Inline Skating Tutorial, Beginner To Beast -10 Tips 

One of the best videos for beginners! I can't express how important staying low is (and bending knees). One more great tip is "STOP LOOKING AT YOUR FEET"!

You have the best most unique voice-over/narration I have heard in a long time!!! Your words show humour and a kind heart, but your voice is like a deadly assassin! Hah! And I hope to learn to skate from your videos once I pick up my first set of skates tomorrow eve. Thanks dude!

im 30 and i getting my very first pair of inline skates soon!! SOOo excited!! i wanted them as a kid but my grandma said no : ( So now that Im 30 I can get them myself! Thanks for the Hot tips!!!

I'm 48 and I love skating, I had my first skating skill on ice during my college days then stopped when I started working. I bought my first roller blades when I was 41 and learned only the striding, when I see your video I learned how to crossover, to do backwards skating in just few days of practice, now I'm trying to practice some I've seen on your video. Thanks for your video tutorial Bill..

I'm 17weeks into skating again after a bad fall 8 years ago! A down hill tumble, left me with pinched nerves in my back and neck. After 12 sessions a with chiropractor, I'm back, but scared. This video has saved my life getting back into the habit of good techniques! Thanks

43 years old and got some great Sebas at Shop Task last week for my first ever inlines (and really like my 20th time on skates period). This channel played no small part in the decision to pull the trigger! Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first!

I was very scared to experiment with grass because the first time I did, it did not go well and injured my knee, but now I enjoy the grass very much and now my speed has improved a LOT since I last skated and I just want to say thanks for all the videos :) It has motivated me a lot and I enjoy city skating more than anything now

I can't find the right words to describe how much I appreciate the quality of your vids.

Gotta love that deep voice in the background..."Stay Low" lol

An older video but subbed, this video taught me more than the 20 odd vids I've watched since getting inclines a couple of weeks ago. Kudos for being so informative, and slick on the ground.

i'm 33 and bought my first pair of inline skates at Sportcheck yorkdale. they got 30% off right now on everything. Just did my 2nd practice yesterday and now i can balance. i practiced a lot on the grass and i hold my knees (to keep myself bent) when i glide to a V shape and so far it works. just like snowboarding, we will fall a lot before we get it! keep safe and be positive!

I picked up inline skating as a means to get around more active than driving a car, and these videos have helped improve my form and confidence. Much thanks!

Hey, this is some great stuff to try out! I switched to Seba's last summer and since there's no heel brake on them, they made me realise how shitty of a skater I really am. It feels like I'm forever stuck in the "okay, I can go forwards, turn and slightly control my speed, but that's it" stage, try anything new (including stops) and I'll just fall over - plus, I had no idea how to improve since there's nothing to practice really if either you fall, or try to avoid falling (99% of time). I love your style and I'm really happy I found your videos!

Bill, You rock! I really love your videos! I think I'm learning so much watching them and I also find that they are very nice and relaxing to watch, even without any learning purpose but just to enjoy them!

It's so hard to find decent inline skating tutorials on youtube, yours are the best! Helping me so much! I am using your tips from very beginning and it helped me to learn things like breaking and turning around much more quicker. Can you make tutorial about manoeuvring in urban areas?

Thank you so much because you have made me skate again on my shabby K2 in 14 years

I am 43 and once i see your tutorials i just feel like its too hard but I have already hurt my right wrist cos everytime i fall , i lean on it but I find you so helpful and amazing . Thanks for your help i am in my third month and cant let go. Thanks once again

Thank you, good person, loved the video, loved how you made it, loved your voice and those 6 minutes I just watched were perfect. Dont stop this thing you are doing

Watching you skate on this video is very inspiring. It makes inline skating look very comfortable to me because your style is very reminiscent of ice hockey skating. So many things to try when I get home this week.

Belgium here! Very inspiring video, I've been skating for 4 months now and bingewatching tutorials here on RU-vid. Gotta love RU-vid! Thank you for the chill flow in your videos! If you have female skaters around, maybe dedicate some inline videos to the female skaters out here? That way, I won't feel alone, haha! Keep on cruisin' and stay safe

man u are the best inline skate youtuber EVER!!!

Thanks for the tip about the arms and go low, that's saved me a lot of pain. Now to practice stopping! Choose the leader seems to be proving difficult too. Keep the great vids coming :)

I've watched many of your videos. Loved this one a lot.

YES! i love these tutorials, and i see you've gotten alot of hits to. i told you people will love these kinds of video from you.

I have problems while trying to stop while I skate. I will definitely try your tips. Thank you very much!

I've just bought PS 125mm megacrusier, never use it before, but iam kind of urban roller, jumps..etc Your tips are so good..

Stay LoooooW :D

Really been enjoying all the tutorials and flow videos. Thanks, and keep ripping the streets!

Bill has amazing voice. This is great video. Thanks!

I am so happy you are making these videos, for some reason I am so interested in learning how to skate well. And i'm glad I stumbled upon your channel because I think your type of style is one I would like to emulate. Keep up the good work and I plan on purchasing my first set of skates soon to get started !

*I am still learning but I love inline skating! This is so useful...thanks for the tips.*

Thank you a lot. Your videos are helping me a lot here in Brazil. Keep posting them.

Bill, your vids are really good. My son and I watch them, learn and laugh at your sense of humour. Keep the videos coming. My son has terrible flat feet and pronates in on his skates....you should do a what not to do video or bad technique to watch out for! Stay low, and thanks from Scotland!

Great videos man, loving them. Your dialogue is hilarious too, it's informative and contemplative with a dash of humour! :D Subscribed :)

Pinto i have to say you are an excellent Teacher Sir because i have no one to learn from in the caribbean

I love your attitude and the overall editting of this vid! Extremely helpful! 😁

awesome video man you should do another long flow video like the 30 min one u done b4 :) keep the vids coming there awesome

Thank you so much for all your videos. They're really inspiring! Cheers from Argentina!

Love this video :D Such great attitude, voiceover, scenes! Thank you!

19 years old, borrowing my moms bfs old skates.. second day, looking to get better! thanks for the vid!

Made a list of your tips. I really want to do cross overs. I'm a beginner skater though. 25 years old xDD Never been on inlines since 2 days ago. Slowly improving!

Dude I freaking love how you make your videos ! Thank you for the content

Greeting from Malaysia, thank you for making this video. Really help me alot

Excellent informative and cool vid Beginner here

38 year old here :) Just had my first ride in 10 years. Went great but I need to refresh some skills clearly :)

Well I've gone and done it. Much to my wifes disgust I have forked out £200 on some shiny inlines! Thanks for the inspiration and the great vids - you obviously put a lot of effort into your production and it's real slick. Keep up the good work dude. If I had 1 thing I could get you to change I would love for you to post the music you use; it's pretty awesome. I guess that would be a whole lot of hassle tho! Keep rolling :)

I'm gonna answer this and say absolutely. The two are ridiculously similar. It's almost safe to say that if u are a good inline skater then you will be a good ice skater as well even if you have never tried it. The first time I I've skates I was very good at it simply because I had been inline skating for years. Just took a couple of minor adjustments to the feel of skating ice and I was ripping it up.

it's fun to watch you skate. will try out all your tips. yesterday i tried to stand on skates. the last time was in 1998 😂 i just can tell you that my ass kissed the ground when i tried to stop a smooth rolling 😅

Good tutorial, as a tip you could add an annotation in the Stopping Tutorial reference at 5:38 so people can click to that video easily :) (Its this one if someone wants to go directly How To Stop On Inline Skates, Rollerblading Stops By Bill Stoppard )

Great tips, thanks.

I sure pad it out when in doubt!!! :P over her in Mexico I see a lot of skaters not using them, I know is a personal preference but I rather feel safer. Great tutorial, I will definatly learn from this one and also will break my brakes.

big thing I hear is people saying they too old to learn to skate never to old to learn/re-learn (might just be not into it that much) one thing I like to do is pretend I hit a curb or stick to practice recovering (best done at skate rink or flat service (without sticks)) I started skating again at 22 that was ten years ago gosh how time flies love the Vida pinto

These videos are awesome.

This video makes me want to skate again!

Love your channel love this videos well and love how funny you are

this is my brothers account but im a girl and ive been skating since 3 !!! Now skating IS MY LIFE ! i have a pro pair and i skate everyday and i really good :)

#8 is so true. I have fallen more times just standing then doing tricks through town!

idk how often you look at old video comments, but i'm on your beginner tutorials playlist. i love following your channel. i know when you can't skate, you base your workouts for skating. any good tips to strengthen the back to "STAY LOW"?

Great vid!

Super points, thank u 👌

I start now when i'm 27 yo after 18 years of no skating and i'm doing well :) thanks for tips

STAY LOW, was the voice i heard taking out my skates after 15 years of break.

now that the weather has cleared up, it's time to drill that drag stop.

So good

Can you make a video how to grind with runners rollers?

Best vid on the net

Hey Bill! I've been ice skating regularly for about 5 months and one problem that frustrates me still is how to get that "springiness" you were talking about in your crossovers. I can do forward crossovers fine but they don't look nearly as quick, powerful, or aggressive as yours. I also find that if I try to just do consecutive crossovers really quickly I tend to lost my balance - this is kind of a recurring problem in which I can skate fine when I go really slow, but attaining even decent speed just throws me off balance when I anything more than skating forwards. I would really appreciate a tutorial specifically for improving crossovers, and any other tips that would help me become a better skater. :)

Great video :)

Hey to Bill - great videos, and thanks fer breaking down the stride-carves. I'm watching a bunch of beginner hockey stuff and there's tons of drills that can make an average skating day a whole lot better - like forward or backward edge drills ... ehh, by-the-way are Bauer skates your first or only choice ?

you're a poet bro

Awesome video. Love your tutorials and your tips. I have a question for you thought, I'm also playing ice hockey, can beign more agile with inline skating can help me become a better ice hockey skater ?

Are the Hockey skates better/more comfortable than freeskate ones ? I am seeing more and more high level street skaters on youtube with hockey ones.Thanks.

lol! "staaaayyy loowww". love it. and correct. i've found better stability that way. excellent practice tips. will def be trying most (if not all) of these asap. DRILL IT TO KILL IT!!!

Hey Bill I've got a question and I hope you can respond cause I need help; I'm a professional ice hockey player, but I've never tried inline skating, do you recommend I wear a helmet? I notice you don't wear one and I'm feeling confident. Hope you can get back to me, thanks.

What kind of shoe should I choose if I am just starting out with inline skating?

U r the best xxx Awsome and funny energetic down earth

I grew out of my skates and I want a new pair but I'm not sure what skates to get that are cheap but have decent wheels to good wheels

You've skated over some rough street in other vids. How do you prevent from stumbling over cracks in the street, pebbles, acorns, etc.? Staying low?

Bill thank you so much for your videos, learned a lot from you but i always have a fear like someone will open a car's door and hit you at the knee. Please put more distance between you and the cars.. Take care ✌

I just got back into in lining and this video is quite helpful. Add weed to it and this video is hilarious.

Nice thanks

Guys, when one leg is leading, how sould be the weight distribution, 50-50?

SOS! please come to London and teach me to skate!

I go at a rink and the one guy on regular skates always tells me i have to stand up straight and never thought it helped either....so any help to do fun stuff in a rink? (Line skating, dancing types of things, etc.) I never could do regular skates, hold my balance on them or felt natural on them either and need better skates for sure but these tips are interesting for sure

So you grind down a small bit of your back wheel?

I have rollerblades before but we moved and i stoped rollerblading for like 3 years and i just got new ones today i went out and tried them and i was so wobbly they are 84 wheel and they are roller derby skates and i know i need diffrents ones but what ones should i get ?? thanks

Inspiring vids....how many hours do you recoking a middle aged sporty man needs to do to learn decent skiting? . My guess is around 80 hours.

Where can I buy this selfie stick thing that he's using? And is it for phones or only cameras?

Hey thanks for uploading your vidz, there have been so informative. What do you believe is the cause of my left foot leaning on the outward direction with my new RB 80 Urban inline skates? The do fit tight and comfortable.

Hi, i like so much your music at the begining of the video and i'd like to know the title of this song please . Thanks a lot for all of your great video you are a god of inline skating !

Hi Bill, hopefully you'll reply me, I just want to know what's the song we can hear at the beginning of this video, it's very motivating for me..thx

Starting with 24 yo here.

Thank You Bro ;)

How do you do the stop you did at around 5:00 ?

So is it better to just remove the brakes all together? I've seen a lot of videos that show all the different ways to stop w/o brakes.

Hello, do you have any advices? I can do cross-overs to left side very easily but when trying right side i easily loose balance and its hard for me, i tried rotating my right skate frame towards the inside a bit help me but still having the problem. Thanks for answer.

question: when starting out, where should I skate as a newbie?

thank you for these great tutorials.. may i ask your age? I just wondered because I'm just starting to learn skating and I am 24. Greetings from Turkey

Just got my Tempest 100s (my 1st skates) and I'll be in my front yard jumping around scaring the neighbours. ;)

you know your videos are amazing right??