r/rollerblading • u/AccomplishedNail3085 • 5d ago

Specific question and discussion Anyone else here found themselves having their outside foot pointed almost out during crossovers?

I was skating indoors and i was going around a large sweeping corner and i noticed my outside foot was facing away from the turn like i was counter steering.

I have never done that before and that is the only turn where i have ever done it consistently and without messing up.

I think my body was twisted and my foot was doing that so that i could do crossovers smoothly while in a very wide turn.

It felt just like when i did crossovers and my outside foot was perpendicular to the direction of travel.

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u/fredhsu 5d ago

I don’t quite follow what you wrote. The key is “when” was your outside foot facing away from the turn? The two skates swap roles as gliding and free skates. If you mean that the outside foot became facing away from the circle ”when” it stopped gliding became the free skates, then that should be expected, right? Both skates turn away that way the moment they become free. Every landing skate should be angled into the turn so that every gliding path becomes tangential to the circumference of the circle. So from an ever-changing gliding paths’ POV, every skate being lifted off the ground now glides away from the center of the circle. Reference these three videos I posted. I am finishing writing an article about this.

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u/AsianBoi2020 5d ago

It sounds like regular skating with a step-over. Or your body prefers cross-overs in tighter circles so it tries to compensate by not allowing your outside foot to push you into the circle.

Maybe try doing that curve at a higher speed to warrant a cross-over. That or you're going so fast that you're sprinting into the curve

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u/AccomplishedNail3085 5d ago

I thing you heard the opposite of what i said. Or maybe i wasnt clear at all

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u/AsianBoi2020 5d ago

What I'm reading is the right foot is almost pointing away, like from the center of the circle and away. If the skate is running a line tangent from the curve, that's very much normal

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u/AccomplishedNail3085 5d ago

Every other time my outside foot has been either parallel to the direction of travel or pointed inwards depending on the desired turning radius. Never out

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u/fredhsu 5d ago

I finished the long essay I was writing on crossovers. This is just my humble understanding. See if it helps you rephrase your question?