London's Roads Are Tough To Skate; Loser Talk Or Truth? 

I very well understand that feeling. That is how I felt for my first few months on my hilly neighborhood.

Oh those terrible footpaths!!! My first experience Skating in England was on the footpaths of Aldershot; it was soul destroying! London was a welcome relief.

Sorry to hear it Jose. Wishing you a speedy recovery and return!!!

Love hearing the positive side of a negative feature!

really sounded like a bill argument. I really like that mindset of looking forward to any hurdle

i've seen you skating in the UK in your vids and I would think to myself, damn, you guys have rough ass roads.

I’m a year into skating, I live in Leeds, it would be a dream to use my skates as transportation and thought I could eventually with practice (seeing everyone on YT doing it) , of course I realise their roads are soo much more level and smoother. I honestly was a little hard on my self thinking it was me being a bad skater.

Yes, I was so lucky with my timing!!

I had 14 rainie days in a row. yesterday was the first dry day. (Germany)

@@blackyraypatrick9041 Oh that’s too long! I’m glad you got a good day finally. Happy New Year. 😊

@@HockeyHawk thanks Sarah you too. I bought a new pair of Skates for Christmas and had only 2 times the chance to wear them outside. But doing so was a great start for 2022. Best Sport you can do.

@@blackyraypatrick9041 Pro tip for rainy days: Ice Skating! It's not asa much fun as Inline Skating, but nothing is 😜

its 'burn' by deepsound. A RU-vid Licensed Song. Your Welcome.

I'm not Bill but what I usually do is to slow down and try to pass as far away from them as possible hoping they would just ignore me and let me pass peacefully, if that doesn't happen and they start to follow me what I do is I immediately stop, turn around and face them before they even attempt to bite my leg. They usually calm down at that point and stop running after you, then I slowly start skating again, maybe I do it backwards so I keep facing them and be aware if they start to run after me again or not, if they do then I stop and face them again, if they don't then I'm free to go. The worst thing you could do is just to give them your back, they could end bitting you. You might try to outrun them and it might work but you gotta be really fast. I hope it helps.

@@gabriels6900 oh dogs.....I almost fell few times because of dogs....glad I am not the only one experiencing this problem 🤣😱 ( joking ). I personally noticed that very big dogs and very small ones seem to be okay when you pass on skates close to them, but average size dogs - they are the ones that seem to get aggressive around skates....And I am just in general afraid of most dogs even without skates beig on me, which made me even more afraid of them when I started skating last year, now I just freeze inside when I see any dog when I am on skates.

i'll use 85a max with all that wet.

I lived in London for 9 years and skated ALL the zones for thousands of hours. The pavement simply does not shift and crack like places with real winters. It’s just physics.

@@BillStoppard Sounds like I need to try out Toronto, it must be tough! I invite you to visit my hometown of Tallinn, Estonia ❤️ that hits -20 C in winters. You could clock in 20 miles around the city without leaving a silky smooth surface that has no cracks, cobbles and other nasty things London has to offer.

I have the same issue but on the opposite side lol. Which is your dominant leg?

@@zhaltys my right leg is dominant, although I've found myself getting better turning left and all I've done is found a big flat area with lots of room for error and kept turning left for a bit, it takes a lot of effort but I'm definitely better and not a shaky when turning left.

Helmets on the palms would have helped ; ) I love helmets, but won't 'live' in them! Stay Low and Happy New Year!

@@BillStoppard 🤗🥂

@@BillStoppard wrist guards for life! My hands pay the bills!

It doesnt matter... it's not like you're gonna get arrested or something. However if you skate on the pavement you might hit a pedestrian which is more dangerous in my opinion. If you do skate on the road however, make sure to keep a pace of 15kph (12 mph)+ as you don't want to piss off some crazy drivers, haha.

@@Char1ieskate if you are breaking laws it might not just cost you a fee it might prevent the insurance to pay if a big accident happens. So in that case it does definitely matter. On the other side for example german laws are kinda silly. As a skater, you are treated like a pedestrian. So no driving on streets or bicycle paths, (you are only allowed to cross a street directly) Of course with 30 km/h I won't drive on a Pedestrians path but take the bicycle path.

idk dude iam quite new to skating and in my city the asphalts has tons of nasty cracks but i dont feel them much with weels of 80mm. like just scissor it.

it's all about weight shifting. The harder the asphalt stops you the more you have to shift your balance to the back. Especially for cobblestone and branches. And you need to be used to stumbling. I stumble 100 times a day, but nearly never fall. Always be ready If one Foot is blocked to quickly put your other foot to the ground again and scissor position is also a great help.