Cross Step help

[fourstringsafury]

I can cross step and pump just fine but it seems to me in videos the pro's can just keep cross stepping on flat land. On flat land I kick a few times to get to speed and I can really only lay 4 or 5 cross steps down before my speed dies. I carve pretty hard from heel to toe, could it be I am carving too hard or does cross stepping generally slow you down?

[Jorelle]

Sigh, I've been wondering this too. Doesn't help that I love to carve fairly hard as I cross step so I cut speed more. Been tinkering around with the idea of a motorized longboard for dancing, lol.
Anyways, subbing to find an answer.

[Cann0n]

It's about rhythm. Don't carve so hard to the point you are cutting speed. Practice wide carving

[akimaveur]

if you carve hard, you lose speed..right?

i dont carve a TON when i cross-step, but just enough to get it down. i could cross-step in the width of two parking spaces (maybe 1 now i think of it) easily. loose trucks will make you carve harder. thats why i keep might in the medium of tight/loose

[Cann0n]

Shouldn't have to tighten your trucks... Assuming you can't pump, try not leaning so hard. You are probably leaning too hard. You sound like you are baking tight U-turn type carves. You won't gain any speed doing those.