Roller Skating on a Ramp - Beginner Turns 

Wooowwwww ...!! It literally took a Dirty Deborah tutorial for me to FINALLY understand it 😆 Thanks Dirty, idk what I’d do without ya!

I did it! I did it! I could finally do it this morning. The turns weren’t high or daring but they felt “right”. I finally got the arms/shoulder thing happening. I’m so stoked. Thanks, Deborah!

Hi❤️I would also love a video about easy ramp tricks❤️

JUST started going to the skate park after a lifetime of rollerblading and recently learning quad skating- safe to say I’ve found my new passion in life! Please keep these park focused videos coming!! ❤️

So happy that you've started making ramp tutorials! I've really missed clear pedagogical instructions like yours for the ramp! Love it and love you!

The head (and eyes) make a big difference. That's what I discovered when I was figure skating, how your head and your hips power up your turn. Now I need to apply it to park skating! Thanks for the tips.

“Let’s review. Step 1 - find somebody who has a ramp”😂😂😂😂 also, yes my snack area needs snacks, now that you mention snacks... thank you for the video!

My snack area has a looooot of whipped cream

Dam Dirty, you can really rock in those jeans. By the way, yours vids are very helpful. Thanks for these helpful videos.

Such a well-rounded skater!!! I EFFING LOVE YOU!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖😎

...simple 180 transition turns...jejeje you make it sound so simple =)

I was SO not prepared for that Zero G last week...but it was AWESOME! Never fell, but wasn't there long. Can't wait to get back to the park!!!! :) Hope I'll be there longer next time....and maybe get some good video.

“Go snacks go” 😂 I love your videos almost as much as your personality 💕

You know, I still have to work Friday afternoons. It makes it really hard to concentrate when you drop videos at noon this close to the weekend...

This is an amazing tutorial. Your channel is always my go to, thank you 🙏 ❤

🎶 head, arms & snacks & toes, snacks & toes 🎶 😂

OMG I FINALLY DID IT!!! Thank you! 💖💖💖💖💖 I have been trying for months, then finally got EVEN harder wheels AND rewatched this a couple times.... and then as if by magic, as soon as I started using my freaking arm to steer my weight around I went!!!! YAY This is so much fun!

You are awesome!! I’m on blades and nobody wants to talk about which foot forward. I started doing outside foot forward cause I couldn’t figure out inside foot forward. Time to knock off that bad habit. One of the best and most entertaining skate tut vids I’ve seen in awhile, gonna get some snacks 😆

I just started skating a few weeks ago & this is extremely helpful. Also, you’re fantastically awesome🤩🥰

Ahh I dropped in for the first time today! Definitely keeping this in mind for next time 🥰

This is SO helpful! I can't wait to try these tips tomorrow!

I am a beginner... And just learned the CARDINAL SIN OF SKATING of turning with the opposite foot lol Amazing, as always ♥️♥️♥️

I just love watching your videos! I love the way you talk, and you make it so easy to understand! Thank you for all you do, Dirty! 😘💖

deb you're a GIFT

You are so funny!!!! I'm taking my snacks to the ramp tomorrow to practice 🤪🤣💚

This video came just on time! I went to the skate park for the first time two days ago, and I struggled with turning on ramps. I know realize I was trying to lead with the opposite foot. Right foot in front turning left 🤦🏻‍♀️ thanks Deb 🥰

🤸‍♀️💪Great explanation and the timing was precise! Please more ramp vids!!

Yessss more beginner ramp videos! I need to learn all the stuff I can do without dropping in :) Thank you DDH!

Haha totally know how I was making some turns completely awkward and not natural ..leading with that wrong foot, oh thank you! Love the "snacks" and whipped cream is my favourite with coffee, thanks Dirty!! 😍

You are the best teacher ever, thank you for sharing these tips and for your such good energy!!!

I’ve been skating since the start of this year and I finally got a friend to join me skating in parks! We are both not great at ramp skating and this video really helped, thank you so much dirty!

So helpful. My little town in Australia is upgrading our skate park while we are in lockdown. I'm excited to try this.

What an encouraging video!

Another video full of tips and tricks that's really helping me to understand why my right turns work, and my left turns fail miserably. Among other things, I think I'm not weighting the back leg enough - it's more 50/50. I plan to start working on my weak side as soon as we can breathe the air around here again.

You're amazing and so very funny! Can't wait to go and give this a go.

Didnt realize how much i needed this video!!!

DD you rock!😊

First video under my belt got the pumping now working on turning you are an amazing teacher thank you

Best skate teacher eva... would bet, best teacher at most things ♥️💯 love this vid

Dirty Deb! This was the most helpful video ever!! I’m carving bowls and pumping now because of you! Thank you so much 😊

Enjoy your videos! Thank you. ☺️

Loved this video! I learned so much, you are a great teacher. I can do this now because of you! Please, please do more ramp and park tutorials.

I bought my first pair of roller skates 1 month ago, and I'm so, SO thankful for your channel Deborah 🥰❤️ Ive been hitting the skate parks every day I can with a new video tutorial from you to work on (and now people think Ive been skating for longer than I really have!)

I finally get it!! You’re awesome ! Thank youuuuu

You are just the best!

Hi from 🇦🇺. Thankyou so much for your ramp video's. They helped me fix my turns and my balance coming back down fakie. I was finally able to drop in off the coping yesterday!

Oh snap. I'm about to give it a go. Thank you!!!

The BEST skate teacher EVEEEERR! I miss you Dirty, come back to Australia!! SO lovely to see your gorgeous smile!

A love the way you teach, thanks!!!

😂 your the besy at these and funny lol love it thank you

Much love from Denmark, Europe! I just started going to an indoors skatepark and doing ramps and this video has been soo informative! Can’t wait to try the turns when the lockdown is over 😁 also Deb is hilarious❤️ I wanna have snacks now

Oh my goodness I think I want to do this!! 🤩🤩🤩 And you make it so fun and easy!!! #goals 🛼🎉🛼

Your videos help me a lot

You are such a freakin awesome teacher!! Subscribed!!!👍🏼❤️

You’ve had me laughing all the way through this vid. Thank you I loved it.

DEBBBBBBBBBBB omg this is perfect timing!!! Ok, so, I got my "good' foot side down pat and am pretty comfortable turning that way BUT on my "weak" foot side I'm having trouble getting my back foot to follow my front foot around the turn and keep going into the splits! YIKES!!! Any suggestions on getting my weak side back foot to get with the program?!?!?!? Thank you!!! Much Love

Not the whipped cream Lord! 🤣👏🏾 I honestly have a hard time remembering my snack area. Haha from now on I shall say “Go snacks Go! SNACKS! ACTIVATE!” 🤣👏🏾 such fun ways to remember things. I’m no where near park skating but the more I see it the more I set that as a future goal.

Omg you’re really good at teaching, like I’ve watched lots of videos and this is the one that I understood, good job, u got a new subscriber 🥰🥰

Another AMAZING video Debs! Off to practice practice practice ready for next week's gem of wisdom. Sending love from the UK 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

That was extremely helpful!!!

Trying this tomorrow!! I would also love some tips on dropping in 🙃

So so helpful to build good habits from the beginning.

Thanks!

Thank you, Deborah! Your videos and you teaching style make my face area smile! 🥰 I so needed a reminder for turning in general!🤫

I love your attitude, you are a motivation for me, I would like to be able to do everything you do. it's great! 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

You are a freakin hero - and my husband (new skater) and myself (returning skater) are totally referring to stuff as Snack Area and Fun Zone.

I LOVE YOU . You are my saviour , here in my city there's no skating classes, it's really sad because I'm in love with every kind of skating since I was 5 and I am learning a LOT with you 🤯

Love you Dirty!! Thank you for these ramp series, could you make another one for dropping in? 🥺 my legs still get jelly when i have my skates on the coping

You’re delightful to learn from 😊

i love you !! thank you for your videos!!

Post Skate Park after watching your video this morning: I managed to do some wide, shallow carves/turns but not the tight ones you do in your video. Watching your video again, I think I was just swinging my arms about and it wasn’t helping so I gave up on the arms thing. I see now that the arm movement is really to pull my shoulder around? Is that right? Anyway, I felt it was developing, so thanks again, Deborah. And, yes, I had loads of fun.

Love you, love the vids, so miss skating FVSC on the odd Monday, for the record. Any thought on grease packing bearings for outdoor skating? I'm on alot of beaches and tennis courts lately.

Perfect timing! I want to try baby ramps soon. Need a new helmet first.

Wow super

Thanks for the video, Deborah. We are heading to the skate park now. I can do a few things in the skate park and love it, but have never been able to turn, so half of what I do in the park is backwards! I want to turn and carve so much. Will I get it this morning after your tutorial? I’ll let you know!

It's funny I never realized I just carve without thinking about it, until you mentioned this. I do this on the driveway, and I think I tried the opposite foot, and it even felt as awkward as it looks!!!

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WOW! I’ve been 100% guilty of turning with the wrong foot forward and have never been able to put a finger on what’s wrong until this video... Thank you!

Great video!!! Does this technique apply to inline skates too?

Stomach muscles buried in whipped cream. I had to rewind the vid after I heard that because I couldn’t stop LAUGHING. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣❤️

Love your videos Deby!! Might be a stupid questions but does the kind of wheels you have on your skates are important?

Hey Deborah 😊😊 I just want to say that watching your videos makes me SUPER excited to go to my first rink next week! I'll be using rentals until I can get my own skates! But, in the meantime, do you have any exercises you can do off skates to improve that muscle memory and balance and stuff? Maybe interesting to make a video about 😊 Thank you so much!

Another great video, Dirty Deb! I've never tried skate park/ramp skating before, but watching these two videos has given me the inspiration to want to try it! I notice that you use low-heel/derby-style skates on the ramp. Can this be done with figure-skate style boots with the taller heels? Can outdoor/soft/78A wheels work okay, or is it better to use the hard indoor 95/101A wheels on the ramp?

Yes! This vid was so helpful! Now...how to do it fakie? Do you have a video for that?

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Omg we stan a versatile queen!! Is there anything you can't do? 😉

Hi. I would love a video on dropping in for first timers / beginners

Been doing opposite foot activities to try and make sure one isn't too much weaker than the other... I spend more time trying to bring my other foot up to speed than actually learning anything new... I figure... eventually... it'll be worth it. 2 years and my non-dominant foot STILL sucks ass and I fall over...

You are my queen.

The dominant turning definitely will help with carving in bowls, however with a right dominant leg I would really like to know how to turn “goofy” or transition left quickly without changing my stance. I have done it once and it involves a hop, but I’d like a technical and safe description.

Deb! Can you please, please please make a tutorial on how to drop in. CIB DURHAM chapter talk about at every meet up.

That helmet really does look awesome. Mine is red with dark vent holes on top, my kids pointed out that I look like I have a watermelon on my head.

Dirty! Shirts! Sell them in the ribbon under your video. I have attended enough classes- I need the dirty school of skate shirt to rep you while I’m cruising around town using your tips!

Hi😁So I can do wide spins but I'd like to do small spins, like on the spot spins, how can I do that?😅

Hey dirty! I’m a BIG fan! Been training hard for about 3 months now and your videos have helped me every step of the way. I just wanted to ask if it was cool with you if I comment to people trying to learn “don’t quit before the miracle happens “ that’s something I’ve heard you say and I totally stole it from you. I’d just feel better with your okay about it. Thank you for being you and I love your videos, I always learn the most from you. Thank you!

I'll build my own ramp one day and practice until I'm good then go to the park lol then I'll look all cool haha! Love ya Dirty, thanks for all your help, it's very much appreciated!

Do you think heeled skates or flat skates are better for park skating?

What kind of skates do you use for the ramps?

A dropping in tutorial would be wonderful!

I got some roller skates they are nice and cute and I got them form Walmart