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- Nov 21, 2015
Hi guys! I'm a 21 year old girl who just recently got into figure skating - I did intensive holiday courses as a kid, but my parents would never let me sacrifice my precious schooling/studying time for something like whirling around on the ice... now that I've moved out, I'm finally free to do what I want
I'm now doing a group course once a week, and I guess we'll be covering the Basic Skills from 3-8, although the programme description did say that depending on the level of the participants, we could also work on pirouettes and basic jumps. The first week we did backwards/forwards swizzles and backwards/forwards crossovers, as well as the 2-foot forwards to backwards turn. Sorry if I don't always get all the terminology right - I'm in Europe, and this programme doesn't seem to be following the Basic Skills programme very strictly either.
I intend to continue with private lessons after this group course ends, or maybe even start some in the next few weeks. There's about 15 people attending this class, and I feel like the instructor hasn't been able to pay much attention to all of us individually.
So here's my question: I'm looking into getting some ice skates that would last me from basic skills until I begin single jumps, if possible. I've done some research, and I think the EDEA Preludio would be best suited for me. However, the skate store here doesn't seem to sell them, instead only selling the Overture and up! If I got the Overture instead, would I be overbooting in those?
One thing that might be of note is that I probably have weak angles, as I've sprained my ankles several times as a kid while doing gymnastics and general tomfoolery, last time being my right ankle 2 years ago.
If anyone else has other skates to recommend, that would also be great. My budget is about €200 for the boot and blade. Thanks so much!
I'm now doing a group course once a week, and I guess we'll be covering the Basic Skills from 3-8, although the programme description did say that depending on the level of the participants, we could also work on pirouettes and basic jumps. The first week we did backwards/forwards swizzles and backwards/forwards crossovers, as well as the 2-foot forwards to backwards turn. Sorry if I don't always get all the terminology right - I'm in Europe, and this programme doesn't seem to be following the Basic Skills programme very strictly either.
I intend to continue with private lessons after this group course ends, or maybe even start some in the next few weeks. There's about 15 people attending this class, and I feel like the instructor hasn't been able to pay much attention to all of us individually.
So here's my question: I'm looking into getting some ice skates that would last me from basic skills until I begin single jumps, if possible. I've done some research, and I think the EDEA Preludio would be best suited for me. However, the skate store here doesn't seem to sell them, instead only selling the Overture and up! If I got the Overture instead, would I be overbooting in those?
One thing that might be of note is that I probably have weak angles, as I've sprained my ankles several times as a kid while doing gymnastics and general tomfoolery, last time being my right ankle 2 years ago.
If anyone else has other skates to recommend, that would also be great. My budget is about €200 for the boot and blade. Thanks so much!