I am in 20 year old MK Professional blades with about 10 years of use/sharpening on them. The last time, the sharpening expert had to take alot off because the previous sharpener put a curve that shouldn't have been there in them in order to miss chopping off the lowest pick. So, my blades are fairly flat.
I am now skating faster into my flip jump. I've slipped out of the toe pick divot during takeoff a few times in the last week. I am concentrating on getting the toe pick insert close to the skating leg, and I don't slam my toe pick into the ice. I'm 5'5" and 145 pounds, and I'm testing the limits of Newton's Second Law of Physics "force = mass * acceleration". In other words, I have alot more to "heave" off the ice then I did when I was in my 20's. While i have't fallen on take-off, just slipped, it's a terrifying moment to know I am unstable. My coach thought I should have aborted one of these flips, but I was at the point of no return and did it anyhow. I haven't slipped on my lutz or toe loop, but those I don't do as strong and fast as a flip jump.
I'm going to have to buy new blades before the end of the year. Can the toe pick slipping be fixed by bigger teeth/crosscuts? I've got to lose 10 pounds . . . working on that. Could it be my technique in the flip jump causing me to miss? Wish I had ability to video it, but the slipping happens 1 out of 20 times.
My only other blade issue is that I am working on loop jumps in succession - got to three in a row now. By the third loop jump, I will get into this waierd pattern where the blade doesn't want to turn because it is catching too much of the circle. But, when I do figure loops on a deep edge, I am fine with my blades. And, I'm ok in spinning.
Tomorrow I meet with the coach. I will get her opinion too. Thoughts from our peanut gallery are appreciated.
Topic: Need New Blades? Slipping on Flip Jumps (Read 1275 times)