My older DS had his second lesson last night and I must say, I may be enjoying this a little too much. He is doing really well adjusting to the pick but it obviously gets him once in a while causing his coach and I to gleefully scream " TOEPICK ". I re-watched The Cutting Edge movie with him a few nights ago and even he though the toepick parts were funny.

He is 10 going on 16 with the attitude to go with it so it's nice to have a chuckle at his expense

He has a very nice waltz jump though and his spins are pretty fast without any travelling which is surprising. I wonder how long he will stay with it ?

All right, you've had your fun. Now lay off the kid for a while.

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Everybody trips over their toepicks once in a while. Recently, a girl at our club who does nationals and skates international competitions tripped over her toepick in the middle of not doing anything.

I believe I've even seen it happen in the Olympics.

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Scott Hamilton, 1981 World Championships, just skating forward, tripped and fell on his toe picks. Still won.

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The only time I ever trip on my toepicks is in competition! Well, slight exaggeration, but the vast majority of times have been.

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Always happy to hear about another boy skater! I never thought my DS would stick with it (he just turned 9) but he's still going strong, much to my surprise. I was so worried that his friends might tease him about it but they are mostly impressed once they see him skate . . . especially the jumps!!