My mom has been taking group lessons for awhile. She's been using some old skates she found at a thrift store a long time ago, and she loves them. But they're that softer leather style, and multiple coaches have said she'd do better if she had something more supportive.
I'd like to get her new skates for Christmas. This isn't going to be much of a surprise because she's going to have to get her feet measured, but I'll probably have to order the skates online once I know what to get her.
She recently passed alpha and is working on forward crossovers, backward swizzles and wiggles, backward pumps, one-foot glides and two-foot turns. She's 59, and she's a very nervous skater because she broke her wrist skating with me a few years ago. I'm not sure if she will ever begin jumps.
She's about 5'5 and very thin. She wears a size 7.5 (sometimes an
, and I'd guess her feet are on the narrow side. I'm hoping she can wear a stock boot. (Otherwise, this might have to be her Christmas and birthday present!)
I had been thinking about Jackson Classiques because those were my first non-recreational skates, but if she's not going to start jumping anytime soon, I wonder if they are too much. I think new skates are going to be a big adjustment for her. I was thinking perhaps Riedell 121's or Jackson Artistes.