I had a great practice this morning at Apex! It was one of those magical days where things went the way they were supposed to and mostly everything I did was "passing" in regards to MIF.
8 Step Mohawks - The first one I did was kind of a disaster. I think I caught a rut or got on a goofy edge and it kinda slipped away from me. I gave myself a reskate on this and it was much better.
Forward and Backward Cross Strokes - The forward strokes were awesome! I had a loud rip on each stroke. Neat! The backward strokes were good too but there were no audible rips. However, my strokes are more strokey and less steppy so that's nice. My imaginary judges passed me on this move.
FO-BI 3 Turns - Not a single foot down! This is as clean as I've skated it in a while. Nice!
FI-BO 3 Turns - I had one tap of a foot down on one of my backward turns (LBO side) but the other two were good. In fact the last one on that side was really nice and I think my imaginary judges saw that and appreciated it. So, they passed me.
Spirals - Lovely. Plus points here as always. I tried even harder to extend more on my bad side (the inside spirals) and I think this brought them closer to what the outsides look like.
Power Pulls - Final move yay! I did not get any rips going forward but got a couple going backward. Overall, it wasn't bad but it wasn't as good as I've done them lately. Still passing with a 0, I think.
So yeah, today was just what I needed. A good skate, things working the way they should, and a little confidence boost. I was supposed to test tomorrow at the Promenade but that's cancelled (even though they still haven't contacted me to tell me so, kinda annoyed at that). Instead I'll be testing 6 days from now on Thursday the 26th. Will it be nice to pass? Heck yeah! Do I expect to pass? Well, I know I still need a lot of work on these things so it's realistic that I might not pass this time. And that's okay too. I'm not going to put pressure on myself to pass this right now. This is all about putting it out there for the first time and seeing where I stand. I've worked my ass off for the last 2 years (the last 8 months in particular) to get this test ready. I'm proud of how far I've come and what I've been able to accomplish. Although I have good days and bad days, overall I've steadily progressed and grown as a skater. And that's pretty cool.
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