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- May 17, 2023
Hi everyone !
After reading some thread here and asking for advices around me, I finally decided to post here as I didn't come with the same proposals and I am now very confused.
I would like to change my skates because I currently wear 260 Risport Antarès boots and Mark IV blades that I bought already used and they are really broken now. At that moment, I just took the same size as my shoe sizes, and tried a friend's boots after an online seller recommandation. I also found them too high for outside spread eagles (it hurts me), and not really good for ankle bending (even though it could be due to the fact that I tigh them really hard to make up the lack of ankles' support). I am also thinking that they are too big for me, based on the traces of my toes on the insole, even though I am not "mooving" inside (but this could perhaps explain my scratchy backward skating). Except for these, I didn't have big issues with them.
But the thing is, I am competing since september in ice dance (preparatory, moving towards prebronze next year, working on brackets etc, outsides mohawks, choctaws, forward and backward twizzles, ...) but I am also following artistic lessons ( singles jumps -> toe loops and salchows are ok, starting seriously on loops and flips, sit and back spins,... . I skate 3 times a week, around 1h each time.
I do know that a unique boot made for both disciplines doesn't exist, but I am looking for a compromise for I can't afford 2 pairs of skates, and I think that's doable for my current level. So I am looking for something stiff enough for my weight and single jumps, with a rather low-cut profile.
In ice dance, the club and my mates only advised Overture or Flamenco Ice/Risport Dance.
In figure skating, one of the coaches advised me Chorus.
I never wore Edea before (I had really basic skates before my Antares), but they almost only use them in both clubs. No one in my clubs was able to offer me consistent advices about skates, and there is no skate shops in my town.
So I asked online shops what they would recommand to me and I had contradictory returns :
In EDEA :
About me :
- height : 167cm [5.5ft] / weight : 65 kg
- 25 years old
- neutral arch (based on this : https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1693/9553/files/arch_description_large.jpg)
- irregular feet (based on this : https://static.wixstatic.com/media/...f41e_309dd0eb3bb646b88dbf90d309f40f7f~mv2.jpg )
- foot length : 250/251 cm [9.8 inches]
- food width : 9.3 cm [3.5 inches] for the left one / 9.5 cm for the right one
Practice :
- 3-4h/ week
- working on singles, sit spins, etc
- competing in ice dance (pre bronze)
I guess I gave you all the informations I could ...
After reading some thread here and asking for advices around me, I finally decided to post here as I didn't come with the same proposals and I am now very confused.
I would like to change my skates because I currently wear 260 Risport Antarès boots and Mark IV blades that I bought already used and they are really broken now. At that moment, I just took the same size as my shoe sizes, and tried a friend's boots after an online seller recommandation. I also found them too high for outside spread eagles (it hurts me), and not really good for ankle bending (even though it could be due to the fact that I tigh them really hard to make up the lack of ankles' support). I am also thinking that they are too big for me, based on the traces of my toes on the insole, even though I am not "mooving" inside (but this could perhaps explain my scratchy backward skating). Except for these, I didn't have big issues with them.
But the thing is, I am competing since september in ice dance (preparatory, moving towards prebronze next year, working on brackets etc, outsides mohawks, choctaws, forward and backward twizzles, ...) but I am also following artistic lessons ( singles jumps -> toe loops and salchows are ok, starting seriously on loops and flips, sit and back spins,... . I skate 3 times a week, around 1h each time.
I do know that a unique boot made for both disciplines doesn't exist, but I am looking for a compromise for I can't afford 2 pairs of skates, and I think that's doable for my current level. So I am looking for something stiff enough for my weight and single jumps, with a rather low-cut profile.
In ice dance, the club and my mates only advised Overture or Flamenco Ice/Risport Dance.
In figure skating, one of the coaches advised me Chorus.
I never wore Edea before (I had really basic skates before my Antares), but they almost only use them in both clubs. No one in my clubs was able to offer me consistent advices about skates, and there is no skate shops in my town.
So I asked online shops what they would recommand to me and I had contradictory returns :
In EDEA :
- Overture : some says it would be enough for my skills, other said it will be too easily broken for an adult.
- Chorus : ok for adult, but high-cut profile, so not really great for ice dances.
- some even advised friends in my level and ages Concerto
- Electra Light : both Electra and RF3 seemed to be advised by Risport for both disciplines. But Electra's stiffness is only 45 and some said it won't last me a lot ...
- RF3 Pro : They are higher than the royal pro, so best for good jumpers
- Royal pro : this is what advised the person recommended by Risport France for figure skaters and ice dancers, because it's lower cut than the RF3 Pro which are apparently a parallel line. But others said it would be overbooting.
About me :
- height : 167cm [5.5ft] / weight : 65 kg
- 25 years old
- neutral arch (based on this : https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1693/9553/files/arch_description_large.jpg)
- irregular feet (based on this : https://static.wixstatic.com/media/...f41e_309dd0eb3bb646b88dbf90d309f40f7f~mv2.jpg )
- foot length : 250/251 cm [9.8 inches]
- food width : 9.3 cm [3.5 inches] for the left one / 9.5 cm for the right one
Practice :
- 3-4h/ week
- working on singles, sit spins, etc
- competing in ice dance (pre bronze)
I guess I gave you all the informations I could ...