@Cin Sanchez With a right placement step (small stagger), you are turning left, CCW, by pivoting on your toes. Head/upper body lead before feet. When you land facing the opposite direction, your left foot should now be in the slight stagger in front. Next step is to roll/step that left foot back so you can continue to pivot CCW, this time on your heels when you're turning to face forward again. It's important to lead with your upper body/look where you want to go, the lower body will follow. Your feet should always be in a slight stagger, and work on keeping your feet parallel on your landings, facing 12 and 6 o'clock. And remember the other side. With a left placement step, you're turning to the right, CW, and same things apply for pivoting and landing. Pivot on the toes when going front to back, and on the heels when going back to front.

I haven't recorded myself lately and need to start getting some updated footage. This was from 3 or 4 months ago I was trying to do this rolling corkscrew turn. Started in a stagger, went to eagle spread, then tried getting back around with a corkscrew instead of a pivot..... but something was off with the timing... And I'm thinking after the spreadeagle I need to quickly get my feet tighter, in more of a X, before attempting that corkscrew around. I haven't tried/practiced this in a bit, but definitely want to figure out what's needed to smooth it out

@Thomas Freelon That's a tough question for me, but if I had the opportunity to learn a new style from scratch, I'd probably choose Detroit first... ballroom would be a runner up though. I enjoy NY/NJ, but sometimes I wonder if I would have chose it if I didn't live here.

@B Solo the skates are always waiting

@Lacey Kostishack inclines are some serious legwork and traveling up on your toe stops when it gets to be too hard to push yourself up. Declines, really have weight on that back leg, if it's a short decline, not too steep, I'll just brace myself and ride it till it flattens out again..... if it's a longer stretch you go down in a serpentine pattern to slow down the downward momentum..... stopping on a long or sharp decline is the biggest challenge, it usually requires turning backwards and using your toe stops while in stagger stance..... I recommend scouting out any trails on foot first to make sure it's not too hilly before you skate it.... once you've got a few trail miles under your belt and know what you can handle then you don't need to scout out beforehand, and every new trail will be a new adventure 😄

@Lacey Kostishack woohoooo!! How you had a great time 😄

that was smooth! I've just been toying with learning the waltz jump, now you've inspired me 🫶✨️🛼

@Max Fullname And I have a short mount, so I think it's going to be extra critical to be precise with the landing. Need to get plenty of off skates practice in to get ready!

I'm sorry to hear that. Were you wearing wrist guards at the time? I did practice falling with them, mostly showing other beginners how to slide with the wrist guards and spread out your weight. Physically getting on the floor and doing it helps your body remember. Sometimes you still take a bad spill, but it helps a lot.