Me, Denni, Stacy and a few others are mentioned in Naomi’s latest freestyle article on inlineplanet.com. Woot!

We’ve started the US Freestyle Skating Association (USFSA) with a bunch of skaters from all over the country. Its for all kinds of freestyle skating, on and off cones.

We’re still working out our charter, etc, but the basic idea is to promote freestyle skating in the US. Drop on by our forums, and join the community!

One of our first events will be BattleUS, sometime in 2007!

Slalom - Slow
This is a playlist for the start (warm up part) or end (cool down) of a practice session.  My legs are super relaxed and move through the cones very easy and gentle at the beginning of a session so I thought it would be good to have a relaxed type playlist.  This playlist also calms me down at the start of a session if I’ve just come from a stressful situation (like work).

How to Save a Life               The Fray                               How To Save A Life
Waiting On the World to Change   John Mayer                             Single
Chasing Cars                     Snow Patrol                            Eyes Open
The Riddle (You & I)             Five For Fighting
Over My Head (Cable Car)         The Fray                               How to Save a Life
My Immortal                      Evanescence                            Fallen
Island in the Sun                Weezer                                 Weezer (Green Album)

Slalom - Speed
This list is for when I’m practicing moves that I know well.  I use this list to practice these moves in a super speed manner.  This is also where I practice putting in transitions randomly to different moves.  It tests how fast I can transition and also how spontaneous I can be with my runs.

London Bridge                    Fergie                                 Single
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree  KT Tunstall                            Eye to the Telescope
White & Nerdy                    "Weird Al" Yankovic                    Straight Outta Lynwood
Peanut Butter Jelly Time         Chip-Man & The Buckwheat Boyz          EP
Sugar, We're Goin Down           Fall Out Boy                           From Under the Cork Tree

Slalom - Moves
The “Moves” playlist is designed to make me want to look good while doing moves.  It motivates me to do a “bad ass” version of all the moves I know, emphasizing style.  This list is very good to use when wanting to work on how each move looks and where my arms are and what kind of beat the music has and how I can present the move so that it flows with the beat.

Promiscuous Girl                 Nelly Furtado                          Loose
Dirty Little Secret              The All-American Rejects               Move Along
Move Along                       The All-American Rejects               Move Along
London Bridge                    Fergie                                 Single
White & Nerdy                    "Weird Al" Yankovic                    Straight Outta Lynwood
Remember the Name                Fort Minor featuring Styles of Beyond  The Rising Tied
3 Rs                             Jack Johnson                           Curious George Soundtrack
Shake                            Ying Yang Twins                        U.S.A (United States of Atlanta)
Sugar, We're Goin Down           Fall Out Boy                           From Under the Cork Tree

Slalom - Control
These are songs that I use to help me learn control when doing moves.  The idea is to be motivated to do the moves slow and very controlled.  This is best when at the end of a practice session while I’m super tired.  Very good for working on technique.

Yea                              Usher featuring Ludacris
Snap Yo Fingers                  Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul     Single
Run It                           Chris Brown Big Mike And Big Stress
Shake                            Ying Yang Twins                        U.S.A (United States of Atlanta)

  

I’ve had the best few days skating!  I learned a few new tricks: 

1. Front Italian 
2. Total Cross 
3. One foot backwards 

These few tricks I tried for the first time in the past few days and out of practicing the crazy over and over and over and over, all three of these seemed a bit natural (The first two still make me insanely dizzy). 

I’ve also discovered a trick that we talked about on here a bit which is the Greasy Italian.  It might go under another name but that’s what I’m callin it.  I still don’t have a video of it yet. 

There’s another one that I started doing but again, I’m not sure what it’s called.    It’s a varialtion of the backwards snake and backwards stroll.  I’ll have to up a video of that too. 

That makes five new things that I’ve started practicing since last week.  Very exciting!