Well I've done it got the figure skates on for the first time today and as I predicted found myself catching the toe pick all the time lol. One of my main problems on either skates is crossing over going clockwise which just seems alien to me. I've spent that long going anti clockwise I just couldn't get my feet to work in the opposite direction.
Anyway I've managed it but fell in the process (first time since I was about eight) I went full front and looked like a snowman when I got up lol. The heels of my hands are now black which is my own fault cos I'm meant to wear wrist guards. Two minutes later Lee Sharpe went down with a right crash which made me feel heaps better, not cos he'd fallen of course but he's a whole lot better and he's still falling.
Tally ho it will get easier!