Hi everyone!
I want to start off by saying that I have absolutely no idea about anything when it comes to figure skating (or any kind of skating for that matter) so please bear with me.
My daughter is 16 years old, about 168cm, 60kg. She has just started figure skating lessons but have been skating on her own quite often for a couple of years. I believe she is working on her single jump (skating forward, jumping, spin 180 and land on one skate and the other leg straight backwards). She can skate backwards, spin a little and things like that. She tells me to write that she can do "basic spins", forward and backward swizzles as well. She mentions "crossover, forward and backwards, both inside and outside foot". I have no idea what that means.
Currently she is using hand-me-downs from her mother. I'm pretty sure they are called Graf Victoria. They don't seem stiff. She claims they "work okay". They're a little too big (EU 39) and she usually have EU 38 for shoes.
I've been trying to figure out what she needs but I don't trust the random webshops that just want to make money and I don't trust her friends because they just recommend whatever they use (most seem to use Edea here). Just like I don't trust the brands themselves since they just want to confuse the consumer - "stiffness rating" being a great example of how they want to confuse consumers.
So I'm turning to you here and am hoping to get some proper information and some guidance.
We have a web store that offers the ability to try out different skates and we're planning on going there tomorrow, but I'd like to hear your thoughts before going.
Thank you in advance and have a great weekend!
Edit: We will not be visiting them for fitting tomorrow. They were extremely rude and condescending so I cancelled the appointment.
I want to start off by saying that I have absolutely no idea about anything when it comes to figure skating (or any kind of skating for that matter) so please bear with me.
My daughter is 16 years old, about 168cm, 60kg. She has just started figure skating lessons but have been skating on her own quite often for a couple of years. I believe she is working on her single jump (skating forward, jumping, spin 180 and land on one skate and the other leg straight backwards). She can skate backwards, spin a little and things like that. She tells me to write that she can do "basic spins", forward and backward swizzles as well. She mentions "crossover, forward and backwards, both inside and outside foot". I have no idea what that means.
Currently she is using hand-me-downs from her mother. I'm pretty sure they are called Graf Victoria. They don't seem stiff. She claims they "work okay". They're a little too big (EU 39) and she usually have EU 38 for shoes.
I've been trying to figure out what she needs but I don't trust the random webshops that just want to make money and I don't trust her friends because they just recommend whatever they use (most seem to use Edea here). Just like I don't trust the brands themselves since they just want to confuse the consumer - "stiffness rating" being a great example of how they want to confuse consumers.
So I'm turning to you here and am hoping to get some proper information and some guidance.
We have a web store that offers the ability to try out different skates and we're planning on going there tomorrow, but I'd like to hear your thoughts before going.
Thank you in advance and have a great weekend!
Edit: We will not be visiting them for fitting tomorrow. They were extremely rude and condescending so I cancelled the appointment.
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