The Great Skater :: Personal Narrative Essay

The Great Skater   Like any other sport, ice- glide is obliged to creative people who bring something new to it. These people ar known to everyone as the inventors of particular jumps, splits, spins. They are given credit for their work and, sometimes, the skating moves they invented carry their names. For instance, the Lutz jump was invented by Alois Lutz before World War II the Walley jump was attributed to Bruce Mapes who performed with the Ice Follies in the 1930s. With Mabel Fairbanks that was never the case. The spins she invented never have been officially let inted to be exclusively her creation.   For me, it was a profound experience to be coached by her, as I was learning not scarcely the art of skating, but also many things that one can learn from a wise person. I reckon her advice very much.   Mabel Fairbanks was a brilliant and a hard working skater. The only problem she experienced over and over was the unwillingness of the skating world to admit that s he was deeply talented. It was the second quarter of the 20th century, and she was not allowed to perform the major skating movements--the elements she found the most fun to perform. She was black, she was too good, and the other girls in the extract wouldnt look as skillful having Mabel performing next to them. In fact, Sonja Heini once refused to allow Mabel to join Sonjas popular skating troupe because Mabel was too gifted.   Mabel was restricted in her skating to the simple elements. But, Mabel wouldnt be Mabel if she didnt extricate herself from the restrictions. How? The solution was ingenious If they dont let me skate the conventional way, Ill invent something of my own. This way, nobody and nothing can prevent me from skating to my full abilities.   Necessity turned out to be the mother of invention. In a short period of time, Mabel, the first black superstar skater in the accounting of the United States, came up with the new variations of basic spin. They were so gorgeous She was the star of the shows at British West Indies with the famous Ice Follies, and in Mexico with the Ice Capades. The only sad thing is that the spins she invented have never been called anything more than just spins variations. If it were for me, Id call them Fairbanks spins.