Can Pro Figure Skaters Ice Skate Using Rental Skates?

are you insured for this how about that double action all right let's try it hey guys lloyd jones here from ice coach online and i have a special guest with me today this is paul of ice skate coach and we're going to be answering the age-old question can professional figure skaters skate in rental skates we'll find out now you confident no good let's do it anyway i think we're gonna need some help from this guy one or two two okay [Music] all right let's go they're awful like oh these are about yours are much more blunt than these oh thanks very smelly horrible horrible plastic whose idea was this where was the last time you wore high escapes probably when i was about five years old oh they don't even bend are you insured for this i don't think mine covers it look at this the tongue's falling apart that's a quality and well it's not a lot of edge on it is there no way look at that there's been a lot of concrete stepping on this one you can see it's tripped up nicely bit of life left on the brave blade though so maybe it won't be too bad right we'll see like paul i haven't skated on it since maybe we're five years old well these you can't really say they're comfortable you know like oh look at that they're gonna snap by here if i bend okay that's crazy oh i think i'm going to break them in one session who's your friend there this is uh terry terry yeah all right well first steps let's go oh man yeah yeah not too bad actually all right i don't think i don't think i need him yeah oh we got toast spin zero rocker zero this is uh this is bruce and we're gonna go and see what we can do oh my gosh oh there's no inside edge there's nothing there's even less outside edge i don't even know if i can skate in these that's right okay i'm not as confident as you oh we've got a toe pick though that one i got down that's okay okay really no edge at all on mine i think i got the flat rocker too we've got a secret helping hand that we're gonna use and see if we can make the experience a little bit better this is the skate mate sharpener and we're gonna really put it to the test sure we could use it to sharpen our figure skates but that wouldn't be too much of a challenge for the tool what's the real challenge is can it get a pair of rental skate shark whoa listen to that sharpening i'll be careful not to cut my hands on it now right does that seem right it sounds [Music] i feel like it's working i'm definitely getting tired oh there we go works nicely it feels like it's doing something right something's happening supposed to go up and down and we're just supposed to go back full disclosure we didn't read the instructions we probably should have but we just guessed we're either sharpening them or we're making them more blunt so we'll find out now right okay let's go probably shouldn't have left bruce out on the ice but you know we gotta go oh oh hang on hang on oh there's a bit more edge actually yeah i mean not a lot of edge oh there's definitely more yeah yeah i trust it definitely is an improvement if you go oh a bit more outside yeah the outside's good probably never gets used look at the lean on that i'm actually on the ice inside not much different i don't know maybe a little what's the verdict ah well i think it's made a bit of a difference maybe we should have read the instructions first i definitely felt a bit better from mine yeah oh good yeah there's a definitely a different there's more edge there i trust that and before there was nothing so yeah good how about that double axis all right let's try it no way if i could get an axle off there not happening should we drive on anyway so recently i can get that there it's a flat it's got no rocker [Music] there's nothing to press off don't try this at home so in um summary basically well yes you can do things in higher skates it feels very very very i can't stress enough very high risk yeah you can't do a lot um no rocker no edges but the tool helped a little bit so uh definitely i think edges weren't happening for me prior the tool and tool just gave me that bit of grip to make me confident do a hockey stop so i think on a pair of skates that actually had a sharpie in the first place they'd hold them up potentially quite nice yeah yeah i think so if they can do something on a skate high blade they'd definitely do something to a nice pair of blades well there we go yeah now if you enjoyed watching us fumble around in the higher skates give this video a thumb up subscribe to the channel let us know what you think in the comments below and make sure you give a special thumb up and a shout out to paul respect for doing the single axle and a pair of higher skates when we ask people saying can you do waltz can you do two foot spin can you do one foot spinning higher skates well paul here can do a single axle can safely say that you can get certain things done but it is dangerous and high risk don't risk [Music] you

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Length: 8min 17sec (497 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 23 2020