Stopping was indeed difficult, as was learning to skate backward.
I was impressed by how well he was learning to skate backward, anyway.
He turned around and began to skate clumsily backward.
Then he'd reached for her hands, skating backward so fast she felt like she was falling to earth.
Then he was away, skating backward into the distance, head bobbing and hands waving cheerfully.
He had turned around to deliver this advice, skating backward.
Skating backward in front of her, he smiled and praised her skill.
The two, warming up and skating backward, had collided.
Win or lose, we are not going to do it by skating backward.'
The twist lift movement starts with both skaters skating backward.