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Roller Girl Gang
Feb 9, 20212 min read
Tutorial Tuesday : Roller Dance : Before I Let Go
A little back story... We're feeling a little nostalgic this week as the Valentine Skate Party we have held at the Corn Exchange in Leeds...
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Roller Girl Gang
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: 'Hard Times' Roller Dance Warm Up
This was the first warm up dance ever choreographed, it has a lot of elements to support other fundamental roller dance too. While taking...
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Roller Girl Gang
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Fundamental roller skate skill - plough stop
A plough stop is a great first stop to master. We recommend that you have more than one way of stopping. It is really useful for...
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Roller Girl Gang
Jan 12, 20214 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Fundamentals of Falling
by Mel @troubleon8wheels Hi everyone, We have had a lot of 'how do I get started' requests... and something that will definitely give you...
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Roller Girl Gang
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Cupid Shuffle
This will be the final Tutorial Tuesday of 2020. We always used to end classes with the Cupid Shuffle and it seemed like a great...
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Roller Girl Gang
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Infinity Swirls
This is a really satisfying flowing move to master. Video quality: I am so sorry that the bandwidth of the light vs the camera are...
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Roller Girl Gang
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Video Angles and Mental Health
by Mel @troubleon8wheels This week's tutorial is less about something to learn regarding roller skating, and more about being careful...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Roller Skate Backwards
This is one of my favourite skills to teach, as once you know the secret it's really easy! Yes, even beginner roller skaters who have...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Tutorial Tuesday : Control your Speed on Hills
Raise your hand for regretting not getting outside more during the hot summer we had in lockdown #1? Well, we are where we are. Let's...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 14, 20207 min read
Street Skating in the UK
By Ellie @skatehoopbalance [Trigger warning: severe mental health, self-harm.] For those of you that don’t know me, I’m Ellie (aka...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Tutorial Tuesday: Split Stance
Welcome to another Tutorial Tuesday. This week we broke down split stance, sometimes called a manual, at our Monday night roller dance...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Tutorial Tuesday : Stopping backwards using your toe stops
Hi everyone, Welcome to another Tutorial Tuesday. This one is a little shorter than last week, but should still give you plenty to work...
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Roller Girl Gang
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Tutorial Tuesday : introduction to jumping
Hi everyone, Here is the first in the Tutorial series for members. I chose jumps to start with as we all need a bit more bounce in our...
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Roller Girl Gang
Dec 31, 20184 min read
Spin spin sugar
2018 you made me dizzy! With so much going on and every part of Roller Girl Gang growing - girl skate nights, learn to roller skate...
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Roller Girl Gang
Nov 20, 20184 min read
Learning to slide and using slider blocks.
I first started learning to slide around 9 months ago with my newly mounted @bigfoot_bike_skate grind blocks on Moxi Jack boots and...
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Roller Girl Gang
Oct 1, 20183 min read
Travel skating - Part 2.
This summer I travelled with my family to France for a summer holiday/ skate road trip! We had a great time looking for skate spots and...
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Roller Girl Gang
Sep 9, 20187 min read
Part 1: What would you like to know about skating when travelling?
Thanks for all your questions! I've divided them into sections, as there were lots of related questions. What works for me, may not...
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