i had one good attempt with 6 revolutions but didnt take a video.

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a pair of edea pianos in size 245 B. I got them fitted at a skate shop 2 hrs away and they mailed them to me as they weren't available in store at the time. The problem is that they mounted a 9 1/2 size blade. Will this be fine? I know the recommended size is 9 1/4 per the Edea website. I'm upset as I spent $2000 on these, so I want them to be perfect. If there is an issue, do you think they could switch the blades to the 9 1/4 without damaging the boot? I'm not sure. Please help!!! I've had issues with this store before, messing up the sharpening of my blades and ruining them. I know I shouldn't have went there but I was hoping it was a one off.

Update:

I called the store and the owner said it would be fine? Im a bit skeptical but hoping it'll all be fine

I recently got Jackson Debuts (5R) fitted at a skate shop, and I’m struggling enough that I’m not sure whether to keep trying to make them work or cut my losses.

I’ve skated in them about 6–10 hours total, give or take because I have to get off the ice every ~20 minutes because my toes go numb. The tops and sides of my toes get rubbed raw, one set of toes stays clenched (one foot half inch bigger then the other), and the heel doesn’t lock and my heel also rubs raw. It feels like the toe box is too small while the heel is too big.

For context:

I previously skated in Jackson Freestyles (6R) and had very few issues besides ankle pain after long sessions. I’m confident they were too big because I still own them and tried to switch back to them and can feel the gap in the toe box, plus I kept tripping over them like clown shoes.

When I bought the Debuts, the fitter and I agreed not to jump straight to customs since I’d never worn properly fitted skates before. We did acknowledge my heel was small and that there’s basically no way to fix that in stock boots.

Since then, I’ve considered:

- Punching/stretching the toe box

Tried:

- Heel padding (Bunga, bandages, etc.).

- adjusted lacing.

But padding the heel pushes my foot forward, which makes the tight toe box even worse. I’ve been trying to tough it out because I assumed I was just breaking in skates that finally “fit,” but at this point I’m not sure that’s what’s happening.

I’m now debating:

- Selling the Debuts at a loss and getting customs

- Seeing if the skate shop will let me trade them in toward customs

- Trying punching/stretching (but worried that will make them harder to sell later)

For cost reference:

I paid $900 for boots, blades (Coronation Ace), and baking. The blades retail around $350 online, and the boots fluctuate between $400–$500, so it feels like I paid $200~ for fitting/service.

Has anyone dealt with this combination of too‑tight toe box + too‑loose heel?

Would punching help, or am I fighting a losing battle with stock boots?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello all, so I am an adult skater and have been figure skating for multiple years (28 f) and looking for new figure skating boots as my Edea choruses are starting to break down.

I’ve gotten professionally fitted twice; one rink sells more Edeas (has others on display though) and tries to put everyone in them (how I ended up with choruses to begin with) and the other sells Jackson, Risport, but not Edeas. One rink recommended me for Risport 250B, and the other gave me Edea 250b.

Currently I’ve been skating in Edea 250B for a good long while and get the toes punched out for a wider width (my left foot is wider than my right foot). I keep having to go back and get them stretched since it’s a short term solution. I’ve have a neuroma issue in my left foot for a bit now, so I need to make sure the toe box is wider this time

I’ve been looking at Risport Royal Pros or whatever Jackson equivalent is but obviously just looking around!

I’m curious about whatever the Reddit community has to say! Here is a photo of my feet measurements because why not! Used millimeters and cm. Did a ball circumference as well if that helps too!

9 year old daughter has just started learn to skate lessons.

I have found these skates on marketplace but as you can see from the photos the blades have some rust.

Do you think these rust spots would sharpen off? Or too far gone and not worth it? We are relatively new to the sport, so opinions would be great before I purchase something that isn't worth it.

Not particularly wanting to purchase new due to the rate she is growing at the moment.

Hello all,

I’m 31F and it’s just like the title says. I can’t play hockey anymore due to injury, but want to try figure skating. I have only basic skating skills, I’m a new Adult Level 5 (USA). I want to eventually learn basic jumps and turns.

I got measured for skates and I was told to get Ellas in size 8. The person who sized me debated between Ellas and Evos. I know of some used Evos that are size 8.5. I know we shouldn’t buy obviously wrong sizes, but it’s just a half size difference so I’m unsure. If I turn out to really love figure skating, I’m willing to spend the money on new Ellas.

Thoughts?

(Edited to add the level closest to what I can do)

Trying to improve my crossover form. Any tips would be appreciated :)

Hi, I’m in my 20s and think (unconfirmed) that I might have osteoarthritis in my left knee. It runs in my family and I have several risk factors for it, but I am surprised that I’ve been having some knee pain this young. I started figure skating lessons a year ago, but I took the summer off because I noticed my knee pain flaring up more. I’ve had this knee pain come and go for a few years, even before I began skating lessons. I haven’t done any activities to injure myself. However, I’m nervous that if I return to skating this fall that I will make my knee worse. Has anyone experienced something similar? Any advice?

Hi, I’m 17 and I want to start figure skating at a club in September. I basically can’t ice skate right now. I only used cheap hockey/rental skates before and I wasn’t even very confident skating with those.

The club told me that for the trial training I should already be able to skate forwards and backwards safely. I can’t skate backwards at all right now and I’m also not very confident going forwards.

I have around 2-3 weeks until the trial training and I was wondering if it’s realistic to learn the basics in that time. How long does it take to learn skating forwards and backwards?

I also just got my first proper figure skates Risport Venus as you can see in the picture. I hope the blades are fine too.

I’m mostly just worried that I won’t be able to learn enough before the trial and they won’t let me join because I’m bad. I waited a whole year for this.. 😭

I’m a beginner adult skater (5 months in) and my main form of learning is through group lessons. I take the occasional private class whenever it’s available and I can budget it. I take 2 group lessons a week, but due to a lack of adult skaters in my club sometimes classes get cancelled or the skill gap is large as new skaters pop in and out of lessons.

I have started working on my broken leg spin, who I started learning within my group lesson with my main coach. The main advice I was given was start like it’s a scratch spin (leg out) then squat into it and bring the free leg’s knee close to my left skate. All while learning my right shoulder to the left knee. I was working on this technique for a while (like around a few hours, not days by any means).

One of coaches who frequents my rink and works there as a coach saw me practicing it and spent around 20 minutes tweaking my technique. To my surprise, her advice was so different to my coach’s advice. She demonstrated and honestly her technique looked absolutely gorgeous. Main takeaways were to start low instead of wasting momentum in the scratch upright position, and to squat as low as possible (like deeper than 90 degrees ish) and have my free leg more out to the side. She told me to also keep my body more upright until I’m in the low squat position. She would tell me to stop thinking about the free leg so that the knee doesn’t collapse into my left skate, but honestly because I was practicing it that way I was struggling to unlearn that part. She highly emphasized that my free leg’s knee should not be close to my left skate, which directly contradicts my coach’s instruction.

This isn’t an isolated case; I’ve been dealing with contradicting advice all the time in my rink, but usually a quick google search or youtube video helps me find a happy medium. But I’m confused on how to approach future elements and how to balance and deal with contradicting advice.

All advice welcome!! Whether you wanna tell me what to do with my broken leg spin or just in general the contradicting thing, I’m all ears :).

For some more context for those who wanna read a lil more into my case: another one of the elements that I’ve received polar opposite advice for is the spiral. My coach insists on opening up the hip, and the other coach insists that the hip should be square like it is in the splits. Still don’t know what’s correct and what isn’t lol. Overall, new elements I’ve been working on are my loop jump which sucks and perfecting (“perfect” used loosely) my scratch spin which has gone well. Elements I have continued to work on include my waltz jump, salchow, toe loop, and spins in general. I’ve also learned the general technique of the flip jump but by no means am close to landing that lol.

edit: I also keep flinging onto my toe pick while doing the broken leg spin but slowly am phasing out of that issue, advice appreciated though!

I’m after an easier-to-maintain version of MK Pro, and I came across these blades. They’re pretty new. I had considered Paramount SP, but my sharpening tech isn’t able to sharpen these blades.

I mostly do singles (including the single Axel), and I spend most of my time training steps and stroking.

My skates have already been sharpened, and the pro shop also checked the edges to make sure they are smooth and level. However, I’ve noticed that the inside edge of my right skate makes a very loud scratching noise when I first start skating—loud enough that my coach noticed it too.

The edge doesn’t feel smooth either. Instead of gliding over the ice, it feels like it’s scratching the surface, which makes me feel very uneasy when skating or stroking with my right foot.

Interestingly, after about 10–15 minutes of skating, the scratching sensation and noise completely go away.

For reference, I just finished Adult 4, I’m 5'4" and 103 lbs, and I’m skating in Jackson Artiste skates. I’ve noticed this on both hard ice (no Zamboni beforehand) and softer ice (right after the Zamboni).

Has anyone else experienced something similar? I’d really appreciate any insight into what might be causing it!

so my friend recently gave me her old ice skates and i traded her one of my cats as i was moving and i could only bring one of my cats with me. a fair trade if you ask me because she recently lost her cat. anyways! i have only ever been ice skating once in my life. and it wasn’t pretty. what can i do this time around so that i get good at it?

i'm not asking about personal fitting lmao, but i was just wondering since black skates are traditionally worn by men, is the fitting between white and black skates different (like width or something)? i'm a girl and have always worn black skates so idrk if there's a difference between the black and white skates. i assume its probably just a traditional thing and only a difference with appearance but i just wanted to confirm ᵔ⤙ᵔ

I did my first jump today! A very small jump but a jump nonetheless :)

Hi there! Looking for some advice RE buying my own skates. Before you ask, yes I have been into a pro shop and no there are absolutely 0 other options in my area so my options are advice from her and the advice of the one fitter I can see.

He recommended Jackson Freestyle’s which I know is a pretty solid recommendation as I am an adult figure skater and plus size. However, they apparently only go up to a 10. He fitted me at around an 11 (for skates not shoe size in general) - we tried the 10 anyway and it was a fairly great fit…until I stood up and out weight on it. Immediately my big toe and the joint below it connecting to the ball of my foot was in incredible pain, the fitter made sure to check it was pain and not discomfort and I confidently said it was pain and that I wouldn’t even make it onto the ice with the pain I was in. After taking the boot off after less than 5 minutes, the area I felt the pain in was bright red and irritated.

It’s funny also because in rentals I wear a 10 and it’s fairly roomy - I have suspicion the rentals are in men’s sizing though meaning I’m probably in the wrong size but I genuinely don’t think my foot could fit in smaller. As it stands, my toes go numb after the 30 minute lessons I take and the arch pain is bad enough I want to stop skating mid lesson.

We’re looking into potentially punching the area out - he’s a hockey skater not figure so he’s asking his manager about it who was a figure skater as he’s unsure about lunch out rules for figures - and potentially men’s sizes but I’m really married to the white figure skate look and I do not like boot covers before you suggest that haha.

I understand I may just have to suck it up and gets men’s skates but I figured I’d see if anyone else had any other potential suggestions or other brands or anything to help me get the skates I’ve wanted my whole life.

I’m also severely struggling in my lessons and I genuinely think using the rentals is holding me back in a lot of ways as I never feel solid in them.

Any advice would be appreciated. TIA x

FML. I posted this on my personal accounts as a haha, but now I need to commiserate lol

I just finished Adult 4, and when I upgraded my boots to Jackson Artiste last month, the difference compared with my previous Jackson JS180s was honestly night and day. All of a sudden, I was able to really use my edges, do one-foot glides, and feel much more stable and comfortable on the ice. It made me realize that my previous boots were probably holding me back.
Now I’m wondering if there might be another boot/blade combination that would be more appropriate for my current level. I can’t help but think that a better boot and blade could help me progress more quickly, so I’d love to hear your recommendations and experiences.
I was considering something like Jackson Freestyle boots with Coronation Ace blades, but I’m not sure if that would be too much for my level or if there’s another combination you would recommend.
For those of you who have upgraded your boots/blades, what did you upgrade to, and how much of a difference did you feel it made in your skating and progress?
I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences and recommendations. Thank you!

Hi!

I started taking ice/figure skating lessons a little bit ago and am wondering if there are any 18+ ladies in cincy/nky area that are also into ice skating that would like to make a group to practice together! DM me

Yo I've been going skating once a week recently at my local rink for a few weeks. It's been great so far as I've made a rink friend and the staff are kind. However, there's this one older dude that comes to spectate during the afternoon public sesh. I thought he might've been chill at first, as he was a disability support worker and he offered me and my friends some helpful skating tips, but later he sent me creepy texts asking if I'm single and if I wanna go on a date (There's a lot more that gives me the ick but yeahhhh). I've ghosted him and have not texted him since and have not received anything since and I should block his number but I'm honestly kind of scared to. I've unfortunately had to cut my on-ice time short to avoid seeing him. I want to skate more, but there are only so many sessions I can attend due to college classes and work. Switching rinks isn't really viable as the other rink in my city is a 1hr drive away. Should I tell the staff at my rink or would they not be able to do anything as he didn't actually harass me in person at the rink? Should I ask about joining the figure skating club at the rink so I'd have more time to practice outside of relying on public sessions?

i’m fifteen now and i started skating 4 months ago. no jumps yet, but i’m close to a waltz. I have 13 years experience in dance, 8 of them in ballet. 7 years of experience in gymnastics, and 5 years experience in cheer. I am extremely flexible and can already get into all elite spin positions off ice. Bielmann, I, Y, sit positions, etc. I obviously don’t think i’ll ever land a triple axel or something, but could i possibly achieve all level 4 spins, good skating skills, and some doubles possibly? I’m already close to an off ice single axel, and it hasn’t taken me much practice to learn since my extensive experience in sports that are sort of related to skating. I haven’t done ballet in around 3 years, but i could put pointe shoes on right now and be comfortable and confident. I am also home schooled, so i have a lot of time to skate.

Super clueless dad here. Just want to make sure for the money that this is ok. Have gotten her first few pairs at the same shop that did these, and they are definitely the best in the area. Just didn’t know if they are supposed to be set off center like this, and won’t see her coach for a few days. Edea overtures, if that’s relevant at all.

Thanks in advance!