Q&A for How to Do Tricks on Roller Skates

Avoid making a big deal out of it. Just get up, smile, and shake it off. Say something along the lines of "Oops." Everybody should understand that falling is learning, and most people won't make a big deal out of it.

Try doing some cool turns. This can really jazz up your run. Be careful not to get too cocky, because you might get laughed at if you fall while showing of.

One word: practice. You need a lot of practice to make it look effortless.

Spinning while you limbo. This took me years to master. I would suggest following the steps at the top for spinning, and then trying to limbo.

If you're already proficient with your roller blades, no, it's not any more difficult. I actually find it easier to do these things on roller blades.

There are many YouTube videos that have easier tricks you could practice. They are also a bit easier to understand because you have that added visual. Remember, any trick is going to to take some work. Practice makes perfect!

Yes, you can do these tricks on inline slates.

At first, make sure you are not bending your knees. You want to just lift your leg up and walk with your skates on. Once you feel much easier on skates, you want to go to a grassy area or carpet and bend your knees. Try to glide. While lifting one leg, your body weight shifts to the other leg. When you want to stop, just hold onto something or straighten your legs.

Well you can mainly find a large parking lot that you know usually isn't really busy. But since it is pavement, be sure to use knee-pads, wrist guards, etc.

Whether or not you can do this will depend on what tricks you are doing.You can combine some of the tricks you are doing but you'll need to experiment to see what flows on logically and practically from the last trick performed. Also, how often you fall down depends on variables like how careful you are, how many tricks you are trying, how hard the tricks are, whether or not you're holding on to something/someone, etc. It's impossible to give any definitive answer to your latter question.

Just gain more momentum. Go faster and faster, then do a crossover like in roller derby.

It`s actually quite simple, just start of by standing still on one leg without falling and then start doing it while gliding. Unlike a lot of the other skills, I would suggest to start of at a normal-fast pace and practice slowing down on one leg as it is harder to keep your balance when you are going slower. After you are comfortable going fast and slow you can try doing jumps and/or spins on one leg.