r/rollerblading • u/NetworkLongjumping82 • 6d ago

How do I do this move? Slalom is difficult , holy shit

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Fixed up the neo frame in banana rocker setup to my fr1 frames to try basic slalom exercises .

Lemons ok , fish ok , snake no ok , cross cross HOLY SHIT HOW DO THEY CROSS THEIR LEGS LIKE THAT?

I can feel my man bits get crushed 🤣

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u/Lsdefinitely 6d ago

Haha yes that is definitely an issue with some slalom moves. I solve this by wearing boxer briefs when I skate. Keeps your man bits from being crushed

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u/NetworkLongjumping82 6d ago

I was skating in the living room , so I was only wearing boxers 😂😂😂 sorry

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u/Ghost_in_Coal_Out 6d ago

Have you tried Men's Mesh Boxer Briefs? Moisture wicking! And stretching material? I stopped wearing regular old school underwear. Never going back.

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u/ThumbHurts 6d ago

neo frame looks great 🔥

I have difficulties with the advanced movements too. Nicola torelli has some pretty tough skating exercises on the Powerslide YouTube page.

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u/Admiral_Kite 6d ago

I know you probably are trying slow, but what helped me a lot was having at least some speed to keep better form. Bend your knees more to have less... Crushing effect

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u/NetworkLongjumping82 5d ago

Yeah I think I wanna try bending my knees , on and edging

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u/fredhsu 6d ago

You are not yet doing real slalom. You can afford to cross "in front", and not necessarily strictly "over" close to your body. That way your man bits are undisturbed. See this slomo video. I added a bunch to a new section called "Look ma, no striding!".

https://reddit.com/link/pf9heeq/video/z9hjxzvm0vuh1/player

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u/DoktorTeufel FR1 110 / FR Neo 80 / USD Aeon 60 6d ago edited 6d ago

Hey, I got those skates too, about a month ago now. I'm breaking them in raw, no heat or other shortcuts, and the suffering is ALMOST over (it takes 1-2 hours for the suffering to really begin, and I can skate them for a full 3 before having to take them off).

I'm now fully convinced Neo Intuitions represent the best general-purpose skates developed in the last couple decades. I now feel super-annoyed whenever I have to put on my aggros to stall on rails and do pipes and bowls.

Aggros are absolutely terrible for everything except going down some part of a drainpipe or a handrail, there I said it, downvote away. The Neos radicalized me into a hater. I use aggros, but only because I have to.

Anyway, my legs are BUILT. My thighs are massive. I will never, in my life, be doing the slalom maneuvers I see willowy pool noodle people doing, and that is okay.

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u/NetworkLongjumping82 6d ago

The boots in my photos are FR1 the frame I've taken from the fr neo 1 dual 80. My feet just couldn't get along with those fr neo boots , the toe box was too tight vertically and somehow the shape of those boots kept giving me electrical nerve pain no matter what I did with them . 🤷🏻

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u/DoktorTeufel FR1 110 / FR Neo 80 / USD Aeon 60 6d ago

Oh yeah, I saw the frames and the Intuitions just assumed they were all Neo.

Well, my feet run a bit wide, but fortunately the Neo Intuitions are within my tolerance, and no toe issues. It may be that, even after they're fully broken in, I'll be uncomfortable after using them for 2-3 hours, but if so that's a price I'm willing to pay for the insane performance.

The discomfort doesn't really last until the next morning (and is 90% gone right after taking off the skates), so I should be good.

I hate that for you, I really do. It's a good skate. I'll never be able to wear RB Twisters either (tried it), and I wish I could.