When you almost manage to stay upright but fall anyway
It took me a while to decide which home video to use for this assignment. I created a smart folder in iPhoto to search through all the videos I’ve taken(I had to google a tutorial for how to do this). I watched probably 20 videos I’ve taken on my iPhone, trying to get ideas. I ended up not using any videos on my computer. I found a DVD home video from 2006 and played it on my TV. I didn’t know what was on it, so I was surprised by the content. I took a video of just the section I wanted on my iPhone from the TV (you can see the glare of the window in my living room). I uploaded the video to YouTube and used GIPHY.com from there to complete this assignment. I spent roughly 12 years of my life competitively figure skating. I never played team sports until high school, and even then my life still revolved around the ice – I played hockey. In this particular video, I was 8 years old and still at a very basic level in skating. This was at the North Atlantic Figure Skating Club’s annual Snowflake Skate competition in Falmouth, ME. As I progressed, I ended up traveling much farther for my skating than one town over. I used to drive to Massachusetts just to buy skates and to have them sharpened every 8 weeks (figure skates are an investment and the blades require impeccable care). I had made it through most of my program, thinking I had it in the bag, until this spin, a back spin. I had been working on this spin for quite awhile and it was the thing that gave me the most trouble at the time. I’m honestly not sure how I placed in this competition otherwise. I’ll have to dig out my box of medals which is packed away in my basement to find out!
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