#toe picks

[figureskatingconfessions]

“Jumps were "made" and standardized the way they're in the rule book for a reason. According to specialists, a PR/UR, a blade assistance or a bad toe pick not only affect the axis, it also makes impact harder and it makes a skater vulnerable to serious injuries in hips, spine, ankles, legs, muscles. ISU should re-think the things they are doing with judge system.”

[lady-divine-writes]

My friend who’s helping me with my skating wants me to try figure skating half the time I train to strengthen my left side ...

Remember me fondly, my friends, for now I go to a better place ... xD

[latsin]

Figure skating and me part 7

I don't understand why I have such a hard time with single loops. 1/2 loops took me a while but I get them. I can combine them almost perfectly. Like, say, I'll land a decent 3 jump-loop, or a single lutz-loop, but ask me to do a loop on its own and I die. Like seriously. I have NO IDEA what my arms even do, and I always land it on one foot and my other toepick.

I HATE single loops. And to cap off the irony, my best jump right now is the toe loop. And they're the same bleeding thing! With a different start! D:

[latsin]

figure skating and me part 2

In the beginning of the 20th century, figure skating was lent a more athletic character through the developments of Ulrich Salchow, a Swede. Salchow was considered the greatest figure skater of his day by far, winning the world championships ten times. The crowning achievement of his career, however, was his development of ice skates with slightly serrated blades, giving enough traction on the ice to launch long jumps. The salchow jump, still used prominently in figure skating routines today, is named for him, and was considered Salchow's greatest contribution to figure skating.

Really? REALLY? He's basically the reason we have toe picks, which pretty much allow us to perform EVERY jump and his most important contribution is a jump?? Somebody has got their priorities backwards. Thank you, good sir, for the toe pick. There. It had to be said. 

[captain-mc-donagh]

can someone explain to me how it is possible to skate without toe picks?