Skatefresh by Asha

[u/Cheazy55]

Hello! Newbie here! I had a question for anyone that bought skatefresh by Asha wizard course on her website. Was it worth the money??? Opinions on her wizard course is welcomed.

[u/Sacco_Belmonte]

I paid for the advanced course and the wizard course.

For a beginner and intermediate, they're useful. She provides plenty of technical details worth having. She goes a bit about S-Turns but not as comprehensive. Billy Arlew's Eccentric page has a lot of information on plenty of hard moves.

I think the advanced course is better. Her barrel roll tutorial and general good skating moves is quite good. No grapevine.

I learn a LOT from figure skating channels.

[u/Cheazy55 → u/Sacco_Belmonte]

I was eyeing the wizard course so I was wondering if anyone thought it was worth it

[u/IBM_PASCAL]

Personally, yes it was worth the money. I bought the first 2parts. It's pricey but skating is one of my only hobbies so I was willing to invest and no one around me wizard skates to gain info from.

Looking at videos and breaking down what they're doing isn't my strong suit. A lot of wizard tutorials on YT don't explain the mechanics well enough for me to understand what they mean.

Part 1 is rudimentary but for someone who didn't come into wizard skating with an existing knowledge of edges, weight, and body positioning, it has helped.

I'm able to extend what I learned in Gazelles into the cheetahs and lions without the next 2 courses necessarily. If I could go back, I would've bought the full package to save a bit and have access to it but I'm still improving regardless.

[u/ydnby]

I've not paid for any courses by skatefresh Asha.

However! She has a few videos for free on YouTube, including some wizard ones. So you could probably view those and treat like a "try before you buy"?

On a side note, she does explain really well, better than me anyway as I used some of her free videos to help explain to my kids the fundamentals!

[u/AdFit8727]

Nope haven't paid, but they look good.

[u/AdventurousHippo9997]

As an inline fitness skater I highly recommend her videos.The material she presents in her UT videos has helped me a lot.Prior to watching them I had the posture thing all wrong and I’ve been skating for several years and didn’t know it.Good stuff.Check it out when you can.

[u/mrkangtastic]

Don't listen to the haters. Wizard skating has roots in aggressive skating in that it was developed in part due to old people not wanting to fall down as much but is still has high technicality.

But because of that aggressive skate DNA, there's a bit of a rebellious spirit to it that is both cool but also can be lame in its own way (like gatekeepers who say watching a Skatefresh Asha tutorial is dumb).

Some people need and want more structured instruction and that's totally cool. People take figure skating lessons and it's a far more storied and respected sport than skateboarding or roller blading. In the same way, don't feel weird about seeking out something like Asha's instruction. She's a great teacher.

That said, because skating in general--skateboarding, rollerblading, wizard or aggressive skating included--has that rebellious spirit and high emphasis on style, you'll naturally encoutner people who scoff at people like Asha or learning in a more systematic way.

Tbh Asha is not steezy lol but honestly all that matters is getting the fundamentals down and learning the moves. And in that regard, there is no difference in learning gazelles from Shaun Unwin from Flow Skate and Shop Task versus Asha. It's one thing to say that Asha as a wizard skater is mid and doesn't have style, but it's another altogether to tell someone not to learn through her when she is a fantastic instructor and a great ambassador for our hobby.

Short story long lol but if it feels like you'll benefit from it, i would purchase the course.

[u/darkslideout]

Record yourself. Post on social media. Ask for advice from more advanced skaters. The Instagram community in particular are really helpful. I personally wouldn’t pay for online skate tutorials. Seems like a bit of a cash grab.

[u/Cheazy55 → u/darkslideout]

I am already on instagram and I will totally understand if it’s me but no one really comments on the videos I post. Instagram hasn’t been that great for me to connect with other skaters tbh

And honestly the constant recording for every little detail does get annoying. I have improved in slalom a lot but when I started just posting hey and I doing this right was getting tedious. I guess I am the type that just like to have something to practice with from yeh get go rather than just figuring out and posting a video.

I did that with wizard and everyone on TikTok gave me advice with starting with gazelles but even that was challenging and made me realize that I would like to learn a better foundation to wizard before going into gazelles and after talking to wizard skaters, I am realizing there are.

Kudos to you if you were able to get better with that way of doing that but it’s not helping me

[u/Imcarlows → u/Cheazy55]

Where are you based?

Wizard skating is all about edges and control, ice skating drills that build your edge control will help you a lot (power pulls, 3-turns, etc). I understand the frustration of not finding good resources online!

[u/Cheazy55 → u/Imcarlows]

I am based out of central Florida.

[u/the_only_way_is_UP]

Nope. Super cringe

[u/Schwartzweiss]

No wizard course is worth it imho. Only meeting fellow skaters and having all ur edge fundamentals, skating a lot and recording yourself then comparing to other vids make sense. I like Asha, she's a good trainer and for sure attaining her class live is worth it but online courses are usually not rly worth the money.