Days 5 & 6 : Rockered setup, skating backwards, eagle

I got my wheels in yesterday and installed them rockered (72, 76, 76, 72) and WOW what a difference. It almost feels like cheating my skates are so agile now.

I’ve mastered the front cross with right foot forward, and I’m working on it with left foot now. I can do a solid run on the 80cm setup maybe 3/5 times left foot forward.

So for those keeping track, here’s my trick list :

Complete:
Forward fish, Forward snake left foot forward, forward snake right foot forward, forward cross right foot forward.

In progress :
Forward cross left foot forward, forward shift right foot forward

So far so good, right? So today I looked online for the next few tricks up the ladder, so I can practice that. Looks like skating backwards and eagle-style are next. Hm.

I got out and attempted to practice both and it was nothing but disheartening fail. I can’t skate backwards at all, and I can’t bend the proper way to do eagle. I’m on a slight hill, too, so skating backwards is a little bit of a pain (I’m either out of control or going against gravity). The wind also picked up something fierce, so it was a frustrating day in all.

I’ll get back out there tomorrow and start going backwards, but I doubt I’ll attempt the eagle-style stuff again for awhile. Seems like it could mess up my knees pretty bad.