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Hey guys! New to the forum here!
I'm having a bit of trouble deciding between the Mystiques or the Artistes. I'm 19 years old, 1.6m (5 "3) and 57kg (125 lbs). I've been skating since Nov 2017 on HEAD recreational skates since.
A bit of background:
As far as skill level goes, I don't have a coach and I don't plan on getting one until I'm a full working adult (which is probably in a year or two). So I've just been learning from my figure skating friends and I'm working on edges and just started on 3-turns now. My current skates have broken down and don't have enough support for my ankle (I sprained one of my ankles in rugby so I've been a lot more careful with it since) and it's been hindering my progress for turns since the blade has a practically non-existent rocker and my edge work has taken it's toll as well.
I skate once a week and I have no intention of going pro or learning anything more than a waltz jump (old lady knees and ankles).
I know a lot of people online say that it's best to go to a proshop but that's pretty impossible where I live. The closest I have to a proshop doesn't even allow people to try on the skates so that kinda sucks really badly. Most if not all the skaters I've talked to (even the hockey ones) either ordered them online or travelled to another country to buy them and the latter really isn't an option for me. D:
So after constant measuring and remeasuring, I've gotten a good idea of my sizing to get my skates online. The price difference between the Mystiques and the Artistes is around 50 dollars and to my reasearch, they both have the same Mark IV blades as well.
I was originally intending to get the Mystiques since I thought it was more suited towards my level of skating but the Artistes' higher stiffness rating means that my skates will take longer to break down, considering I won't do anything more than footwork for now and I do tend to be a bit heavy with my movements. I don't mind having to pay a little extra now than to get new skates within 6 months.
Skating is pretty expensive and I have to finance this new hobby of mine on my own. So any advice would be helpful!
I'm having a bit of trouble deciding between the Mystiques or the Artistes. I'm 19 years old, 1.6m (5 "3) and 57kg (125 lbs). I've been skating since Nov 2017 on HEAD recreational skates since.
A bit of background:
As far as skill level goes, I don't have a coach and I don't plan on getting one until I'm a full working adult (which is probably in a year or two). So I've just been learning from my figure skating friends and I'm working on edges and just started on 3-turns now. My current skates have broken down and don't have enough support for my ankle (I sprained one of my ankles in rugby so I've been a lot more careful with it since) and it's been hindering my progress for turns since the blade has a practically non-existent rocker and my edge work has taken it's toll as well.
I skate once a week and I have no intention of going pro or learning anything more than a waltz jump (old lady knees and ankles).
I know a lot of people online say that it's best to go to a proshop but that's pretty impossible where I live. The closest I have to a proshop doesn't even allow people to try on the skates so that kinda sucks really badly. Most if not all the skaters I've talked to (even the hockey ones) either ordered them online or travelled to another country to buy them and the latter really isn't an option for me. D:
So after constant measuring and remeasuring, I've gotten a good idea of my sizing to get my skates online. The price difference between the Mystiques and the Artistes is around 50 dollars and to my reasearch, they both have the same Mark IV blades as well.
I was originally intending to get the Mystiques since I thought it was more suited towards my level of skating but the Artistes' higher stiffness rating means that my skates will take longer to break down, considering I won't do anything more than footwork for now and I do tend to be a bit heavy with my movements. I don't mind having to pay a little extra now than to get new skates within 6 months.
Skating is pretty expensive and I have to finance this new hobby of mine on my own. So any advice would be helpful!