Hi everyone!
I want to start figure skating and I'm looking for advice on which skates to get. I currently have Roces Paradise skates, but they're on the loose side and I probably won't be able to learn a lot on them. On other posts I saw a lot of people say to go to a fitter, but I have no clue if there are any where I live (The Netherlands), please let me know if you know any!
Some information on me and how much I'll use them:
> I'm 19 years, ~163 cm and 60 kg.
> My feet are on the thin side. I want good ankle/arch support, my arches are pretty weak and my current skates are kinda loose around my ankles and it makes them hurt
> I can do forward crossovers and I'm trying to learn how to skate backwards.
> I'll be skating anywhere between once a week to once a month.
> I want the boots to be black!! It'll probably limit my options but I really want black skates
> Budget isn't very big atm but I'm willing to save up if it means I get better fitting/longer lasting skates
Figure skating will (at least for now) be a bit of a side project as I'm very busy with uni, work and sport. I'm trying to teach myself the basic and hoping I'll be able to do lessons during christmas break. I am thinking about actually getting lessons but I don't see it happening soon, might do it once I teach myself the basics.
I don't need to become like really good but I would like to be able to do single, maybe double jumps at least.
I want to start figure skating and I'm looking for advice on which skates to get. I currently have Roces Paradise skates, but they're on the loose side and I probably won't be able to learn a lot on them. On other posts I saw a lot of people say to go to a fitter, but I have no clue if there are any where I live (The Netherlands), please let me know if you know any!
Some information on me and how much I'll use them:
> I'm 19 years, ~163 cm and 60 kg.
> My feet are on the thin side. I want good ankle/arch support, my arches are pretty weak and my current skates are kinda loose around my ankles and it makes them hurt
> I can do forward crossovers and I'm trying to learn how to skate backwards.
> I'll be skating anywhere between once a week to once a month.
> I want the boots to be black!! It'll probably limit my options but I really want black skates
> Budget isn't very big atm but I'm willing to save up if it means I get better fitting/longer lasting skates
Figure skating will (at least for now) be a bit of a side project as I'm very busy with uni, work and sport. I'm trying to teach myself the basic and hoping I'll be able to do lessons during christmas break. I am thinking about actually getting lessons but I don't see it happening soon, might do it once I teach myself the basics.
I don't need to become like really good but I would like to be able to do single, maybe double jumps at least.