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Created on 2005-06-15 19:09:03 (#7442280), last updated 2009-11-21
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Basic Info| Name: | renatele |
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| Birthdate: | 04-28 |
BioI'm yet another AOSS (adult-onset skating syndrome) sufferer, though some would argue that I don't exactly fit into AOSS diagnosis as I've skated several years in childhood (in Lithuania). My skating story:
I started figure skating when I was 5 years old, and skated for about 5 years. Due to rink politics (and more), I've been consistently placed lower in local competitions - however few we had - and as a young girl developed a complex of feeling inferior. Due to some conflict with the coach having to do with the rink politics, I left ice when I was 10. I really wanted to come back, but the only indoor ice rink in my city has been closed shortly after, and my mother didn't have the means to take me skating to the other town.
Fast forward about 7 years later. I've always been drawn to the ice and have fantasized about getting back for years and years. My life took a turn, and I ended up coming to USA in 1996, and have gone to skate several times on public sessions in NYC. It was expensive for me, and once again, I didn't have the means to get decent skates or take lessons or even just skate more often on publics. Another 7 years later I was married with a 2.5 year old, overweight, with chronic knee pain (patello-femoral syndrome), and in deep depression. I told my husband I wanted to take group "learn to skate" lessons at nearby ice rink. Several weeks/months later I started coming out of depression, life suddenly seemed brighter, I started losing weight, and my knees felt better. I was hooked again.
Even though this time around we had the means for me to skate, there were other obstacles to me skating often: I didn't drive (long story). Still, I tried to skate most weeks 1 or 2 times, and if I was really lucky, my husband or mother would take me to the ice rink 3 times a week, though that was very rare. I had to start my journey on the ice almost from scratch: forget about almost-consistent doubles and quite respectable spins I had when I was 10. I couldn't even do a LFI 3-turn or a forward CW crossover! For 2.5 years I skated without a coach, enjoying the almost-meditative state ice skating puts one in. When you skate, you can't think of problems at home or work, financial burdens, etc - you can only concentrate on what your body is doing. Everything else doesn't exist. Well, almost... I still don't have enough self-confidence to just be happy with my own skating and often get intimidated watching better skaters than me, or beat myself up over not being a skater I was 17+ years ago.
As of Spring 2005, I can get myself to the ice rink without relying on anybody else. I finally feel ready to dive into the world of private lessons. The rest is in my blog :)
I started figure skating when I was 5 years old, and skated for about 5 years. Due to rink politics (and more), I've been consistently placed lower in local competitions - however few we had - and as a young girl developed a complex of feeling inferior. Due to some conflict with the coach having to do with the rink politics, I left ice when I was 10. I really wanted to come back, but the only indoor ice rink in my city has been closed shortly after, and my mother didn't have the means to take me skating to the other town.
Fast forward about 7 years later. I've always been drawn to the ice and have fantasized about getting back for years and years. My life took a turn, and I ended up coming to USA in 1996, and have gone to skate several times on public sessions in NYC. It was expensive for me, and once again, I didn't have the means to get decent skates or take lessons or even just skate more often on publics. Another 7 years later I was married with a 2.5 year old, overweight, with chronic knee pain (patello-femoral syndrome), and in deep depression. I told my husband I wanted to take group "learn to skate" lessons at nearby ice rink. Several weeks/months later I started coming out of depression, life suddenly seemed brighter, I started losing weight, and my knees felt better. I was hooked again.
Even though this time around we had the means for me to skate, there were other obstacles to me skating often: I didn't drive (long story). Still, I tried to skate most weeks 1 or 2 times, and if I was really lucky, my husband or mother would take me to the ice rink 3 times a week, though that was very rare. I had to start my journey on the ice almost from scratch: forget about almost-consistent doubles and quite respectable spins I had when I was 10. I couldn't even do a LFI 3-turn or a forward CW crossover! For 2.5 years I skated without a coach, enjoying the almost-meditative state ice skating puts one in. When you skate, you can't think of problems at home or work, financial burdens, etc - you can only concentrate on what your body is doing. Everything else doesn't exist. Well, almost... I still don't have enough self-confidence to just be happy with my own skating and often get intimidated watching better skaters than me, or beat myself up over not being a skater I was 17+ years ago.
As of Spring 2005, I can get myself to the ice rink without relying on anybody else. I finally feel ready to dive into the world of private lessons. The rest is in my blog :)
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