chococat

I don't figure skate, but I have been doing ballet for over 10 years. In ballet, I do pirouettes (sort of like spins) and toure jetes (like a half jump..) better when i do them in a clockwise direction. My friend who is a figure skater taught me a sort of simple spin which I do clockwise. However, whenever I'm watching figure skating, it almost is hard to watch and sort of comfusing when I see someone like Ashley Wagner skate because she jumps and spins clockwise. Maybe that might be just because I'm used to seeing skaters go counterclockwise.

If I started figure skating, would I rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?

Also, is it possible to have a figure skater jump counterclockwise, but spin clockwise?

When did you start taking lessons? And how long did it take to get your first single axel after you started lessons?

I've heard rumors that Jean-Baptiste Accolay, the composer wasn't a real person. I've heard that the composer Vieuxtemps? (I think that's his name) just wrote pieces under the name, Accolay. is this true?

How do you conjucate the verb boire in french? for the nous form?

I've heard that it's 24 or 25. I'm not quite sure because I did an online search and some articles again said 24 and others said 25. If it is 25, would it be 25 time zones because the international date line splits a time zone in half?