what level are u at and how old are you?

[96.23??]

i just wanna know hOw old is evryone on skating forums is and what level are they at?

[fort_henry_roxs]

How bout you tell us how old you are and what level you are in?;) :)

[96.23??]

lol :) im working on double loops how about you?

[fort_henry_roxs]

Axel;) doubles should be commin soon though.. I hope

[Sk8Bunny]

im 15 and at the preliminary/pre-juv level. kinda old, i know. lol. working up to double lutz. have tried double axels about 3 times in my life, all ended up w/ me sitting on the ice. haha.

[96.23??]

thats not old i consider myself to behind evryone when i read some of these it kinda makes u think holy do i suxk or what? im younger then u sk8er bunny and the highest ive tried is a double flip but i can land some doubles.

[96.23??]

how many times a week do u skate?
i skate 2 or 3 times a week but im taking spring off like i always do evry year,

[fort_henry_roxs]

In the winter I skate 2 a week (weekends) for bout 2hours (each time).. umm rite now I am doing spring skate.. which is 4 times a week (sometimes 5).. and then summer skate would be 4 times a week. :P

[inuk_shuk]

i suck...15..working on doubles, probably closest to 2loop. i also only skate twice a week in the winter season. and didn't pass any tests this past season *tear*
and i agree 96.23? .. i read stuff on here and im liek omg, i'm so terrible! lol

[96.23??]

yeah i wanna do spring skating soo much but i swim too and that takes up most of the season bc its competitive and school dont ferget! but i will be doing summer and hopefully come back in the winter season even stronger :)

[96.23??]

inuk_shuk

i think ur club needs more ice time twice a week isnt gonna do it fer someone whos starting to work on doubles and trying to get a consistent axel why dont u pick up another day with another club??

[fort_henry_roxs]

Hey inuk_shuk.. you don't suck! By the sounds of it you sound pretty good! Specialy if you only skate 2 times a week.. and thats not even subtracting the holidays.. way to go! Keep it Up!:) (*your the best* pumps fist in the air)

[inuk_shuk]

thanx fort henry rox!! lol *fist in air!*
96.23? .. i would take up another day but $$ is an issue as well..i have a sister who skates too so we've gotta split the $$ and such...
i also row spring and summer, so that doesn't leave much time lol. at least i'm doing something to keep in shape :)

[96.23??]

thats true and i also think ur doing well axels and trying doubles from twice a week is really good!

[inuk_shuk]

ya...thats what you're coach was telling us one day..i was like *yay* a compliment on my skating, thats new!! lol :)

[96.23??]

yes shes rite i think its the dedication in our club that helps us the most and the love of skating

[inuk_shuk]

for sure...our rink also doesn't give us enough time. it's all hockey and broom ball *snickers* broom ball...who plays broom ball anyways.........

[96.23??]

yes yes they tried to take our ice from us one nite
figure skating doesnt get enuff credit or ice time here

[becca]

I am 20. I have a consistant axel and 2sal. I also have a fairly consistant 2loop, 2flip, and 2lutz.

[96.23??]

sweet! how long have u beeen skating?

[tidesong]

i'm 20 skated for about 3 years and have an axel. Just landed double sal about a month(?and a bit i think ) ago just before i twisted my ankle.... (arrgh) spin wise i just learnt my flying camel. I'm ISI fs5 and competed at pre-juvenile at nationals

[96.23??]

omg thats so weird bc ive been skating fer like 3 years i can land an axel and i got my double saw like a month and a bit ago! :):) and i just twisted my ankle!! :D lol i hate flyuing camels tho ... im not competitive tho

[inuk_shuk]

tidesong that's amazing for just 3 years! if you read back to how horrible i am....that's from skating since i was 4 :D and spending a gazillion years in can skate and can figure *shudders*

[96.23??]

o yeah i meant ive only been into lesson for three years i learned to skate when i was younger!

[sk8er1964]

It's nice to see some younger folks on the site :D .

I'm older than dirt (38), and have been back to skating for 1 year (did 9 as a kid). I have an axel, and am working on the double toe and sal (got hurt back in January, so just getting back now). I have a flying camel and a flying sit, as well as a combo spin. No layback, though, I'm terrible at them and always was!

I skate at Adult Gold level (kind of like Juvenile, but older, creakier, and with longer music :lol:) and just did my first Adult Nationals.

[tidesong]

oh i've been in lessons continously for 2 1/2 years, i had begineer lessons for about 1/2 a year a longer time ago so i add them up and say i been skating 3 years... :P well about the same... how old are you?

[96.23??]

who me?

[inuk_shuk]

don't know if you meant me . . but i'm 15

[flying~camel]

I'm 24 and at the Pre-Preliminary level (I've only been back 1 yr after a 6 yr hiatus - before that, I was landing an axel, and close on 2toe and 2loop).

[96.23??]

im 13 and i can kinda land double loops

[inuk_shuk]

on a good day, i can be close to 2loop...but i didn't try then too much towards the end b/c i almost broke my arm trying one...

[96.23??]

yeah i started landing my double saw at the end of the season consistently! ice show i did quite a few!

[BringontheRain]

15 and novice ... working on getting 2axel still ...

[96.23??]

yeah i think double axel is gonna takje me a while same with the lutz i still occasionally flutz :??

[becca]

I have been skating for 8 or 9 years (including CanSkate). I started when I was 11 or 12. All my doubles have come quickly this year though. I didn't have any clean until 6 months ago and now I have all of them except toe and axel (and they are all pretty consistent). My only problem is that I have to slow down going into 2flip and 2lutz (not as much as on the flip though). I can do all of the basic spins (can't do outside camels, etc.) although camel change camel is pushing my luck.

[BringontheRain]

I started 2axel in November, landed a few cheated ones in Dec, got hurt in Dec, took a month off, waited another month when I got back on the ice to do 2axel and they're slowly getting close again ... I have super consistant doubles although I have foot problems so I rarely do flip or lutz but they're my 2 best doubles so it isn't a biggie ... 2axel just takes awhile to get the feeling of

I've been skating for 7 years

[96.23??]

bringontherain how old are yuou>?

[StarshineXavier]

I'm 18, and I skate at the Jr. Silver B level. I have 2 sal, 2 loop and 2 flip. I'm thinking of hopefully testing Sr. Silver Elements soon, that's if I can start landing 2/2 combos consistantly.

[Mrs Redboots]

I'm OLD - like Adult Level 3, old enough to have a grown-up daughter of my own - and am primarily a dancer, although I do a little free skating. My best jump is a very cheated salchow, but I tend to stick to 3-jumps and bunny hops! In ice dance, I'm at the equivalent of the US pre-Bronze level.

[96.23??]

starshinexavier how long have you been skating for?

[garyc254]

I'm 49 and started skating when I was 47. Level? What's a level? All I try to do is stay vertical. ;)

I've passed ISI Alpha and Beta and am close to testing Gamma and Delta.

Jumps? Not on these old knees. Okay, a wimpy waltz jump maybe. :lol:

[96.23??]

lol whats ISI alpha and beta? is that like a level? cuz where im from its like we have levels like

pre prelim
prelim
jr. bronze and so on thats for test stream when u go to tests to try to pass levels and stuff

[StarshineXavier]

Originally posted by 96.23??
starshinexavier how long have you been skating for?

I've been skating for 13 years(4 years in Canskate and 9 years in the test program). I've done singles and synchro(both festival and competitive). Skating hasn't come easily to me, so it's taken a long time for me to progress to where I am now.

[96.23??]

starshinexavier can u do 2toeloops?

[love2sk8]

I'm 16, and working on all triples...I have up to loop...I'm trying my Senior in a cpl weeks .

[96.23??]

sweet! how long have u been skating for?

[love2sk8]

i started canskate at 2:P then started private at around 6 i think...but I dont remember!!

[96.23??]

holy when u were 2??? i prolly couldnt even walk by then lol jk but wow thats really good!

[StarshineXavier]

Originally posted by 96.23??
starshinexavier can u do 2toeloops?

No I can't. I have accepted defeat with those darn jumps. And even when I try to do them, they end up being toe axels anyways.

[96.23??]

omg me too i was gonan ask u if u could help me bc i always toe axel

[StarshineXavier]

The only advice I can offer is making sure that you take off before your right leg (or left leg if you jump CW) swings through getting into your backspin postion in the air.

[96.23??]

ok thnx!

[BringontheRain]

I will be 16 in a month

[spicyicey]

I'm 15 and in intermediate, working on double axel. I've been skating since I was 5, but I started private lessons at 8/9-ish.

[96.23??]

sweet do u have all ur other double jumps consistently?

[Mrs Redboots]

Beks - alpha, beta, etc are the very beginning learn-to-skate levels that come before you get as far as pre-Preliminary.

[96.23??]

ohhh the program we use b4 all that is called canskate levels like one two three so on

[spicyicey]

Well, they're not REALLY consistent....it depends on the day and how crowded the session is lol. I have trouble with popping but when I do rotate, I almost always land them.

[96.23??]

sweet! :D

[Mrs Redboots]

Originally posted by 96.23??
ohhh the program we use b4 all that is called canskate levels like one two three so on So are ours in UKSkate, as I think it's now called; I just know the USA ones through long membership of fora like this one!

[lord farquad ;)]

I'm working on double loops and not going to say my age!

[Michigansk8er]

Sk8er1964.........if you are old as dirt where does that put garyc254 and me (I'm 49 also)? LOL!!!! :D I know, older than dirt!!!! I've been skating......let me see, pond as a kid, 1 session of LTS at 16, back on the ice at 25 to finish LTS (2 years), then back again at 45............wow, 6 years and a few months now.

I'm working on staying out of a body cast at the moment.

[wannask8]

Lump me in with the dirt crowd: a big 4-0 and counting. I share the goals of trying to stay vertical and out of a body cast.

-- wannask8

[Hester Prynn]

Well, lets see, I'm new here (under this name anyways...) but I'm an 18 yr old Novice who's been skating since I was 12. I've had all my doubles for awhile, but the axel is very inconsistent. Working on triples, but mainly focusing on college now and getting into coaching. Went to JN's a few years back as an intermediate. Just want to test out now. I will say, I have a ton of respect for any adult skater. I gotta give you guys props for going out there and giving it the old fashioned 'college try'. You guys rock. As far as my skating, my body gave out unfortunately. Oh well!! On to coaching!!!

Nice to finally be back!!!

*HP*

[jazzpants]

I'm close to being in the "old as dirt" group as well. I'll hopefully be debuting at next year's Sectionals and Nationals (in Lake Placid...YAAAY!!!) as a Bronze II lady!!! (Yeap! Going to another age group next year. WAAAAH!!! :cry: But better than trying to keep up with "dem young'ums" in Group I!!! 8O )

But now I have to work on my Bronze Moves tests, which still SUCKS, but they're sucking less and less!!! :P (Forward power 3's are :evil: , but even THAT is sucking less and less now. It's gone from "LOL!!! Are you kidding me!??!?!" to "Can do them to a certain extend!!!") :D

[icenut84]

I'm 19, have been skating for 2 years, once a week (at a rink an hour's drive away, and since it closed a month ago my new rink is at least an hour and a half away). Have landed loop and flip but not consistent yet, salchow and toe loop are practically consistent now. Also do dance, and am working on scratch spins in both directions :) My friend reckons I'm "very graceful" :D

[dbny]

To put a different perspective on the age thing - I think I get the gold at 56.

My coach keeps telling me I'm really a Silver skater (I do have nice F and B cross strokes and a few other goodies), but I still can't pass either pre-Pre moves or pre-Bronze. The waltz-8 in one case, and the FI threes in the other are my stumbling blocks. I really need to nail that one foot spin with proper wind up, but I don't think I'll be jumping if the knees and hips have anything to say about it.

[Frumpy]

I'm 29 and I've been skating off and on for a few years. Never competed as a kid. I just started competing this year and I've got all my single jumps except the axel (Grrr.) I'm competing in ISI FS3 level. Our rink doesn't have a USFSA club, so I haven't competed in USFSA yet. I imagine I'm probably at a USFSA Adult Bronze or Silver level. My spins are a little inconsistent (ie. camel & back spin). When my spins are good, they're nice, when they're bad, they're terrible. Ech. :oops:

[Skatingsarah]

I'm `16 and I have everything up to and including a double axel. I've stood up on 3 loop, sal, and lutz but nothing spectacular so far in the 'triple department' lol. Keep up the great skating everyone!!
-Sarah

[jazzpants]

Originally posted by Hester Prynn
As far as my skating, my body gave out unfortunately. Oh well!! On to coaching!!!

Hope it's not too personal, but HOLY SMOKES!!! How does a young man at age 18 get to the point where "my body gave out?" 8O Were you doing pairs too?

[scoobsk8]

I'm 28, been skating 7 years and I compete both in adult events and the regular novice events.

[PattyP]

I'm 39...dangerously close to the big 4-0. I'm currenly Adult Silver and hoping to take my Gold test this summer. I have a clean axel and a badly cheated 2-sal, I hope to fix that soon. I'm working on my 2-toe and 2 Loop but without much success. I HATE toe-loops.

[sk8er1964]

Originally posted by Michigansk8er
Sk8er1964.........if you are old as dirt where does that put garyc254 and me (I'm 49 also)? LOL!!!! :D I know, older than dirt!!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

ANYONE who is older than, oh, 40 (and that is not quite me yet, but closer than I care to think about - only because my Aunt Betty who is 4 years older than me is going to GET me with pranks.....) who has the guts and drive to stand up on those thin blades.......

OVER 40 RULES!!!!!

Hey, I know a lady who is over 70, who trains with Joe Mero (an elite coach at Ann Arbor) who was worried because her arthritis might keep her from doing death spirals. I want to be her when I grow up.

[becca]

Originally posted by sk8er1964
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, I know a lady who is over 70, who trains with Joe Mero (an elite coach at Ann Arbor) who was worried because her arthritis might keep her from doing death spirals. I want to be her when I grow up.


Me too!!! That's awsome!

[icedancingnut31]

I'm 14 and in Beta (Basic 5 or 6)
I'm the only one probably who can't jump.
I just want to ice dance

[lord farquad ;)]

A lot of the people on this site can't jump don't worry bout it. If dancings ur thing sweet! I'm not quite that good at ice dance o well! lol.

[qt_petutie]

i'm 15 and in Novice landing triple sows and some triple toes. working on the odd triple loop

[blondeangl]

im 14 i started skating in October ... a few months before my 14th b-day and i am currently in basic 6 but working on the loop jump and salchow and have a nice consistent waltz jump ... lol :D

[ronniev]

im 27 and working on double salchow. just cant seem to land it on my right foot. i can get all the way around, but land two footed.
grrrr

[wa_skater]

I'm 33 and skate freestyle at the pre-bronze level (although I haven't tested yet). I stepped on the ice for the first time when I was 30, and have been taking lessons on and off since. I have my waltz, toe loop, and salchow jumps, and am desperately trying to get a good entrance to the 1-foot spin!

~Anna

[mrlutzer]

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[blondeangl]

mrlutzer good for you!! :D wow thats really cool that you have a few triples!! :D are you in canada since your pre-novice?

[mrlutzer]

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[luna_skater]

I'm 22 and have been skating since I was 6. I went through Canskate and Canfigure, then did mainly synchro starting when I was 11. I skated synchro up to Senior Competitive, and now I skate on an Adult Festival team. I just started taking my dances, something I've been wanting to do for a while. I'm hoping to get into synchro judging, or even skate Senior again in a few years. I'm working on my Junior Bronze dances right now. As far as singles elements....I can do a decent one-foot spin, never could manage a backspin!! When I was younger I could manage a waltz jump, toe loop, loop, salchow, half-flip, and split jump. I can still do the waltz, but my toe loop is really more of a toe-waltz. Loop, no way! and my salchow comes and goes.

[GoldieMedal]

Well. I was a child skater, didn't go far..to much money even in the late 70's.I am 40 ( well at least for about 3 more weeks).I have passed the Junior Bronze Free, Junior Bronze Dances, Preliminary Skills, Adult Artistic and I passed the Introductory...Bronze and Silver Interpretive test in a 4 week span this 2003 season. I am working on the European to complete my Senior Bronze Dances..yes I am Canadian!!

I started on skates at age 36, figured ..why sit in the stands and watch my daugher have all the fun.I got the desire to get new skates and it went from there.
I have been laughed at, snubbed and alot of other rude stuff while on sessions with the younger skaters, but I went on and did my thing.

Adult skater respect each other and we have a blast in the dressing rooms at competitions.the younger skaters could learn alot from adult skaters in regards to respecting their fellow skaters.

Well enough about me..Tell me about you.
Cape Breton Mary

[Skatingsarah]

Originally posted by mrlutzer
I'm 14 landing triple sals and the odd clean triple loop, and i'm standing up on 1/4 cheated triple toes. Hopefully starting triple flip and lutz soon. I'm in the pre-novice level. :D

Wow thats awesome! Your my hero lol ;)

[96.23??]

Wow! You can be my hero too!!!

[Skatingsarah]

Looks like MrLutzers got him self a fan club! Me and 96.23...lol. Gash, I wish I was 14 and could do 3 salchow...

[mandy_j07]

Yeah I'm 14, and I have passed my Interm. MIF and Juv. Freeskate... not too great but yeah. I agree with all of you who say reading these make you feel like you have no talent at all!! :( I started working on double axel, and I have all of my other doubles consistant.. except for that stupid d. flip! I could probably be better if I let my coach send me out to a different city to train.. but I don't want to leave. See my town is TINY like poulation of 6,000.. and we only have on rink, so I end up skating like 3 or 4 hours a week! I don't know how to use any of this.. so could somebody show me??

[GoldieMedal]

Well I am 41 on July 6th, so I will say I am 41..lol..I quit skating at age 15, and returned at age 39.My Skate Canada test pasesd and these are not adult tests but regular stream- Junior Bronze Free, Junior Bronze Dance with 2 Senior Bronze dances under my belt.I am on the Junior Bronze Skills, I passed the Adult Artistic test.This season I passed the Introductory, Bronze and Silver Interpretive tests.

I love to perform on the ice and the physical challenge it gives me.I really enjoy being a PA for Can Skate and enjoy arranging fun raisers to help skaters fund for travel costs. I volunteer as much as I can in all aspects of the Figure Skating sport because I love it!!

I am not the best skater out there as an adult, but I am the best that I can be for me!!

[fan]

i've noticed a lot of people saying that they have 2/3 of senior bronze dances - doesn't everyone HATE teh european! i can do the keats foxtrot no problem, but ugh, those darn 3 turns. ;-( :evil:

[Ellyn]

Nope. In the USFSA structure I have passed 2 out of 3 bronze dances (and no pre-silvers, obviously), so the ones I'm "working on" (although I have been focusing on freestyle the last few years instead) are Ten-Fox, Fourteenstep, Foxtrot, and European.

Of those four dances, my favorite is the European. I really don't like any of the other three very much, which is one reason I'm not focusing on dance lately.

I think it's a matter of some people preferring mohawks and some preferring three turns.

Edited to add that I'm a year and 3 days older than GoldieMedal. :-)