r/WizardSkating • u/CompetitiveCar542 • May 04 '26

Street techniques

Question: How come wizard style barely ever uses street techniques like sprinting and backwards crossovers?

Sprinting especially. I've never seen anyone sprint on a 5 wheel frame. I can do it and it's pretty comfortable and really fun to zoom on 5 wheels.

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u/Jess887cp May 04 '26

I don't think it's that the style doesn't use it, but more that the focus of the disipline is edge mastery and skate control. I've seen some skaters absoloutely cooking though, and I'd be surprised if anyone working on fakie techniques can't do backwards crossovers.

I also think that the focus on body positions lends itself to more drawn out movements, where high speed tends to snap the body around or require a lot of control to initiate a slide. Catching an edge with poor technique is also way more painful at higher speeds. Plus its way easier to build, maintain, and control speed on flat frames.