Author Topic: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice  (Read 3547 times)

The ice mouse

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 6434
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2011, 09:21:03 pm »
awww cute! I love the baby riedells! Reckon I'd buy some just to look at if I had a child! haha!Good luck in your hunt!

What about getting a pair for Benji

I prefer frozen ice. I will try anything once. I

*donnalouise*

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 6
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2011, 09:34:15 pm »
Thanks for all your advice... much appreciated. Will encourage independent skating next week as my back killing me today! Just need to have a chat about safety with her... she has absolulty no fear of the ice or of other people!

Oh, and struck gold on Ebay. Got a pair of Size 8 junior Risport antea?? white skates on buy it now £30. dont know if thats a good price or make? Says lightly used but hopefully will be in good condition and fit her well. She will be thrilled to bits!

bezlewis

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 773
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2011, 09:39:32 pm »
Risport antea are what i had as my first pair and the ones i started jumping on as an adults there a fab begginners skate and ussally about £65 so if they are lightly used they are good
started skate uk:28/03/09
passed lvl 1 fm 6/12/10
Passed lvl3 fm, lvl2 F 08/10/12, lvl2 e 16/01/12
working lv 4 fm

Yvonne

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1598
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2011, 11:28:35 am »
We were skating at Sheffield this weekend on the 10:30 session Sat & Sun.

My daughter just loves the penguin that comes on the ice and does the macarena with the kids.

Hope her new skates are ok.
Passed silver

The ice mouse

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 6434
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2011, 12:08:37 pm »
We were skating at Sheffield this weekend on the 10:30 session Sat & Sun.

My daughter just loves the penguin that comes on the ice and does the macarena with the kids.

Hope her new skates are ok.

When we were there in October, the Ice mouse and the Penguin made friends

we both have yellow feet

The Ice Mouse

I prefer frozen ice. I will try anything once. I

Trayo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1660
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2011, 08:08:18 pm »
My littlest one started skating at 2 1/2, getting her own figureskates at 3.  We got her Riedells from Everglides (www.everglides.co.uk), although we could only get a size 6 as the smallest and she was a 4.5. but she wore slipper socks and was fine!  She's now in a 9 (but I could never part with her first skates) and a very confident young madam on the ice.  She's never had lessons; she has PDA and Asperger's so actually teaching her is hard work, so she just skates around and copies her sister and I.  She has gotten fairly proficient this way, managing forwards and backwards, forwards Xovers, 3 turns, one foot spins and a half rotation jump, bunny hop and drag...

I do want to try her with a 10 min lesson with my coach when I am allowed back on the ice again, but only to see if she will respond.  She knows our coach incredibly well, and more importantly, our coach knows her well!

We went twice to icetoddlers but she hated the fact that she was limited to the bottom third of the rink, and to be honest she's proficient enough to be dangerous for the others.  She wanted to race me or spin, but with the toys on the ice there was no room, which started a paddy...  ::)

Anyway, my advice (and indeed the coaches' advice - one of them has a child same age as mine) is to just let them play on the ice, get used to it in their own time and feel confident alone before starting lessons.  Em has so much speed about he now it's hard to keep up, but when she first started she barely took a step before falling  ;D

Enjoy skating with her!  Em always wears her skating dresses on the ice now because she loves all the other skaters commenting on them  :D

ezika

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4393
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2011, 08:13:44 pm »
I love hearing about Trayo's youngest! She sounds like a lovely little girl with a wicked personality!

Trayo, if you decide to see how she does with a short lesson, please let us know how it goes! I'd be very interested to hear how she gets on  O0


Started Skate UK 10/1/09
Passed Gold free 26/8/10

Working on upright spin, back spin, sit spin, camel spin, salchow, toe loop, loop, level 1FM

http://turniponice.blogspot.com/

Trayo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1660
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2011, 08:22:44 pm »
I love hearing about Trayo's youngest! She sounds like a lovely little girl with a wicked personality!

Trayo, if you decide to see how she does with a short lesson, please let us know how it goes! I'd be very interested to hear how she gets on  O0

Trust me, I shall probably bore you senseless with it!  There is so much negativity associated with her conditions, at least skating offres soem positives (if we ignore the off-ice "I want a snack from the machine" tantrums... )

ezika

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4393
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2011, 08:27:06 pm »
I'm so glad skating is something so positive for her, and for you both!  O0


Started Skate UK 10/1/09
Passed Gold free 26/8/10

Working on upright spin, back spin, sit spin, camel spin, salchow, toe loop, loop, level 1FM

http://turniponice.blogspot.com/

icy123

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 80
Re: Skates for 3YR old + starting to skate advice
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2011, 11:36:59 pm »
Hi my daughter is 2 years old she started off on her own skates as I have a phobia about second hand things especially shoes YUCK!

She has riedells in a UK 5 her feet were a 4 when i ordered them from Ian Robertson at specialist skating services they were £95 plus £10 postage.

He doesn't usually stock that size but orders them in and sharpens them before sending to you, brilliant service. He is the best for riedell in the UK in my opinion.

I'm sure there will be cheaper models available so they definitely do come in smaller sizes. But the ones I got she will be getting them again when she outgrows these ones as they are a lot stronger (and prettier) than the usual risport skates more widely available.

My little girl now wants those chloe noel trousers that all the kids are wearing but they don't come anywhere near small enough  ;D



 

Terms of Use     Privacy Policy