The slalom grading program offers a structure for slalom skaters like yourself to improve your skills. In addition to providing a list of moves in an organized manner and resources to help you learn, SkateIA offers the opportunity to get graded as you progress to new levels of mastery.
For students
- Know what moves to learn next
- Set goals for your slalom and level up
- Get graded and receive a certificate for your mastery of a new level
For instructors
- Plan and arrange your lessons around particular grade levels
- Use the grading program as a rubric for classes
- Give students realistic goals that they can strive for
The grading passport
Get graded
Gradings are currently offered at competitions in the US and will also be offered online later in 2018. See USARS Slalom Skating for the latest info.
The moves
| Grade I | Grade II |
| Fish Snake Backward Snake Crisscross Backward Crisscross Basket weave Nelson Back Nelson Sun |
Crazy Mabrouk Stroll (‘Double Crazy’) Back Stroll (‘Back Double Crazy’) Mega Crab 1 Foot Italian Mexican Crazy Sun |
| Grade III | Grade IV |
|
8 Back 8 X Jumping X 1 Foot Backward Toe Toe Snake Volte Grande Volte Eagle OR Eagle Cross Small Car |
J-Turn Reverse J-Turn Brush Backward Brush Special Heel Toe Back Snake 1 Cone Crazy 1 Cone Double Crazy 1 Cone Back Double Crazy Drift |
| Grade V | Grade VI |
|
Wiper Fan Volte OR Total Cross Swan OR Screw Toe Wheeling (4 cones) Heel Wheeling (4 cones) Crazy Legs 1 of: Rekil / Reverse Rekil / Total Foot / Foot Shift Footgun OR Touch Down |
Other of: Swan OR Screw 2 more of: Rekil / Reverse Rekil / Total Foot Foot Shift 1 of: Wheeling Eagle / Inverted Side Surf Jumping Special 1 of: Back Footgun / Bw Touchdown / Kasakchok / Christie / Deck Chair Back Heel wheeling OR Back Toe Wheeling (4 cones) |
| Grade VII | Grade VIII |
| Other of: Back Heel wheeling OR Back Toe Wheeling Sewing Machine (2 cones) Seven (2 cones) Wheeling Fw-Bw (4 fw – 4 bw) Cobra Chicken Leg (2 rotations) 1 other: Back Footgun / Bw Touchdown / Kasakchok / Christie / Deck Chair |
Seven (4 cones) Wheeling Shift (4 cones) Wheeling Rekil Chicken Toe (2 rotations) Backward Cobra Toe Inverted Eagle OR Butterfly 1 of: Bw Deckchair / Toe Christie / Bw Christie / Back Kazakchok / Footgun Foot Spin |
Resources
