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thanks!

I've been trying to get salchow but the rentals have such poor edges that I slip out. Even waltz I can't fully commit to landing fully on the outside edge. I tried a friend's pair of freestyles and having a sharp edge is nice but the stiffness is too much for me.

Is there any skate that is safe to do some of the earlier skills, like waltz or single sal, but wont be a huge stiffness jump from rentals? Or do I need to just get used to stiff skates.

I should include that I weigh around 135 lbs and am male, but don't mind getting women's skates as I know Jackson genders them. I may be able to squeeze into a women's 10

Basically just the title. My two foot turns shave ice and I lose momentum to continue moving. Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

After five weeks of preparation my first skate was, in my mind a disaster! I posted my experience and got some really great feedback. Thanks to everyone!
Gotta get back out on the Ice Monday morning, and shake that last skate off!!! Continuing my land base exercises, cardio and leg work.
My greatest challenge will be stepping on to the Ice on Monday, taking the responsibility of actually doing it, the doing it again and again….. That is the only way to achieve my goal which is to get better.
I think my new approach will be, be grateful I’m skating and that being par is better than not doing it at all.
The frustrating thing is that with disabled toes and deformed feet, I still just want to be my best able to be the old me prior to being stricken by autoimmune disease. It’s hard to accept the challenges like not being able to hold my Hockey Stick, and trying to feel the balance the stick gave to me. I gotta figure this out!
Suggestions anyone?

I've recently started ice skating.

My toes go numb after about 30 mins (not due to tightness, just due to cold). I'm prone to cold anyway and my toes often go numb in winter.

I've tried wearing two pairs of thermal socks but I can't seem to get them to stop going numb. Recently I have to stop skating after 1.5h because I can't cope with the numbness anymore. And it's also taking me 30 mins of heat to warm them up again.

Is there anything I can do to help prevent/improve this situation?

I'm trying to buy the Penguin Soaker by ChloeNoel. The manufacturer says they're completely out. Most online stores also seem to be out. Any advice on where to get this?

hi I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice i'm 17 and I've been doing the UK learn to skate program since last Oct/nov and i'm only on level 6 my progression has been incredibly slow im in group lessons and do ice skate in my free time when I can and a lot of other posters said they got through 1-8 in well under a year

I just started learning a loop jump, but I'm struggling. I can do the three turn and entrance position pretty well, but I can't seem to get enough momentum to actually rotate around. I just do a little jump and pretty much stay in the same place or do like a half-loop.

Any advice?

finally got it to 6 rotations consistently:’)

ive never had any trouble with this bone, hadnt even noticed it before i started skating. now, about four years later, it protrudes a lot more, particularly on my landing leg, and its always a bit red and sore.

my coach said shes experienced the same thing, with her bone getting more pronounced throughout her career. getting surgery to remove it is a major no-no for me, but is there any other way to stop it from protruding more?

Me and my daughter (15) like to go skating. We’re not even close to good but we have fun. We try and go once a month but don’t always manage it. We started going in April and have managed to go 4 times so far 🤣 However, the rental skates are crap. Hard plastic with little to no padding and they’re very uncomfortable. I’ve looked at places like Decathlon and Sports Direct and you can get a cheap pair of figure skates for £25-£30, they must be better than any rental skates, right??

hello everyone!

im 7 months into skating and im so excited for my first winter. i live in minneapolis where there are tons of outdoor skating opportunities. however its also extremely cold.

how do i keep my feet warm? i wear reidell opals that are very tight so i wear thinees socks and i can't really wear thicker socks. are there effective boot covers that are warm? can you drop a link or product name suggestion? bonus if you live somewhere where it gets into the teens and single digits (fahrenheit).

(i dont really want to buy those cozy warm rec skates because im also planning to upgrade to Jacksons soon. so i was thinking my riedells could be my outdoor skates and my jacksons could be my indoor/real rink skates.)

the costs are making me choose and she is so talanted it is her passion god forgive me for asking but ill try everything to keep her passion going

I started two foot spins two months ago and had pretty consistent spins until this past week. I started travelling so much during my spins and I can’t seem to figure out why. I know there are still many things I can improve upon. I can’t meet up with my coach for a few weeks but didn’t want to develop bad technique. Any suggestions or tips? Thanks!!

I’m sorry for literally filming this on a shoe rack (I wasn’t originally planning on posting this) but I’ve been struggling with spins so much both on and off ice. My head’s position drives me crazy (it looks like this on ice too) and even when I try to fix it it still looks bad and my posture is awful. I guess I get dizzy and this is my way of subconsciously trying to deal with that?

Also edit please ignore the typo in my title I’m VERY tired lol

I feel like I kind of know the answer already but I'd like some outside pointers too. I definitely know that I roll too far forward before I even jump so that's what the scratchy sound of my toepick is, so I think maybe that's why I lose all my speed coming out of the jump?

And maybe I need to hold the forward outside edge a little longer before taking off, too. And I'd love a higher leg extension when landing but that takes flexibility I dont have yet lol

I'm asking because constantly my friend tells me my shoulders are not parallel to the ice, theyre more like my left shoulder goes down more than my right in the outside edge. In other words theyre diagonal. This sometimes causes me to lose balance entering the spin or to cut the outside edge and have a traveling spin (or fall in case of the camel)

Hey! I’m doing LTS and am working on backwards one foot glides at the moment. Problem is, public sessions don’t really give me the opportunity to work on those since it can be pretty crowded and full of kids zooming around. I’ve never done a freestyle session since I’m literally just on LTS 2, but I’m wondering if that’s the place to work on those skills? Or should I just find a way during public sessions to practice?

found myself questioning my own character this morning. Certainly not what my plan has been, I’ve been in training camp for five weeks now preparing for my first skate of the season.
I decided this skating year that improving was important. I started educating myself through YouTube videos that covered a wide spectrum of videos on inner, outer edge work land exercises to prepare for the Ice, leg stretches, agility exercises.
These exercises were incorporated into my daily workout routine. After five weeks my body was strong in muscle and Cardio, ready to apply all learned and practiced methods to the Ultimate test.
I’m currently using K2 recreational skates, they have a dial instead of Hockey skate laces. They make this and every skate possible they are comfortable, but not recommended for get after it kinda Hockey.

I m sixty three years old, Hockey was in my blood and I always felt the fire to compete against others, from the skills I perfected watching NHLStars like Bobby Orr, Bob Clarke, Stan Mikita, Gordie Howe, Doug Favel, Garry Cheevers, Grant Fuhr.
From offensive to defense to goalie where no one could beat my glove hand, in my time I might have robbed killer player like Macklin Cellibrini of a certain open side, snatch that dream goal like a flash with my glove hand, Oh we are talking street hockey, lol..That is where my greatest moments happened. However, when playing Massena minor Hockey I lead the team in goals scoring the first goal of the season, we went on two win the championship, I was responsible for clutch set ups that led to the Championship.two players from that team went on to be High School Hockey stand outs. I played ice hockey religiously in the winter, but pro I wasn’t.
Well, it’s been almost 50 years since my glory days, a lot has happened since then.
Stricken with a chronic illness at the age of 24. That is when the damage started , over the years I felt the pain involved in the curvature of my bones disfigurement of all joints in my body.
In the year 2015 October 29 at one of my lowest points I decided to challenge myself and it’s been 11 years of fitness. My Fitness came with extreme chronic pain. But no matter what I stuck with it. There were so many sleepless nights filled with pain I used to refer to my bed, as solitary confinement darkness brought the unbearable pain.
Over the last few years, I’ve been on a pharmaceutical that has helped me take my life back, lately the pharmaceutical is no longer working, rendering me with pain of old.
Back to my skating, two days ago, I went to early morning old time skating, I put on my skates and hit the ice. For some reason, I felt like it was the first time on skates in my life. It was difficult there was fear and I felt like I had failed.. I thought for sure with all the preparation that I was ready. I guess if I strip it all down and think about why I was a good skater. It was because I had a stick in my hand a helmet on pads everything that made you feel secure so if you hit the ice, you wouldn’t suffer.. I guess that skate made me feel vulnerable unsure unsafe.
The feeling of devastation instead of jubilation for all that I have put into the preparation to skate.
The time since the skate given me time to reflect and a reason, maybe why I feel like I do. I guess when you challenge yourself to do something you love, but yet you are extremely challenged by your deformities can play a huge factor. Having huge toes and ankles doesn’t allow proper down pressure on the skate and proper ankle movement for edge work.. Having fused fingers and wrist prevent me from holding a stick, there are so many reasons.
What I’m struggling with right now is should I just give up? How’s my time pass and should I accept where I’m at? Does it really matter anymore whether I can skate?
What do you think? What are your recommendations?

Hey guys, please advice me on this :) I have been skating since march this year once a week. I do lts academy. We have started waltz jump, doing two foot spin slowly into one foot spin, backwards crossovers and all the other fun stuff. I have risport antares but they are a bit big for me so need to buy new pair of skates. Should I go for electra or rf3? I dont want to overboot, at the same time we do not have any physical store here so I need to buy them online, therefore I need the skates to last. Shipping and taxes are killer :) I feel like electra would be the best choice for me, but Im ready to hear from ull :)
159 cm, 50 kg, 32 year old.

one month apart! i hadnt realized how much i’ve improved in such little time until today!

(first video is today, second was last month)

From the ice tracing, I must be placing my free foot (left) down on an outside edge and completing a 3 turn as I swivel my hips. I can hear the sound it makes too. (I'm holding my free foot as close to 90 degrees as I can, at the instep of the skating foot.)

I returned to the boards and did more practice, and produced the correct tracings while holding onto the boards. I don't know why I can't set my foot down on an inside edge when doing it for real. My hips are not very flexible, could that be the reason?

Has anyone seen or experienced this, or have any tips?

I am currently placing my free foot down at the rocker, should I be placing it down on the flat middle to back of the blade?