Learning to kickturn is vital to learning how to skate, and it's something you can practice now while it's wet and snowy outside!A kickturn is where you balance on your rear wheels, and spin your body around in a circle. You really need to learn to kickturn if you want to be serious about skating. It's a great way to turn, and necessary if you want to ride on ramps (unless you just want to ride back down EVERY ramp fakie...).
There are several steps to learning to kickturn - you can learn it frontside and backside, and you can start with small turns, work your way up to 180 kickturns, and eventually 360. And, if you are Rodney Mullen, you can do ... well, I've never counted, but he just stands there and spins in place for what seems like hours on end. But, for us mortals, we can start with learning to kickturn 90 degree! Learn more about kickturns, and start practicing!
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