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- Dec 13, 2018
Hi everyone! After reading the responses on my last post I've come to the conclusion that I need new skates before continuing further with my skating progress.
I'm going to see an expert fitter in a few days (We're driving 3 hours to see her lol but it'll be worth it) and I've been doing some research and looking into boots and blades before going just to have an idea of what may work for me and what most likely won't. Obviously I'm going to talk to the fitter and go with her recommendations, but I'm impatient and want to see what other people think before I go lol.
I'm currently in Riedell 133 Diamonds with an eclipse astra blade, and the skates that I've been looking at are the Jackson Freestyle, Competitors, and Debut, and then the Edea Overtures (I haven't looked very much into Riedells because I'm not a huge fan of the skates I have now). I'm in Adult 6 Learn to Skate and am working on waltz jumps and one foot spins. I'm 5'5", 16 and weigh about 140. I am worried about overbooting, but I would like to have skates that last for at least a year, or get me through to learning my axel. Any opinions on the skates I've been looking at? Or any skates I should add to my list of skates that I'm interested in?
I'm considering getting a nicer blade to go with my skates as I'd like for them to last a while, and the ones I like the most are the Coronation Aces. My only concern is that they may be too advanced for me? Does that sound like it may be an issue? From the research I've done I've heard that you can't get a boot only version of Freestyles and Competitors anymore so I guess if I end up going with one of those I'll stick with the blade it comes with. (If it comes with a blade, can you still change out the blade? I'm a little confused on that)
Any advice/input is appreciated, I'm just looking for someone's opinion with more expertise than me, but at the end of the day I will of course go with what the professional tells me, this is more for my curiosity and to satisfy my impatience lol thanks in advance!
I'm going to see an expert fitter in a few days (We're driving 3 hours to see her lol but it'll be worth it) and I've been doing some research and looking into boots and blades before going just to have an idea of what may work for me and what most likely won't. Obviously I'm going to talk to the fitter and go with her recommendations, but I'm impatient and want to see what other people think before I go lol.
I'm currently in Riedell 133 Diamonds with an eclipse astra blade, and the skates that I've been looking at are the Jackson Freestyle, Competitors, and Debut, and then the Edea Overtures (I haven't looked very much into Riedells because I'm not a huge fan of the skates I have now). I'm in Adult 6 Learn to Skate and am working on waltz jumps and one foot spins. I'm 5'5", 16 and weigh about 140. I am worried about overbooting, but I would like to have skates that last for at least a year, or get me through to learning my axel. Any opinions on the skates I've been looking at? Or any skates I should add to my list of skates that I'm interested in?
I'm considering getting a nicer blade to go with my skates as I'd like for them to last a while, and the ones I like the most are the Coronation Aces. My only concern is that they may be too advanced for me? Does that sound like it may be an issue? From the research I've done I've heard that you can't get a boot only version of Freestyles and Competitors anymore so I guess if I end up going with one of those I'll stick with the blade it comes with. (If it comes with a blade, can you still change out the blade? I'm a little confused on that)
Any advice/input is appreciated, I'm just looking for someone's opinion with more expertise than me, but at the end of the day I will of course go with what the professional tells me, this is more for my curiosity and to satisfy my impatience lol thanks in advance!