Back Closed Parallel + Swivel 360
Closing the two-movement block: a back closed parallel into a swivel 360, from Junkyu Park's tutorials (Seoul Skaters), with an extra point to untangle it — the back snake as an impulse to find the position.
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Eighth episode of Combos of the Week and the last of a block of four two-movement combos. What were we looking for in this block? To show that if you find two movements with a natural continuity between them and you internalize them as a single one, it will give you the confidence to introduce them into more complex lines or longer combos, without needing to think so much about which movement comes next. Today: a back closed parallel into a swivel 360.
This combo comes from another list of Wizard tutorials I highly recommend: the one by Seoul Skaters, made by Junkyu Park — the tutorial to learn it is in the references. It's a combo that truly fascinates me, and beyond repeating the tutorial, I only want to give an extra point that has helped me while practicing it: how to find that exact point, or the feeling, of how to untangle it.
The back snake, as an initial impulse, helps you enter that back closed parallel position where the foot is going to be a bit more pronounced — more crossed — than in a back closed gazelle. In the back closed gazelle we ride the edge and maybe we don't carry the cross so pronounced; here we do, because we're going to pull to bring out the swivel position, which is where you do your corresponding edges, push and do the 360. Finding those positions tends to be a bit complex, so the recommendation is to introduce a back snake into your practice, which lets you iterate the position and the movement. Later you can enter straight into the back closed parallel on the exit.
Steps
- Check the prerequisites: parallels and gazelles comfortable, and skating backwards with confidence — the whole combo happens in fakie. Watch Junkyu Park's (Seoul Skaters) tutorial in the references first: here only an extra point is added.
- Exercise 1 — Back snake as impulse: skating backwards, put in a back snake. It isn't part of the final combo: it's the tool to iterate the position and the movement.
- Exercise 2 — From the back snake to the back closed parallel: with that impulse, enter the back closed parallel position with the foot a bit more pronounced — more crossed — than in a back closed gazelle. Compare them: in the gazelle you ride the edge and don't carry the cross so pronounced.
- Exercise 3 — Pulling into the swivel position: from the back closed parallel, pull to bring out the swivel position — there you do your corresponding edges, push and do the 360.
- Join everything: back snake, back closed parallel, swivel position, edges, push and 360. When the position is yours, drop the back snake and enter straight into the back closed parallel on the exit.
Common mistakes
- Carrying the cross like in a back closed gazelle: in the back closed parallel the foot goes more pronounced, more crossed, because from there you're going to pull to bring out the swivel.
- Trying to enter directly from the start: finding those positions tends to be complex — the back snake as an initial impulse is what lets you iterate until you find them.
- Doing the 360 without passing through the swivel position: the swivel is where you do your corresponding edges and push; without it, the jump doesn't inherit the rotation.
- Keeping the back snake forever: it's a scaffold. When the position is yours, enter straight into the back closed parallel on the exit.
In one sentence
Back closed parallel into a swivel 360, from Junkyu Park's tutorials (Seoul Skaters). The episode's extra point: use the back snake as an initial impulse to find the back closed parallel position — foot more pronounced, more crossed than in a back closed gazelle —, pull from there into the swivel position, do the edges, push and 360. You iterate with the back snake until the position is yours; then you enter directly.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does this combo come from?
- From another list of Wizard tutorials I highly recommend: the one by Seoul Skaters, made by Junkyu Park. The tutorial to learn it is in the references; the episode only adds an extra point that has helped me while practicing it.
- What is the back snake for if it isn't part of the combo?
- As an initial impulse: it helps you enter the back closed parallel position and lets you iterate the position and the movement. Finding those positions tends to be complex; later you can enter straight into the back closed parallel on the exit.
- How does the back closed parallel differ from a back closed gazelle here?
- In the cross: in the back closed gazelle you ride the edge and don't carry the cross so pronounced. In this back closed parallel the foot goes a bit more pronounced, more crossed, because from there you're going to pull to bring out the swivel position.
Sources
- Wizard Skating — Moves
- Eccentric Inline — Base (Billy Arlew)
- Seoul Skaters (Junkyu Park) — canal
- Seoul Skaters — tutoriales de Wizard (playlist)
The nomenclature of families and variations follows the official source. The drills, progressions and teaching concepts around it are ARCO's own elaboration, created to communicate the ideas.
