Cool thanks. I'll check out that level of blade. I'm looking at it as exercise rather than any extreme stuff. I've had enough broken bones without anymore. I live right near paved foot/blade/bike path which leads to a series of paved trails near the SF Bay, so I have plenty of areas to go w/o worrying about crazy car drivers.
Yes the foot-dragging I guess would be called T-stops for bladers, but T-stops on ice involve a very different technique, so I wasn't sure if the term was used the same way. The back skate is snug up against the forward skate in a 'T', and you lean backwards slightly to get the *outside* edge of the back skate to dig into the ice. It's unnerving till you get the hang of it. :D
I'm used to doing hockey stops, but have bladed before, so I think the regular brakes will work just fine.
I've always wondered how you all do that. *LOL* I've seen bladers (inline hockey players) use the same technique on concrete rinks, but I have never worked up the nerve to seriously try it myself. :-]