Hello and woohoo!

[liz_on_ice]

I passed ISI FS2 this morning!

This is huge for me - I'm learning as an adult, and between getting married and having my two children, I've been at FS1 for over 10 years - most of that off ice.

-Liz

[Isk8NYC]

CONGRATULATIONS!

(And welcome to SkatingForums!)

[dbny]

CONGRATULATIONS!

on Passing FS 2 and on managing to skate with 2 kids at home!

[LilJen]

Great job! You should feel very proud!

[Sk8pdx]

Congratulations and Welcome!
:)
~sk8pdx

[tidesong]

Congratulations!! FS2 for me the killer was the one foot upright spin!

[Morgail]

Yay & congratulations!! I remember ISI FS 2...and that my one-foot spin barely made it:)

[liz_on_ice]

Thank you, all!

Yep, the 1-foot spin has been my bugaboo for months now, and it's still barely there. I lost a lot of weight in the last year (wow, skating burns calories!) and I'm convinced that every time I dropped a few, I'd lose my balance. At least that is my story. No reason otherwise I'd be so pathetic at something I tried so hard at!

Did it make you all really sick trying to learn to spin? I could only practice 2 or 3 spins before I had to do something else I'd be so seasick.

I thought it would be the ballet jump that would hold me back, getting that back leg up above my knee, but in all the time it took to get the darn spin going, I had plenty of time to perfect it. In the end, my ballet jump wound up looking pretty spiffy actually, and my spirals do not suck at all.

I can already tell that the change-foot is going to be the killer element for FS3. I've been totally remiss in working the backspin. Ah well, plenty of time - but no way it's going to be another 10 years!

-Liz

[tidesong]

Hmm I know that I still get dizzy when I get into spins that travel, but I get seasick on the ice only if I haven't warmed up properly/skipped my last meal.

I believe it took me a while to get back into my spins after my weight loss too.

[Mrs Redboots]

Congratulations, and good luck.

[Petlover]

Congratulations Liz!

[southernsk8er]

Congratulations!

It took me forever (probably a year) to learn a scratch spin, so you are not alone. The only spin that makes me really really dizzy is scratch/back scratch. You'll get used to it!

[Rusty Blades]

Welcome back Liz! And WELL DONE!

I was away 36 years and came back in my mid-50's - Learn To Skate time all over again! :roll: Now it has gone from "a hobby" to "an obsession"! 8O :mrgreen:

[liz_on_ice]

Hmm I know that I still get dizzy when I get into spins that travel, but I get seasick on the ice only if I haven't warmed up properly/skipped my last meal.

I believe it took me a while to get back into my spins after my weight loss too.

The food thing is key, I spin much better on a full stomach, as weird as that seems. This makes it rough going for the 5:30am freestyle sessions!

[Ice Dancer]

CONGRATULATIONS

And a huge welcome to the forum. Look forward to hearing about your progress

[liz_on_ice]

Welcome back Liz! And WELL DONE!

I was away 36 years and came back in my mid-50's - Learn To Skate time all over again! :roll: Now it has gone from "a hobby" to "an obsession"! 8O :mrgreen:

Wow. I'm <gulp> going to be 40 this year. So here's a question for the grownups: How old is too old to learn an axel? Double jumps?

I might get an axel in a couple of years if I keep up the pace I'm going, but at some point advancing age is going to force me to top out on jumps. Anyone here learn doubles for the first time in their forties?

-Liz

[Rusty Blades]

Anyone here learn doubles for the first time in their forties?

Too late for that now! :roll: I am 57 but intend to try all the singles (when I get to that point). I saw some over-60 men at the Canadian Adult championships doing singles.

[Thin-Ice]

I have friends who started working on the Axel in their 50s and two of them now have double toe loops. I think it's pretty much an individual thing.. how much wear and tear there is on your body already and how much nerve you work up as you get more experience.

Good luck!

[Mrs Redboots]

How old is too old to learn an axel? Double jumps?
My husband, who is 56, says he is going to have his axel before he is 60.

And I have certainly seen people in their late 50s working on axels, so don't despair.

[kateskate]

I know of people who have learnt axels in their 40s so it is possible.

[jcookie1982]

Congrats! That one foot spin is killing me too!