STOPPING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON INLINE SKATES 

*português* Vc confia em seus freios? E confiaria num teste conduzido por um patinador experiente a respeito? Pois bem, Shaun fez um teste muito interessante; descer a mesma ladeira diversas vezes, na mesma velocidade e tentar freiar a partir do mesmo ponto utilizando um freio de cada vez. . magic slide - precisou se preparar para a postura com antecedência, parada total em 54ft . B stop - Difícil de acertar em altas velocidades . Parallel slide - difícil de acertar a postura correta, riscos de quedas, parada total maior que 54ft . Freio de calcanhar - sem necessidade de assumir postura anterior, parada total em 54ft Rodas ficaram extremamente gastas. Em 1o lugar deu empate entre o freoi de calcanhar e o Magic slide. Não desistam do freio de calcanhar, é um freio altamente confiável!

My favorite thing about the heel brake is that it makes noise when I'm coming up behind people on the path, so I don't have to say anything to let them know I'm there. Kind of like a bicycle bell.

I could have stopped sooner. First start down the skinny part. Then I’m sure I would have clipped the grass with either foot then tumbled down the hill, stopping well before the actual path started.

Great to see some love for heel-brakers like myself. I wouldn't bomb down the asphalt slopes of my Colorado neighborhood without one.......PLUS, I like to make my wheels last as long as possible. Props to all those who can make those beautiful slides though!

Thanks for doing this, the stopping distances including reaction and set up time are... sobering.

Gotta respect the safety of heel brakes even though people bash on , its the safest and most efficient way of stopping thinking about keeping it on when i begin commuting toronto streets until i feel super pro at the powerful stops like power slide and stop and magic stops

The lesson for me is this: skate only on dry, level and smooth surfaces at the speed at which you feel safe.

Advice: To be comfortable performing the parallel slide/hockey stop at high speeds, don some sliding gloves. At the point you lean, rest your hand on ground to stabilize yourself and bring your knees closer to your chest.

This is a Great experiment that I also remember doing many years ago (before we had videos on phones or RU-vid) to compare the various stops that I was teaching my students. I am so pleased to see and hear you say that the Heel brake "truly is a great technique". I concur and think it is the most under-looked skill in skating and I'm glad to just see you include it in the test, instead of just ignore it like so many other skaters and instructors. What you call the B-Stop is I think a forward entry to back powerslide and it seems to me once you get to it it works really well and stops you in 2 seconds or so. But if I was to comment anything about it, I think you could get into the B Stop more efficiently by taking away the moment of Magic slide you hit at 5:05. If you left skate were to turn from forwards to backwards quicker than you'd engage the powerslide that much faster and it would stop you quicker....I think. But that's just an idea as you wondered on the video why it wasn't better? I Love this video though. Great initiative as answers some commonly asked questions. It's pretty crazy how fast you are actually going for all those tests, very impressive skills.

Thank you. I've been using the parallel slide coupled with the T-stop for my regular braking, but at high speeds I kept falling when executing the parallel slide if I didn't slow down sufficiently beforehand. I now realise I need to redistribute my weight further forwards to avoid falling. Great video as always.

didn't know the heel brake was so effective. I'm new to blading, but have been trying to work on my drag stop before I hit hills. definitely need to practice and wear down my HBs to get more power into the stop.

YES HES BACK! And his facial hair is still looking fine.

loved the clapping lol that's smtn I don't like, getting ppl's attention specially since I'm a beginner and I don't quite enjoy people staring at me while I fall for the 4th time in 10 mins, I have issues with breaking ...oh well. nice video!

Great video! It’s a rarely seen scientific comparison of the different types of stops. I think if you apply all 8 wheels to stop like Bill Stoppard, I believe your B stop should stop at the same or maybe even earlier than Magic slide.

Sliding looks like so much fun can't wait thanks for this tutorial it's exactly what I was looking for.

glad you 're back mate, always enjoy your videos.

The best stopping comparison on skates on the internet. Would love for you to do another one Shaun!

Very good and needed video. Thank you. You really shoud produce part 2 with soul slide, drag stop, drag stop completed with powerslide, and plow stop.

Awesome stopping technique comparison !! great job Shaun, i am happy to see new video

Yay! So GREAT to have you back! How dare those customers keep you so busy! 😂. Another fab video my friend! 👍

😊😊 not giving up on the heel brake. I feel so much better now, knowing it is good.

FINALLY BACK!

I appreciate all your videos ... dont stop posting!

Yay! magic slide. Nice to see your video again.

So happy to see you're back. I missed your videos verry much! And i have to thank you so much because of you i bought my first skates in december 16 after such a long time without skating and i love it to skate now. Can't wait for the next video. Greets from Germany

Namaste! You are the best! Love watching your all videos!

Shaun great to see you back bud! I personnally after working on a few different stopping techniques seem to favor the drag to power stop. The magic is definitely becoming a close second.

Really great scientific video! I would expect the parallel to be the most efficient one (biggest braking surface in front of the skater's center of gravity), although it is the hardest one to execute. Quite surprised with the results...

you have the best tutorials

Great video... So heelbrake comes out 2nd... but after seeing another of your videos, where you show heelbrake into powerstop, makes me think that, this "power heel brake" might be the most efficient emergency brake available on rollerblades... and much more accessible to beginners (like me) than a magic slide... so that's what I want to train to get good at it, unless you've got another advice for some "old" new skater... Namaste, Shaun!

Good to have you back. Ieeeeeei

excellent movie and tips!! Thanks!

Bro! I'm from the same city you are in! I'm recently getting back into inline, with more emphasis on not relying on my heel brakes. I would love to meet up and skate together! cheers for the video - very helpful.

as always good stuff!

I feel you could make the distance on the heel break a lot shorter if you angle the foot that doesn't have a break

Thx you sold me a heel break now for driving urban from a to b. But I'll still practise without a heel break bit freestyle skating.

Super video! Thanks.

I'm just 3 months in, I'm still a rookie, but I really love the hill break, I live around hills so I became a hill break pro to slow down on hills. I got really humbled from a stand still fall so I'm in no rush to powerslide yet. Lol

Nice, your magic slides looks so smooth and the haircut is trendy :)

Welcome back homie

Thanks for the video! In my opinion, Heelstop is by far the cheapest, most reliable and safe way to stop. You have no preparationtime, you stay in one line which makes it by gar easier to control and you safe a lot of wheels ... and until now i didn't find anyone who can stop faster with any other technique (except driving into a wall maybe 😂) compared to my heelbrake ... Stay safe and keep on skating 🌞🇨🇭🌞

3:20 "shiuuuujj" 👏👏 thank you thank you!

Interesting to see the heel brake is so good. Glad I didn't see this vid before buying my first pair without a heel brake lol 😅

Take aways: heel breaking is OK, stopping takes distance. For myself, always have an escape plan, either stop, if necessary in the grass, change direction or lengthen the path swerving. I use the plow a lot to swerve an stop.

Hey Shaun, really great video! Please could you explain a little on what you mean by edging out your speed? Thanks man 🙏🏼

Have you done a video on what goes wrong that causes wipeouts on certain stops and skating in general? If not I would really appreciate one!

Hey, nice haircut man! :)

Breaking and Turning at the same time is the best way to stop done right you will be facing the way you came from. Really like this video. Every skate should come with the option of a brake. Except aggressive. Do you still have a shop

I started skating a year ago and still can do none of these beautiful slides. This April I bought Seba FRX so now I have to rely on T-stop, plow stop and slalom turns instead of a heel brake with which I felt I could go anywhere. But most of all I rely on being cautious, especially in new places. Thank you for your thorough research of different stopping techniques.

Hi again I like your tutorials , the only think is , if you could give us more details about what did you use that would be useful . Regards

A properly performed parallel slide will be the most effective stopping method, but the learning curve to get to that point is higher. Magic slide is a close second, but it's more reliable in a broader range of conditions and one is less likely to slide out or high side, so it's generally better for open road freeride. Technically, snow plow should be third, followed by soul, powerslide, heelbrake and t-stop. Though, I cannot recommend powerslide for high speeds, as it limits one's options for maneuverability once in the slide and doesn't exactly have a smooth or stable entry over a certain speed. Your magic slide looks quite good, by the way.

Sick! I've been waiting on the next video. Bought a pair of FR1s on Ebay for 95 bucks and have been watching shoptask + all of Bill Stoppard videos I can get my hands on to up my game. I practice 2-4 hours a day since I got the FR1s 2-3 weeks ago and have been getting frustrated hitting plateaus in my skill level. Been delaying going city skating due to my inability to stop in the amount of time I would feel comfortable. My version of stopping is basically taking my forward momentum and turning it into lateral momentum or basically doing a circle to stop. Guess I need to hammer out stops at an outdoor hockey rink/parking lot. Namaste.

LOVE your HAIRcut! wow, so Handsome!!

Is good see you again!!!Always good work and your magic slide is so good congratulations Tell more about this soulplate please See you

Hello. Just a couple of questions. How often should you rotate your wheels when using them every day and how often should you change them? Also what is your favorite brand of inline skates for all-around performance? Thank you!

When in doubt, i use the grass stop. Lol 😄

That was just great! The only way to understand the difference between different techniques through youtube is to actually AB-compare them. Learned a lot from watching this. Also, at 4:10 that looked scary, but glad to know you're wearing knee pads ;) The new skate setup looks cool btw!

Great stuff. Aside from lacking general skill, the cost and effort to change wheels has been our excuse not to practice this more. Keep up the great content.

That sound of the wheel brake is scary haha.

Thank you for your videos..I'm 50yrs old & have just started inline skating (been skating for a week now),to add to my fitness regime...But,"OH BOY!" I have took on a lot of bumps and bruises.I'm in New Orleans &,there is NOT a skate store here other than Dick's or Academy.So if you are new to skating here.You are pretty much on your own.We (New Orleans)don't even have a skate park..But we do have running tracks that you can skate on..However,I was on a running track yesterday &,came up to a hill &,caught pure hell trying to get up it.. Then when I thought it was the END trying to climb that thing.Then it was time to come down.I tried to stay low & keep my feet together.But the speed wouldn't let me &,when I tried to stop that wasn't happening either.Couldnt scissor to use the heel brake and,when I tried to do the T stop..I bit the dust big time...Can you do a video on how to climb a hill.. I will be back on my skates once I heal a little bit..Thumbz Up Brother.

I just found this channel 2days ago so watching lot of videos from old, mostly the tutorials for beginners etc. What about the "Power Heel"? Would that be possible at this speed to break into with the heel break? Total beginner to skating here, hence watching the tutorials to learn and watch and try and watch again and try again :P

nice!

It’d be interesting to see how the snow plough does. A basic beginners stop, but effective if the wheels are at a steep angle to the vertical. But this does confirm how crappy stopping on inlines is. I wonder too how it compares to stopping on a push bike from a given speed.

Hi all, Can we have the tutorial about: soul slide, drag stop, drag stop completed with powerslide, plow stop and any other high speed stops available. Cheers

What learn from this video. Heel brakes give you more or less the same distance and also you don't risk damaging your wheels/bearings.

I think I've learned how to stop more proficiently without grinding your wheels. I have skated in a hot minute but I'll have to hop back on em and see exactly how I do it.

Well, nice, but what about those spin turns, etc? just beginning myself, slight arches for starters ... and really feel more comfortable controling my speed with turning than with the heel brake (for which I assume i need more confidence on single blade).

THAT looks to you like a damaged wheel? Dude, you'd have a heart attack if you saw the wheels I've been rolling on these past two weeks xD

Its been a long time since I skated, and I was keen on removing the heel brake immediately and just go for t stop or plow stop, but then I read that wheels eat out super fast. Somehow I never noticed this as a kid. Watching this, Im gonna reinstall the heel brake, I dont want to have to change my wheels that often. Im only skating recreationally, so I dont mind looking "uncool"

Hell Brake + drag is the fastest stop. No slide or powerstop or whatever has the same advantages: -super easy -stable -very fast, no setup -I can do that on any surface (rough/cracked road doesn't matter) (if you are going very fast, you can skip the drag, if there is enough room, so your wheels dont get flatspots)

Yep your awesome...

Very interesting video. The only thing is that you I think you need to take average number and not minimal, it would be more representative.

I never did the parallel slide because of the nasty wheel wear. I would always be ready to turn hard or semi slalom hard to slow down and stop without wearing my wheels down much. I can't really explain how I would stop but it worked for me, lol. Besides, small aggressive wheels were easy to stop with back then.

Although my drag-stop is decent enough with either foot to use for everyday skating, when I'm doing San Francisco's hills, I like the extra security a heel-brake provides!

Welcome back, Bearface (my humble nickname for you if you don't mind since I your name is unknown to me). Okay, the heel brake to me has only the added advantage of stretching out wheel life. Regardless, its scraping sound, with all the uncomfortable 'ultrasound' of a dentist drill, puts me off as a stopping technique. The best technique is the Magic slide in my opinion. Even according to legendary urban skater Greg Mirzoyan on the Rollerblade channel, they are suitable for emergencies.

Yeah! Magic slide is the most STABLE stoping technique on high speed. Pararel Slide is okay. Easy to execute. But it took forever to stabilize the pararel slide!

Hey Flow Skate! I have been skating for a few years now, and I bought my first pair of blades over the holiday season. I love my FR2 80s, and they are an awesome pair of boots / trucks / wheels. I would love to hear from you regarding the pros vs cons of using hard vs soft wheels. I enjoy speed, but want to have the ability to stop on a dime when I need to. I have been experimenting with a stomping motion when I stop. any advice on gear is much appreciated! Thanks!

Once again a great video, likewise with Ricardo Lino, we can feel how much you enjoy skating and that's really nice. Can you use all type of wheels to practice slides or is there a specific hardness which is the best?

insane

Another great video. It would've been nice to see a straight up T Stop in comparison to the other techniques, although I think you already did enough damage to your wheels. Lol xD

*7:12** pardon?!* 😏 😂

Your videos are always great man. But why no soul slide? I know it's easier and some might say not a real slide but it's my preferred method of stopping on my skate commutes. I like it because I can be looking forward the entire time, I can really control the amount of pressure to stop fast or more reserved and it's not so much of a trick. Would be awesome to have parallel and magic slides down like you but they have more of a trick nature to them and since I'm commuting to get to work I'm not trying to get broke off on anything haha. Soul slide best slide for my commuting for sure. Anyways great video sweet slides.

Nicely done and pleasant to watch! However you didn't test the most important break - powerslide. I believe it should give best results since it doesn't require much setup like other spots. Also the B-Stop, the only sure way of knowing how it performs is to get mr B himself out there and have him test it :P Would love to see you guys skate togather

so im a trying t get into skating but dont know what kind of skates to buy im looking for skates to have fun on the street/roads and for the skate and wheels to be comfortable any skate suggestions? i dont have much to spend on them though so affordable suggestions would be nice great video love the beard

All these look great- on a nice smooth surface- concrete, etc. Most any skating I do (other than practice) is going to be on chunked up (W. Pennsylvania) asphalt much worse than most I've seen even in city skating vlogs by Bill Stoppard, etc. I guess rolling out or extreme slaloming is the only way for these surfaces? I guess I need to see some of these techniques tried on really bad roads.

CN u suggest best bearings for speed skating

Love your videos! by the way, where are you located?

Wheels left the chat.

What about applying TWO heel brakes at the same time? Will the braking be more efficient? And what about putting two brakes in FRONT and applying the brakes like quad skates? I am pretty convinced that the brake efficiency will be much better.

Long time. No see

Hi Shaun! Can you run this comparism again 2020 version?

What wheel hardness do you use for braking like that? EDIT: never mind, you said it in the video. Lol

These blue-white rollerblades behind you - what company and model are they?

İ really need to learn slides,its easy to watch but when it comes to do its hard

Hi man i need help please. I was rotating wheels and when I finished I went on a ride and when i landed a jump it did kind of a clap sound. Can i repair it? please answer. ☺

i need a three wheel skate. tell me the best and how much pliz

Please consider making a video when you think the wheels are too worn out to be skating safely. Thanks!

I want to get some frs. I have no idea what size. Did yiu say they were a 40 shell? If so as a uk 7 ill need to go smaller

If you change the standard brake by moving up, you can have a stable body position and brake hard and bend while braking... It is easy to do and no wear on the wheels .... you are very rare and as brakes you are VERY spectacular, but dangerous in the midst of people or cars...Sorry as I write English but I translate with Google

The "B stop" here was: T-stop -> rolling -> magic slide -> powerslide. :)