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Cess slides

January 11, 2004

Cess slides are grinding on top of a flat surface without any edges – you just slide your boots on the surface – could be the asfalt or the middle of a curb where you're sliding from one side to the other.

The trick has also been called a "powerslide". But since that originates from the skateboard term "powerslide", I've chosen to stick with the rollerblading term.

Cess slides were originally only done in royale position. In the past few years, people have taken this further to do cess slides in normal grind positions. Popular ones are toppornstar cess slide, fishbrain cess slides, unity cess slides, etc. Notice that these are topside terms – that is because you need to get as low with your boot to touch the surface as you would in a topside grind. Other popular cess slides are the fahrvergnugen and torque cess slides.

In the cess slide, you slide on your frame and boot at the same time – sliding on both at the same time helps you keep the balance.

Being able to do a cess slide or not shows how comfortable you are in your royale and fahvergnugen tricks. When you do a cess slide you have all your balance on the "backsliding", "torque'ing", or "souling" foot. So if you do a royale cess slide, you will have all your balance on the back foot – the backslide foot. The front foot will just help you keep the balance – but you shouldn't place your weight on it.

So since you have to put your weight on this foot, it would be a good idea to learn these grinds first: Backslide, torque, fishbrain, alleyoop fishbrain. When you can do these tricks, cess slides will not be a problem for you.

You can also do unity and savannah cess slides (basicly – you can do all grinds as a cess slide). When doing unity and savannah cess slides, you'll have to keep your weight more centered.

When you can do a royale on a ledge, try to lean into the ledge so that you slide on top of it. When you can do this – you've got the cess slide in your trick vocabulary.

Variations of the cess slides includes doing switchups – for instance fishbrain cess slide to royale cess slide. Even more popular is rotating while doing the cess slide – for instance starting in royale cess slide and rotating 720 degrees in the same position.

Have fun!

Comments

Avatar Danny Gable 0 post(s)

These are really cool to do little transfers from one obstacle to another. For Example: Royale a curb/ledge then slide onto the top of the curb (cess sliding), then jump onto a rail. Fun Fun Fun! :D

 
Avatar Chris Martz 0 post(s)

Do you need lots of wax to cess slide…. cuz i cant seem to get one in

 
Avatar Danny Gable 0 post(s)

I always use lots of wax…it's also easier to jump onto sumthing and cess than it is to do it on flat ground

 
Avatar Dimitri Enge... 0 post(s)

It's also easier to learn on slick surfaces like marble, granite, tiles or heavily painted concrete.

 
Avatar kyle luntz 0 post(s)

i learned on my wooden deck, and one way to know if ur doin it right is if u have hardshelled blades, then the side of them will be either really scratched, or really glazd depending on the surface.

 
Avatar steven slaug... 0 post(s)

i disagree with the guy who wrote this tip. i think it would be easier to learn a cess slide first and then go into the grinds because it gets you used to sliding in the royale position.

 
Avatar Kevin Parsons 0 post(s)

WAX GOOD:)

 
Avatar Cody Collins 0 post(s)

how do u rotate i sorta got it on the unity cess by turning my head and my body followed but is there some other way,i try spinning my body with it but it doesnt work.:(

 
Avatar steven slaug... 0 post(s)

u only have to rotate 90 degrees for a cess slide so you just need to turn ur shoulders and turn ur legs with them. all rotation happens with ur upper body. if u can do a 180 a cess slide will be easy to get into.

 
Avatar dustin sheppard 0 post(s)

yeah i been skating a week and i got em pretty easily i learned mine up a 3 set just be confident and not scared use alot of wax my biggets thing was not being confident i wouldnt fall

 
Avatar Keith Doe 0 post(s)

those look fun i should try one at tha park :D

 
Avatar Keith Doe 0 post(s)

didnt really get one but thats ok

 
Avatar jonathan aglen 0 post(s)

i hate it:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

 
Avatar clinton taylor 0 post(s)

doin nugen cess slides are like right up there with stylely tricks.. way cool to do!! one of my faves that gets noticed too is doin a sacked out rocket fishbrain cess slides.. i dont care whats old new blah blah blah.. B)

 
Avatar christian an... 0 post(s)

:D use lots of wax :D

 
Avatar KrayzieCaesar 10 post(s)

keep your feet about shoulder width apart, and make sure that most of your weight is on your back foot. helps if your back foot stays under your ass too.

 
Avatar jesse clark 0 post(s)

cess slide kick ass! i fucking love to toppornstar cess slide down a pyramid…fucking slide like hell

 
Avatar ben iburg 0 post(s)

how do you cess a flat surface?

 
Avatar ya ok 0 post(s)

wax not good:(

 
Avatar taylor stibbe 0 post(s)

dude how do you do cess slides whenever i try i just fall right on my face i play hockey and its the same thing y cant i do it on agroskates?:(

 
Avatar Marcel Dijk 0 post(s)

Because with hockey you do it on your wheels on agro you need to slide on your soulplates.

 
Avatar wouter noerens 0 post(s)

very stylish trics!awesome when you can do them 360 while sliding or 540 ,720

 
Avatar sohen yamachen 0 post(s)

i can never do a royale and i dont kno y i guess i lean back too far

 
Avatar sohen yamachen 0 post(s)

i dont kno how to do the spins do spin then go into cess sliding

 
Avatar sohen yamachen 0 post(s)

damn those are fuckin hard when i do a royale i fall and i bend all the way down:(

 
Avatar bryce gaudreau 0 post(s)

go goddam fast, lean forward, and get your knees bent way the hell over, and keep your skate skinda loose

 
Avatar marlo 0 post(s)

hmm.. i feel like this'll tear my boots up. Im gonna try to find a surface flat/smooth enough to practice this. That, or use a bunch of wax.

 
Avatar anthony camp... 0 post(s)

you are hella gay marlo if u were a true skater u wouldnt care abotu tearing your boots up your a woman stop skating

 
Avatar Allan Smith 0 post(s)

i used to think about messing up my skates then realized nobody has nice looking skates after a while of using them, so gave up on that… agro skates are made for it. and by the way, samtheman, thanks to you, the screens messed up. heh heh…

 
Avatar marlo 0 post(s)

btw. i am a woman.

 
Avatar Edward Poole 0 post(s)

how the hell do u do royal cess slides i just fall

 
Avatar scrappy 13 post(s)

I only Cess on my K2 '03 Fatties. Yeah like I'm Gonna go for a 7 second slide on the skins of my $300.00 Remz 06'2s. You gotta be fricken crazy. And I'll keep my S6s on their wheels.

 
Avatar joe lightfoot 0 post(s)

thay are so fun like big bum lmfaoB);):(:D:)

 
Avatar Olii Pinn 0 post(s)

i do savannah cess slides,

cuz negative side of my boot isnt very big

 
Avatar Tillman Scha... 0 post(s)

loosen up a bit. And howd you get 300 dollar remz?

 
Avatar Marcus Mock 0 post(s)

Check it out for yourselfs!B)

www.rollerblading.com.au/images/vertx/2810001107scottcrawford-ces-slide.MPG
 
Avatar Devon Thomas 0 post(s)

dude, cess are easy, i dont know what u guys are talkin bout. " i keep falling" " i dont know what to do"

i did my first cess when i was 11 , right after i learned royale in 20 minutes

 
Avatar marlo 0 post(s)

uh.. actually no. im just not made of money like a bunch of the wusses that go out and tear their shit up on crete do cess slides. Its a great looking trick tough. and trs , what are you a 13 year old? grow up poser.

 
Avatar sam pierog 0 post(s)

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Avatar corey douglas 0 post(s)

dude lots of wax and try doin a ufo cess spin its really hard and fun

 
Avatar wouter noerens 0 post(s)

i didn't use any wax at all! I was just going out to skate on the vert(steel) when it started raining the vert was so slippy that i did an awesome faceplant.That's when i figured that it could be an advantage! so if there's a steel vert near you and it rained GO OUT AND TRY IT!

at first it didn't work well but you just have to find your balance and don't be afraid!

hope his helps someone! greetz:D

 
Avatar ert ert 0 post(s)

by enough wax cus you need it!!!:)

 
Avatar Dean Richards 0 post(s)

jim the cess slide king owns

 
Avatar Nic Hunt 0 post(s)

Alright for those who dont understand how to do this (not people who cant, but people who dont understand what you do..) Slide across the ground sitting indian style on your blades. Like a grind with an invisible rail, sliding on the side of your souls. Jump onto some marble in indian position. You sllliiideeee.. That's cess.

 
Avatar chris anthony 2 0 post(s)

how do i cess slide??? every time i do it i just fall on my side????

 
Avatar Kevin Houser 0 post(s)

for clarity purposes:

"Cess slide" typically refers to "royale cess slide" but can also mean others, such as farf, torque, backslide, unity, savannah, pornstar, etc.

It's sliding on the sides of your souls and frames on a flat surface. DO NOT let your wheels touch the surface while sliding, otherwise you will find yourself sticking and receiving a concussion like I did when I was learning them.

I learned them without wax. Wax will always help you slide further and faster. It will also save your skates some damage. Cessing doesnt need wax on reasonably slick surfaces. To eliminiate wheels sticking, crouch down more. This will make your feet want to bend more.

learn on flat ground or something tall. flat ground = easiest but pretty painful to fall on. something tall = safer to fall on

 
Avatar Timmy Smith 0 post(s)

so what the hell is this… u slide ur wheels or accross are u facing forward or sideward.. i know how to like manual and shit or idk get this!

 
Avatar _Skater_For_... 225 post(s)

how do you slide i cant get it pleasse help

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