I passed!

[monster]

Thank for those who are happy for me. Grav, you nailed it. Yes, I'm badass, and yes, people who don't get it should perhaps be be a little less rude if they would like explanations, but of course I'm more than happy to elaborate for those who are interested.

Yes, each badge covers a set of skills/moves you must be able to perform. the first 8 badges are called Basic 1-8 and I think I have been sharing my success with all y'all on the cellar since about Basic 5. Basic 1 starts with skills like falling down and getting up, gliding on two feet, stopping and swizzles (a way of moving on the ice without picking your feet up) Basic 8 has a couple of jumps with half revolutions, a one foot spin and forward 3-turn (changing from skating forwards to backwards on one foot).

After the Basic Skills badges, we move onto Free Style (1-6). This breakthough has been a long time coming -it's been well over a year since I passed the final elements on my Basic 8 badge.

FS1 has some backwards three turns, two jumps, more advanced version of basic moves (like writing in cursive instead of printing) and a scratch spin -this means setting up the spin and finishing it correctly rather than just spinning.

This is a scratch spin (I only had to do three revolutions, though)



FS2 has a jump combination, a toe loop (yes, we're finally getting to jumps with the name you hear in Olympic commentary -real jumps! ) Spirals (gliding in an arabesque-type position (I think I posted video of this way back when) ) and a back spin-which is a spin on the "wrong" foot rather than a spin in the other direction

Apparently I passed Basic 6 on May 2007: http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...figure+skating

I couldn't find the threads for 7 and 8, but I know they're out there......

and yes, I took these badges to the kids school for show and tell at the office too

This thread has vids of me skating in April 2008: http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...figure+skating

I like to think I look a bit more confident and jump a little higher than that now