I honestly thought it would take much shorter. Like 6-7 months. I probably could have gotten it 3-4 months sooner if it wasn’t for a lot of other things. What’s for sure though is I now know that I definitely didn’t have the skating skills/edges needed in order to axel during in the first few months seen in the time lapse.

Thank you so much! That means a lot!! I haven’t met anyone else in person (yet) who learned to axel as an adult. I’m still looking for them tho!!!! I definitely plan on doubles, but the axel since this video went through huge up and down growing pains. It just couldn’t ever have it consistent. That’s why they always fell apart in my competitions. My coaches didn’t want me to move on until I got it consistent. They took it out of my program and I was able to focus on my program and axel separately and FINALLY I got the axel consistent! So reluctantly…I understand why they said don’t work on doubles until the axel is consistant…. Skating is like a never ending mountain…!!!

It’s super crowded at the moment because it’s summer time! During summer and during the holiday season it’s like a mass of people. Since we’re here… btw, I’m having to rebuild the way I axel because no matter how many times I’ve landed it, the technique isn’t something i can just ‘go to’ like with my other single jumps that work. Like if I speed up a 1F, I know what to do to make it work. I’ve never had that with he axel. I *think* I’ve found it… 9 months after I first landed it in this video. I really hope I have. Because I’ve thought I found it many times this year…. And it always goes on vacation.

Cycles... I definitely understand that...!!! I can’t even count how many.... I ended up over working my back muscles somehow with the axel motion, and in December I had a muscle injury; followed by the biggest colossal fall I’ve ever had, followed by getting sick. December was a mess. I kept fighting for my axel though, so I also feel the “at least 1 per session.” January has gone from 1 per session, to a handful per session - but my goal has been to be able to just axel at will. My axels since the many issues in December also haven’t felt as neat as some of the ones from this video. But then actually today(!) I landed my first attempt, I landed more than I fell/two footed, and had one really good one that finally felt as good as the ones from October! Today was the first time I started to feel like I can land at will. (Not to to jinx anything. 😅) It’s like I’m narrowing in on the technique since September/October. I feel so much closer to really understanding how to land them consistently. Of course, it was only just last week when I had 1 day that I just couldn’t do it whatsoever 😅😑💦 I also started putting more focus on my off ice exercises of finding my right sided in the air. I feel like that’s helped a lot. I’ve contemplated doing a video on that because I invented a lot of exercises that helped a lot. 🤷🏻‍♀️

One of the skating moms custom makes them. I actually don’t even know where she is located.

I feel like it’s more about getting the right technique down vs someone is more able than another (not by age or size or anything). One of my coaches said if you have the right technique, all single jumps are effortless. (TBH this axel went through 3 different coaches.) You can make it!

@@salsatosalchow7294 Thank you so much for encouraging me! it helps a lot :)

@@ariix3589 I wouldn’t be discouraged. It’s not that common to get an axle is an adult skater within a couple of years actually, Unless you’re taking lessons and working a lot. But also like she noted, some people have easier time with toe jumps or edge jumps and Axel is just its own thing. I keep hearing one day it clicks once you get technique. And then we had the pandemic. I can barely stand to look at my stroking and crosses anymore! PS: I call my waltz jumps half axels to myself sometimes, so there you have an axel too!! ;)) ❤️⛸❤️