March 8, 2026 do-over of Feb. 25. Backwards alternating crossovers concentrating on complete weight transfer - two tries. The wheels are great, thanks again Jay. The bearings... whoever cleaned and oiled these things is trying to kill me. Wait, that was me.

I'm currently taking a skate instructor course. May I ask you 3 questions? <If "yes" proceed to next step> 👇🏻 1. What frustrates you most about skating? 2. What skill do you wish you had? 3. What would make you feel more confident?

I spent the past few days celebrating my birthday so I was MIA from the group. But is it crazy that I be legit dreaming of skating? I hopped back on today for about 30 minutes. But I think I nailed down my front to back transition on one side. Still working on the other. All of you guys’ advice helps. But I’m curious because I changed out my skates and practiced on the 85As and it seems like I was able to get the open book down using both the toe manual and the heel manual. In your experience, does alternating between different wheels seem to help you any, especially when you’re struggling to perfect a move? Do you find that going to a harder or softer wheel seems to make a difference?

I just had an idea: to use something like the speed control on youtube to slow down a song in order to practice the choreo. I'm not into choreography on skates yet. Back in "the day" (in dancing) we didn't have digital playback that could change frequency (BPM) without weirding out the pitch. I found an app for Mac called PitchNSpeed. Simple and free. I just tried it and voila. I'll probably use it when I get to skate-dancing. Let me know if this is news to anyone and a good idea.

Fell backwards yesterday and automatically stuck my arm out and broke my wrist. It happened so fast. Any tips on fighting that instinct? I'm really frustrated. Also, I'll be wearing my safety gear from here on out.