Ok, as promised, here are some pictures of my new-new skates: Pretty Harlick boots Roll Line Giotto Plate Shiny new Roll Line Giotto wheels. I have been able to wear them a few times and so far I really like my new vice grips on wheels figure skates. Ok, I kid. But not really. Anyone who … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part VII
I was wasting time looking stuff up on YouTube and happened to run across some of these old videos of world class pairs skaters from the early 80’s. Stunning.
A few weeks ago the diamond planet (Spectra!) was found. Today, a news blurb about a Tatooine-like planet orbiting binary stars. Now we need to find Hoth and the Moon of Endor…
Ok, so I wasn’t planning on more skating updates, but there have been some interesting recent developments. Somehow with skating “interesting” often develops into “expensive” but it has been a while since I have updated equipment, so I suppose that was to be expected? In any case, you can read about Part I, Part II, Part III, … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part VI (Or The Importance of a Properly Adjusted Pivot Pin)
Ok, so this may be the last skating update for a while. I wore the yellow rubber upper/blue urethane lower cushions for a week, but by the end decided I didn’t really like it all that well, at least not for the big figures. Whereas the all urethane felt fairly stable on the large figures, … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part V
I don’t know how many of you have read this news blurb about the newly discovered diamond planet, but to those of us who watched Rainbow Bright and the Star Stealer religiously as children, this comes as no surprise. Now we just have to be on the lookout for evil princesses who want to keep the sparkly for themselves…. … More Real Life Spectra!
Ok, so I switched out the figure cushions for the yellow rubber top/blue urethane bottom. Rubber/urethane combo. This was actually quite an interesting experiment. It gave the skates a feeling of stability a bit more like my old skates, but still had the responsiveness of the new skates. It almost felt like the yellow rubber … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part IV
Ok, so I am really starting to like my new equipment. It still takes me a while to get settled into them (they don’t feel quite natural yet), but I think overall in the lessons today they performed pretty well. After two more sessions on the figure skates, they are starting to feel a bit … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part III
Ok, so I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to practice on my new skates the day after they were mounted. This is good, because it gives me a week of adjustment period before I have any more lessons, so I can hopefully get them somewhat stable, if not actually completely correct, in terms … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part II
When I had originally started this blog, I was intending to mostly post about my adventures in sewing, with occasional updates and news posts about the goings on of the artistic skating world, and a few book reviews. I had not planned on detailing my daily or weekly triumphs and tribulations at the rink. Honestly … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part I
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