Movez: I took some video of myself doing the backward outside and inside consecutive edges. The lobes look fine and are of equal number (which is neat because I'm not counting them, they just kind of work out that way on their own!). I really do tend to pick up speed down the line and I'm not sure this is a good thing. Once I get about halfway down the line, things start to pick up and because of the increase in speed, I feel like I'm not spending enough time with my extensions. Also, I gotta remember head position on my back inside edges. So these are definitely passable but they still need a hell of a lot of polishing. I worked on the rest of my Pre-Bronze moves and there is nothing new to report there. I'm just keeping them under my feet at this point.
Spinz: I didn't spend too much time on these because the ice was so torn up from hockey. I was able to find some patches of ice that were smooth where I could spin. I was pretty proud of this nicely centered scratch spin!
Jumpz: I ran through my usual repertoire of jumps to start off with but I spent the majority of my time prepping for the Flip. I did many loops where I focused on my arm position (easier said than done) and I did the mohawk entry where I lift my leg into the "h" position and do a hop instead of the jump. After a good 10 minutes on this I attempted my Flip. It was scary as hell but I got around for a full rotation and I landed it! Following that I did Flip after Flip after Flip to just reinforce it and stave off that fear. They definitely deteriorated the more I did them but...they happened! My new short term goal is to get this to the point where if Christopher asks me to do one in our next lesson, I just say "okay" and do it. No hesitation! I know it's not a beautiful jump right now but I'm more proud of the fact that I said I would work on it and didn't make an excuse not to. I didn't let my self-doubt consume me. :)
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