Backspin Prep, Cross Strokes Prep (Again!)

My lesson with JJ on the 8:15 a.m. FS at Gilbert.

Today's lesson was much the same as last week's:

• cross strokes -- we worked some more on getting me to skate and cross, skate and cross.  I was finally able to do it away from the wall!  Geez.  It's getting more comfortable though.
• backspin -- we started with the two-foot spin again, first doing the shifting-weight-push exercise, then going to just doing a two-foot spin and trying to lift the L foot (some small success), then moving to pushing into an RFI3 and then trying to bring the free foot around.  We actually had some success on this last point (skating around the hockey dot).  I was pretty stoked!  Didn't actually spin but I can see how I might get there.  YAY!

That was all we had time for!

In other news... my new blades are ordered.  They are going to be the same as I have now (MK Pro Parabolic).  I should be getting them right after Autumn Antics.