Wheels and Cartwheels

It's been requested I post my 'signature' trick.

The backwards cartwheel is definitely my go-to whenever I have an audience, because it pretty consistently gets me whoops and cheers, sometimes from people I didn't even realise were watching.
Having said that, it took me a while to realise how cool the trick is, and how few people can actually do it well. For me, it feels pretty natural and I picked it up pretty fast. Which was why it took a young girl skating up to me and grabbing me very excitedly by the shoulders to understand how good the trick is. A conversation which went something like this:

'Oh. My. God.' she was practically shaking me. 'What was that?!'

'A cartwheel... I think?' I said, feeling slightly terrified.

'That. Was. Awesome.' she told me, letting go of my shoulders and skating away.
I don't think I have ever been in as much awe of someone's confidence.

Anyway, a video of the backwards cartwheel is below.