Ducky does a skate

its shells on ice time baby 🦆⛸ art blog @onesmallduck beginner adult skater. blogging my progress for the fun of it. Unapologetic 'lift Yuzuru' propaganda blog. We must lift the zu.

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[doomduck]

Hello. I think I'll break up the tag with a long winded personal skating update ^_^

Feel free to scroll past.

I'm just emptying my brain for other purposes.

My coach had me train with his wife Mel for about 4 weeks with the hope that a different voice might help with my 3 turns. And it mostly did. Even got some improvement on my back spin.

I won't be able to do my skating test until September now, however, as I quit my job. And you need both club membership and ice skating Victoria membership on top of the actual test registration fee. I also have to pay for Brian's coaching fee. It's going to cost about $300 for around 6 1/2 minutes of skating.

So I'm going to use my tax return for it. Once that is done and dusted I'm going to be concentrating on skating programs.

I'm getting pain in my good knee. Which is making working on sit spin difficult.

My loop jump still sucks. But is okay enough that Brian is having me working on flip.

I have a new skating bag. Its significantly bigger than the previous one. I should be able to get a couple of days worth of clothes in there. So far it's working well. I've been able to adjust the straps alot better and it feels like a lot less strain on my back. My only real issue is I don't like what it's made of. But for just under $40 its a small quibble.

I think that's it. Things are improving at a snails pace. My to biggest enemies are cost and comparison. So Things could be worse.

[theskatingarchive]

Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

2024 Skate Canada International Rhythm Dance (76.76)

[mp4rchive]

juna bauer you will always be famous

[petitmimosa]

Do you know what I miss? "AND A TRIPLE AXEL OUT OF NOWHERE"

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Yuzuru Hanyu for Anan Magazine 2026 🤍

[theskatingarchive]

Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

2025 European Championship Free Dance (124.01, PB)

[justnotkrikkit]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP KAZUKI TOMONO QUEEN FREE SKATE

[triple-axel-out-of-nowhere]

Junhwan Cha + Layback Ina Bauer

Turandot, James Bond, Balada Para Un Loco and Not A Dream (exhibition)

[triple-axel-out-of-nowhere]

Yuzuru Hanyu being ridiculous in Beijing practice

[yuzunostalgia]

Missing them hours...

[theskatingarchive]

Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP)

2026 European Championship Free Dance (121.27)

[theskatingarchive]

吉田 唄菜/森田 真沙也 Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita (JPN)

2026 World Championship Rhythm Dance (72.33, PB)

[theskatingarchive]

Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

2026 World Championship Exhibition Gala (Royals)

[theskatingarchive]

友野一希 Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

2022 Grand Prix De France Exhibition Gala (What's My Name)

[doomduck]

With the ungodly amount of Taylor Smith music playing at the rink this morning I'm going to need to drown my poor ear drums in gratuitous amounts of nine inch nails and type o negative to recover

[vampbers3a]

favourite jump but you can't pick axel

lutz

toeloop

salchow

flip

loop

Voting ended onJun 23