Skating video

[icepixie]

Several of you have asked, and finally I am in a position to provide video of my skating. Below is a five-minute compilation of the most interesting bits of my practice this morning.

Some things to note before watching:

1. Apparently my knee bend decided to take a vacation without me. I swear, usually I bend my knees more than this. When my coach reminds me to, anyway.

2. I'm not sure practice clothes are flattering on anyone, but mine are definitely of the "what do I have lying around the house that's warm?" and "what can I buy for this but repurpose for other things to save money?" variety, so...yeah. I'm not there to look pretty, I'm there to work.

2a. My recent haircut has been trying, to say the least. Please ignore the fact that I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards.

3. My mother, who filmed this, says that it looks like I'm going slower than I was because she was tracking me with the camera. I'm going to take her word for it, because I certainly felt like I was flying.

"Skating Practice - April 11, 2014" (Watch on YouTube)

Contents

• Forward pivot


• Back outside pivot


• Forward inside edges (part of the Pre-Bronze moves test, and obviously my best set of edges)


• Forward outside edges


• Back outside edges


• (The less said about my back inside edges right now, the better)


• Power pulls (on my less-good leg, actually, woo!)


• Something that was meant to be a spread eagle, but has too much knee bend


• Ina Bauer


• Forward outside three turns


• Two foot spin


• Impromptu combination: Forward crossover, mohawk, half-hearted back crossovers (sorry), waltz jump (blink and you'll miss it; I thought I was jumping pretty high but obviously not), forward crossover)


• Cross rolls


• Back half of a crossover eight (back crossovers, basically, along with a mohawk at the beginning where my expression all but screams "OH GOD OH GOD GOING TOO FAST FOR A MOHAWK"; I should work on that)


• T-stop


• Waltz Eight (where I actually do the three turns and make an eight shape, woooo!)


• Lunge


• Spirals (yessssss, my leg's at hip height...on the left foot, anyway)

No time for video? Have several blurry stills to get the general flavor:








Sigh. Wall spirals are so much easier than the real thing.

Also, I discovered a couple pictures of the holiday show that I'm not too ashamed to have out in public.



I didn't quite burn that costume afterward, but I came very close. The hemline going across my boobs is noooot flattering.



On the other hand, I had plenty of company. We should've had a bonfire after the show.

Comments

[jae]

You look great! Really at home on that ice (and so strong!).

-J

[icepixie]

Thank you! :)