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Skill Urban
Urban
Progression Activities
Urban

Skating
Freestyle
Slalom
Introductory
Let’s Practice! Also known as recreational skating, urban skating involves skating around
the city through various urban routes of different distances and terrain.
Let’s Explore!
Freestyle Slalom is a technical field of skating

Level 1 that involves performing tricks around a line

of equally-spaced cones on skates. Mastering the basic levels 1-3 will give you more Half the fun of skating is the practice, the other
confidence in overcoming harsher urban terrain. half of the fun is going for an urban! Listed here are
Your journey starts here! With some practice,
slowly but surely, you’ll be up to speed!
Practicing freestyle slalom also improves your
maneuverability on skates - challenge yourself!
Level 1 some tried-and-tested routes that you can look
forward to embarking on as you improve!
Level 1 urbans are basic and straightforward. Park connectors with
Standing & Sitting
Safety Fall Level 1 smooth terrain usually take up a large proportion of the overall route.

V-Walk These tricks make up the fundamentals of Parkland Green to Bedok Jetty (5km) Important!
Side-Step Up & Down
Scootering
slalom. Learn and master them well! Specialisation Competency Required: Level 1 | Terrain Difficulty: Easy
Park Safety
Fish Stadium to Marina Bay Sands (6km)
Ready Roll These are the techniques you must know when
Freestyle
Slide
Snake Competency Required: Level 1 | Terrain Difficulty: Easy going for an urban! Check your equipment before
Scissors Roll
Forward Cross rolling out and keep a lookout for passer-bys!
Toe Roll Parkland Green to Marina Bay Sands (9km)
Forward One-Foot Freestyle Sliding is a technical field of skating
One-Foot Balance that involves drifting on skates. Competency Required: Level 1 | Terrain Difficulty: Intermediate
Scissors Roll
Heel Stop / T-Stop* To get past uneven ground. Hold onto your
A-Frame Turn Powerslide knees for balance.
Swizzle
Basic Striding
Level 2 Barrow | Wheel Barrow
Acid | Acid-Toe Level 2 Side-Step
Here, you will start to learn more intermediate Cross Acid | Cross Acid-Toe Level 2 urbans may require the crossing of roads. The route may have a To get past sizeable obstacles.
slalom tricks. It gets a little more challenging! mixture of pavements, roads, or a distance of more than 15km.
Soul | Fastwheel
*Those without a heel-brake attachment will learn T-Stop straight.
T-Stop is the most reliable method of stopping gradually. Grass Stop
Forward Snake Nelson Parallel For emergency stops on the grass.
Bukit Batok to Buona Vista (9km)
Forward Cross Nelson Magic Competency Required: Level 1-2 | Terrain Difficulty: Intermediate
Double Crazy Unity Ferrying Down Slope
Development Savannah Both hands on the shoulders of the person
Sun / Reverse Sun Parkland Green to Changi Jurassic Mile (14km)
Competency Required: Level 1-2 | Terrain Difficulty: Intermediate ferrying infront. Push forward, lock your arms.
Crab Ernsui
X Soyale Heel Stop / T-Stop
Level 2 ION Orchard to ECP Lagoon Food Village (17km)
Competency Required: Level 2 | Terrain Difficulty: Hard
T-Stop is the most important skill to master.

Mastery here means that you are good to

go for slightly longer, intermediate urbans!

Grass Stop
Level 3 Level 3 SUSS
Lunge Turn Next-up are the backward variations of some Important! SKATES
Parallel Turn
level 1 and 2 tricks. Practice makes perfect!
Advanced 5 Level 3 urbans require the crossing of roads. The route has a mixture of
pavements, roads, and uneven terrain. Total distance is more than 20km. Wheel Setup
Forward Crossover
Backward Swizzle
Backward Snake
Backward Cross Variations Stadium to Changi Jurassic Mile (20km) Flat
Backward Striding Backward Snake Nelson Competency Required: Level 1-2 | Terrain Difficulty: Intermediate All four wheels are the same size. This is the
These are advanced tricks that include heel, toe, most stable and recommended setup for urban.
Mohawk Turn Backward Cross Nelson and one-foot variations of tricks from levels 1-4!
Changi Village to Changi Jurassic Mile (24km)
2-Foot Transition Backward One-Foot Competency Required: Level 1-2 | Terrain Difficulty: Intermediate
Forward / Backward | Heel-Toe
Forward / Backward | Toe-Toe Labrador Park to Changi Jurassic Mile (34km)
Forward / Backward | Heel-Heel Full Rocker
Level 3 Level 4
Competency Required: Level 2-3 | Terrain Difficulty: Very Hard
The middle two wheels are 4mm bigger. This is
Heel-Toe Final the recommended setup for slalom, but may be
Heel-Toe Special unstable at higher speeds during urban.
These are techniques that are useful when Mastery over the fundamentals of level 1-3
you go for more challenging urbans! tricks will aid you in learning level 4 tricks!
Toe-Toe Spin
Rekil Level 4
Spin Stop Mega Flat Fake Level 4 urbans require the crossing of roads. The route has a mixture of
Hockey Stop Half Eclipse Toe Wheeling pavements, roads, and uneven terrain. Total distance is more than 30km.
Hockey Rocker
Backward Crossover X-Jump Heel Wheeling The last two wheels are 4mm bigger. If you have
Sprinting Crazy Swan Lakeside to Coney Island (42km) a full rocker setup, and want a more stable setup
Competency Required: Level 2-3 | Terrain Difficulty: Very Hard for urban without changing wheel size.
Powerslide Mabrouk Christie
Volt / Fan Volt Butterfly

Updated 26 January 2023