Caught on Video

This morning my coach remembered to bring her video camera! But she was still learning how to use it :P She recorded two of my sequences that will be tested for Skating Skills. They did not look too great but the Mohawks pattern actually looked better than I thought. Aside from a lot of skidding in my three turns the most obvious issue is that my free leg is usually quite bent and they are both a bit bent in the spirals that end the sequence. Losing a bit of weight would help everything look a bit better too >:/

Anywhoo, it was overall a decent skills session. I actually missed my alarm for the first time and had to blast my way out of the house to make the bus in time. It left me feeling a bit groggy but there is nothing like edges down the line to bring my focus back. After that I did some stroking and crossovers and practiced my sequences a couple of times through. I actually never made it to jumps or spins. Good thing I got to do lots of them yesterday.

This evening I rushed home to watch Skate America. I wish I had known about it earlier because it is not so far away in Portland. And plenty of empty seats apparently :( I just about had a fit when SkateBuzz didn't seem to be working properly but was so relieved when it came back on. I missed the first pairs performance but I can always go back and watch it later. The Canadians are in a surprising second place. Unfortunately Shawn Sawyer had a lot of problems in his short program and is in second last place. I saw him at Stars on Ice, wow! Great presence and personality. It just doesn't show through in this program.

Tomorrow there is no skating because of a ringette tournament. (Aside: I watched a bit of it this morning after my skate and wow, I would be amazing at ringette. ) So instead I'm planning to shell out the extra cash to skate at the national training centre. There is an Adult session that I'm looking forward to checking out. Maybe I will meet some other adult skaters? A dance partner? Wishful thinking perhaps.