Turning on Roller Skates - Mohawks 

Today I was skating in my garage and I saw a daddy long legs. *thats when I realized I could skate very fast*

no joke, I've been roller skating for around 2 weeks now, and it's literally all thanks to you, I love your attitude to teaching skating, and I can't thank you enough. looking forward to every future video!

I rediscovered rollerskating six weeks ago. Bought a pair of skates yesterday. I'm rolling toward an obsession.

Let me be witness to tell ya I am 21years times 2, haha and I am at my rink practicing 3 or 4 days a week, I've had other mom's come up to me saying "wow, your doing good" and they say I inspire them cuz I'm fearless to learn and practice along with the kids. I'm doing stuff on skates I didn't do when I was a kid because I lacked the know how and had fear. I have no time for fear, just fun :)) Spreading the skate word!

That looks terrifying. Lol I'm gonna try it! 😬😬😬

My wife and I just turned 50 in the last 30 days. We've been skating for a year now. It's the best thing i ever did. We skate once a week at a park near our house,once at an indoor rink and we also skate with my daughters derby team . Your vids are very helpful. Keep up the good work😊

I think I comment this every time but you are a skating goddess!

Whoot whoot 4 hours and I finally figured out how to stand still.

Hello Deborah, I'm French , 49 years old and when I was young I did little bit of Roller but never kept on. The other day while I was walking my dogs in Pessac close by Bordeaux I saw a super nice place to lurn. So I looked for a pair of Roller Quad . I surched on RU-vids many tuttos and I found you!!!! OOOOOOh you are just so fantastic on explaining, movements, weight, transfers... I love your energy, positivism, your way to teach help sooooo much and you are way far funnyer then french tutto 🤣🤣🤣 I lurn so much in 3 days only and I understand so much more every mistake that I make because you give all the explanation on everything. So I wanted juste to thank you so much !!! It makes me soooo happy. Now that I found you, I want to lurn more and more. Thank you Deborah!🙏 I 'll keep watching all your videos and lurn. Hug from France.

I like the way, you make it sound easy to do, I learn lots from you mostly, due too your attitude. "Its doable"! Hey thanks again.

Dirty, ice skater here with a pandemic thirst for skating. Roller skating is it - two weeks ago I bought my first pair of outdoor roller skates. After 3 days I found my edges by doing figure eights in my driveway in a space that is maybe 10 x 10. Little tiny steps is all it took for me to feel and discover those wonderful edge. It’s almost effortless now, skates are broken in and I can roller skate in style - just love it. Can’t believe how much fun this is. Thank you so much for posting the videos of outdoor skating - definitely different techniques required - “down with the butt and up with the gut” to get over those rough patches. This technique looks so similar to telemarking on cross country skis. It’s all the same, skiing down hill or cross country, ice skating, running and yes even walking., We are humans with two legs and naturally we go side to side and with skates you get that rhythm going with some plié and it’s skating from within - pure selfless expression. Thank you Dirty, for showing us the way.

I've not skated for 15 years...growing up in the midwest, this was our only winter entertainment that didn't come with frost bite! Fast forward to now, living in Arizona, I've been inspired by you to pick up a pair of skates again. The wife has been asking what I want for my birthday this year, so I sent her a link to some new skates. I just wanted to say thank you for all of your videos, I've always questioned how to do some of the more intricate movements that you'd see the pro's doing and you make it look effortless and offer all the information/knowledge for free with the most amazing attitude and love for the sport! I could and have spent hours watching your videos and I learn something new each and every time! Thanks for all you do!!!

I can’t wait to figure this all out and one day be able to dance on skates. I like roller skating, I like dancing, I want to do thos two things ✨together✨

Listen... I am returning to the quads after about 3 decades layoff. I was watching different videos just to get over my anxiety and everyone mentioned you. I have to say I am super-duper impressed with your instruction and thankful that you take the time to bless us in the way that you do. Just wanted to give you some well-deserved praise. Human beings can take and forget to thank. I am not one of them. Deb, you're awesome!

I'm a 40 something mum who has been learning to skate with my son for about a year. He is now light years ahead of me! but thanks to your excellent teaching prowess, I now feel I'm actually making some solid progress. Loving all of your lessons. Thank God I found you :-)

OMG, I’ve had such a hard time learning these transitions. As a new skater in her (late) 50’s, I thought that maybe I just couldn’t do them (skating since late October). I was having some (minimal) success but still quite uncomfortable and nervous until I watched this tutorial today, the first day of 2021. I had a go while watching your video and it almost instantly clicked, I CAN DO THEM AND DO THEM EASILY!!! So thank you so very much and HAPPY NEW YEAR from this happy Aussie, I think it’s gonna be a good year 🥳🛼🎉🇦🇺🦘

she gives me the confidence i didn’t know i had for skating. i’m not very good rn but imma do best for this queen ✨ thank you so much for breaking it down so simply and being so encouraging fr-

I’m obsessed with your videos. After taking about 15 years off from skating, these videos are super inspiring for me now getting back on wheels 💜

I remember how much fun I had rollerskating as a lad in the early 80s. I decided to take up skating again when I turned 50 last week. Your videos and joyful enthusiasm are making learing easier and fun.

It's taken me a couple of weeks but I finally got this. Thank you so much! I am actually paying for group lessons but I think I learn more practicing on my own using your channel.

Hello, hello I'm from Switzerland (and my english is bad, by the way, but I try it^^) I love you're videos, youre explanations are so good. I skating for three years with my moxi skates and now I have a second pair of skates. And learn with your videos. Now I have a nightshift and I look youre videos and practise the technics on my feet without rollerskates. I can't wait to do on rollerskates. I'm so happy about your rollerskatevideos. Thanks so much =)) Love from Xenja =)

Hi there, Rashaad here.. Oh my.. I actually was there on Sunday w/ a friend from Glendale moonlight rink, and we really enjoy oldies night. Energy was infectious. I freckin loves your rink at fountain valley.. I hope to meet u one time.. skating is a self expression for sure.. I am definitely one of the roller babies.. my Mom would push me in the stroller on her roller skates.. now as a man I understand why rolling is one my favorite things to do.. God Bless u D. Hugs and more more hugs for the effort u put in to these lesson videos.. it’s what I look forward to in the morning..

I loooove this channel so much!! I've binged all your videos (some of them twice or three times, even) and I don't even have my skates yet! I ordered them online and I literally cannot wait to get them on my feet and start skating

thank you for this, i’ve been trying to learn how to do these forever! this is going to be so helpful! you’re definitely the best youtube skater i’ve seen!💕

Last couple of days I have been crocheting for an outdoor craft fair I want to participate in. But I hav not been on my skates in that many days, too, I come here watch your video and I cannot wait to finish my work and put my skates on. Thank you, Dirty, you inspire me and one day, I will skate like you. Skate on! 🛼🛼

I am 59 years old and two years ago when visiting my daughter Caitlin Krause (formerly Muffin 350 of the Denver Roller Derby) in LA she taught me to skate again. I now ref and medic for the West Texas Roller Derby and your videos have really really helped. I am going to skate til I die and you are awesome. This one about the Mohawks showed me what I’ve been doing wrong (the weight shift to the skating foot and turning my body) that I have been getting wrong.

Omg Deb, you have no clue how much this tutorial helped me!! I would say I'm intermediate when it comes to skating forward and also backward, but I have been trying to transition correctly for the past couple weeks non stop, and I just couldn't get it!! I now know I wasn't opening up my hips first! I was turning my head but I stopped short and didn't commit and follow through with my shoulders and hips!! I've literally watched probably 35 tutorials from other people regarding transitions and this is the only one that made it click with me!! You are so talented and so kind! You truly have the gift of teaching! Thank you! 💕

I love finding out all the different names for moves and skills, we call this a "barn door transition"!

Omg! I'm so lucky I found your channel! I started skating last year at 46 and I love it! Your videos are so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your mad skills and awesome energy!

My daughter is 9 years old, she been watching your video, she wanted to tell you thank you for teaching her how to skate in one week , she wants learn how do the split now , wish us luck ,from Annabella

I am 54, skating since Feb!Thank you for these videos, and your comments! I bought some butt pads after you said they'd be better than a pillow in my pants. Funny, I haven't fell on my butt since having them! I love how I feel while skating. I seriously feel euphoric! I have awesome dreams where I'm flying, and dreams in which I can run and run and run, but I hate running. Skating is my dreams come true!! I am so happy when I'm skating I thank you for this! You're videos inspired me ❤

I just purchased a new set of skates for my 5 y/o daughter and I purchased a set for me. I stumbled across your video and I subscribed. I have been binging on them. Your directions and attitude are great.

Great video and I totally agree about feeling the music! I haven' skated in 10 yrs, but I loved to do continual turning with the Mohawk that looked like small circles. Also it is fun to hold someone hands and do a circle with the Mohawk, kids love to do that. Like you said there are so many things you can do with that turn. I love that your uncle is still skating at 88, YAY! I would love to skate with you Miss Debi, but I am in N.E. Ohio. :^(

You seriously are the best YT instructor. How do we tip you for these great lessons?

88? Wow is that inspirational! So at starting at 56 I got some years to practice ! Thanks for your videos...bring me a smile.

Thank you so much I Love your videos! Can you do a video on crazy legs 🙂

The best skating instructor on RU-vid. I guess, this lady is an excellent ice skater, maybe even her first discipline. I am a seasoned ice skater but some of techniques are still hard for me, including Mohawk. Thank you very much. I started thinking about rollers, not yet decided which type to try, blades or quads. Quads look more fun and esthetically pleasing, and much closer to ice skates than blades.

I love your videos. I like this Mohawk video in particular because you break down the movement into smaller steps. I also like the exercises you shared to help the leg muscles perform this move better. Great video presence. Would love to see a video that lists the core moves a beginner needs under their belt. I am older now, getting back into skating and would love to know what the foundational moves are. Keep it up! Thanks for making skating a little easier for my middle age butt!👍😄🤗

You are the best teacher on RU-vid. Thank you for all the good stuff you do!

I love your videos! We need a wheel recommendation video.

hooray, I finally got front-to-back transitions TONIGHT!!! THIS video got me 1/2 way there last week practicing on a circle at the rink in the middle, but I couldn't quite get it all the way- I kept coming to a T-stop somehow- but the weight transfers and the edges on the circle really helped prepare. Tonight I tried rolling back and forth in front of my kitchen bar, opening my shoulder towards the bar, and somehow that physical barrier made my brain click that it was the bar-side leg I needed to pick up instead of the other one. all this time I've been thinking I was picking up the correct first foot, but I wasn't! (DOH!) so it clicked, and I was able to roll through about 50 transitions back and forth immediately. Deb, you ROCK! Thank you for teaching the internet how to skate. you just opened up my world of outdoor adventure skating- now I can finally progress to the turnaround toe-stop, so I can use those toestop-hill descents I've been practicing in real life situations and leave the safety of the trails to start going out in (quiet) neighborhoods. Thank you!

I know this video is super old but your videos have inspired me so much!! i just turned 15 last month and became obsessed with skating. I’ve learned so much from your videos and the way you teach is perfect. I hope to visit your skating rink one day in the near future. thank you!!

Thanks for your breaking these moves down! I was a 70s RinkRat, and am now venturing outdoors! Wearing pads, helmet & wrist guards while trying out new stuff, working on basics, bucket-list moves, strengthening & confidence. Yup, I fall, then tell myself Up Up Up!! TIP! I slow your videos down (use the settings cog bottom right) when I feel I need to really, really see what you're doing! I'm in SoCal too, so someday hope to check out FVSC! Keep those video clips coming!!

I love your tutorials! You effortlessly manage to be funny and technical at the same time. I wish I would have found you sooner!

I swear you were watching me work on all these very moves yesterday at the skating rink! Like a good sermon, you’re always on time! Thank you!🌹👍🏿😁

I have never come across somebody who is as good at teaching these things as you, i've been watching your videos since I started skating and now I can do more tricks than I ever thought possible, thank you!!

Wow!! This is one of the most detailed explanations for the Mohawk I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to practice today

THANK YOU Dirty Deborah!!!!!! Always get so hyped learning new moves

I finally learned this after a week of trying! I’m so happy and it’s all thanks to you!

Deborah, you're a wonderful teacher. Big love and respect to you and your nephew for putting these videos together. Xxxxx

Since I met you, that I have not stopped, more than training you are a great teacher and teach very well, all the rules to improve in skating.

Your videos have been SUCH a big help and I recommend you to all my newbie skater friends! You make it such a joy to learn so thank you!

Deborah you’re such a lifesaver thank you for all of these videos!

I've been watching this video all week and today I did a mohawk turn at the rink! Thank you for breaking every thing down and posting such a great video.

Because of you I did my first transition in this week!

As a 42 year old mother of two who has only just taken up skating, I am absolutely LOVING your tutorials!! You have taught me so much about nailing those basic skills and you are just the cheer squad I need. Thank you!!!!

DIRTY THANKS FOR YOUR AMAZING VIDEOS.ITS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS .YOUR VIDEOS N TUTORIALS ARE VERY HELPFUL.I LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR

You’ve gained a subscriber ❣️I just started skating last Monday. And your tips scream in my head while I’m skating. Im getting smoother everyday with your help and the skate community

I love your videos and I always come back to them when I need to check something I have learnt at the rollerdrome. Yours was the first video I came across when I decided to take up skating after 40 years and I am getting better based on your instructions. Thank you so much

I love love love this video!! I can't wait to try out the technique - I can transition, however, I sometimes I panic (especially when I am going fast) - these skills may help me be more confident! Thanks for always posting such great videos!! love them all!!

I just recently got my first pair of roller skates and came across your videos whole looking for tips on how to skate. I love that you actually break things down when you explain them. You are awesome. Thank you!!

also your vibe is infectious. your energy makes my day so much better, thanks so kich

THANK YOUUU!! I’ve been trying to learn to transition for months now. This looks like something I can understand :D I’m excited to go home and try this. 💕 Love ya

You are so inspiring… It’s amazing to watch you skating. Your body movements are SO PRECISE. I have zero knowledge on skating, I’ve been doing it for just 2 weeks now, and your videos are simply the best. Thks!! Love watching you!! Beautiful movements, it looks so easy and fun!!

Thank you for your videos!!! I get my skates in two weeks and I’ve been adding videos for beginners to a playlist. I love your videos and can’t wait to skate along/practice with your videos!

Your joy and love of skating is so enjoyable to watch! This is my new favourite channel on RU-vid, I just have to keep coming back! 🥰

Thank you so much for doing this video, breaking the Mohawk turn down. When I tell you. I have been watching tons of jam skate videos, with my hand covering all the bodies, only exposing the skates, to try n get this technic. And still could not. The movements were just to smooth n quick. I was an avid skater as a child. At 47, I’m returning to my tranquility. My confidence in staking is slowly returning. BUT this one movement is truly my hang up. Like you said that inner skater. My song comes on. I’m jamming. I feel the spirit to turn n BAM. I freeze. Nothing. Nada. So thank you very much. I will be PRACTICING PRACTICING PRACTICING this tutorial/technic.

I only have a two year old son rn but I can’t wait for my grandkids to see me skate and hopefully I can teach them everything I learned from the dirty school of skate!!!!! You are seriously goals!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! Thanks for helping me get crossovers down

Working on the figure circles is a great way to improve any skating skills. Great video DDH !

YOU are the BEST! I’m back on skates, thanks to you!! You always hit on the dumb stuff I was doing. Thank you for being here for us. I actually had a couple people see me skating outdoors and made a comment on how much fun it looked like I was having! Thank you!!

Great video! Best instructional videos on RU-vid

I looove your skate videos! I fell in love with skating as a child. Thanks to your vids...I bought my first pair of skates and got busy practicing! Your an amazing teacher! Keep em comin! A fan!

I am so glad you have done these tutorial videos. They are awesome!

I love you. I’m so grateful that you break down things beautifully. Please keep doing and sharing. I’m your big fan and can’t wait to see all of your videos. Love you. Adore you.

Thank you so much for these videos. I’m 62 and haven’t skated in years, I repeat years! Joined some Facebook groups with the intention of selling my old school skates. Now I just want to skate again. Rinks are a little scary, but I am going to skate around my driveway soon! If it goes well, I’ll hit some flat park trails.

i started skating a little while ago, i bought skates in quarantine. i loved your little speech about how it’s important to respect the basic skills and movements. as a beginner i find that so important, really getting good at the simple beginnings of skating before i move on to more difficult moves. thanks to your videos i’m finally able to do more interesting tricks, like mohawks, and i love skating!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Dirty Deborah, you are an absolute master. When a person can perform a maneuver a certain way for decades, making do with the slight discomfort of it, only to watch one of your videos and see you do it a little differently, and float like a feather while you're doing...yes...a master. I am an old dog that learned a new trick. Thank you! And damn, you're fine.

My new favorite RU-vid channel. Let the binging commence. 🍿

I love the detail you give to your lessons! You're an excellent teacher 💓

Great show. Especially more lights on. Super

You are so inspirational, i just want to lace up every-time i watch your videos

While quarantining I am finally getting to roller skate and practice on the concrete in my backyard. These videos are what is getting me through this!! Thank you!!!

Just stumbled upon your videos! You are an awesome, sweet, skilled skater and teacher. I used to skate 3 times a week but I never mastered the back and forth Mohawk. Haven’t skated in like 15 years. Thought I was done but now I’m not so sure. Going on 68 and it’s still in my heart to do. Thanks for your videos.🥰

Im from the uk, i have been watching your videos and applying them to my lessons...i'm so much better for watching...thanks

My coworker started a skating club that meets once a week to skate around the university campus. Most of the skaters are on inlines and I’m am one of the few people on quads. Your videos are gold for me! I have learned so much and improved so much thanks to you! I practice every day even if it’s just putting my skates on in my living room and practicing balancing on one leg. Thank you for these videos!

During this pandemic, I have been trying to find new ways to stay active. I bought a pair of skates this month and I have practicing EVERYDAY. Its fun and such a stress reliever. I can't wait to become as EXCELLENT AS YOU ARE. I'm in my beginning stage, but I feel it won't be long until I am fully comfortable on wheels. I am middle aged and have a youthful soul. Thanks for your video, I am watching one every day.

You are such a great teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

I've skated my whole life but never tried doing it backwards so hopefully I can try it today and I'm confident

Hands down the best explanation I've come across for the mowhawk! (Especially for us older less flexible skaters😉). Thanks!

Congratulations on your new video and thank you so much for the great help you have given me in learning to skate.

You are fantastic! I'm an ice skater and bought roller skates due to Coronavirus lockdown. I've never roller skated before. It felt very different to ice skating at first but also very similar as the same skills are needed. Your videos are so helpful and entertaining. You have a great personality. Thank you!

The minute you guys open up after the pandemic i will be there!!!!

I have been dying to learn to turn while skating and this seems to be the most approachable route. Can't wait to start practicing this after work!!!

You, Joe Enthor and my daughter have been my best teachers! Love your videos!

I've been trying to nail this for quite some time. Thank you for breaking it down for me 💖👏🏼.

Thank you! You're videos continue to inspire me. Off to the rink tomorrow to practice falling (your other video) and to start skating on those circles.

really dig the way you teach and encourage style, built on solid foundation. Thank you, THANK YOU!

omg I really loved what you said at the end. I started skating this week and inside of my house because of COVID-19 and watching your videos has helped me a lot to get through boredom and to learn faster! Is so fun to hear your tips, you're a great teacher, keep going girl

Thank you so much I have been practicing this for month and now I'm am a great skater because of you 💖 You artithe best skating teacher!!!