CIB Seattle Switchups Workshop

11203 5th Avenue Northeast,Seattle WA 98125

22 May, 2022

Description

Intermediate quad skating workshop to learn Switchup basics to apply to stalls, grinds, and slides May's Intermediate Workshop is all about Switchups! Switchups are when you change your foot position mid-stall, grind, or slide. These can be a full switchup, where both feet change positions, or as a "budget" switchup, where only one foot changes position. In this workshop, our coaches will cover the body position and mindset approach to help you stabilize for switchups. We'll then introduce some basic switchup stalls, starting on the 1.5' quarter pipe, progressing up to the 3' and potentially the 5' half pipes. We will not cover grinding/sliding in this workshop, but we will help show you the elements necessary to add switchups to those moves. To attend this workshop, you should be comfortable dropping in on a 2 ft tall quarter pipe, pumping, falling safely, and doing a basic plate stall. We highly recommend being comfortable with a backside stall already, or at least having the general mechanics of a backside down. This workshop will be geared towards intermediate to advanced skaters, so will move quickly and provide different levels of options for drills.