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Space  Ereshkigal cosplay from AX yesterday

Space Ereshkigal cosplay from AX yesterday

My Space Eresh cosplay that I wore at AX yesterday! I made it from scratch and styled the wig as soon as she was released in Japan 2 years ago, so I had to wear her for the N.A. release! Unfortunately I got overtired doing the stamp rally 15+ times trying to get the mythical Salter card that didn’t actually exist and missed the panel oops! Hope you all had good luck with your summons!

u/Own-Adhesiveness5723 — 14 hours ago

Freestyle question

I’m a relative beginner and while I usually skate at public skate due to schedule, I’ll go to freestyle sessions on weekends since public can get quite crowded. I only started going after my coach told me that I was at a level that I’d be ok to go. I mainly work on edges and turns at one end of the ice unless it’s a very empty session and then I’ll do some crossover practice, but obviously on weekends that isn’t usually the case. My rink doesn’t have a rule about levels needed (like I know some require you to have passed certain LTS levels), I think coaches usually just communicate to their students when they reach a level that they’ll be ok in a freestyle. I’m just trying to give some background info.
Now, recently there’s been a gentleman who comes to freestyles who just… skates around. I don’t mean he strokes around specifically practicing stroking, he just skates around the rink like most people do during public sessions. That’s all I’ve ever seen him do; granted I’m obviously not watching him, but when he comes around at the same frequency it leads me to believe he’s doing the same thing.
At first I thought it was odd but he didn’t seem to be getting in anyone’s way so I figured no big deal. But this past weekend, he did get in my way a couple times; basically he didn’t seem to understand the pattern of the edge drill I was doing (the basic serpentine one) and just skated right through that area, so I had to stop what I was doing and start over. Now, I’m not the type to think that everyone should get out of my way, but I do kind of expect people in a freestyle to be paying enough attention and recognize patterns of what people are doing and act accordingly. It kind of felt like he was just totally oblivious. Usually I never have to bail out of a drill like that unless someone overdoes a jump entry or something and they usually say sorry or wave to acknowledge it. There was nothing like that here.
Part of me wants to mention it to someone at the rink because it doesn’t seem like the most appropriate thing to be working on at a freestyle; he could just as easily do this during public skate. It also worries me that if he’s not aware of the right of way rules, there could be a collision. I feel like the fact that he sticks to the edges has mostly helped him not specifically be in the way but that could also just be luck.
I’m not sure if it’s appropriate for me to mention this though, because there are always coaches on the ice who could say something. But if they are paying attention to their students and he doesn’t get in the way of them, they might not really notice. I don’t want people to think I’m trying to gatekeep freestyles, especially as a beginner, but I also don’t want to worry about problems because people don’t know the right of way etiquette and not paying attention to others around them.
So, to those who are more experienced, what would you do? I’m also a little worried because I sternly told a kid to watch where she was going last week, and she went and told her mom that I screamed at her, so the skating director had to talk to me (she was nice about it and just told me to tell her or one of the coaches to speak to them in the future) and I don’t want people to think I’m problematic. I’m mainly just concerned about safety.
Thank you!

Edit: I understand that I shouldn’t say anything unless there are legitimately dangerous near misses. I was not trying to be judgmental or anything, I just wasn’t sure if it was something I should mention to someone at the rink. It was genuinely out of concern that he may not be able to get out of the way quickly. I’m sorry if my question offended some of you, I’m neurodivergent and struggle with social cues and norms which is why I asked.

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