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Watch as Refinery29 New York editor Annie tests out her skating skills with a little help from Olympian figure-skating champion Elvis Stojko. How did she fare? Well, we don't wanna brag, but she's well on her way to the pros.
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00:10Hi, I'm Annie in New York, editor of Refinery29, and it's the opening day of Rockefeller Center
00:15Ice Rink, so I'm here with Olympic champion Elvis Stoico, who's going to give me a speed
00:20lesson and teach me how to do a triple toe loop. Maybe tomorrow the triple toe loop. Okay, so
00:26we're going to shuffle forward, see if you can get enough speed to get on one foot, and
00:32then you're going to do this.
00:42You always say bend your knees, but I say bend your ankles. Bend my ankles? Yes. So you feel
00:48the laces kind of into your ankles. Sure. That's your connection to the ice. So Elvis is now
00:53going to do a trick called the butterfly. Yup. And I'm kind of like the caterpillar? Kind
00:59of. Kind of. I'm like the larva, if you will. Woo! My turn. That's actually how you start
01:10it. So thank you so much for this lesson. I think I'm just going to keep skating around.
01:24A little hand here. Thank you. Thank you. Ducks. Ducks. Ducks. Woo! What I'm about to do is a routine
01:37that was taught to me by an Olympic champion. I recommend you, I know, I implore you, do not try
01:44this at home. Scene.
02:12I mean, the judges were kind of harsh on this one. If they are going to be splitting hairs here
02:15all day, I will never get to this one. I mean, the judges were kind of harsh on this one.
02:16If they are going to be splitting hairs here all day, I will never get to that one. But I
02:16will be
02:16the championship. I mean, you win some, you lose some, that's all I can say.

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