A blog about skating...from the view of an adult skater. Sometimes I'll write about my own skating journey or about my adventures on my Synchronized Skating team. Other times, I'll write about my own observations as the Ice Monitor at the Ice Rink where I skate. And still other times, I'll write about skating in general, Team USA, the Olympics, or other skating. For now, the names of the coaches and students at the Rink are pseudonymns, but if you know my rink, you'll quickly recognize who is who.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Spinnnin and Stuff

Well, first of all, Robin landed her double axel beautifully and numerous times today. It was really awesome to watch it happen and she was so excited. I hope that this shows her that when she works harder she has better results and will encourage her to work more.

I'm finally settling into my skates. I still need to learn how to lace them so that they are tight enough to support me but loose enough that they don't hurt like holyhannahbanana. It's a balane i'm still struggling to find, so I'm working on it. I di dhowever manage to start spinning again today. It's still going to take some work to overcome the bad habits I developed in my other skates, but it's improving.

There is this new adult skater that's starting to skate here regularly and um...I don't like him. He skates really really fast and hogs the ice and I just really don't like it. There's a definite "attitude" about him and i don't like it...not at all. He makes me uncomfortable on the ice and there's just something i can't put my finger on.

But it was another day back at the rink, and it did feel good to skate. :)

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