Laura H
05-06-2007, 09:06 PM
After a very sad week with our local rink closing on Monday night, we gathered together about 20 skaters (and 4 coaches) and headed to the nearest rink (Augusta, GA - a little over an hour away) to try to "keep it going" ;) The rink is smaller but wow the rink owner was SUPER excited to see us and was so welcoming to us and our coaches! The surface was a bit tough going at first but things went much better after the mid-session zam.
I had an AWESOME skate, I think mostly thanks to my dh who is my newest favorite skate sharpener after I took a leap of faith and ordered the 3/8 inch Profiler sharpener - I don't know exactly what ROH the last sharpener used but it was definitely not deep enough . . . the 3/8, however, turned out to be absolutely perfect for me - spin entries were so secure and salchows were amazing - I suddenly was able to get a good secure edge for the takeoff. (so that's what it's supposed to feel like? huh!).
DS, though, had the coup of the day - because his coach let him *try* the axel towards the end of his lesson and darned if he didn't actually land a baby one . . . the look on his face was pretty priceless. 8O
I was so proud of our kids, parents and coaches for plugging along and making the best of a bad situation .. . we're all keeping our fingers crossed that it's a temporary setback, but it's nice to be welcomed elsewhere in the meantime!
I had an AWESOME skate, I think mostly thanks to my dh who is my newest favorite skate sharpener after I took a leap of faith and ordered the 3/8 inch Profiler sharpener - I don't know exactly what ROH the last sharpener used but it was definitely not deep enough . . . the 3/8, however, turned out to be absolutely perfect for me - spin entries were so secure and salchows were amazing - I suddenly was able to get a good secure edge for the takeoff. (so that's what it's supposed to feel like? huh!).
DS, though, had the coup of the day - because his coach let him *try* the axel towards the end of his lesson and darned if he didn't actually land a baby one . . . the look on his face was pretty priceless. 8O
I was so proud of our kids, parents and coaches for plugging along and making the best of a bad situation .. . we're all keeping our fingers crossed that it's a temporary setback, but it's nice to be welcomed elsewhere in the meantime!