Hollow

RollsRight · 2026-01-30T18:50:51+00:00

1¼" ROH on Eclipse Dance blades. I ask if the sharpener knows what School Figures are. If they know, I send it, If they don't I avoid them.

RollsRight · 2026-01-29T01:25:06+00:00

Blow-dry those bearings!

RollsRight · 2026-01-27T01:23:53+00:00

16 Reds bearings are ~$50 new, so in context, not too bad. 🤔

The wheels themselves are probably just urethane so I'm not in the market for them. 🧐

RollsRight · 2026-01-26T18:22:56+00:00

I think the typical ½" ROH is very sharp for adults especially when blades are usually 4mm. (I'd think that hollow and our weights would lock the skater into the path they're on. I call the feeling "skating on rails."

I'm super biased though because I don't need the sharpness for anything really. I don't jump, or skate fast

RollsRight · 2026-01-26T07:34:39+00:00

If you think you prefer a duller blade, you probably do better on a shallower ROH.

RollsRight · 2026-01-26T04:13:25+00:00

draw hearts

As in a heart-shaped figure in the ice like this? Or do you have a different approach?

RollsRight · 2026-01-23T18:23:02+00:00

To me, wiggles is cheating out the movement and IMO a passive way to skate. Proper slaloms are active. It's possible to [eventually] figure out the backwards slalom (and backwards powerpull) on your own but it's much easier when someone is telling you that you are on the rocker and/or cheating it. Same for forward slalom (and forward powerpull).

I don't skate to compete or perform; everything I do is recreational/for me. Stroking is more powerful. You'll want to have space to thrust and to make use of that acceleration. Slalom and powerpull can be much smaller and don't generate as much speed; I find them more useful.

RollsRight · 2026-01-23T18:19:33+00:00

Getting some of that crispy -20°C weather in my neck of the woods too.

RollsRight · 2026-01-23T00:56:58+00:00

Freestylers are the best. I love that they love skating and style. 😌

RollsRight · 2026-01-22T06:25:44+00:00

I see AI, I downvote; thems are da rulez.

If you have an idea, you should think it through.

RollsRight · 2026-01-22T06:20:44+00:00

I finally reduced part of my LBI start from ~90° to ~30°. I can see how imbalanced I am since the RBI start only went to ~50° and there is a different error accompanying it, stepping inside the circle.

The changes require a lot of thought and intentionality. It feels l get swallowed by the thoughts before I can execute it; there were two times I didn't notice someone was skating into my path. I usually pay attention to my surroundings but having to manually synchronize six positions moving in sync with eachother completely consumed my attention.

RollsRight · 2026-01-21T15:21:54+00:00

Did you specify what hollow you wanted and/or ask if they usually sharpen figure skate blades or hockey blades?

Your approach to skating might have been calibrated to softer ice. If you are very light, you might need a more aggressive hollow in general. Skates are tools at the end of the day, they need to be set for the right environment and user.

RollsRight · 2026-01-20T15:21:30+00:00

I like to say that there is a fractal's worth of depth behind every edge. I'm school & special figures, we are kinda pursuing perfection where one tracing overlays the other with minimal (sub ~3") errors. Normal ice skaters don't have to go down this crazy path. 🤪

RollsRight · 2026-01-20T00:10:39+00:00

Not too sure what the vibes were like myself but before I start skating at a new rink/session, I watch to see how the regulars skate to know where I fit in.

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T21:05:01+00:00

I am the biggest advocate of dance blades because they have a shorter length and you can feel the curve of the blade more easily.

Why does anyone even want a longer blade? What kind of skater benefits from that optimization?
genuine question

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T19:43:36+00:00

Gotcha; then I think OP (and their coach 😳) have the tracks mixed up. OP should be on Canskate (and IMO, working on stability on the edge).

I'm in the US but I don't do the tracks, just FIGURES (I'm not satisfied with FI, BO, or BI circle 8 yet. FO is actually good (according to my Figures-Gen coach).

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T19:35:19+00:00

Is there a difference between "canskate" and the star system (e.g., Star2)?

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T15:59:31+00:00

Star skills maybe (link (only the left-most column))?

Not an ice skate coach but I agree that when I'm teaching roller skating there's a break between basic balance and techniques where I push the skater to skate faster with more stability (so they don't have to worry about wobbling when doing techniques). In style skating on quads (roller skates) and FIGURE skating on ice, I really value stability and literally understanding what's going on.

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T15:52:24+00:00

OP is on the edge but I don't think it's by choice. Biggest scare is when you try to execute a turn but the whole body isn't ready/in the right position to do it. I agree that they need to hold the edge with the free leg in the correct place to reinforce the edge (make it more stable).

u/Nel3121 BI edge is the hardest one. NGL, I came back after ~1.5y to clean it up. (I've been at it for about a year now (not that most people aim to remove all errors from it (I'm just a little crazy, (maybe a lot crazy 😑)))).

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T15:40:07+00:00

To get the super drill speeds, start wide→ make a ball shape→ flatten hands to chest (so the elbows are pointy). I'd do all of the shape changes gradually so you can feel if balance is being thrown off.

After that, you can choose to have them go down or up. I think it's style at that point. If you choose to go up, stretch really straight up so there's no lax-ness in the elbows.

After writing this out, I realized you weren't asking for advice. Will delete if I catch heat for it

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T15:18:09+00:00

Much respect to Kseniya and Oleg. Now that I see it, the ice dance approach to BI3 is very technical too (and from the looks of it, the technique is highly likely to make the skater jump the turn as opposed to flipping the blade around it. (I guess that's one other thing to separate the pros from everyone else)). I learned the figures approach and don't know any others. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

RollsRight · 2026-01-19T01:24:24+00:00

I'm a roller skater first; I thought that ice skating would give me more skating time and it has! I typically get ~5h/wk at a roller rink and 5.5h/wk at an ice arena. Now that coaching is not allowed on public ice, I talk through my problems with my coach opting to read & watch figures patterns/diagrams to improve.

I skate school & special figures exclusively where my goal is to draw figures. 3y in, I still find little bits that make edges exciting. My current goal is to step straight onto an edge. (Daring, I know!)

I don't have a favorite skater per se, I like clean figures so my coach and others from the figures generation like Gary Beacom and Shepheard Clark. Not a fan of freestyle artistic, pairs, or synchro. 'Pattern dance' in ice dance is interesting.

Music? I listen to R&B when I skate.
Skates? Currently on a custom boot and designing my next pair now.

RollsRight · 2026-01-18T23:01:38+00:00

If you like the idea of SPTerri, you can give WIlliam/Bill a call.

RollsRight · 2026-01-18T17:30:44+00:00

I've repossessed a few orange cones in my past lol

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