love your videos!

You make it seem so easy & that rink is gorgeous...

I am loving your videos!! You address every question and concern that I have. I swear you're reading my mind lol! I was a rink rat throughout my childhood. Once I had kids, I stopped skating, gained a ton of weight, and was just miserable. What made it worse was that my boys were fabulous skaters and I was always at a rink somewhere watching my oldest son compete in speed skating. I am now 46 and started back skating about 4 years ago. I am trying to find my style again, but fear of falling keeps me from mastering anything. Your videos have helped me to realize that falling is a must in skating and inevitable lol. I am so happy I found you and will continue to watch! Thank you! Angie Pensacola, Fl.

Great vid as always. I'm still struggling with transitions. I've watched all of your videos and others. Going to try to make it to Monday's for help. Thanks for the video.

So grateful for your channel. Always inspiring and always so helpful. You rock ♥️

Your voice is beautiful. Thank you for all your info and very helpful tutorials.

Came back a year after first seeing this and I am ready to tackle it. Thank you so much for these amazing videos!

At 2 minutes and 29 seconds, your step of crossing your legs to assist in complying with the curve is spectacular Deborah, I will try one of these days. From Jaime Reis.

I like your voice, Dirty! Especially when it’s breaking down technique and encouraging me to get out there and skate. Thanks for all you do, you’re the raddest.

Miss DD, my husband and I have been blading for over twenty years and just recently started to ballroom skate with them. Getting good! I've been on quads for a couple of years now while my husband only dared a few months ago. Both are such different worlds, but I started because I wanted the fun challenge. I'm decent but I love your videos to help us both out. We know skating very well, but your videos are giving us so much more to learn! I especially love the tiny tips and tricks you give to help with all the AHA! moments. Skating is simply too fun not to try new things with it and you give us all that! Love to you and the skate community! We don't have a skate community so much here and search for the Skate Love wherever we can get it! Roll On...

Woah! Explaining that thing about lifting with your hip, not your foot REALLY made sense. Thanks 💖🙏

Hey D.D., I just want you to know, for months I've been watching your videos giving me motivation to skate after my chemotherapy is over. I've been practicing my stance and turns in my living room with socks on. I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make these teaching videos. Much love😌😌😌

I can't wait to try this!!!!

After watching your videos, I have learned that my skating technique has been all wrong for decades. I wish I had learned from a great teacher like you instead of being self-taught.

I watched every videos you have shared and rewatching them again over and over to learn and practice.

I had a yoga teacher tell me once that if you want something to go up, focus on what is going down. That’s served me in so many ways. Especially skating.

Your voice is in no way annoying. Love your videos!!

I'm lovin' your teaching style!!! ❤👍🏾😊🤩 And I'm super impressed with your contol on fibers!!!

I love your voice... keep teaching, woman!

You're such a good teacher! I watch these videos at night and the next day I'm outside scissoring, crossing over, turning and skating backwards 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️ today I fell lol I tend to automatically (want to) press on my right stopper when my turn to going backwards is complete, so I attempted to keep my momentum and I lost my footing lol but I laughed it off and tried again! I know I'll get it perfected soon. Btw I love your voice! You project and you sound so enthusiastic all the time, I can tell you love this, hence why I enjoy all your videos! IF YOU DON'T HAVE HATERS YOU AIN'T POPPIN!! 😂😂

You should give a tutorial about speedskating. I’ve been skating for two years now and I really enjoy Speedskating And I will like to learn how to get better at it.

You're great! Thanks for the awesome tips and your spirit!

First off, I love your voice DDH, it makes the video exciting because I can hear your passion and enthusiasm for amazing skill that is Roller Skating. So please don't take any negativity to heart there, how else can you explain as amazingly as you do without saying something? What do some people want DDH holding up punch cards like an old Bob Dylan music video or something? Just keep being your awesome self and you won't hear the negativity over the sound of your own awesome. Now something more on topic I'd like to share as an amateur is the awkward feeling of skating backwards which forms part of this amazing technique and what I wanted to share was that a great way to get a bit of confidence(something that really helped me) is to practice skating around your local rink in both directions. I found that was great for getting both sides of my body balancing better. Now I've started a little backwards and DDH's video was great for this. I'm still an awkward looking slow poke but it's let's of fun. What she declares here is so true, it's all in the balance and weight shifting(and learning to factor in both sides of your body, it's crazy how you first learn your better on one side or direction than the other and I haven't seen a single skater yet who doesn't show that a little when they skate. Skate on skaters.

Your detailed instructions work great! Thanks for sharing :)

Just saying... You're voice is amazing 💕💕💕

Your so beautiful 😍 thank you for the new videos! You Rock

I love learning lessons from you, so simple and easy to understand.

I will go to my first class tomorrow. I hope 🤞🏽 it goes well for me 🙂 I have the theory part from you but I need to put it in practice

You're amazing.. I love your passion! Thank you for teaching us! 😀

Great video. Love you, your voice, your positivity and girrrrl your hair is stunning today.

I enjoy your videos very Informative 😉😉

Thank you so much for your easy to understand lessons! I’ve been skating for years and I’m finally understanding body weight transfer,edges, and bending the knees!!!

I came up on your RU-vid Channel by accident one Day and I really enjoy watching you Skate. Back when I was Younger we would go Skating every weekend. I never was good at it but I wanted to be. I fell one night and hurt my knee pretty Bad and that was the end of my Skating Days. You make it look So easy and so much Fun. While I will enjoy watching you, I couldn't see myself in a pair of Skates again. Do you ever have any Older People wanting to learn to Skate. By Elderly I mean over 50?

I can’t wait to try this. I have been wanting to learn footwork like this. Love it!

I LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S.they help me A LOT A LOT.😁

I wish I could come to so cal to see you for a lesson! 😊 ❤️. I’ll do my best in the nearest parking lot. Haha. 👍🏼

Sqweeeeee!!! yay it's Dirrrrtttyyyy!! I saw the notification come up earlier and couldn't watch just yet. But now I can. Hey, btw.. I had the privilege and joy watching you teach another gal in a roller derby video. So much fun!!

I got my skates last 3 days ago and i still working on scissors. Its slow progress but its progress.

How to bow in style. The processes you use Deborah are Spectacular. I've never seen you, skating with black skates. Look, if I wasn't in confinement, I would try this new demonstration of how to bow in style. But in this little space I have at home I am not allowed to do this because I have no area. As soon as I go to the ring I will train this. Have a very good day Deborah, big hug Deborah, and a kiss. Your friend, Jaime Reis.

Hi Dirty 🙋🏻‍♀️ Thank you for another great tutorial!! I have been playing it safe w scooter pushes, so am excited to try this corner negotiation skill!!! Can we ever meet Hubby Dirty Harry in your videos?

Your voice is great!❤💞❤

You’re voice isn’t remotely annoying! 🤗 It sounds great...even from all the way over here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UK! ☺️ I’m just waiting for the weather to get better over here, so that I can get outside and start practising what you’re teaching us. We don’t have roller rinks in abundance here, like you do in the US 👎🏻

I think I'M in luvvvvvvv

This class of yours is the most profitable class of all that I have attended Deborah, congratulations, skates very well. I love watching you skate. Send me the links to your classes. Kisses from Jaime Reis.

Hi Debbie! My name is Alex and I am 11 years old. I do artistic roller skating and my dad loves watching your videos! Almost every move he knows is from you. You have taught him to jump and skate in style! He would love if you gave him a shoutout in your next video. It would be a great suprise! Also his name is Andy. From Alex 🙂😊

I’m not sure who called your voice annoying , but that is far from wrong . I love your voice . It’s easy to listen to , understand , and you speak very clearly and confident . Ignore the haters . Any-who , is all American plus wheels good ? Will I get that slick wheel feeling ?

Am I the ONLY one who has watched past videos and - in the beginning - was yelling "Ohh! DOUGHNUTS!" ???? LOL

It's microphone time 😂

Don't worry about stupid people,your voice is great and love your tips . I can only practice on the streets and I'm not able to much with limited space. My ankles are blistered,but I'm not giving up.

Hi Debs. Love this! I'm definitely going to give this a try. One question I have for you, coming out of it onto the straight with all the weight on the right leg, on this side I find I vere off to the right. On my left foot I can hold a straight line no problem but on my right I feel like I'm doing it the same way, conversely, but I always drift. Any tips on what I might be doing wrong on my right side? 😊😘

YES! Beautiful footwork and transitions around the corner of the rink! I will be incorporating this step sequence for sure, and after the step forward down the straightaway, a long spiral down the length of the rink. I love it. Maybe that right freeleg extension after the mohawk before the cross over -- is it a "chasse"? In one of your future footwork videos, could you please also go over outside mohawks? Opening my hips enough for those is one of my biggest skating challenges. Thank you again! I love this video content and style!

Love your voice

Your voice is not annoying...you have that derby girl coach teacher...you give the mechanics of foot work!!