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For Adults: Age at First Axel
I'm a Silver level Adult skater, who will be working on my axel this year. I'd actually begun it a couple of years ago, but had to abandon the quest for awhile due to an ankle injury and then other goals took priority. Anyway, I'd really like to land this jump before I get too old to safely try it! I need a little inspiration, so I'm wondering how old some of you adult-start skaters were when you first landed this jump? The older, the better! I started skating when I was 37, and am 44 now - is this still a realistic goal?
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From standstill I only got about 5 fully rotated. The rest were short a quarter.
Started age 32, now 34, but I had skated for 3 years as a child. |
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I started taking lessons at the age of 34 and landed my first "cheated" axel at 36 and at 39 I'm starting land them clean, however I'm still struggling with consistancy.
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I started working on it at age 28. Got it shortly after turning 29. I could do axels on the floor LONG before I got close to getting it on the ice. My axel took about a year of serious work which included getting over Fear of Forward edge, the Two-foot Blues and Hunchback Syndrome. But now I'm landing them cleanly at about 90 percent.
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I started skating at 36 and landed my first clean axels late last spring, when I was 38. They are up to 80% consistant I"d say right now so definitely go for it. It took me a good solid year to go beyond cheated to clean.
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When I do jump, I have the Two-foot Blues, plus or minus the Hunchback Syndrome!! |
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Re: For Adults: Age at First Axel
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36!!
Hey wait, I don't turn 36 until next month! ;-) I seriously am going to try for an axel if I can get over the fear. That held me back a couple of months on the flip. I am hoping that the harness will help. I have huge jumps (well I think they are huge, occasionally I see a "real" skater and understand that mine are still puny! For now, I am probably going to wait until AN so that I can concentrate on my current program. Hugs and good luck to all!! Danielle |
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I started skating at 28, am 33 now, and have started practicing axels off the floor and can get 1-1/4 around. Haven't dared try this on ice yet, although coach Mandy has predicted I will start landing flip, loops and lutzes consistently and she will harness me up by summer. Here's hoping I get it before I'm 40!
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But don't lose faith. Keep at it and you WILL land that pesky axel. I've seen several REAL adult skaters -- people who didn't start until they were 25+ -- master the axel and a double or two. It can be done! |
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I'm hoping there's still a possibility of getting an axel. I'm 45, started skating at 38 and unfortunately am not the least bit blessed with any talent, so it seems to take me forever to get anything down consistently! I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but my coach says it's my leg crossing I should be thinking about........
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Wow, you guys are all inspirations to me. I have always wanted to skate - i mean do some tricks instead of just walking on ice. But I think I am too old and not much point. It seems that it is not too late I don't want to do much, if I can do a beautiful layback, a double toe loop, a beautiful spiral, I will be soo happy. I think I shoud start stretching.
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Being almost 57...uh, never!!
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I started skating when I was 30, and landed my first axel shortly after turning 35!
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I started at 19 and landed axel at 21 then later that year started landing double toe.
Good luck to all
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I am plagued by Hunchback Syndrome, almost ALWAYS resulting in the 2 foot blues! I am still waiting to land the silly jump, and I have been doing it seriously for a year and a half. |
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Boy, I'd like to see the adults in their 50's with the lovely axels. Did they learn them as kids? There sure weren't any axels in my age group at AN last year, and that includes the gold level skaters. I would love to learn one, and if I were in my 30's, or even early 40's I'd go for it...........but now I'm at the age where I'd like to preserve my body. So much for my dreams of passing that gold test. An axel and gold moves........not gonna happen.
Good luck to everyone trying. If you want it, go for it!!!!! |
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