Freestyle slalom skating
Freestyle slalom skating?is a highly technical field of?roller skating?that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones. The most common spacing used in competitions is 80 centimetres (31?in), with larger competitions also featuring lines spaced at 50 centimetres (20?in) and 120 centimetres?
Equipment
Most freestyle slalomers use?inline skates, although some use?quad skates. Those who use inline skates tend to use a?full rocker?wheel?configuration, however there are other variations of the rocker set-up which are used. Some skaters prefer to use a 'full hi-lo' rocker, which means the largest wheel is the second in from the back, with the smallest at the front. A common way to rocker your wheels is by putting larger wheels in the center and smaller wheels on each end. An example of this is having 80 mm wheels in the 2nd and 3rd position and 76 mm in the front and back. A short frame (230–245?mm) is used to give the skate the maximum possible maneuverability. Inline skates used for slalom have a very tight fit with a strong cuff, to give sustained ankle support. Popular skates used in the past include the FSK skate range by Salomon, now unavailable. The market is now arguably dominated by Seba skates, formed by a world class slalom skater; other brands such as Powerslide and RollerBlade also offer popular slalom skate models.
List of slalom moves
The list of basic moves from easiest to hardest. There are many more moves than the ones shown in the list, and many variations on how to complete each move. The names of these moves may differ between countries.
Basic
Forwards Parallel (Fish)
Forwards Monoline (Snake)
Forwards Criss-Cross
Alternating Forwards Cross
Double Cross
Forwards One Foot
Beginner
Backwards Monoline (Snake)
Backwards Criss-Cross
Backwards Parallel (Fish)
Forwards Heel-Toe Snake
Forwards Heel-Toe Criss-Cross
Forwards Toe-Toe Snake
Forwards Heel-Heel Snake
Forwards Shifted Cross
Backwards Shifted Cross
Eagle
Eagle Cross (Independent)
Eagle Shifted Cross (Wave)
Eagle Royal
Eagle Royal Cross
Reverse Eagle
Reverse Eagle Criss-Cross
Reverse Eagle Shifted Cross
Fake Side-Surf
Intermediate
Crazy
Grapevine (Mabrouk)
Double Crazy
Double Crazy Back
Forwards Stroll
Backwards Stroll
Backwards One Foot
Chapi Chapo
X
X 2
X Jump (Crab Cross)
Nelson
Nelson Back
Nelson Transfer Back (X-Back)
Sun
Miniman (Small car 5 Wheels Sitting)
Pendulum
Advanced
Alternating Cross
Crazy Sun
Mexican
Italian
Volte
Wiper
Footspin
Special
Oliver
Brush
Chicken Leg
Cobra
Butterfly
Master
Rocket (Coffee Machine)
Backwards Rocket
Christie
Kasatchok
Toe Wheeling
Grabbed Toe Wheeling
Heel Wheeling
Grabbed Heel Wheeling
Screw
Leaf
Swan
Deckchair (Corvo)
