Ice skating makes me feel unreasonably good. Why, I’m not sure, but the following may or may not be relevant:
I’m not very good at it, but not a raw beginner either. I have good balance, can gain some speed, have reasonable mastery over speed and trajectory. I can have fun trying things out like skating backwards or experimenting with alternate braking moves.
It’s usually cold when I do it, and physical exercise when it’s cold tends to have an exhilarating effect on me (I like skiing to, at which I’m even more of a newbie)
Anything that involves balance is more pleasant for me than things involving strength, fast movement, reflexes or competition (this isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list of motion categories) - I like ropes courses too for that reason.
I suspect that one part of this list is idiosyncratic (pleasure in balance) while the other is universal (pleasure in things where I’m getting better over time).
Ice skating makes me feel unreasonably good. Why, I’m not sure, but the following may or may not be relevant:
I’m not very good at it, but not a raw beginner either. I have good balance, can gain some speed, have reasonable mastery over speed and trajectory. I can have fun trying things out like skating backwards or experimenting with alternate braking moves.
It’s usually cold when I do it, and physical exercise when it’s cold tends to have an exhilarating effect on me (I like skiing to, at which I’m even more of a newbie)
Anything that involves balance is more pleasant for me than things involving strength, fast movement, reflexes or competition (this isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list of motion categories) - I like ropes courses too for that reason.
I suspect that one part of this list is idiosyncratic (pleasure in balance) while the other is universal (pleasure in things where I’m getting better over time).