Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Starting out inline slalom.

So you decided to take up slalom as your hobby, you got a pair of skates and a few cups. You tried a few moves and can still fair quite well. But how do you improve?
I will introduce you to some factors.

1. Equipments

Slalom unlike other skating discipline require a little more equipment than others, most of the time is because of the cones and the measurement require to be taken for the distance between the cones. So you will need:

Measuring tape (10 meter)

chalk

cones x 20

skate a pair.

Important note is that not all skate are suitable for slalom.
Below are some popular slalom skates.

SEBA HIGH


SEBA FR1


SEBA FR2


You can get these from:

MARINE COVE 1000, East coast parkway
singapore 449876
Hvper Sport
Tel: 6446 4648

No.1 queensway#03-43
Queensway Shopping Centre,
singapore 149053
Skaters World
Tel:6472 1979

3 Coleman Street,#02-28
Penusula Shopping Centre
singapore 179804
Skaters World
Tel:6337 6300

30, Woodland Ave 1,
#01-08, The Woodgrove
Singapore 739065
Roller Plus.
Tel:6269 3248

2.Where to slalom?

Simply find a place that can let you lay 20 cones and you can start, just make sure the ground is flat and it is legal to do so.