I asked Vassili about the crease forming on my right boot and he said that 1) it’s not stiff enough for what I’m doing now 2) my boots are too big 😮 (but we only looked at the right foot and my right foot is smaller...)

Arkadiy: try bigger socks 😆

Anna thought “it would be wise” to get new skates before covid gets worse ><

Instagram opinions~

So I went from:
Risport 255 to
Edea 245
And they are still too big? 😂
Or maybe my feet are just too narrow...
而且右腳比左腳小很多 難怪一直很難推

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Aura skates: everyone who has them love them!
Price: $900-1150
Fully custom
Guaranteed to last 9-12 months for people doing triples so I assume longer for those who are doing singles 😂
Light weight - lighter than blades even??

Someone said she had no pain ever and skating was better from day 1! (She “almost quit” before getting these skates!)

Texted Bruce again 😆
I hope not but it seems you have to go there twice.... 1) to get feet scanned 2) to heat mold them when the boos come in.... 😩
have to ask him about that next week...

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Ultima legacy 8

Options to try if I go see Bruce:
1. Aura skates
2. Edea B width? Chorus?
3. SP Teri
4. Reidell?

Anna thinks SP Teri is super uncomfortable
And thinks Riedells are very durable

Thicker socks experiment 😆

and then this!!!!
Selling almost new (sharpened once) gold seals for $350, and boots for $100

Although probably not the boots because she dug out part of the padding to fit her ankle...

the blades do look good?
I hope what I need is 9” now but i can’t be sure

挖出這張圖片 感覺gold seals應該不錯

All right I think I’m gonna make the drive
Need to answer all my boots/blades question once and for all (I hope)!

Also it’s like 16 mins from the beach!!!!
Gonna check out Seal Beach, CA
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road trip for new skates

Ultima matrix legacy
I was like: it’s pink.
Bruce: you don’t want pink?
Me: lol probably not
Bruce: we can do whatever color you want
Me: probably just silver 😆
Bruce: I like it. You’re basic.
Me: do you see me wearing all black today?

The sign cracks me up lol
So old school
And the shop is so small - I guess you can’t tell by the Instagram photos

saw some aura skates in person!

Oh and he let me hold the new JW Phoenix blade which is so light it may as well have been made with styrofoam!

Went down to 8.75” blade because “the heel stanchion should be centered to the heel of the boots*”! That’s how “top coaches like Rafael and Frank Carroll ask for”

Me: if it works for Nathan Chen I will take it!

I think literally no one else mounts like that

Went skating (only for 20 mins) and saw dear Anna miss her! Also this hoodie is 🔥

Finally skated at Yorba Linda since the last time Megan and I went we couldn’t skate because we look at the wrong schedule 😂

total damage of the day
Got some socks and got my old blades fixed!

Impromptu beach vacation
Crema Cafe

lol

all the birds hanging out

built in the 30s!

I think I will sell my old skates when I get adjusted to the new ones? They were $368 maybe I will sell them for half the price? ($180)
While they have some life in them, they are not in the best conditions...

chilychily: haha what do you suggest?
The oven 😂

很多人都是開個價但是也給人喊價的空間
7折是$250囉

好的～

有些人會留一雙這種舊的冰鞋 來給戶外/教練/ice guard job時使用 但我好像沒有這種必要

話說我的直排輪也是245（太大）但是這個有點難買大概就繼續穿個厚襪子吧 除非剛好有看到二手的機會

chilychily: 鞋子上的號碼是24
我當時忘記拍那個表格上寫的dimensions 也許可以請他照一張寄給我

Risport RF3 Pro
RF3 Pro - Risport
Stiffness 60 (comparable to Edea Oveture 55)
Natural leather body! Didn’t realize that.

blade comparison~
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

New skates day 💕

journey of the skates lol
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Testing the blade placement out yesterday at the Westminster rink, which is closed to the public. But Bruce has the key 🔑 he said he has the “key to the kingdom”
Too bad I didn’t take any photos.
Besides daylight from some windows I was skating in the dark haha

As we walked in he said “ok i don’t need anything more than a triple Salchow” 😆 well actually he just needed some one foot glides going straight towards him, and try to bend the knee.
We ended up moving the left blade a couple times (the right seemed great) and then he said it looked good to him, and I need to break in the boots first to evaluate more.

It felt good in today’s practice so I hope I don’t need to drive back there again!!!!!

He put 6 screws on each side so it’s permanently mounted. And silicone in the drilled holes for water proofing purposes!

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Vassili skated by today (while he’s in lesson) and told me “nice skates” hahaha 😆

And then I asked him about the club hats 🧢 and he didn’t look them up for me lol. I’m gonna keep bugging him every time I see him now. I really want the hat. Much more than I want the club jacket (I don’t want it)

icing my lace bite 😢

Lisa received them in Maine!!

阿卡迪說需要調整刀的位置
右腳有點太朝外 左腳看不太出來叫我去問Mikhail的意見 還有覺得我站著的時候腳內側有很多空間（但是不知道是否是因為我沒有綁緊的關係）

亂入一下Rostelecom cup
Random question for Anna 🍦

gel sleeves turned out to be super helpful 😭
I would have no ankle left without it lol
Also, it was super hard to bend with 4 hooks laced... I even asked Arkadiy again haha he said “yes you need to break them in”. Well, it turned out great at the end of 2 hours

got these beauties for chilychily
Almost slightly regretting not getting these myself hahahaha but I need to keep my low profile with the nice gray ones 😂
Asia being so cute 🥰

Impulse purchase?
Woke up seeing an email from LVIC proshop about their Black Friday sale 😆

chilychily: 其實是因為阿卡迪種下的因～ 他一直叫我去試試冰球鞋（無法依賴toepick) 然後瓦西里也說我應該試試.... 但有點不想使用租的爛鞋 所以既然在折扣那麼就買下去了哈哈哈哈

Plus 5 sharpenings is worth $50! And will probably last me for 5 years or more hahahaha

Xmas present 🎁
重做的衣服送來了！水鑽顏色貼對整個差很多
只是腰圍很鬆得拿去改一下（兩邊個要take in至少一英吋）不知道Katrina是否可以幫我改 反正沒有要考試/比賽 我還可以慢慢等

比較一下顏色錯誤的版本

可以來變賣錯的這一件了XD

skin color tights
turns out I’m more pink than yellow
Left: Capezio Light Suntan
Right: Capezio Caramel

Lisa McKinnon
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感覺可以拿來下個冰舞考試穿
Seems appropriate for Tango and Cha Cha