First the disclaimer - this page is (at this point) entirely made up of tricks created by, videoed by or animated by skaters on other websites! The full credit must go to these people who have made the effort to share their skills. The intention of this page is to simply bring together a comprehensive list as an accumulation of knowledge from around the world. In particular the following websites are linked from this page: Universkate.com - Sebastien Laffargue's superb slalom trick videos. CSKRoller.com - Excellent animated gif's for many tricks and some video links. RollerFR.com - Some video links. I have broken these slalom tricks into the following sections based on approximate skill level required. If you think a trick is in the wrong classification please let me know! Glossary Beginner Tricks Basic Tricks Intermediate Tricks Advanced Tricks Master Tricks One or Few Cone Tricks Misc Tricks   Glossary My attempt to explain some common terms you will either see here or on other sites... Name (Variants) Description Leading Leg The leg which is first past the cones in your direction of travel. Trailing Leg The leg which is last past the cones in your direction of travel. Extended (Royal) Skating on the heel wheel (you have to 'extend' your leg to do so). Retracted (Imperial) Skating on the toe wheel. Inverted To do a trick (or some part of it) opposite or "upside down" to the original. Double Performing the trick in 'double-time' - eg. crossing every one cone instead of two. Popcorn (Yard Sale) Scattering half the cones during a run.   Beginner Tricks These are the most basic of slalom tricks that everyone starts with. The forwards and backwards parallel are moves that you may quickly discard, but others are important elements for more advanced tricks - remember to learn these on both sides! Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Forwards Parallel First trick to learn - keep feet together and alternate around cones - just like skiing. Forwards Monoline (Snake) Scissor feet so one skate follows the other in a line. Forwards Criss-Cross Feet alternate between a crossed and uncrossed position each cone. Try rotating the hip slightly forward on the same side as whichever foot you are leading with to assist scissor. Alternating Forwards Cross     Forwards criss-cross but alternating the leading leg every second cone. Useful for training both sides at once. Double Cross     Same as the Alternating Forwards Cross, but switch every cone rather than every second cone. Forwards One Foot Slalom on one foot through cones. Most people like to bend the ungrounded leg and tuck it in a crossed behind position to assist with balance. That leg can also be swung pendulum style perpendicular to the cones to generate momentum.   Basic Tricks Assuming you are comfortable skating backwards, you will quickly move onto these. Have never seen anyone bother doing backwards parallel but it is included for completeness! Obviously you need side-surf flexibility for the eagle tricks... Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Backwards Monoline (Snake) Scissor feet so one skate follows the other in a line backwards. Look over shoulder on same side as leading leg to see cones. Backwards Criss-Cross Backwards version of forwards criss-cross. Look over shoulder on same side as leading leg to see cones. Keep weight on balls of feet. Backwards Parallel   As for forwards parallel but going backwards! Difficult to see the cups, not a popular move. Backstab Criss-Cross     Backwards criss-cross with alternating the leading foot. Not particularly pretty as by looking over one shoulder the whole time the body is twisted the unnatural way for one of the crosses. Forwards Heel-Toe Snake Variant of Forwards Snake, done on heel wheel of leading skate and toe wheel of trailing skate. Forwards Heel-Toe Criss-Cross Variant of Forwards Criss-Cross, done on heel wheel of leading skate and toe wheel of trailing skate. Forwards Toe-Toe Snake     Variant of Forwards Snake, done on toe wheels of both skates (Imperial). Forwards Heel-Heel Snake     Variant of Forwards Snake, done on heel wheels of both skates (Royal). Swiss Monoline     Alternate between forwards snake and backwards snake at each cone. Forwards Shifted Cross   Variant of Forwards Criss-Cross, where feet always remain parallel to each other Backwards Shifted Cross   Variant of Backwards Criss-Cross, where feet always remain parallel to each other Eagle Side-surf through cones in a snake pattern. Eagle Cross (Independent) Side-surf with feet offset (parallel) so cone is passed either side. Transition both feet at same time to new cross direction. Eagle Shifted Cross (Wave) Side-surf through cones in a criss-cross pattern. Eagle Royal   Side-surf through cones on heel wheels in a snake pattern. Eagle Royal Cross An Eagle Shifted Cross done in 'Royal' style - ie. just on the heel wheels! Reverse Eagle Side-surf with toes pointing at each other through cones in a snake pattern. Very few men can do this due to the hip flexibility required - a woman by the name of Severine Thomas (in video) does this fequently in slalom comps. Reverse Eagle Criss-Cross   Criss-cross with toes pointing at each other. As above for likelihood of success! Reverse Eagle Shifted Cross   Shifted cross with toes pointing at each other, feet parallel. As above for likelihood of success! Fake Side-Surf     Done in a snake pattern, go past the first cone in side-surf stance (with body facing the cone), then switch your trailing skate onto it's toe wheel to snake back around the second cone and repeat.   Intermediate Tricks Having a good comfort level at the standard snake and criss-cross, you want to learn some new skills! Some of these moves such as Crazy and Kickback are again important elements of more complex moves - master these and a huge range of tricks is further available to you... Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Crazy (Grapevine, Rubber Legs) Excellent move that is a must-have in the trick bag! Variants include doing a 270 degree rotation during the forwards transition, 180/360 degree rotations during the backwards transitions or solely on toe wheels! Forwards Kickback (Double Crazy) Passing each cone in an alternating crossed position, the leading leg is lifted and placed behind into the opposite cross position. A variant is to not physically lift the leading leg behind but instead roll it on it's toe wheel - far more stable! Backwards Cutback (Double Crazy Back) Same as the forwards kickback but done backwards! After crossing each cone, lift the leading leg and place it underneath your body in the crossed trailing position. Look over one shoulder the entire time as well as between your legs to see the cones. Forwards Stroll   A double time version of forwards kickback - a kickback occurs in between as well as at each cone so you always cross the cones on the same side. Backwards Stroll   A double time version of backwards cutback - a cutback occurs in between as well as at each cone so you always cross the cones on the same side. Backwards One Foot Slalom on one foot through cones backwards on the trailing leg. The leading unweighted leg can also be swung pendulum style perpendicular to the cones to generate momentum. Chapi Chapo Alternating between eagle and reversed eagle, feet transition at same time on opposite sides of cones so are moving in a cross pattern through cones. Chapi Chapo 2   Snake version of Chapi Chapo - feet transition one after the other on the same side of the cones so moving in a snake pattern through the cones. Mabrouk A similar move to Crazy in some ways. Have seen two variants - one where you alternate the foot that leads the cross between forwards and backwards (here), and another where you rotate the opposite direction (public video download link n/a). X Alternating between eagle and reversed eagle (similar to Chapi Chapo) while crossing the cones. X 2 X variant involving a glide/rotation between each transition - obvious difference with normal X is the skates do not transition to new direction at the same time. X Jump (Crab Cross)   Another X variant - but done on steroids! Jumps in the air are made after each cross. Crab   Another bizarre Seb move - hopping from forwards snake into backwards snake positions is about as best I can think of describing it! Nelson Leading foot slaloms through cones, while trailing foot swings back and forth alternating between heel first and toe first angles (independent/cross positions). Nelson Back   Skating backwards, leading foot alternates between toe first and heel first. Nelson Transfer Back (X-Back) Leading foot skates backwards through cones, trailing foot alternates between toe first (reverse eagle) and heel first positions.   Advanced Tricks Many of these advanced moves involve combinations of basic trick elements. Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Sun   Rotation down cones in one direction using forwards cross to backwards cross transitions - like everything he does Seb makes it look awesome... Alternating Cross (déhanché)   Forwards cross to backwards cross continuously by flipping on toe/heel wheel (forward to back) and toe wheels (back to forward). Crazy Sun   Rotation down cones in one direction using Crazy transitions. Crossed legs first cone, forward kickback, Crazy F->B, backwards cutback, Crazy B->F... Mexican Very similar to Mabrouk (the second half of the move is virtually identical). The difference is the forwards cross/rotation at the start of the move is replaced with a Nelson style transition. Italian Another move for which the Mabrouk/Chapi Chapo elements are needed. Interesting part of this move is the flip on the toes to take you from a forward parallel to a backwards crossed position. Volte Another Crazy variant with a spin transition, but Sebastien (who invented this move along with many others) just makes it look so damn good... Wiper   X or Nelson element done on one foot! Hop transition between toe leading and heel leading one foot positions. Footspin   Similar to Wiper except rotating continuously in one direction on one foot. Special   Entire move done on toe wheels, alternating forward -> backwards -> forwards... Oliver   Not listed on Seb's web page but the video is there so perhaps an 'unofficial' move... a series of continuous rotations in one direction down the line of cones done on toe wheels... Brush   More Seb madness... backwards snake on one foot while the other performs an X is about the best I can describe it!   Master Tricks The ultimate in balance and coordination required for these. Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Rocket (Coffee Machine)   Crouch down until knees fully bent, extend one leg straight in front of you and hold your toes while snaking through cones on other foot. Backwards Rocket   Skating backwards version of Rocket. Kasatchok   Coffee machine with a hop after every cone to swap which leg is on the ground - like Russian dancing! Toe Wheeling   One foot snake done on only the toe wheel. Grabbed Toe Wheeling   One foot snake done on only the toe wheel while holding the other foot crossed behind you in your hand! Heel Wheeling   One foot snake done on only the heel wheel Grabbed Heel Wheeling   One foot snake done on only the heel wheel while holding the other foot crossed behind you in your hand!   One Cone or Few Cone Tricks Repeating pattern tricks done around one, two or three cones. Absolute precision required to control speed and balance to stay in position! Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips One Cone Crazy   Continuous Crazy done forwards and back over the same cone - with a little rotation in a circle around the cone to make it even nicer! One Cone   A series of forward kickbacks (double crazy) in one spot. One Cone Back   A series of backward cutbacks (double crazy back) in one spot. Again done in a slight circle to make more interesting. One Cone Crazy Sun   More Seb madness - the whole Crazy Sun move done over a single cone! Gregfrit   A combination of Crazy and Volte transitions traced around two cones. Infinite   Skating on one foot trace a figure 8 around three cones - impressive one foot balance and speed generation required! Eight If you have rubber legs like Seb then feel free to give this a go - look at the angles as one foot points backwards! AntiCrazy Skali making it look easy with two cups   Misc Tricks Things I have seen on videos, in person or described but haven't attempted to classify above... Trick Name Video Anim Description / Tips Palm Spin     Vincent Vu Van Kha move - as seen in 25-Urban-trip.avi at 6:05. Rotate 360 degrees around palm place on ground on one skate, flare out the skates and rotate back to starting point. So cool...   Last Updated Jun 23rd, 2006