I really think skiers should cross train with rollerblading. there is no doubt in my mind that learning how to grind on rollerblades will help you Jib on skis.
hell yeah cameron card merks... when he fell on that drop rail the doctors said he could never skate again. Less than a year later he's back up and skating haha
I cross train with rollerblading quite a bit. I actually find grinding and stuff pretty different. Royale's don't cross over to skiing well cause you'd eat crap, and other tricks on rails get a little too techy with foot placement, and stuff... But im not that good at rails on skates so yeah. what i find really beneficial is hitting launch boxes and stuff, learning to land spins and stuff without 5 feet of skis to balance on. anyways that's just in response to the description, the skating was phenomenal. very impressive.
yeah I agree with the royales. learning the balance is key to cross training.. it doesn't matter what grind/jib your doing. so yeah launch box is def good for air awareness. The reason I am okay with doing disasters on rollerblades is because when I use to snowboard a lot doing disasters like that was a lot easier and I learned to have air awareness.
