Inline-skating – by skaters for skaters
Inline-skating is fun and our common hobby.
For many years we have been active inline-skaters with our sports club. In the summer we skate outdoors, of course. There are so many fantastic routes around here. In winter training takes place in a large gym. Games like inline-hockey or inline-basketball really make you sweat. And so we are on wheels all year round.
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We recommend interesting tours in our vicinity. To make sure that you skate safely here are some braking-techniques:
How to stop on inline-skates
You can reach a pretty high speed on the small wheels. Skating is easy to learn, especially if you have some ice-skating experience. But you won’t get along without an optimal body posture and a good braking technique. Guidance and individual corrections ( in (adult) evening courses or in sports clubs will help you to learn it right from the start. With a little bit of know how even beginners will definitely have fun!
First take your time to try the braking techniques standing and later skating slowly. Train skating one-legged. This way you improve your body tension and your sense of balance. Start braking only from a firm basic position! In this basic position skates are shoulder width apart and parallel to each other. Put your weight right above the skates. The centre of gravity is lowered, so the slightly bent knees just cover the tip of the skates, if you look down.
Heel Stop
The best known braking technique with a fixed stopper at the right skate. Go down slightly into a crouch (basic position) and place both hands onto your knees. Now transfer your weight on the left leg, ease the right skate forward, slightly lift the toe of the front skate, so that the stopper brushes the ground. By transferring the weight to the front skate you can press the stopper to the ground and slow down. The more pressure, the stronger the braking effect.
T-Stop
Transfer weight to one skate (the left usually) and place your right skate perpendicular to the skate you are riding on to slow down to a halt. To gain stability bend your knees slightly and to hold arms in front of you. Apply only little force first, since you easily get into rotation if you don’t put your weight equally on the dragged wheels.
The snow plough or v-stop
This method of stopping actually is a skiing technique and safest at slow to moderate speeds. Spread your skates a little wider than shoulder width and then point your toes in toward each so that they come together.
Tour tips for Schleswig-Holstein
The northernmost federal state Schleswig-Holstein with the scenic North Sea and the Baltic Sea is skaters’ paradise too. On quiet rural roads you skate along meadows with wonderful scents, through clear forests and idyllic lakeland.
Just look at our tour tips.
