"Frozen pond nearby" does sound super New Englandy.
I think that like many things, I just lacked the physical strength to do it well, and didn't really recognize it as a factor... particularly a factor I could have improved. (My one required gym credit in high school was partially a gymnastics class. With zero physical stuff prior to that class, there was a lot I struggled with because I lacked the strength, but I didn't know that until after the fact. The instructor just seemed baffled that I was struggling, when really I just lacked the physical strength to do some of it well, which I now feel like she should have recognized.)
Skating up in the mountains was really pretty! I still remember it as a fun time, and would be willing to try it again, even if it was the world's slowest shuffle around the edge, lol. The lake was pretty big if I recall, but solid enough over the winter at that elevation to be safe to skate on.
Definitely different surfaces to fall on! I'm a little glad to hear someone else who just did not care for roller skating or blading! I never tried rollerblades, because I couldn't even manage the skates, but it was supposed to be The Fun Thing Everyone Loves and I just could not make it work. (I also couldn't ever skateboard, even though that was by far the cool thing by the time I was in high school.)
It really sucks that your time skating ended the way it did, because I can absolutely see it pretty well putting you off of it.
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I think that like many things, I just lacked the physical strength to do it well, and didn't really recognize it as a factor... particularly a factor I could have improved. (My one required gym credit in high school was partially a gymnastics class. With zero physical stuff prior to that class, there was a lot I struggled with because I lacked the strength, but I didn't know that until after the fact. The instructor just seemed baffled that I was struggling, when really I just lacked the physical strength to do some of it well, which I now feel like she should have recognized.)
Skating up in the mountains was really pretty! I still remember it as a fun time, and would be willing to try it again, even if it was the world's slowest shuffle around the edge, lol. The lake was pretty big if I recall, but solid enough over the winter at that elevation to be safe to skate on.
Definitely different surfaces to fall on! I'm a little glad to hear someone else who just did not care for roller skating or blading! I never tried rollerblades, because I couldn't even manage the skates, but it was supposed to be The Fun Thing Everyone Loves and I just could not make it work. (I also couldn't ever skateboard, even though that was by far the cool thing by the time I was in high school.)
It really sucks that your time skating ended the way it did, because I can absolutely see it pretty well putting you off of it.