They sure don’t make ’em like they used to…
September 25, 2011
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.
Tag: skating
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part VI (Or The Importance of a Properly Adjusted Pivot Pin)
September 14, 2011
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)
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part V
August 31, 2011
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
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part IV
August 24, 2011
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
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part III
August 21, 2011
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
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part II
August 18, 2011
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
Fancy Italian Footwear, Part I
August 16, 2011
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
Fabric Therapy
August 14, 2011
So those Burda September designs were really depressing. Also, depressing: the August issue hasn’t arrived yet, so I will have to wait until the mail starts up again Monday. Sigh. I was a little bit depressed over this, so I bought fabric. Or, well, my mom bought fabric for me (yay mom!). My mother is … More Fabric Therapy
2011 National Championships – Event Results
August 8, 2011
The event results for the 2011 National Roller Skating Championships have been posted here. The results include ALL placements from ALL events, not just the medal winners or finalists. The last event has just finished and another skating season has ended for the skaters not continuing on to the Pan American Games in October or the … More 2011 National Championships – Event Results
Completion Satisfaction
August 3, 2011
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
Doctor T Designs 