Yay me!

monster · 05-02-2007, 05:57 PM

Today I passed my Basic 6 Figure Skating Test.

Here's my badge:

(they don't normally bother giving them to the adults, but I'm a big kid. I took it to the kids' school for show and tell at the office....

xoxoxoBruce · 05-02-2007, 06:00 PM

Yay you... you can brag all summer before you have to back it up, too.

monster · 05-02-2007, 06:11 PM

Yup, last day at the rink

Cloud · 05-02-2007, 07:23 PM

congratulations! those look really hard to do!

monster · 05-02-2007, 10:58 PM

Sorry cloud, but what looks hard? For me it was the inside three-turns that took forever. For most it is the spirals and lunges, but they are a doddle for me -I had them sorted when I was still struggling with backwards one foot glides on Basic 3/4.

Dunno who this is, it'a not me, but I actually have a better spiral than this. But she looks less scared than me, so I bet she rocks at everything else. I'm an advanced beginner.

Ignore the jump -the very first turn on this clip -forwards to backwards- is what I had trouble with (again, it isn't me)

I thnk most of my problems are cause by being ambidextrous. In skating, for each move there is usually one side/turn you are better at. These should be consistent -lefties do it this way, righties do it that...... I just can't make up my mind!

lumberjim · 05-02-2007, 11:06 PM

boy.....those little moves are a big deal? makes you appreciate the pros a little more.

monster · 05-02-2007, 11:11 PM

Well they're a big deal for a beginner. But yes. I certainly appreciate the pros a lot more now. I also criticise them a lot more too

monster · 05-02-2007, 11:13 PM

(still get bored if they haven't fallen or done something spectacular in the first 30 seconds, though -I want to do it, not watch it.....)

Clodfobble · 05-03-2007, 08:32 AM

Congrats, monster. I suck at ice skating, so I'm really impressed!

bbro · 05-03-2007, 09:08 AM

Congratulations! I can't even stop when I am on skates let alone do all that stuff!

elSicomoro · 05-03-2007, 09:38 AM

Way to go, monster!

monster · 05-03-2007, 09:09 PM

Thanks all. When I started taking classes six years ago, I couldn't stop or go backwards. I'm still not too hot on the stopping from speed. Which is another of my problems -like riding a bike, the speed gives you balance for the moves, but I'm scared to go too fast in case I can't stop. So I go too slow and wobble off my edges. So to speak.

05-02-2007, 05:57 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yay me! Today I passed my Basic 6 Figure Skating Test. Here's my badge: (they don't normally bother giving them to the adults, but I'm a big kid. I took it to the kids' school for show and tell at the office.... Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-02-2007, 06:00 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yay you... you can brag all summer before you have to back it up, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-02-2007, 06:11 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yup, last day at the rink __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-02-2007, 07:23 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	congratulations! those look really hard to do! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-02-2007, 10:58 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sorry cloud, but what looks hard? For me it was the inside three-turns that took forever. For most it is the spirals and lunges, but they are a doddle for me -I had them sorted when I was still struggling with backwards one foot glides on Basic 3/4. Dunno who this is, it'a not me, but I actually have a better spiral than this. But she looks less scared than me, so I bet she rocks at everything else. I'm an advanced beginner. Ignore the jump -the very first turn on this clip -forwards to backwards- is what I had trouble with (again, it isn't me) I thnk most of my problems are cause by being ambidextrous. In skating, for each move there is usually one side/turn you are better at. These should be consistent -lefties do it this way, righties do it that...... I just can't make up my mind! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-02-2007, 11:06 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	boy.....those little moves are a big deal? makes you appreciate the pros a little more. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-02-2007, 11:11 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well they're a big deal for a beginner. But yes. I certainly appreciate the pros a lot more now. I also criticise them a lot more too __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-02-2007, 11:13 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(still get bored if they haven't fallen or done something spectacular in the first 30 seconds, though -I want to do it, not watch it.....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-03-2007, 08:32 AM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Congrats, monster. I suck at ice skating, so I'm really impressed!

05-03-2007, 09:08 AM	#10
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Congratulations! I can't even stop when I am on skates let alone do all that stuff!

05-03-2007, 09:38 AM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Way to go, monster!

05-03-2007, 09:09 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks all. When I started taking classes six years ago, I couldn't stop or go backwards. I'm still not too hot on the stopping from speed. Which is another of my problems -like riding a bike, the speed gives you balance for the moves, but I'm scared to go too fast in case I can't stop. So I go too slow and wobble off my edges. So to speak. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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