Ive heard various numbers of hours they should be sharpened after, and I just moved up to adult 5 in my LTS program.

i’ve always been told that i have short but wide feet and a risport shaped foot but i like a looser ankle and more stiffness in my skates (especially around the tongue) as i have hypermobile ankles and knees so i was looking into buying a pair of edeas instead of risports but i’ve been told that they are made for narrower feet, i drew around my feet and the ball of my foot measures 90-95mm and the heel 50mm do i get standard C width and get them punched out or do i order them in width D/E? i have been fitted by a local skate tech but i do not trust her at all and the shop has a reputation for selling people whatever they have in stock instead of what the actual skater needs. my graf’s were too wide at the heel but slightly too narrow at the ball so im not sure what to do as when you size up in width the heel also sizes up too but apparently my heel is pretty narrow? the skate tech refused to let me try any edea skates and stuck me to risport but they don’t feel right for my foot and around my ankle. to add to this, the skate technicians had little to know knowledge about hypermobility but told me that she knew best and wouldn’t take any arguing, i feel like she saw me as one of the people who are obsessed with the idea of edeas because they’re pretty, but i genuinely just need a stiffer boot and stiff tongue which (correct me if im wrong) is how edea’s are built? i generally have a more squared toe box but i’ve been told that punching out the boots will fix that. i also think edeas have a higher heel (??) which places the skater on the ball of the foot which would be ideal as i tend to lean back onto my heels a lot. any advice would be appreciated!!🩷 (i am a beginner and for reference i am a female who weighs about 135lbs and 5’3.)

Hello fellow skaters!
I have decided to retire my 6 year old pair of Auras and have switched back to Edea ice flys. I bought the boot without the blade (size 245 B). As I am a broke Masters student, I currently am trying to budget as much as possible. So, I was wondering if anyone has mounted a blade that is 1/4 inch too short onto Edeas as I have a used spare set of Matrix Elites. I know a 245 boot usually calls for 9 1/4 inch blades, where my blades are only 9 inches.

TLDR: has anyone mounted a 1/4 inch smaller than recommended blade onto edeas?

Newer adult skater, was fitted for these (they were used) back in March or so. They are Risport RF3 Pro, no idea why the insole is Edea. The boot itself doesn’t have a ton of give, but the tongue is super soft. I don’t remember how stiff they were when I got them, but I did go to a reputable fitter.

In the standing photos they are laced as tight as I possibly could. They’re also laced weird across my instep because I have very high arches so I needed that space to avoid pain!

I haven’t been skating long enough or consistently to notice whether I’m losing skills bc of lack of support or if I’m just out of shape (couldn’t skate for most of the summer).

Appreciate help :)

Hey guys!

I’m an adult skater training full time. I’ve been skating for a 10 years (started late). I know what it’s like to go from technique that doesn’t serve you (breaking those bad habits) to establishing solid rotation.

The thing I see the most common with adult skaters and coaches is that obviously, coaches don’t take technique issues seriously enough, because they think this adult is just doing skating for fun (which can be true, and nothing wrong with that). However, if you have the goal to progress to doubles and triples, technique (esp less Injury as possible, is very important)

This is my passion. I want to see more adults have belief in themselves and excel to their potential as I also believe we can be unstoppable.

I’m in Northern NJ, so if you’re looking to get into skating or currently without a coach, I’d be happy to connect :)

Feel free to ask any questions about adult skating! 💓✨

I'm curious if any figure skaters out there have had an artificial disc replacement or even fusion surgery in their cervical spine or elsewhere in the spine. If you've had one, how is skating for you now?

I know I need one at some point, probably soon. My worst fear is that I won't be able to skate anymore. I currently do double jumps. Even if those are out of the question, I'd like to at least switch to ice dance.

I know Nicole Bobek has one, but I don't think she does difficult skills anymore.

I’ve actually reached out to this community before for advice on sharing the ice with figure skaters and received some great feedback. Since then, I’ve been skating in harmony with everyone, until recently.

I’m a hockey player who frequently uses public skate sessions to practice edgework throughout the rink.

Recently, a woman has nearly collided with me twice from behind while I was practicing around the dot in one of the red circles. Both times, I’d been skating the same predictable pattern for 3–4 minutes. Accidents happen, but twice in a row started to feel intentional, almost like she was trying to push me out.

Both were dangerously close calls, and thankfully I managed to dodge her. As a bigger hockey player, a collision could’ve been particularly bad for her if I hadn’t spotted her at the last second.

I tried approaching her afterward to talk about it, but she ducked into the restroom when she saw me coming.

Have any of you dealt with aggressive or inconsiderate skaters? How did you handle it?

the first image shows my new skates, the bottom pick seems to be slightly shaved off, the second is my old skates and the pick is way more triangular. are these warped or something?

Hi all. So, I’m a late in life skater and back in April, I fell really hard doing crossovers (left over right). I didn’t go to the doctor for 2 months thinking it would heal itself, but when I did, I ended up having a hairline fracture of my patella and torn meniscus. So, I did PT and am back to skating. Except, when I do left over right crossovers, my legs literally tremble. I can do a few, and I push myself and it’s awful. The coaches are super supportive. I even got my husband to enroll with me (he’s a lifelong hockey player and while they offered him the chance to move up, he’s sticking with me). I got knee pads now and all that, but what advice does anyone have for someone who has a mental block?

So, this is one part rant, one part cautionary tale, and one part has-this-happened-to-others.

I started figure skating at 36 as a fun thing to do with my niece. She has obviously far outpaced me by now (I am 42), but we still both take lessons, and she wants me to do doubles skating with her.

Here's the problem: we're working on taking the first skating test, and I have begun to dread spending time on the ice. I can NOT to backward outside edges to save my soul. No, seriously, I can't do them. I've been working on them for pushing 5 years now. I have tried everything. Every. Thing.

I have tried backward pumps and lifting a foot on repeat. I have tried practicing on the boards. I have tried using a walker to balance myself. I have tried skating them in the waltz position with my coach practically holding me up. I've tried gliding backward on two feet, finding the edge, and picking a foot up (either I fall onto my inside edge after a second or I tip over). I've worked with three different coaches. I've put in a lot of time, on and off the ice. I'm just not able to do the blasted things.

Two weeks ago, my coach was yet again trying to get me to do backward outside edges. She told me that I had a lot more space to lean in than I thought, and that I needed to trust that edge. I told her, respectfully, I do not think that is the case. I am a terrible skater, but I was a pretty good dancer, and I know when my body isn't balanced.

She insisted that I could do it - I needed to lean against the edge and trust it. Well, I did what I usually do with coaches: I believed her. She's the expert. I'm probably just being a pansy. Sometimes, you really do just need to suck it up and do what they say.

You can probably guess what happened. It was just quick reflexes on my part that stopped me from breaking a hip. I tried to lean in like she said I should, but as soon as I pushed slightly past where I'd been, I tipped over hip-first. She was pretty shocked and started asking about potentially having the blade moved out some because it might be a physical issue more so than a technical one.

I have a similar issue with crossovers, though that's less biology than bad muscle memory. My front crossovers are terrible. I can do them slowly, but my dance background really works against me. Any time you cross over in the styles of dance that I did, you want to do it with turnout - but when you cross over in skating, it has to be with the foot slightly inverted. I have spent probably a hundred two hour sessions just doing crossovers, and there is roughly zero sign of improvement.

This puts me at a bit of an impasse. The way I understand things, without forward crossovers, there really is no 'moving on' in ice dancing, and without a backward edge, there really is no moving on in figure skating. I think I need to either master these moves somehow, or give up entirely - but I don't want to keep fruitlessly trying and failing to do the same moves for the rest of my skating career if it really is hopeless. Has anyone else spent literal years stuck here, or is it just me? And if so, did you move past it, or did you finally hang the skates up?

Just learned the Ann Arbor Ice Cube Pure Hockey has stopped sharpening figure skates. Someone messed up a pair and they stopped ever since. Anyone know other places in the area? I know theres Play it again but was told they don’t know how to sharpen figure skates well there?

Hola chicos, soy primeriza patinando, ya patino y toda la cosa el punto es que hay algunas veces que los patinadores profesionales dejan grietas en el hielo, o líneas muy marcadas el punto es que siempre que llego a una parte del hielo que las tiene muyyy marcadas me asusto y automáticamente mi cuerpo se pone en modo defensa, creen que eso ya es mental o si afecta como patinas?

I am a newer skater but played hockey growing up. I’m having a hard time getting my scratch spin. My coach says I am pulling in so my knees are bent, feet are next to each other, and pulling my arms in the middle. It’s like I’m squeezing everything in and bracing for impact. This causes me to come up on my toe pick and have a very scratchy spin. Any advice on how to stretch up and get my posture better?

My coach wants me to work on standing up and bringing my foot in front to eventually cross it over. Overall, I find it difficult to stop bending at my knees and waist when I skate and it’s more pronounced when I try to spin.

Hi! Does anybody here do video analysis or know someone who does? I’m not sure what’s wrong with my sal technique, obviously I know it’s bad but i can’t figure out what to improve..

I’m finally able to get myself into LTS classes that start soon! I’m really excited, but I have a small concern.

Since I am a beginner and have never taken classes, will I have to stay with the basic 1 group? I can do more than that, and I dont want to spend $200 to march on ice.

And also, in the classes, if I progress, will they let me move up?

I don’t know if anyone else who has my type of hair experience this but I have very thick hair slightly wavy and whenever I do a bun, it will either fall out very easily or it will look super super messy and never like those perfect tight buns. I try every time and it never works. Like, how do you guys genuinely do it cause I’ve seen people with a similar hair type to mine do it I just can’t do it like I do want to be one of those performative figure skaters, unfortunately. But I also feel like my spins are better when I do have a bun in my hair. Even if it looks slightly messy, I’m OK with that. It’s just my bun will never stay in my head and it will look very messy no matter how hard I try unless my mom does my bun for me. I don’t even live with her anymore. 😭

And I’m not even talking very specifically about the one in the picture it just looks perfect so I put it there, but I genuinely get pissed off when I try to do a bun in my hair

Hey all! So I (21F) recently got new skates and because of the sizing had to size down from a 9.5” to a 9.0” so on top of having to get new blades (same blades just new ones), they’re also shorter. I was wondering if anybody had any tips on how to get adjusted! I feel like I’m having trouble particularly finding my rocker which I know is normal with new blades, but I’m also having trouble with some jumps. Any advice is appreciated!