skater secret #1: at some point you have such a precise, reliable, early feel of balance, when your center of gravity is just slightly off, you just do a gyroscopic movement with your arm at the earliest possibility and this is enough to push your gravitational orbit back into alignment which prevents you from falling.
skater secret #2: at some time after you have mastered the basics enough to try some more risky stuff (and this is the worst danger: overconfidence; trying the risky stuff too early into your journey) you notice that whenever something happens that require concentration or else you die, time slows down. i've had a few catastrophic falls but because time slowed down, i was able to react perfectly and dampen what would have otherwise be life-altering injury. not only does time slow down when quick reaction are necessary
skater secret #3: there is almost always a way in which you can fall that will not hurt you. there is always something you can do to save your self and dampen the fall. you understand the direction, the vector of the fall and use your entire body to get ready for it in the least harmful way. your body has lots of ways to become a suspension and dampen whatever missfortunate fall you happen to be in, of course this is easy once you know about time slowing down when needed.
skater secret #4: pockets of time. once you know about time slowing down and and thus fear of falling leaves the equation, you notice that there are tons of things you thought you have to do quick, where you actually have like half a second more time and can theoretically wait. and then when you do it, when you wait, you find the rare movements. not only does time slow down when needed, you can kind of bend time slightly, bend it like goo, the way you could stretch out a chewing gum. at this point your range of movement is so different that women not only chase you when you skate, when you are done skating and walk home your muscles are all warm and relaxed, you walk around in a way that implies you know what you are doing and it becomes apparent just from watching you walk how much of the hidden stuff you know.
