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Thank you for such kind words! It’s motivating to hear from you too! It’s definitely never too late, and there’s no point in saying so or thinking so. I stopped uploading my progress because it feels so slow or it feels like such an up and down. But I guess that’s just the way figure skating goes. Don’t give up and just think, you’ll be lifetimes better than me by the time you get to the age that I started!

@@Rperfilyev did you learn to axel as an adult too? Also it’s all relative. I thought once I learned to axel, I’d always just have it. lol. It’s definitely not the case. Right after this program I got better at 2S than 1A… however at the moment I can barley do either 😅

@@salsatosalchow7294 ofc! With best wishes

Awe Yaye! You’re so sweet, thank you so much. And wait, I love that you guys lived in Pasadena too 😊 Pasadena is lovely. It reminds me of Tokyo as far as being so quaint. Yes, I’m half Japanese and I used to live in Japan. I always speak Japanese with my adult skating buddy in the video so it just kind of came out. But I was too shy to put subtitles so I was just hoping no one would notice. Haha. Ironic, I know, for someone RUclips-channel-ing. Thank you for saying hello 🫶 And about not posting in a while: TBH I’ve been frustrated with my “axel progress” maybe I’ll try to make a second video on that but basically I had a year and a half of off/on/yes but like no with that and it was that and doing competitions. So I just posted comp videos instead of improvement videos. :-/ figure skating is so hard 😭

@@salsatosalchow7294 Really?? That's so cool. I'm half Japanese, too :) What a coincidence. My mom came from Japan when she was 19 and met and married my dad in the states. I've been to Japan several times (almost all of my mom's family is there) but never lived there myself. So I am also not fluent in the language, either. My mom unfortunately never taught me, so all I know is what I studied for a bit in school and picked up on my own. Very hard to learn if you are not forced to use it! Anyway.....cheer up about the axel. It is of course a difficult jump - I believe you will get there. I would love to learn to skate myself, but given my age and current circumstances, it is probably not in the cards for me - so I will just cheer for you instead :) I applaud you for all of your hard work making it so far in adult figure skating. I am sure it is very difficult, and also very expensive!

The part about hard to learn if you don’t have to lose it-boy that’s for sure. Most of my life I’ve been up and down with my Japanese because when I’m not living or working there I never use it. That’s why I’m so grateful for my Japanese skating friends to speak with!!❤ just about as hard to maintain as skating I guess. At the moment it’s still working as an outlet for me but I can’t predict how long I’ll be doing it. Trying not to think about it because everyone has their opinions about age and skating and trying not to be tossed by opinions :-)

@@salsatosalchow7294 I know what you mean. Well, whatever happens, you just make sure to do you and be happy with that! I think you should do it for as long as you enjoy it, however long that ends up being :)

Haha omg yaayeee

I was really surprised. It’s my first time getting 1st in Silver. In my 6 minute I blew out of 3 camel combos, finally got one solid one, and then I went on. I was so scared of flying out of a camel in this competition (because it’s like 10 seconds of idol time if it flops). Happy… mmm, not how I’d describe it. Confident…ah… not really. Smooth… mmm, I felt smoother in my comp last week. But you’re right, all I want is to feel happy and confident when I go on. Anyway, you got this! You’ll do great! And ya they airdropped the video to my phone. I was surprised too.

@@salsatosalchow7294 Well, you looked happy, confident, and smooth. :) I hope to appear about as well no matter how nervous I am. XD I've only competed once, in a tiny local thing, but I already notice that once time passes and the nerves fade then the actual appearance of things is so different than the feeling at the time.

@@ThatFigureSkaterZamboniGirl You got this!! Competing over and over has definitely helped with how I feel when I go on. I used to hate it so much…I was like, why is this even fun? I’m so glad I worked through that though! You sound like you’re in a way better place than I was. 💪🌟

One of the skating moms custom makes them. I actually don’t even know where she is located.

Thank you. I initially didn’t like lack of skating skill I had in this competition but looking back on it, I definitely look like I had the most fun. Lol. And then it got harder and I was just like omg…. O.o;;

Omg it’s you!!! I know mate 😆💗 you’re like the best part of it for me, right there😍😍🙏!!!

Thank you 💞

It’s super crowded at the moment because it’s summer time! During summer and during the holiday season it’s like a mass of people. Since we’re here… btw, I’m having to rebuild the way I axel because no matter how many times I’ve landed it, the technique isn’t something i can just ‘go to’ like with my other single jumps that work. Like if I speed up a 1F, I know what to do to make it work. I’ve never had that with he axel. I *think* I’ve found it… 9 months after I first landed it in this video. I really hope I have. Because I’ve thought I found it many times this year…. And it always goes on vacation.

I love working toward the challenge of skating because once you get it it’s super fulfilling. It’s also equally as frustrating though. It’s definitely a love hate but mostly love. I tried to quit the other day and then realized after 3 days that I just couldn’t. That’s what the quote in the short I posted was all about.

Thanks for sharing!! I ended up not liking how I did it here and changed it to something I finally like. It’s music from Cirque du Soleil so I was trying to go for that style of eye but yeah never mind. Lol

I was always told to always kick to the right. You’re headed left but always face and kick right, and once you’ve put all effort into kicking up, then air position. It might feel stuck for a bit, but it’s like the number one thing that’s always anchored me (if I can say I ever had an anchor with the axel). The other thing that help me the most is you can a waltz jump to back scratch motion (on the ground).

Omg u guyz 🤣🤣🤣😅

Omg no I don’t 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ but thanks anyway💞💞

Awe it’s you❣️💞 yeah, I donno. Donno why figure skating came to me at this point in my life, but it just lights up every one of my personality strengths🌟

Thank you for saying that(💞), even though I have oh so far to go~~~~

Cycles... I definitely understand that...!!! I can’t even count how many.... I ended up over working my back muscles somehow with the axel motion, and in December I had a muscle injury; followed by the biggest colossal fall I’ve ever had, followed by getting sick. December was a mess. I kept fighting for my axel though, so I also feel the “at least 1 per session.” January has gone from 1 per session, to a handful per session - but my goal has been to be able to just axel at will. My axels since the many issues in December also haven’t felt as neat as some of the ones from this video. But then actually today(!) I landed my first attempt, I landed more than I fell/two footed, and had one really good one that finally felt as good as the ones from October! Today was the first time I started to feel like I can land at will. (Not to to jinx anything. 😅) It’s like I’m narrowing in on the technique since September/October. I feel so much closer to really understanding how to land them consistently. Of course, it was only just last week when I had 1 day that I just couldn’t do it whatsoever 😅😑💦 I also started putting more focus on my off ice exercises of finding my right sided in the air. I feel like that’s helped a lot. I’ve contemplated doing a video on that because I invented a lot of exercises that helped a lot. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you so much! That means a lot!! I haven’t met anyone else in person (yet) who learned to axel as an adult. I’m still looking for them tho!!!! I definitely plan on doubles, but the axel since this video went through huge up and down growing pains. It just couldn’t ever have it consistent. That’s why they always fell apart in my competitions. My coaches didn’t want me to move on until I got it consistent. They took it out of my program and I was able to focus on my program and axel separately and FINALLY I got the axel consistent! So reluctantly…I understand why they said don’t work on doubles until the axel is consistant…. Skating is like a never ending mountain…!!!

Hey I was just thinking about you... I visited one of you videos because I was looking for your lutz footage (because I’m so envious of your natural outside edge). LOL OMG.... (went through 5 cycles of off an on off ice axel).... so like... about that. 🤦🏻‍♀️💦💦😑💨 I’d love to be able to do like a delayed off ice axel. Where you can distinctly see the jump straight up, and then snap. I feel like a lot of my crazy jumps that feel otherworldly-awful happen because I’m trying to turn too early before jumping up, so then I projectile my life into some ungodly direction.

@@salsatosalchow7294 hey sorry for the late reply haha! Thank you for your kind words about the Lutz, I really do love that jump and I find that the outside edge gives it an oomph on takeoff; definitely prefer it to the flip, my flip is kind of stale and lifeless lol. Yeah that axel, you never know what it decides to do. I'm currently on my millionth cycle of having the off ice axel, and my second time having the on ice axel. Praying the on ice axel is here to stay the second time around 😩

I thought I responded to this, but maybe I only thought about the response and never got around to writing anything! Sorry! I was thinking how, I’m glad I made this video when I did, because the more time goes by, I really can’t remember to such specific detail-in-time, how it felt to feel to be so uncomfortable on ice. I mean, I still remember specific thoughts during moments-like warming up on a freestyle session with a bunch of really good skaters, and wondering how it must feel to be able to just flow powerfully right into your edges without feeling like, “I’m gonna eat it any second.” Lately the ‘don’t die’ feeling comes when I’m doing much more complicated things... mostly when I’m doing programs, actually. So I guess the fret feeling is definitely relative to what you’re doing against your current skating skill. It’s not a constant thing always in the back of my mind, but it still comes up at times!

Omg really? Come say hi if you see me! I’m mostly at Pasadena at the moment. A lot of my videos were during the pandemic, so I was all over LA.

@@salsatosalchow7294 totally!!!!!!! u have improved so much:) i usually skate at the valley rink in panorama

@@ggrretchen7296 I used to go to the valley rink in the super early part of the lockdown! Until about end of July when they had to close again. They probably reopened soon after, but I went off to Ontario then. Lol extreme opposite location but I guess I’m in the middle of the two. Do you think you’ll compete this year? Maybe we might run into each other!?

Omg seriously!? That’s amazing (coincidence). There was also the teal green one.

Thanks for the posture comment. I actually struggle with it too!! I definitely prefer going backwards too. I think that’s most people because there is no toe pick and no rocker in that direction.

You’re 23? Oh it’s over, you’re way too.... 😜....10 years ahead of me! I realized the other day, I’m the perfect age to have started skating, because this is the age when it arrived into my life❤️ Yes, do videos!!! I can’t wait to see our progress!!!!!! I was secretly playing a game against any adult skating progress videos I found, to see if I could beat whatever progress rate out there. Lol Just for fun. So I hope you beat whatever I reached!!! 😄 There is this one girl (from Australia??) who... I cant even relate to her progress.... she said she got axels and doubles within her first year and no athletic/acrobatic background of any kind...🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway🙏🙏

Yaaayeee!! You got his! Age doesn’t matter unless you want it to