Stopping

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Benbro on January 14, 2011 at 9:46

keep practicing BJ,being able to footbrake is a must....its just getting used to it,if you can stand on one leg,[left leg in your case],you should be able to adapt and footbrake...if your front leg is very week i can understand finding it hard to footbrake...we'll sort you out on sunday.

BJ said:

Probably 10 now. only in short sessions. But haven't progressed at all. I keep my board and gear in the back of the car and if I see a good spot to practice during the day I will stop if I have time and have a skate and practice pushing and footbreaking for 15 to 30 min. I have thought about using my kids scooter to practice.I can skate fine. Pretty good in fact. I have great balance and can tuck into hills and carve hard for some freeriding. Just can't get the hang of footbreaking which is frustrating the fuck out of me. So I am skating places where I can carve safely to control my speed so that I can stop when required. I am happy with that so far.

Tom said:

BJ, i push mongo am bow leged but have never had a knee operation. I found it very difficult for to ride with just my left, front, foot on the board. I used to loose my balance straight away. I thought footbreaking was not for me. I'm still not very good at it but with more hours of practice i'm confident i'll be shit hot at it.

 

How many hours have you been practicing pushing with the other foot and or footbreaking for?

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Permalink Reply by philip thorn on February 10, 2011 at 8:06

Have you learn't to stop yet?

 

From what I have gleaned from this thread and experience there are many ways. all should be adopted and then you can stop in a variety of situations.

 

Foot stopping - Lowering or stamping your primary pushing foot to the ground. Good for slower speeds but can cause major wabble if not done with balance (a learn't ability through practice). Better to stomp, get control then foot brake.

 

Coleman slide - originated from Cliff Coleman (he should be knighted "Sir") who skated the Berekely Hills and used slide gloves to slide to a stop. In essence, lower yourself to kneeling but tilt/roll your back foot (not on the toes on the inner side of your foot) on the way down - see faltown slide vids or youtube. Then place your leading hand on the ground palm down and carve to the left or right depending on your stance. Remember to keep your legs a good distance (a little over shoulder so that you can actually bend those knees). Because you have unweighted your rear foot the rear of the board will slide. The key with this slide is keep your free arm high in the sky to keep balanced and where your head points controls the slide. You need slide gloves good grip tape (to stop your rear foot sliding out) and you must roll the back foot - NOT on the toes - this is uncontrolled and you can easily fall over the front of the slide. These slide can be performed at much higher speeds - in fact my friend did one in ringland hills in norfolk uk and slid for about 20 metres - it sounded like a tie fighter (star wars).

 

Bert Slide - similar to standup toeslide but with hands down on ground (gloves recommended). only problem with this for stopping is it can slide and slide and slide .... the colman has control (you can actual steer with the free arm and control the speed and curve of the slide (practice).

 

Stand up - I think these are a medium speed slide - to slow and they wont work - to fast and they pop out to quick the board can slide from under your feet like a banana skin. The best way to learn is to find a slope, start out slow down one side but keep low (knees bent and ass over the back of board) carve in the opposite direction of your stance (heelside) and feel the carve. Repeat but push it out. Gradually build the speed and the push out. You will find you will slide in a controlled way. Keep you feet parrallel and towards the heelside rail. You can do this toeside but you have to lean out over your toes and push it out - in terms of stopping this is an option depending on what part of the carve or turn you are in but if you have the time its not as safe because you can flip out backward and crack your skull.

 

One tip - wear a helmet.  In my opinion though there is nothing like doing a 1080 Mecca slide to stop - i wont tell you what this one is unless you ask - but its the tits! Adelaide skaters get in touch please!!! big PLEASE!

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Permalink Reply by Alex Glaros on February 20, 2011 at 10:33

use a pogo  brake

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Permalink Reply by Billy Bott on February 23, 2011 at 18:28

deffs learn to shut down AND footbreak

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Permalink Reply by Jordan on February 28, 2011 at 11:00

VANS

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Permalink Reply by stephen cummins on March 2, 2011 at 22:56

thick soled shoes like dcs, but hopkins are now selling footreaking soles so it does kill 1 side of your shoes or both shoes for that matter

BJ said:

Thanks for all the replies. Practice more it is.
Any shoes better for footbreaking?

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Permalink Reply by Michael McCord on March 14, 2011 at 20:57

Footbreaking is a delicious way to burn off speed, unfortunately it also goes through shoes.
If you can successfully pull off a shutdown slide, as the dude below mentioned, you slow pretty quickly.

Pendies are more difficult.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 26, 2011 at 20:06

hightops are good for footbraking coz they usually have thicker sole but sliding is the best way to stop uther than going straight into the car

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