" And who knows maybe I will see you on the rink one day." THAT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE AAHHH

I started taking lessons 3 weeks ago (although I do have lots of recreational skating experience). I have already started doing 3 turns and waltz jumps ! It's amazing how fast you can lean when you practice hard and are determined, and I can't wait to see how far I can get in a year. I'm 18 and the other kids during my session are like, 6-11 years old. It can be disheartening to see kids so much younger than you performing elements that are currently too hard for you. BUT as you said, "Be a figure skater because you love being on the ice". I skate because I love it, and nothing can take that away. I can't stop thinking about skating, I go every morning at 6am to practice, and most days I skate 2-3 a day. It is NEVER too late to follow your dreams. Thank you Joel, you motivate me and inspire me everyday! I hope to skate with your level of skill and grace someday:)

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Ahhh very inspiring as well Viola! and very well-said! I really love your mind-set. Keep up the good work! you're very close to landing your singles if that's the case :) Good luck and Keep skating!

@vickyg.18

6 жыл бұрын

Ahh this is inspiring!! I’m 17 and looking into starting lessons 😅

@nora5326

4 жыл бұрын

hi viola! o want to become a figure skater but the nearest ice skating rink is 30 min away? i cant drive so i’m stuck. do you have any tips on skating each day in a far away rink?

I started skating at 41. It is never too late. I know people who actually learned to skate in their 50s, 60s and 70s, and one lady who started a few years ago and just turned 80! Young adults in their late teens and 20s seem to pick up skating pretty quickly, especially if they have previous experience with rollerskating or dance. The older you get, the more challenging it is. What Joel says about taking your time, enjoying the ice, and not worrying about other people, is spot on. As an adult you will learn at your own pace, take the time to enjoy the process and really perfect your basic techniques. If you rush through, barely passing levels just to say you passed, you may not have a strong foundation for your more advanced skating.

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

This is very inspirational! Thank you so much for sharing!

*"Maybe because of a certain anime "* *DAMN RIGHT*

@sean3765

3 жыл бұрын

A fellow Yuri on Ice fan I see

i started ice skating last year when i was 14, and that's really late, but i love being on the ice and the feeling when i'm in the air, so i don't give a shit that i'm never going to be able to do competition skating because i do what i want to do and what i enjoy doing

I really would love to skate to be honest. YOI and you have inspired me to skate. I've always wanted to learn how but I'm afraid of falling. I went to the rink to skate with my friends because it was her birthday, I fell 11 times but I just laughed it off. It's really fun and new to me. I just love it very much. I'd love to learn how to execute more difficult tasks but I just don't know yet.

@MikkiRose129

5 жыл бұрын

Skating is amazing. I just watched YOI last night, and it really made we want to ring up my old Coach and tell her that I'm getting back into it. I used to take Figure Skating lessons with a couple friends, but I ended up stopping because Life got in the way. If you mean you want to learn to Skate in a basic way, the I recommend maybe getting someone to go with you, or just making you way to the middle of the rink, and try to figure out how to skate back. When I was little my Dad dragged me into the middle and left me there while he did a lap, and I crawled to the edge, so he did it again. Needless to say, a couple turns later I figured it out. Then he took me around the edge and held my hand and all that. He made me figure it out myself first.

@m.g.1353

3 жыл бұрын

Same with me, I love YOI and yuzuru hanyu but I also have a horrible fear of falling and also where I live there is no permanent ice skating ranks :(

@lifeskater9899

3 жыл бұрын

Call a rink nearest to you and inquire about Learn To Skate Groups (although with Covid, depending on your location, they may be suspended for now).

@pat_6430

3 жыл бұрын

@@lifeskater9899 the problem is that there are no rinks in my area, what should I do? Haha

I'm 25, started skating at the age of 18. Im a student of Joel Minas. And Im proud to be an adult figure skater!!!!

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

YESSS!!! REPRESENT!

@brixly656

5 жыл бұрын

Owo that’s REALLY cool!

@goku6217

5 жыл бұрын

So cool😍

@stevenjohnsintos727

4 жыл бұрын

How much for skating lesson?

I'm 17, i'm still in my first year of figure skating and now i've got my forward and backward crossover. But I remember when I started to learn how to do them backward. I was really struggling with it like.... a lot XD I was so scared to run in to someone that I couldn't focus on doing the right move ^^" And then a girl around 10 came at me to gave me some tips, in fact she was in the junior competition section of our club, but not only that in fact she was apparently the best of her section >> I'm ... well I have anxity problems and I panic ...very quickly when I people are watching me. So at first I just kept falling over and over again for no reason ;-; But she stayed and she started to act like if she was my coach the entire afternoon. In fact people around us were kinda shook because well she (remember she's just around 10) was yelling at me whenever I started to hesitate to do it or even hit my leg with her watch when i was being to slow ... while i'm a 17 year old beginner XD Still it was really cool being coached ^^ (btw now I'm working on my entry for the one foot spin (I got my one foot spin but... still need to work on it I still fail a lot) and to improve my three and my Mohawk >->)

Hey Joel.... Your face look red. Take care yourself. And Yeh you inspire me.

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your concern!

Omg please be my coach 😭 I need private lessons because my current coach wastes time on a little girl that doesn't follow instructions. Im placed Basic 3 but doing Basic 5, so below intermediate. Im 15..

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Yury! I can't speak for your coach but there must be a reason why he/she placed you on that level. If you feel like you should be on a higher level, be transparent and talk to your coach about it. Just continue skating and don't give up!

@aether9061

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Minas I won't ever give up and thanks!

@Aya-wv6fp

6 жыл бұрын

That Masky profile tho 😏😏😏

@ayseelif4914

5 жыл бұрын

Yury hii my Snapchat is singerelo I’m in the same situation as you I would be so happy if we could be friends!

as a person who started being obsessed with skating at 13, i find this really motivating :) keep these great videos up!

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Korra ahhh that’s really good to know! I hope to see you skate soon! 💙

My first attempt to ice skate was at anime on ice and learned to skate in 2 hours! I'm 18 and never skater before so yeap age is definitely not a problem!

Ammaazzziinng little katsudon 😂❤

No words can say how much this video helped in building up the confidence and inspiration to continue ice skating ;__; I've been told that it's too late for me to learn ice skating/figure skating at my age (I'm 24), and that thought REALLY got me down. But then, after watching your videos and watching you skate at the fun and love of it, you inspired me to return to ice skating :')

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Aww sweetheart, you are not too old to start! I have students that are the same age range as you and are skating magnificently. Don't let them discourage you to figure skate! You have this community to support you and to motivate you to continue. Good luck!

“May it be because of a certain anime” *LOUD COUGHS* we all know what we’re referring to

I've been wanting to start ice skating for such a long time but I'm always really anxious or just feel bad about it, so it's a relief to know that I don't have to start as early as possible and that I could start whenever I have the time

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Start at your own pace and don't give up! Good luck!

I just showed this to my parents and they said I can start skating! But we can’t find anywhere for me to learn. I live in the surrey area of Canada BC if you know of anywhere to go please tell me! -even though you probably won’t know- thank you for inspiring me and letting me skate!

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Annabella! I'm so happy that your parents said yes! I hope to see your skating videos soon!

I signed up for ice skating courses two days after i'd finished watching Yuri on ice , and I'm 29 :D It's tremendously fun! Thank you, Joel for increasing my motivation :)

I’m 39 and I just had my first 4 lessons this month. I picked it up faster than I thought and I’m already level 4.

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff!

@englishclasschaug

6 жыл бұрын

I'm 42 and started skating two years ago. It's nice to meet another adult skater so I thought I'd say "hi!". I'm in Freestyle and in the states we can do USFSA so I'm going through testing levels.

@Xosidhe

6 жыл бұрын

Blu Skates That’s awesome! I’m sure it’s obvious, but I meant I’m Basic Level 4. I haven’t even looked up the testing beyond USFSA Basic, but that’ll be cool to check out and have some goals in the field.

@englishclasschaug

6 жыл бұрын

I figured (ha ha get it!) you were in B4. I got stuck on the three turns and for the longest time thought "okay, I'm done" then one it I just got it. I think figure skating just runs that way. You work and work and work and nothing, then one day it's like your feet say "Oh THAT'S what you want me to do!" I'm working on an axel these days and hoping I'll stop two footing my double. :) . After Basic you can go into Freestyle and in that there's Pre-Pre... but you can do the adult testing of Bronze, Silver, Gold. Have fun!

@Xosidhe

6 жыл бұрын

Blu Skates Thanks for that info! There’s a good TED talk about how it takes 20 hours to really get proficient at a new skill, so I won’t give up if I get hung up on something. My problem is trying to do everything at once and expecting to be able to, so what has helped me is making a list of 5 things to work on to take to practice.

Omg I love you!! I've been wanting to start skating because of Yuri On Ice (hehe😁) but was worried that I was too old, thank you for reassuring me!! 😘

@elilezaga3964

6 жыл бұрын

Alyssa TWD lol ,i start skateing because of Yuri on ice XD

@borntomakehistori

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@1004lucien

4 жыл бұрын

Adelaide I would like to also I just finished watching it and I’m 13

the last time i was this early, dinosaurs were still roaming the earth

Is it too late for me to hug you with my Makkachin plushie?? ^♡^

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

No, not at all, Kari! :D

@michellemckeiver9448

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Minas Beware the unexpected snuggles and cuddles 😻😻😻

Omg, I've wanted to start ice skating for a long time, but as with many other things I've wanted to try, I was too afraid because I felt like u was too old at 16 and now 17. Your words are motivating, empowering, and inspirational. It feels so wonderful to have a figure skater tell you that it's never too late! Thanks Joel, I think I will try to start skating lessons this summer :)

I'm moving to New York for college soon and I've been wanting to start ice skating for a long time and you've given me hope that I can learn. Thank you!

I'm so glad I found this video! I skated for only a year when I was 12/13 and even then I felt out of place because of my age. After watching the winter olympics and Worlds I was reminded of how much I love the sport (doing it, not just watching it) and I wish I didn't quit. I'm 18 now and I am looking into private lessons with one of my old instructors who was so kind and encouraging. But I still have that fear that I would be made fun of because I would be surrounded by little girls who can skate way better than me. This encouraged me a lot! Thank you so much Joel!

I've been skating for 1 month and 2 weeks now and I'd like to thank you for being a huge inspiration. After my lessons, I've been practising my basic skills and your videos have helped me improve so much! People at my rink are always asking me how many years I've been skating for, and when I respond with 'a month' they are always so surprised. Thank you for helping me find my love and passion for the sport.

I've always wanted to learn ice skating but I live far away from the rink, and of course, there's also the fear that I'll be the only newbie in the rink. But YOI has paved way for a lot of people like me and we don't feel so alone anymore. I live about 250km away from the nearest rink and I've only gone there twice, but once I graduate I hope to go there much often! Thank you so much for being very inspirational and breathing hope into many people like me! It's really nice to see how genuinely you love the sport and how much you want to share it to others... Bless you and I hope to see you in YOIcon!

Is it too late for us to get married?

@k.a.mstudio38

6 жыл бұрын

Aishi Ayano xDD 😂😂😂

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Hahah aww sweetheart. It is in fact too late. Married to Victor, remember? :P

@monohina1997

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Minas I'll never give up xoxo

@lol1466

6 жыл бұрын

Joel Minas STOP SAYING THINGS THAT MAKE ME LIVE YOU MORE OMG I CANT TAKE IT

@monohina1997

6 жыл бұрын

MyNameIsMistyAS stop hitting on my husband

This mission is so true. It doesn´t matter how old you are, if you love even only an idea of being on the ice, do it! I´m 27 and i just started and i can tell that it was one of the best decisions i´ve ever made. I´ve always loved watching figure skating, but i had other hobbies and i just thought it would be too complicated, so i didn´t give it a try. And then, many years later i had this worst phase of my life and i watched Yuri on Ice. Since i love to draw and paint, my folders were soon full of YOI pictures, but one day i just decided - ok, i love it so much, i´m gonna buy skates and start. And that´s exactly what i´ve done. I skate for almost 3 months and right now i upgraded to Jacksons, cause i know that i´m completely in love with skating and i will no longer regret buying more expensive equipment. In fact i recommend to all beginners - try some profi skates on if possible, it´s a completely different feeling.

thx for the tips ^-^

@ichangednametoamorecringyo1489

6 жыл бұрын

I finally entered my first competition :D it only took me one full year :D it is never to late to skate! love you! ; D

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you , Anul! I'm so excited for your progress!

@ichangednametoamorecringyo1489

6 жыл бұрын

:)

Thank you for so much motivation ❤️ I’ve been so unmotivated from people telling me it’s too late, I’m thanking u so much! I won’t stop here! Thank you, age is something that’s been letting me down, just aaaaah thank you for motivating me ❤️

this speaks to me! cause i just started 2 months ago and im starting beta already at 15! skating has inspired me so much that me and my friends are trying to make it a club at school (a lot harder than it seams hahaha) so thank you so much for making this video cause sometimes i get discouraged cause i see so many other people who are younger than me doing jumps and spins but i still love doing it! you look really tired haha don't forget to rest up! a lot of people are gunna be sad (me included) if ya get injured! (OK I DONT KNOW IF U REMEMBER BUT when i was still using rentals i but my skates under a chair cause me and my friend were going to eat lunch then when we came back you were sitting on the chair and my skates weren't there and i told my friend "aw dang my skates aren't there, ill ask him if he's seen them" and my friend was like "WAIT-" and i just walked up and asked you and u were really nice and you actually helped me look for my skates for a bit and then i saw them in the corner and when it was all good and i went back to my friend she had this look on her face and i didn't think much of it until you said "i think they want me to do eros again" and me and my friend just looked at each other and i asked quietly "wait... eros? is he?" her: "YEAH THATS JOEL MINAS" me: "I JUST TALKED TO JOEL MINAS???" AND I DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS U UNTIL THEN AND I SAW UR GOLD SKATES AND THE MAKKACHIN IN UR BAG AND I GOT SHOOK ok thats the end hahaha)

After I saw that red eyes i was like, "joel are you sick? Your eyes are red, your nose sounds runny, you looked really tired." Joel, hear me out, rest first. We still need you in top shape ;) Your motivations are just what I needed rn. Thx Joel! I've always wanted to be able to ice skate since i was little. But there are no place to ice skate in Indonesia. There were times when a rink will be open in a mall for one week only, however the rink wasn't that big, and it's hard for me to get the feeling of really being on the ice. Ice skating is fun, and I hope I could ice skate again someday (although it's been a couple of years since i last skated) I wanted to try roller blading, but the environment is just not perfect for the wheels of my roller skates. Dancing is my only option, but I won't complain, I love dancing xD

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your concern, Stevanda! My eyes are red coz I have contacts on and the air in the rink can be a bit drying but I'm ok :) I hope that you can skate more frequently!

I started at 42 and been ice skating nearly 3-4 times a week for 5 months. Not problem. I started jumps now after learning all three turns, mowhawks, front and backward crossovers. I used to rollerblading before and been a professional boxer before and still training. The conditioning of your body is very important as ice skating is all legswork and can be very hard if you do things properly staying low on the ice while skating. Already mastered the three jump, waltz jump and toe loop single jump. 🌹💪💪 If I am doing it at 42 everyone else can. PS: there are people here on their 60s+ and learning ice dancing with their partners. Amazing!!

Gosh, I love ice skating and everyone is telling me that I am too old, I'm 13. I obviously won't be champion or something like that but I just want to learn jumps and some of this amazing stuff. You are inspiring me to fight for my goals and I guess if I did not know you I probably were sitting on my ass while watching TV 😂😂 I love you so much and you will always be my role model❤❤❤

This may be almost 2 years old but this video helped me a lot! I'm currently 15 and I'll be taking lessons very soon. YOI and my boyfriend who taught me how to skate, got me into this sport and I honestly can't be more grateful for it. I was pretty nervous and anxious about starting skating at this old age, when I know kids start at 4-5 years. But as you said, I'll be a figure skater because I love being on ice! ♡

Thank you so much for making this! It was so inspirational.😁

Thank you Joel! This was very very helpfull! Hope you much succes!😍

This really motivated me. Thanks.xx

That's motivating and inspiring thank you!!!

I'm twelve years old and I thought I was too late to learn skating. Thank you for inspiring me Joel!

Joel, you really have inspired and motivated me to start figure skating. I’ve always loved the sport, it’s so beautiful!

You are an inspiration to following your dream. Take care of you, love to watching you skate.

Thank you for encouraging me to become better at skating! I love the sport so much ^_^

“Certain anime” Memories of “Yuuri on Ice” intensifies

I get so much motivation from this video, I was so hopeless.I am happy to find your channel🤗

Omg Joel, you’re so sweet and motivating! I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your video. I just started learning to skate this week and was looking for tips for beginners! I fell in love with ice skating like many of us because of Yuri on ice but I felt I might be too old for it

That video was really inspiring , thank you !! 😊 I hope that I'll manage to skate like a real ice skater some day , I just love being on the ice ☻ Thanks , Joel !

Thanks for encourage people, good luck to you!

Hi!! I really love your channel, when I feel that I'm about to give up I always watch this video, now I'm having a hard time because I broke my ankle while i was training in my rink. I'm 14 years old, and well, few moths ago I remeber that I used to cry everyday because I really wanted to go to the Olympics someday. In the rink where I train (Lol, I'm from Mexico) I have really good coaches, I started skating a year ago, and I already can do single jumps!!!, and well, a girl of my rink was selected to represent Mexico in a Junior Grand Prix, so if she could do it, maybe I can too!!!. I know it will be really hard but, well, if I don't fight for my dreams nobody else will do it, nowdays I'm still dreaming about going to international competitions someday, but I don't cry and feel sad when I think about it. I will work really hard everyday and give my best, and maybe I get a surprice and maybe someday I will be in the Junir Grand Prix!!! I won't lose hope!!! Thanks for everything I really love U!!!!

I just found your channel! Been watching "is it too late to skate" videos this past couple days - used to figure skate when i was little but stopped and now i'm planning to go back, thank you for this!

I started skating at the beginning of this year at 20 years old and it’s honestly the best thing I’ve ever done. There are also plenty of other adult beginners at my rink and many of them are older than I am.

Thank you So much for this Video. This is gonna help me with my Confidence in starting to learn. Yuri on Ice & You are great motivators.

I love u and ill definitely start skating !

I'm 24 and starting lessons, and I really needed this. Being transgender and an adult, it's going to be so hard trying to get competitive, but it's inspiring stuff like this that really makes me more excited to try, and also the non inspiring stuff fuels me to prove people wrong. >:) I love your videos so much, your Eros is love. And yeah. That's pretty much it.

thank you for saying this! i have always wanted to start figure skating but my friend has been skating for 4 years already and i wasnt to sure if i was to late but ive always wanted to try and have always loved being on ice. this video had pushed my to start so thank you XX

@ArtemisOcean

6 жыл бұрын

Update: heading down to the rink to book proper lessons on Tuesday

Thank you so much for this video! Im 14 and really want to figure skate but i wasnt very confident due to my age. So thank you so much for inspiring me and saying that its okay!!!

Hi! I got into ice skating recently and your videos have inspired me to want to try it! I'm worried I won't be very good, but practice and just being out on the ice will keep me motivated! Thank you for inspiring me to start skating!

Thank you I really appreciate it. I'm gonna be 19 in 3 months and yesterday I saw the Olympics and I thought it was beautiful. I don't see myself ever getting there lol. I used to do ballet and gymnastics and I can't really do those anymore. I really want to get involved in something again and I'm sad that I really can't. When I saw skating, I thought it was beautiful. I wanna be able to dance on ice. I was afraid to start, but now I'm not!! It's nice to know I;m not the only one that's gonna start late. Thank you for your advise. Yes you have encouraged me. Hearing you say it encouraged me a lot :DD Thank youuuu

Stumbled upon your Chanel and I love your videos! I’m gonna be 18 soon but I really wanna get into it but my mom thinks I’m too old, but soon I will definitely try skating on my own until I can get a coach😅

I could imagine like Yuzuru Hanyu just going to Kuya Joel being all Victor or something .. jk Yuzu is a precious bab But still like I just imagine them meeting at some point and making Kuya Joel his student haha

@raikkahmagsumbol9998

6 жыл бұрын

Mama Llama yes omg

@anhashine1658

6 жыл бұрын

I can so imagine that.. :D

Been starting to love figure skating at 26...quite old...awaiting for my figure skate shoe to start training...love your vblogging joel and saw you one time at megamall skate rink...🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍

💙💙💙 You have such an awesome smile

Ever since I watched Yuri on ice, I've been in love with ice skating and ever since I found your channel, I really wanted to skate even more but there's no skating rink in my place so I can't try ice skating😞😖

Thanks for the inspirational words! I’m 32 and will start my very fist lesson on March 9 😊⛸

I watched some of your YOI covers before actually seeing your real channel. Wow, you would be an amazing coach, I’m trying to learn the basics, and then I aspire to be a figure skater. You are so great!

Thanks for the tips, Kuya Joel. 💖💖💖 You really encouraged me to push through in ice skating, especially when I saw you perform Eros, (I'm still trying to get my bearings back kinda hard to skate in a rink when it's kind of expensive, so now I'm persuading my mom to buy roller blades so that we can both exercise on balance) it's a passion I had when I was eight (despite doing it only once in my childhood, it was love at first fall.. and spin), one of the few physical activities that I really loved, (I kinda hate sports at times, I'd rather just read a book or binge-watch than throw a ball or something), a passion long forgotten since there was a lot of factors that kept me from going back into the ice. I hope I see you in a rink soon, and probably hope for you to be my coach (I'm not proposing, I think that's a new way for YOI fans to propose lol, just literally be my coach. 😂 Kind of a high dream, but a girl can dream big. ^_^) Thank you very much and don't push yourself too hard. 💛♥💛♥💛♥

Ive been trying to find a way to ice skate since I was 7 (Im 18 now lol) but theres no permenant rink in my country. Ive skated seasonally for the past few years, and ppl like you honestly make others feel so welcome and encouraged. Thank you so much 🙌

this gave me a lot of hope :) recently, people have been telling me that I should just give up, because I'm too old to start, but now I know for sure I won't! I hope I can see you skate in real life one day! :D

I'm so glad that I found your channel💛💛💛

Thank you so much for this video, to be honest I’ve been thinking about ice skating a lot after watching Yuri on Ice and finding out your channel but I thought I was too old, I’ve never been to a rink but I really want to now! And some day I’ll take skating lessons, I want to be able to skate on the ice and do something beautiful and that I can be proud of just like you do! (even though I probably won’t be able to reach your level anytime soon haha)

@JoelMinas

6 жыл бұрын

Ahh thank you so much! I hope you take skating lessons real soon!

Jeez you are so cute and inspiring I smile every time I watch your videos 💓

Thank you ❤️ I just started 3 months ago and working on backwards crossovers and the 1 foot turn I forgot what they are called currently. You have seriously been my inspiration along with Hanyu and Yuri on Ice 😂 I get really frustrated cause I used to be really good at another sport and quit for health reasons... Figure skate was always something I wanted to try. Thanks for the motivation to keep going ❤️

Thx for the tips also keep up the good work 🙂

Hi Joel, Thank you for your motivation & very good advice. I just found your channel & I am very happy. About if it is to late to start skating, It is never to late if that you want. I started at age 42 years old and I am still skating now and I am 62 years old. I love it, you could say this is my passion. It is a feeling of freedom & beauty. 🦋 Have Fun‼️ 🎼⛸ Lise 😃

Hola joel! gracias por compartir más sobre ti, amo tus vídeos

I love you Joel!!!

I would love being a figure skater but I can‘t find lessons anywhere. But keep up your great work!!

I say this like every time you upload, but you are super pretty

I started to really like ice skating when I looked into it after watching the obvious anime. But yeah, I was worried that I would be too old to start because everyone else has been doing it since they started walking and such. I’ve already slowly started to get on the ice and work on the basics but I think after watching your video I’ve become more determined to become better in the sport and move up to figure skating after I’ve become more used to the ice. Thank you so much, man. I really do hope more people become inspired by your encouraging words ❤️ ily

Hey Joel! I tried skating 2 weeks ago and it was sooo hard! I was sweating like hell but its rewarding. Im using those polar bear guide coz I cant stand and glide yet. I saw you too (sm megamall) next time I'll say Hi :)

I just started figure skating this year and I'm 17 years old, I really enjoy being on the ice♡

I've been practicing skating on my own and now I'm definitely signing up for lessons 😁

I wish i could skate!!! The closest thing here we have is a roller rink though... Not giving up yet though! And neither should you! Good luck! 💖

Please represent philippines in the 2022 winter olympics in beijing.

@misturrrbeest8770

6 жыл бұрын

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Figure skating is so beautiful, I'd love to take lessons, but until then, I was actually somehow lucky enough to find a small outdoor (winter only 😢) rink that I can walk to from my house! So I'll definitely be going as much as possible :) And thanks so much for posting all these videos! It's really motivating to hear that there's still hope for me and to see you skate 😄 (Also I've done ballet for a good amount of time, so I like to think that maybe I have a bit of a head start? 😊 Although I've fallen pretty far behind because I've moved relatively recently and missed a lot of important years finding a new studio so maybe not so much 😅)

Hi kuya Joel! Thank you for uploading this video! I want to skate badly ever since I was little but never did got a chance to do so up to this day (I'm currently 15) and I was hoping that I'll be able to start skating soon (maybe next year or so, who knows haha). The nearest rink from my home is the ice rink in SM Megamall which is 2 hrs away. I learned that if I really want to start skating, I will just have to bear with the distance. Thank you for inspiring others so much!! I really enjoy watching your videos!!

I’m 13 years old and I’m from Thailand.I just start to skate.I start to skate cz of YOI and Yuzuru.My friends said that it’s so silly to start skating cz of anime.In Thailand figure skating is not much popular so there are not much rink here.I feel safe when I’m on the rink and felt that this my place.I really love to skate.But then I started to think that I’m I too old for figure skating cz most of the people started to skate when they were young.Then I saw your video,at first I almost give up but u help to encourage me.Thank you so much🙏🏻

Hey! I watched this video when i was really insecure about beginning so late and i didn‘t know if I should start at all, because i was scared! I‘m skating for a few months now and even if it‘s hard sometimes, I couldn‘t be happier to have started skating. My fear, that i will be under too young children were gone too, since there are many people in my age and even adults who are at the same level at me! (I‘m currently 14 years old) Thank you very much for inspiring and encouraging me at that time being with this video❤️

thank you for making this video kuya joel!! thank you for inspiring me to skate... i was really inspired after watching YOI and your "Eros" performance and cosplying Yuri...

I watched your previous video, which lead me from Yuri on Ice 😂💗 you are really amazing!

Discovered YOI this month, Yuzuru Hanyu and you this week, and learned how expensive the sport is today. My heart's breaking. 😭😂😭 But thank you for your words. I'm 16, and I'm really scared to try, to be honest. But I have this feeling, that feeling like I'm looking for something. Something that completes me. I feel like an empty canvass that's just waiting to be painted on. And I have a feeling that ice skating is the answer. I used to skate when I was a kid but remembers nothing at all. But your words really inspire me to get back to it. Thank you.

Thank you so much Joel for posting this video. This will definitely inspire others to skate. I hope that some people will read my testimony. I've been skating for nearly 4 years (nearly three years of competing; will be competing in my first Adult Sectionals this Friday March 9, 2018). Yes, I'm living my dream as a competitive adult figure skater. I started taking ice skating lessons at the age of 39 (first competition was April 24, 2015) on after being inspiring by watching Michael Christian Martinez compete at the Sochi Olympics 2014. Before that, I became an avid fan at the age of 10 when my family and I watched Holiday on Ice 1988 in Manila. Yes, I'm born and raised from the Philippines 🇵🇭. Sadly, I never had the chance to learn how to skate as a child. But I'm happy that my childhood dream of skating came true. I'm also a "Yuri on Ice" fan. That's why I support Joel. So happy that I was able to skate with him 6 months ago at SM Megamall. I gave him a "Yuri on Ice " T-shirt and YOI stickers. I hope to see you here in L.A. Joel. I really do love skating. The rink is #myhappyplace. Skating is therapy. It helps me to overcome my shyness and builds my confidence. It teaches me to face challenge both in the rink and in life. I hope that I've inspired someone here (sorry for the lengthy story). Love the sport; follow your heart and dream.

This literally made me feel 10x better about myself

This video is really inspirational to me and I know that's cheesy to say. I'm 14 and I've only iceskated 2 times but I always asked my Dad to take me every year but we always ended up forgetting lol. But I just bought ice skates and a rink is going to be set up in the park near my house so I'm exited!

thanks for your help!😄💕

Find a rink near your area! Me as an Aussie can never do that my closest one is 4 hours away, but seriously good advice

I really want to skate so bad I'm 14 and I'm a cheerleader so I have to wait till the cheer season is over so I can leave and start to get lessons at my rink. I live in Florida and we have a rink downtown but idk how well there coaches are there's a lot but idk what there like. I'm really nervous and cant wait to start its always been my dream and cheer isn't a sport I'm enjoying to much. thank you so much for the motivation and please take care of yourself.

Two words... THANK YOU :) !!!

I'm in a good mood!