Schmeck
10-26-2003, 07:15 PM
Just got home from badge testing at our local Basic Skills program - and I passed Freestyle 2! I've been on it for over a year, but feel like I shouldn't have passed it this time though. My backspin is pitiful, I don't check out properly, and it is as far from consistent as humanly possible. I'm calling this one a 'Pity Pass', but I'm determined to get my backspin up to par!
Daughter Icy passed FS4, with a beautiful waltz/loop. She just got her loop jump Friday, and immediately did a perfect loop/loop, the little bugger...
She also gave me a nice pep talk about why I passed - all my other elements were very secure, and my backspin was showing progress, most of them were of 2 revolutions, and that I was so close to getting it that they didn't want to hold me back. Hmm, sounds an awful lot like the little speech I gave to 2nd daughter the other day, when she was worried about her mohawks (She's sick, so didn't test, poor thing!)
Anyways, this puts Icy one step closer to finishing all of the badge levels, which is her goal before she wants to test pre-pre. Most of her friends quit at FS2-FS4, then tested, so I'm sure she'll pass pre-pre when she gets around to it, LOL!
Schmeck
Daughter Icy passed FS4, with a beautiful waltz/loop. She just got her loop jump Friday, and immediately did a perfect loop/loop, the little bugger...
She also gave me a nice pep talk about why I passed - all my other elements were very secure, and my backspin was showing progress, most of them were of 2 revolutions, and that I was so close to getting it that they didn't want to hold me back. Hmm, sounds an awful lot like the little speech I gave to 2nd daughter the other day, when she was worried about her mohawks (She's sick, so didn't test, poor thing!)
Anyways, this puts Icy one step closer to finishing all of the badge levels, which is her goal before she wants to test pre-pre. Most of her friends quit at FS2-FS4, then tested, so I'm sure she'll pass pre-pre when she gets around to it, LOL!
Schmeck