I passed! - Page 4

Pico and ME · 10-28-2010, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

No, I just don't want to trash my good blades on the rough ice. I need skates I don't pay so much money for!

Oh, I guess I cant blame my concussion on the skates then...darn.

monster · 10-28-2010, 11:32 AM

I pay $20 for a sharpen (and I'm a skinflint, so trust me, it's the going rate...), and a bad rock might even render them unfixable.

monster · 10-28-2010, 11:42 AM

maybe they weren't sharp enough, or you weren't wearing a helmet?

Pico and ME · 10-28-2010, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

maybe they weren't sharp enough, or you weren't wearing a helmet?

LOL, definitely no helmet...this was 1978, for god's sake

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I was practicing figure 8's and boom, I fell backwards....and my big head hit first.

skysidhe · 10-29-2010, 03:11 PM

I always wanted to ice skate but I would be Basic - 1. falling down and not getting back up.

DanaC · 10-29-2010, 07:12 PM

Awesomesauce! Well done that Monster!

I did a bit of ice skating as a kid. My bezzie mate and I went every other Saturday to the Nevada Ice Rink in Bolton - which a few years later mysteriously burned down when the business was in trouble:p

Loved it but never got beyond the basics of staying upright and moving round at a respectable speed.

monster · 11-13-2010, 11:44 AM

It missed the gang of asshole 10 year old boys with the frames designed for the toddlers to skate with, hooning round the ice at 50mph with no gloves or helmets.

And the three 13 year old boys who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, still believe it must be possible to skate with your waistband around your knees and skates four sizes too big and completely unlaced. Yup, I really to see them, every public skate. nope, they really can't skate like that. nope, they don't learn. they fall over a few times then give up and get popcorn from the concession stand

monster · 11-03-2011, 05:28 PM

I passed Free Skate 3 yesterday. You can extrapolate from 1 and 2 to get a visual, so I'm not going to faff about taking a pic

but I passed!

just. i had two thngs left and I kinda scraped through them.

Free Skate 4 is never gonna happen though -I passed half of it yesterday, and the other half involves complete rotation jumps -the kind they actually do in the Olympics (albeit usually with 2 or three rotations) and my instructor says people my age shouldn't be trying to jump (which of course means I'm going to try....)

10-28-2010, 11:32 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I pay $20 for a sharpen (and I'm a skinflint, so trust me, it's the going rate...), and a bad rock might even render them unfixable. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-28-2010, 11:42 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	maybe they weren't sharp enough, or you weren't wearing a helmet? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-13-2010, 11:44 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It missed the gang of asshole 10 year old boys with the frames designed for the toddlers to skate with, hooning round the ice at 50mph with no gloves or helmets. And the three 13 year old boys who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, still believe it must be possible to skate with your waistband around your knees and skates four sizes too big and completely unlaced. Yup, I really to see them, every public skate. nope, they really can't skate like that. nope, they don't learn. they fall over a few times then give up and get popcorn from the concession stand __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-03-2011, 05:28 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I passed Free Skate 3 yesterday. You can extrapolate from 1 and 2 to get a visual, so I'm not going to faff about taking a pic but I passed! just. i had two thngs left and I kinda scraped through them. Free Skate 4 is never gonna happen though -I passed half of it yesterday, and the other half involves complete rotation jumps -the kind they actually do in the Olympics (albeit usually with 2 or three rotations) and my instructor says people my age shouldn't be trying to jump (which of course means I'm going to try....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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10-29-2010, 03:11 PM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I always wanted to ice skate but I would be Basic - 1. falling down and not getting back up.

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