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What is it like to be a Freestyle Skater?
Ok my fellow Skaters. I've asked you what it is like to transition to Freestyle,and what a Freestyle Session is like...NOW I want to hear from you in your own words...what it's like to BE a Freestyler.
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Ha ha--the most accurate answer to your question is to look at all the posts on this board!! Collectively the skaters here paint a vivid picture of all the various experiences a "freestylers" have, from practices, to tests, to ice shows and competitions.
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Pros:
-You can skate fast. -Public skaters stop and watch you. -Jumping and spinning is fun. -Doing programs in competition/exhibition. -Empty freestyle sessions where you can rebel and do the lutz in the middle, cause nobody is watching. -You catch up to the girls you've always admired. -You get to have shiny blades. (I'm serious. Freestyle blades are shinier than recreational blades.) -You always have plenty of things to work on (low level skaters tend to run out of things to work on in a 2 hour public session.) -You get to wear leggings without standing out. Cons: -You fall a lot. -You're embarrassed if you fall doing backwards crossovers or you catch a toepick and splat going into a waltz jumps, because those are silly falls. -You fall a lot. -It cost a lot. -Testing is stressful. -You fall a lot. -Little kids are so enraptured by you, they just have to stand six inches away when you're spinning or about to jump. -If you're not flexible, you stick out like a sore thumb. -You sometimes end up with so many bruises, you have to wear jeans so nobody thinks your parents abused you. -Ice hurts when you slide on it, because as a freestyle skater, you wear tank tops and take your jacket off 10 minutes into the session. -You fall. A lot. Did I mention that? Also, to put it in a nutshell, lots of hard work and pain, but all worth it for those five seconds of joy when you get a spin or jump (and promptly lose it.)
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