Learn How To Rollerblade Downhill and Stay in Control! Beginner to advanced 

Step 1 being avoid it has me screaming 😂

I'm a beginner/intermediate skater, and our bike paths are much more narrow where I live, so I do an almost one-sided stepping plow. Since I'm in the U.S. and we drive on the right side, I typically keep my right skate pointed forward pretty close to the right edge of the path and then take small, controlled A steps with my left skate. This gives your butt a REALLY good workout and allows you to go down steeper, more narrow paths very slowly (but faster than side-step) without ruining your wheels. If your butt gets tired then just stand like you're doing side-step for a moment to give your glutes a rest. This has allowed me to explore so many more areas since my city has narrow, hilly bike paths with hidden intersections and lots of winding blind corners.

Great tutorial! Looking forward to your next one!

Thank you for these videos. They’re very helpful

The stepping plow is something I want to learn. My favorite and most used stop now (4+ years into my journey) is the soul slide.

Thank you so much for the great training video on how to skate down hill. High quality content and very helpful instructions.

Very nice video. I apriciate the amouny of work you put into this. Thanks!❤

I’m back n the game of blading after a 15 year hiatus. I’m 57 years old so it’s been a slow startup. I’m finding your videos soooo helpful! Thank you!! BTW, I’ve never seen inlines like yours with 5 wheels! What kind of skates are those and what are the benefits?

Another funny video ! :D That caterpillar trick is hilarious :)))))

I love your videos!! Please make more ❤❤

Great instruction! ❤

I subscribed your channel 😊 cuz you are a very good and kind teacher of rollerblades😊

My town is sooo hilly this is a godsend thank you so much

Your Awesome 💯

Hi Polly you didn’t post for a while but I’m glad you are posting again

the carving down hill definitly helped on my session today

LOL! This is exactly why I bought the Powerslide Sycro - for little hills like this 😂.

HAHA! Just run down the hill. Easy peasy!

Very well explained thank you for the video Polly

I did the extreme method last night and that is why I am here.

a plow stop is underrated in this video. It's quite useful unless the tarmac is wet.

Looks like a good place to blade 😎

Hills still make me nervous, but ive only had my inlines for a year and given that i live in the Midwest in a city with no rinks, my skating time is very limited. I know i wouldn't do any of this stuff (at least right now) without any protection, as in pads and helmet.

Great video! Seattle girls always do it better❤❤.

2 years of skating and i still don't know how to go downhill Thank you Polly for advice 🤗

The circles looked so fun!! Would a heel brake also work for down hill? Thanks for these great videos ❤❤

The only time I slow down on hills is if there’s a sharp turn at the bottom or an intersection with traffic lights 🚦. On my latest endurance workout, my route included a downhill section with some curves in the sidewalk. How did I handle the downhill? I just let gravity due the work while I adjusted my direction of travel as needed…and this was at night! Illuminated by my headlamp and the occasional streetlight. And yet, I didn’t crash.

I can go down hill now i am 😊

What are actually the best wheels you can recommend?

Hi Polly, I bought myself some rollerblades for my birthday last July after not having skated for probably 15 years, and just got them back out now that the weather has warmed back up. I’m not a super beginner, but definitely have some beginner “qualities,” so I’ve been trying to start practicing all the basics again. I was wondering though after watching this video, when going downhill with your feet straight ahead, why keep them scissored? Does that give you better stability? Thanks for all the great videos!

I went down an extremely steep downhill once. It was a short one thankfully but I went down on it on worn out 90 mm wheels it was fun and scary at the same time. If you're not experienced as a skater avoid downhills.

Polly PAWG 🤤

this is so cute! I've definitely taken off my skates and just walked on hills or across streets before. no shame for us beginners! (okay, a little shame...)

t stop seems to be the best way thx

would make a long form video about skating backwards? :)

With the wizards!

"go another way" hahaha fair. "take skates off" hahaha also makes sense.

I can't seem to figure out how to do the feet scissor part.

"Today I'm gonna teach you how to go down the hill..." "Go a different way." This is how i live my life! 😂

The first 10 seconds are funny as crap😂😂

If your going fast use heel break and slow down and repeat

What if you zombied?

hiii good morning!:}

Bro i just went down a hill and as person that hasn’t skated in 5 years I fell like 5 times. And now I’m here

your shirt suits you!tale care sissy

Just send it... Its gonna be fine. You'll stop eventually.

Nice place ... Where is it ????

Nice tutorial. Caterpillar is great. I would rather say that it is begginer/intermediate . For advanced downhill you need to include magics and parallels. But anyway 👍

More more more

But if its narrow sidewalk

Just go full send and bail to stop! 😅

I thought I was pretty good at roller skates, until I moved to a mountanious city where my skills proved to be pretty useless. The sidewalk isn't wide enough to do anything else than sidestep, ot T, but that doesn't stop me completely so after the first incident where I almost crippled myself i gave up on it. You either have to manage a steep downhill, or skate uphill. Neither is much fun at all.

I dont like the T-stop. My precious wheels, I am stingy. Just BOMB it :D

I can’t do the t-stop , I keep falling

I wanted a buying guide but it seems like you won't be able to answer in time

The Caterpillar wouldn't work for a beginner that still has their heel brake on one skate.

First day I skated I went down a hill steeper than this it was super scary. I don’t recommend what I did at all.

but why can‘t you just skate down😂