WALTZ JUMP Figure Skating Over Age 60 : Private Ice ... The Sound of Silence

On The Edge... Again

The last time I skated regularly, you needed 2 pair of skates, a scribe and skated patch. Triple jumps were almost unheard of, so were Bielman spins. Twizzles were only done by ice dancers and Ronald Regan was just elected into office.

Fast Forward 32 years. Starting January 2, 2012, I am back on the ice doing something else that was unheard of .... Adult Figure Skating. We had "coffee club", which was like adult swim, but there was no opportunity for testing or competition.

Update 2021. It has now been 9 years since I began adult skating. I have not competed since 2016 , but my blog is still going. My YouTube channel has over 1.76k subscribers. That’s just crazy!

Friday, May 10, 2013

Private Ice ... The Sound of Silence

I was late to the rink. What a shame. I had the whole ice to myself today. With only 45 minutes left in the session I made good use of it. I turned on my camera early and even though I edited the skating in between .... this video is longer than most. BE WARNED you may fall asleep at the keyboard.

7:14 minutes. Longer than my own attention span.

I did some warm ups, ran through my program for the first time since last July. Way slow and behind the music - which I was not listening to at the time I was skating. I attempted a few new things today. Twizzles and a Camel spin and some potential elements for 2 new programs I hope to put together for competition.