Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

Ice skating has terrified me since the first time I did it. I hit a weird bump in the ice, was turned backwards, and went airborne, landing on one skate and miraculously spinning out of it on reflex and instinct alone.

One of my elementary school teachers was there at the time, and said to me, "I didn't know you ice skated; that lutz was beautiful."

I told the truth and said I'd never ice skated before, and that it was a total accident and miracle that I did anything in that split second to prevent falling to the ice. She didn't believe me.