This is where I document my adult figure skating journey which began on January 16, 2017 (when I was 20 years old).
Remember, it's never too late to start doing something you love! I hope that this channel can inspire you to follow your childhood dreams that were never realized.
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You are just like me after reading the description. I can’t even do shows (that aren’t competitive) because I’m too insecure. This requires real strength and it’s obvious you put a lot of effort into this sport. I’m 19 and not nearly as good as you are!!!!! Maybe someday <3
Glad someone can relate! Believe it or not, the first time I skated my solo clean was this past Thursday. It took 7 months to get a clean skate. Hopefully I'll start skating clean, and this will give me more confidence next season. Good luck in your own journey!
Awesome! the sit spin was amazing, and your dance moves are amazing! I wonder how much you've progressed since then! <3
Thank you! Yes I'm still skating and competed again recently. I hope to improve further.
Hello, are the wheels very hard? Does the floor have to be super smooth to skate with these? I practice figure skating with squad skates and in my free time I ride inline skates. But I would like to try inline figure skates. However, it is important for me to know what type of floor they are for to know if I will be able to use them in my city 🫣🥲 Can you help me please! Thank you
Hello, are the wheels very hard? Does the floor have to be super smooth to skate with these?
gotta make sure floor is completly dry i slipped on wet surface never again
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@@natsskates lol
how do you got 3 turns so easily they are a nightmare on inline artistic skates!! i'm struggling to get a simple forward inside out 3 turn for 2 months
Turns are definitely harder on inlines. You gotta make sure to lift the back wheels off the ground to complete a forward turn, or else you'll get stuck.
@@natsskates well I got my 3 turns and if I tell you how you won't believe 😂 turn out I just needed to worn out my Jackson mirage wheels a bit to get rid of that extra sticky layer that brand new wheels usually have and nobody likes and also I I'm a very heel heavy person so even when I think I'm on the ball of my feet I am still quite a bit on my heels so I bought new insoles that are thin on the front and very thick on the heel that got me in a way better posture with my weight now better distributed I would say and just like that I managed to get my forward inside out 3 in one day lol now I'm practicing the forward outside in 3 turn. Won't deny that I felt quite dumb hahaha I've been suffering for the past 2 months trying all sorts of different techniques and all I had to do was just change my insole XD
Beautiful ❤
I'm so glad you are still skating and thank you for sharing! I've been following you since pretty early on since I started skating a year or two after you. It's always great and inspiring to see what other people are up to. Your axel is so beautiful, I hope it comes back stronger than before, and good luck with competing next season!
Thank you for the kind words! I don't plan to stop until my bones are falling apart haha. Yes, I have high hopes for next season; I will skate the same program with some improvements and hope to be more consistent with my jumps and spins. Currently I'm trying to fix years of bad habits on my camel spin 😫
Девочка начала заниматься в 20 лет, поздно,но успехи есть, умница, так держать!
Congrats on your axel! I never had the nerve to try it on roller skates, but was able to do it with ice skates on, on the mat. Of course, could not remain upright on the landing because of the sudden stop on the rubber mat, but if there had been a harness at the rink would have tried it in a minute! I was 35 at the time. Let me just say that the falls on ice are not so bad as on a wooden floor where you come to a screeching halt! The slide on ice takes a lot of the concussion out of the fall.
Thanks! Never too late to get out there on the ice and try it! Definitely safer on the ice.
Watching you have a blast on your Snow Whites is killing me because I've been both a roller skater (starting at age 5) and an ice skater (about age 13). Did roller and ice dancing for many years, and some freestyle too. A few years ago, maybe 5 years, I nearly bought some Snow Whites, but backed out at the last moment because of my age. Just because of circumstances, have not roller skated for about 3 years, but plan to get back very soon. I will be 80 this year. Wish me luck! I really enjoyed your video.
Best of luck! Age should never be an obstacle :)
I am a figure skater but i am not an ordinary one. I live in a place where there aren't any inside rinks, only outside rinks that are opened only in the winter. In the summer i train on that type or rollerblades. I can say im pretty good. I am a pro at waltz jumps and half flips. I master the sit spin but on 2 legs not on 1 and the simple 1 foot spin. I train really hard because my dream is to go to the Olympics but i know i wont get there because i was born in the wrong area. Imagine I wish i could be an Olympic figure skater, but i cant train on summer and spring. I mean i train but not on the ice. Pls like to support me.
The important thing is you didn't give up. You finished til the end. Congrats on 3rd place. 😊
Thank you!
I'm a adult skater in japan. I'll start practice of single axel next month,so,this video gave me courage. Thank you‼︎
That's really great to hear, best of luck!
Where did you get your snow white inline skates? I've been looking for some since I don't have an ice rink where I live so I wanted to try skating instead :>
I live in Canada and got them from an online shop which doesn't exist anymore, so can't really help you there. It all depends on which country you live in. Just do an internet search. I know that in Canada there are a few figure skate shops which happen to sell Pic frames (which is a different brand of inline figure skates).
what a fun dress! great performance!!
Thank you!
Nice effort 🎉 👏🏻
Thanks!
Lovely, pretty young lady doing a fantastic job. I loved your performance.
Thank you!
Good loop, loop and very good sit spin. Believe in yourself you can do the lutz and an axel. Keep up the good work 😊.
Thanks! I can now do the Lutz and Axel propertly, although the Axel tends to come and go.
this is so inspiring
omg u did so well
Thanks, hopefully better next time!
is this ISI or USFS ???
I'm in Canada so Skate Canada
I bought a pair of inline skates second hand and I can’t seem to even do swizzles. They aren’t meant for ice skating and have one rubber stop on the back of one skate. Is it safe to say that snow whites would be a better choice? How easy is it to turn them? You make it look easier than what I have attempted on these other skates
I can guarantee you that your skates which you're describing to me are not meant for figure skating. They most likely don't have a rocker (i.e. all the wheels are on the same level rather than the front and back wheels being slightly higher than the middle wheels), and I can imagine that it would be extremely difficult to do turns on inline skates without a rocker! The Snow Whites are meant for figure skating and absolutely do have a rocker, as well as toe stops in the front which act very much like the toe picks of ice figure skates. You can *try* to make your inline skates work a bit better for turns by swapping out the front and back wheels for slightly smaller ones (very slightly, don't go too crazy), so that they're slightly lifted off the ground when you're on the middle wheels. That way you would have a rocker and might have more luck with the turns. Be sure to get this done at a pro shop so that they can choose the correct wheels for you. But ultimately if your goal is to figure skate, I highly recommend getting a similar setup (inline figure frames and figure boots) to what I have.
You're adorable!!! Great work!!!
Thanks!!
Great job!! What level did you compete in?
Thanks! It was adult silver in Canada.
Great video. I like how fast and how straight you rotate in the air. And you actually completed the rotation in the air already before landing, which is very good.
Thank you so much! Right now unfortunately I can't jump because my lower back is hurting from all the jumps, but hopefully in a couple of months I can get back to jumping and try to get my axel back.
5:40 the guy in the background is awesome🤣
Right?!
Love this! Congrats! I think you already accomplished a lot and being a figure skater myself, I understand how easy it is to lose something after you consistently did it 2 days ago (so frustrating!). I'm going to be on this journey too in a couple of weeks. I've done all the drills and now it's time for the harness and just going for it -- with some help... wish me luck! :) And good luck to you - I know you will get it down soon!
Best of luck on your journey! The harness was pretty intimidating for me at first because I had high expectations for some reason. So don't have any expectations and you'll be a lot happier in life 😂 Yeah I've lost my axel for the third time at the end of June, can't seem to get it back. Back in the harness, chugging along, trying to do many many proper jumps so that I can hopefully get some muscle memory.
Hi..i love watching your videos..can u help to mk slow motion video for the spin, turn so that I can learn ..thank u
You can actually slow the video down to 0.25x in KZread, there's a setting for that (video speed).
@@natsskates oic..thank u so much for sharing🥰
😂😂really great for me!👏🏼👏🏼
How have I not seen your Axel Journey video until noooooowwww??????????????? Hi, only 5 months lateeee…..!!!!! OMG, girl, I would like die if we were skating at the same rink! Everything we’ve ever talked about, and this video is like the story of my skating life to a T!!!!!! It’s almost going to be A YEAR since I first landed my axel and it’s been a holy-hell of a year with it…. 😭 😭 😭 I can’t… I can’t even describe-except this video describes it pretty well. “The hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life” … the most unreal thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’ve gone through at least 15 ‘versions’ of ‘how to’ land an axel. And all 15 versions have been landed. And none of them have been ‘my consistent.’ And then when I try to do it in the program… at a comp…. all careful ‘technical feeling’ goes out the window 🙄💦 I’m really impressed how all your axel attempts have all been fully ‘going for it!’ I’ve never been able to through my life in the air unless I’m absolutely secure about what I’m about to do. Obviously, only the times when I’ve thrown my life into the air… absolutely certain about what I’m doing… have they been landed. They’ve become a lot better for me this last month. Both my off ice and on ice axel. A huge factor for this lately is focusing on pulling my right side (arm, shoulder, ribs) as far back as it can go just before i pounce. I noticed on one of your successful axels, your right shoulder was pulled back. Also, I have to count one, two, in my head to make sure that I hold the glide forward. A big problem was always because I rushed the take off. I remember a while back we were talking about axel phases… yeah girl… yeah…….. 🙈 I’ve had glorious hours (on a certain day) and weeks one time… when I just had it consistent!! 🤦🏻♀️💦 Oh yeah, and I’ve also landed a double sal back in March, with no footage because my phone was full and refused to record longer than 30 seconds. Biggest joke from the universe and first world problem of my life…!! I love skating 🤣
Hey, thanks for your comment! Glad I'm not alone 😅 I hope yours is going better than mine because I finally lost it again at the end of June and can't get it back. I takeoff then freak out in mid air and pull out, unable to complete the rotation. For the last couple of weeks I've gone back into the harness and I'll just stay for a while, because the moment the harness comes off, I do the freak out thing again. I'll try to pull my right side back more on the takeoff and hold the edge longer, these are both things that my coaches have said, but I guess sometimes it takes someone else saying it 🤷♀️ Congrats on your double Sal, I'm sure you'll land it again soon! My double Sal is messy but I tend to be able to land 1 in 10 attempts (so maybe one per session). It's much less scary than an axel.
Hello, Nataly! I envy your perseverance ! "Failure is a success in progress!" Have a good luck in perceiving nuances of figure skating!
Thank you so much! I've lost my axel for the third time now and struggling to get it back 😢
I love this song! Mark Anthony is my favorite
This feels like I'm watching myself! Good job even if it isn't all that consistent! I've found and lost my axel so many times I've lost count. Like you, I keep working on it. I hope you never lose it again.
Thank you, hope so too! It's still hanging on since I got it back 3 months ago, but hanging on by a thread. There seems to be no end to the struggles. Meanwhile, the double Salchow is proving to be a lot easier and more natural. Ugh so frustrating >_<
@@natsskates indeed, double salchow and double toe are so much easier and consistent for me. I’ll have to keep working on that elusive axel.
You skate with a lot of speed!! Nice program. You have a beautiful smile - you should use it more. It really adds to your skating! :-)
Thank you! Could definitely use more speed. Skating a program is absolutely exhausting and your muscles sort of give up half way through, so smiling was the last thing on my mind 😅
@@natsskates I know - I competed briefly as an adult. It's not easy!!
That's really good. You have proper technique and you jump UP into the jump whereas most adults just try to swing it around and ignore correct technique just because they want to say they can do it. You got it!!
Thank you! I'd rather not have an axel than have a cheated axel. While I'm grateful to have mostly correct technique, there's still some issues with my technique which will take a while to fix. I turn my head to the left on takeoff which is bad as it places my axis more over the left side rather than the right side. Still a long ways to go, I usually only land 1 or 2 per practice.
Wow! You do amazing, your video inspired me not to loose hope in myself hehe. Thank you for sharing that you need to work really hard to achieve this and some days are better than others, that’s just real life :)
Thanks for the kind words! I wish you luck in your own journey. I'm still struggling but somewhat holding onto the jump, so I too need to remember not to lose hope.
Didn't even think half of this would be possible on these things.. wohoo!
I still can't do a lot of the spins I do on ice but other people can do those spins on inlines. Practice I guess.
@Natalia Shershakova Does it help though? I want to buy some, but just to bridge the huge off-ice gap in summer... I don't really want to be a roller skating star. Just to keep my strength and not have to learn everything all over next season...
@@UndineAlmani it definitely doesn't hurt! The spins are quite different but the jumps are pretty similar. There are other differences too, for example the amount of core twist required to keep an edge. But all in all I think it's worth it. And it's lots of fun too!
@@natsskates Like you need more twist, you'd say? That would actually be a good thing then, more strength etc... I hope I can at least practice a few jumps on them. Spins are a different kind of jam :///
@@UndineAlmani yes, I find that I need to twist my core a lot harder into the circle to maintain an edge (you'll see in the video I was struggling to do forward inside/outside edges but then I figured it out once I realized I need to twist more into the circle). I found that my double 3 turns were a bit out of control when I got back on the ice but you'll adjust, and eventually you'll have no issue going back and forth between the two. You can definitely use the inlines to work on things like moves in the field and other aspects of your skating which you may have been neglecting on the ice.
I’m not a skater myself, just a fan of Figure Skating, but this video is truly an inspiration. Falling backwards must be so painful and scary, but it’s just marvelous how you managed to not lose faith in yourself. The “I know it will always come back” just did it for me. Thank you for sharing your journey😊
Thank you so much! Believe it or not, falling backwards is not scary at all because I'm so used to it that I know how to do it in a way that doesn't hurt. Falling forwards is much scarier because you can hurt you knees/elbows/wrists.
Congratulations Natalia! A lovely program, you are quite the strong adult skater, but you make it look easy, and you have great flow....not easy for many adults. And what a superb axel! So much height, and great air position for an adult skater. You should be very proud of yourself! Keep it up!
Thank you so much! At this point I couldn't do it yet and in the competition it was a full half rotation off so I wouldn't call it an axel lol. I did put out an axel progress video recently if you haven't seen it :)
Can you tell me some info about boots.? I know you mentioned plates are snow whites
They're just figure skating boots. Figure skating boots can be purchased separately from the blades and attached to Snow White frames. These boots are Jackson Freestyle. On ice I wear Jackson Elle boots. There's other brands besides Jackson such as Edea, Riedell and Risport.
You're an inspiration - I've been trying for years and you've inspired me to keep going!
Aww thank you so much! Glad these videos help others with their own skating journey. If you haven't already, maybe try working in the harness if you have access? It can really help build up your confidence if you're struggling.
What a beautiful picture of persistence and determination. Thank for sharing!!! You’re doing great!
Thank you so much ☺️
Well done! The axel is a pain for coming and going! Mine likes to disappear for no reason after being consistent for months 🙃 but be persistent, it will always come back and each time it does you will get a little better at it!
Thanks for the encouragement! But gee I hope I'm not going to have to deal with losing it and trying to get it back for the rest of my life! I'll be an 80 year old grandma "I lost my Axel for the 183rd time" 😅
I'm so glad it's not just me who loses skills! It can be so disheartening. You're doing so well though.
Nope, you're not the only one. Keep at it! Thanks :)
So inspiring! Never give up, your body will remember, it just needs time. And even if you lost it in between, i think your axels looked so good in the end! So there is definetely improvement over time. Thank you for this video, was really interesting to watch :)
Thank you so much, I will never give up. There's still a few things that are wrong with my current Axel and I will work on fixing it, but sometimes you have to be happy with how far you've come.
Natalia, at least you can say that you have done an Axel! Congratulations! :-)
Thanks Paula, you're not wrong!
@@natsskates You are very welcome! :-)
Thank you so much for showing me this! It takes a lot of strength to continue, especially when you loose it again. Watching this really teaches me to never give up <3
So glad you enjoyed it, best of luck on your own journey :)
@@natsskates Thank you!
Natalia, I have a question I was hoping you could help with: I have a Jackson 6 boot and trying to buy a Snow White frame like you. Do you think a size 14--235mm would fit? I tried to convert the sole size to Edea's for reference, but still feel unsure to order online. Would be great if you could advise! Thank you!
I wear Jackson boots size 5.5 and use #14 Snow White frames. I remember I was trying to decide between #13 and #14. I think #14 should be just fine for you.
@@natsskates That is so helpful! Thank you so much.
Hi there! I’ve been wondering if these specific skates can be used for recreational skating as well. As in, just going forward for a bit of cardio and enjoyment. Not neccesarily all the awesome tricks, jumps and twirls. ☺️ I just want to make some miles and I’m in no way a figure skater or ice skater, but I have fallen in love with the look of these skates. Regular skates are so bulky 🤣 Thanks!
That's an interesting question, I really don't know how to answer that. Technically you could use them for recreational purposes if you wanted, but I think it's needlessly expensive. I'm in Canada and paid about $400 CAD just for the inline frames alone. The boots are separate, and figure skating boots also cost a pretty penny (at least $300 CAD), although I got my boots used for $50. The wheel base on these frames isn't as stable as what you would get on recreational inlines. This frame has only 3 wheels, and they are rockered (meaning they're not in a straight line - the front wheel doesn't touch the ground if you put your weight on the back two wheels), so at any given time you're only skating on two wheels, either the front two or the back two. For recreational purposes you may want something a bit more stable, but it's up to you. You could also get slalom inline skates, they have 4 wheels I believe, and the wheels are also rockered. About the boots, they're meant for figure skating and are really stiff because they're meant to provide support when the skater lands the jump. You don't want stiff boots like that for recreational skating, it may do more harm than good. I would maybe recommend roller skates for recreational skating, for example Moxi Lolly roller skates. They aren't as clunky as recreational inlines, they look super cute, and they're stable since you have 2 wheels in the front and 2 in the back. They're $350 USD. But Moxi has some cheaper models (such as Beach Bunny) which are more affordable but the boot isn't leather. So that's my 2 cents.
@@natsskates Thank you soooo much for your reply!! I couldn’t find this info anywhere so I really appreciate your in-depth explanation!! I do have two pairs of rollerskates (with similar type boots) but I’ve been looking for some cute inlines as well. I really fell in love with this brand, but after reading your comment on how the wheels are placed it sounds like these may not be the greatest for just simply skating distances. Too bad for me haha! I think I’ll have to accept the fact that inline skates just won’t look as cute! But thanks again for your reply ❤️