Dante2004 0 Report post Posted August 4, 2006 Bend your knees, pivot your feet (quickly) 90 degrees/perpendicular to your direction of travel and lean back... lean back on your heels when stopping on ice skates will put you in a spin an on your arse.Sorry...should have clarified. I meant lean "back" as in the opposite direction of your motion. Not "back" as in on your heels. You have to lean back of the deceleration will make you fly forward on your face.Always hard to describe, in text, physical movements... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcp2 2 Report post Posted August 4, 2006 I would say that your hollow is PP. For me, I was skating on 7/16 with my Bauer 1000s forever. Ever since I got my L7's profiled (radiused, etc etc), I have gone from 1/2 to 9/16 and I am finally comfortable on the edges. I am 5'9ish and weight around 160 without equipment. I'm 5'8" and 155 lb, also on 9/16 hollow. I went from 1/2 to 3/8 to 5/8 to 9/16, trial and error wise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DamnLocust 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2006 DL, what hollow do you use? I am currently on a 7/16", but was thinking the same thing that you were... I actually prefer a slightly dulled blade. To be honest, I'm not even sure what I'm skating on anymore. After the first few sharpenings, my sharpener changed the hollow. It may take 2 or 3 tries to get it just right, but once you've got it right, you won't want to use anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctaz 0 Report post Posted August 5, 2006 I must be strange using anywhere from 7/16" to 9/16" at 135lbs. Depends on the mood I'm in.wow that sounded very feminine.EDIT: I know personally that my chatter when I lead with my left (face right) is because I'm messing up where I'm placing pressure on my skate blade and/or the angle at which the blade is contacting the ice. I'm glad that after 5 years that I'm slowly starting to get it right.Has anyone else found that it was a slow progression or is it simply a matter of my not being able to get on the ice enough to have overcome it sooner? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andoy 5 Report post Posted August 5, 2006 mine changes depending on the ice...if it's harder then i go with a deeper cut. if the rink has soft ice i go with a shallower hollow. Having said that most of the time i'm on 5/8s. It really depends on your style of play and such. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
