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. For years, the ice has been a place Alana knew well. 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. She was always close enough to the action, just never part of it. She knew the space, just not the skill. Now in Week 4 of learning how to skate with @skatewithsuburbanice, the goal is simple: eventually skate with her 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 ...