One year progress! My first year of figure skating: 36 year old beginner adult (w/a few more clips.)

After skating here and there on ponds as a child, which I hardly recall doing, and once at a rink in Montreal, I saw some inspiring skaters in person and on YouTube at the Bryant Park rink in November or December 2020. In January 2021 a municipal pond reopened nearby after more than 30 years absence, and I bought some skates to try it out…

I LOVED the feeling of skating and spent every hour I could at the pond. Covid restrictions had shuttered most rink skating options, but I was able to sign up for a Learn to Skate class in the spring at one of the nearest rinks, an hour from home. Frustratingly, the half hour class and half hour practice time was the only ice time I had each week, thanks to Covid. Well, at least the class was happening! At the last session I had made it through adult LTS level 3, ready to start at 4 if I stayed in NY. But…

We moved to Europe about a week after the last spring LTS class, and I spent some time in June getting used to the ice again. Thankfully a rink was easy to get to! I noticed a coach who seemed very skilled and also lighthearted and pleasant while instructing, and one day I approached him about lessons. Since mid July I have had at least one lesson a week, and I skate at least five days a week for and hour and a half, usually.

Here are clips that show my progress in the span of a year!
I have a lot to work on, but I am really pleased to be tackling cross rolls, Mohawks, and all kinds of things that seemed impossible at first. 3 turns are the thing I least enjoy working on and struggle the most with, but I am plugging along with all kinds of stuff and hope to see some cool skills coming together after another year in 2023. :)
I actually posted a slightly shorter version of this last night but had a lesson today and decided to add a bunch of clips since Coach Awesome had me try a lot of new things out.

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