Well, when I started on this merry journey, I hadn’t planned on making it a 10-part post, but I guess that’s how long it took. I FINALLY have a happy combination in my loop skates that has lasted me more than a few days of practice, and on multiple floor conditions. After about two days … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part X
Well, the new season is officially underway, as our first local meet just happend this past weekend. I was interested in seeing how things went with the new skates, and overall I felt it went pretty nicely: I skated two dance events, three figure events, and one loop event. I did have a fall in … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part IX
Ok, so there were a lot of proposed changes up for the 2011-2012 USARS skating season. While the new official rule book isn’t out yet, and, indeed, even the official announcement of the dances and figures haven’t been posted, I was able to find the requirements posted to the North East regional website (opens to … More Newsflash – 2011-2012 Skating Dances and Figures Announced (Sort Of)
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
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
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
As may or may not have been obvious by all of the old sewing project posts, I haven’t been doing a lot of sewing lately. Mainly, this is due to the fact that I was at the Nationals in Fort Wayne for a week! My skating was not so good, but the rest of the … More Completion Satisfaction
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