One thing I’d recommend to ANYONE, of any skill level, is to learn how to shoulder roll:
I learnt this whilst doing ju jitsu and have not since fucked my wrists, ever. Most skaters do not know how to fall forwards properly, they just use their wrists to break their fall. This technique means you roll up, along your forearm and across your back, and pop up back onto your feet, rather than skidding on hands and knees and injuring your wrists.
After learning this I’ve not since hurt my wrists or skinned a knee in 20 years.
Same for falling backwards:
It would help you massively to get the muscle memory for doing this before you start as it stops you whiplashing and cracking your head on the floor if you fall back.
Both techniques look a bit over the top if you’re only going slow (is mostly applicable for street skating) and people have taken the piss out of me before but fuck it, have had no injured wrists or head lumps in last 20 years!
