National Get Up Day, aka the official holiday of Learn to Skate, was founded by U.S. Figure Skating to celebrate the very first lesson every skater learns: how to fall and choosing to try again. It’s a reminder that progress isn’t about staying upright; it’s about what you do after you don’t, which feels especially fitting today. At 27, working in hockey meant stepping onto the ice constantly, walking it, standing on it, capturing moments from just feet away with a camera. I was always close enough to the action, just never part of it. I knew the space, just not the skill. I’m in Week 4 of learning how to skate with skatewithsuburbanice. The goal is simple: eventually skate with my camera backwards. Showing up as a beginner again, especially as an adult, has been equal parts humbling and empowering and proof that familiar spaces can still ask something new of you. The ice is bigger than fear, and every step forward proves it. #GetUpDay