Stage One
You wiggle like a snake on its belly. There's no real edges. Every one starts here.
Stage Two
You occasionally get one good pull with decent edges, but mostly, it's a crap shoot.
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| Yeah, mixed metaphor here. |
Stage Three
You're mostly have good pulls, but you really can't control them well, so when you lose it you lose it bad.
Stage 4
You're the DIVA OF EDGE PUSHES!
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| Two Snaps! Baby! |
I'm at Stage 2. Still.
I'm at stage 3 on the right leg, stage 2 on the left (I'm talkin' forward edge pulls here; back pulls are a distance goal, a thing dimly precived).
ReplyDeleteBackward edge pulls are easier (in my humble opinion) than forward ones. Right now, after what feels like an eternity, I'm at stage 4 99.99% of the time. Keep at it; it will come suddenly and you'll wonder why you had a problem with them in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSo right! I went from 1 through 3, but the effects of the Stage 3 falls plus new blades have put me back to 1 for longer than the entire previous journey. I also agree that backwards is easier; I feel like I have a decent ripping sound with those but of course my coach wants them to be "edgier."
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