Ice Skating

Dionysus · #1 10-14-2003, 07:06 PM

Who does this for a hobby?

swissmiss04 · #2 10-14-2003, 07:14 PM

Me! I took lessons when I was younger. I love to skate, even though it's really seasonal around here (only about November-Feb.)

Rudey · #3 10-14-2003, 07:23 PM

Now i only do it when I'm with a girl or in a large group...otherwise it's kinda gay.

-Rudey

adpialumcsuc · #4 10-14-2003, 07:28 PM

Sorry...to hard on the ankles

Kevlar281 · #5 10-14-2003, 07:38 PM

Finger Painting?

Dionysus · #6 10-14-2003, 07:43 PM

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Originally posted by adpialumcsuc
Sorry...to hard on the ankles

Good gosh, yes!

I guess it will get better the more I do it, since I only gone ice skating twice in my life. I'm looking forword to doing it many more times this fall and winter, since there's a new rink not far from where I live.

KillarneyRose · #7 10-14-2003, 08:24 PM

I love to ice skate! I took lessons for a couple of years when I was little at the skating rink that used to be in the local mall but is now a food court. My daughters take lessons now.

Dionysus: remember to lace the skates tightly around where your foot meets the ankle and then looser at the top of the boot. That'll give you the support you need so that your ankles don't start to ache but it won't be so tight that it makes your feet numb

Hootie · #8 10-14-2003, 09:18 PM

I've gone ice skating before, but I'm not that great at it.

Funny Side Note: I saw a flyer on campus today that is for a girl's hockey team...NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! LMAO. I can't imagine that's gonna work well for girls to dress in the heavy pads, attempting to ice skate and hit a puc across the ice.

CanadianTeke · #9 10-14-2003, 09:22 PM

i don't figure skate---but i do ice skate -- we are building a rink in our backyard this year so we can go skating and play hockey whenever we want!

Lady Pi Phi · #10 10-14-2003, 09:51 PM

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Originally posted by Hootie
I've gone ice skating before, but I'm not that great at it.

Funny Side Note: I saw a flyer on campus today that is for a girl's hockey team...NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! LMAO. I can't imagine that's gonna work well for girls to dress in the heavy pads, attempting to ice skate and hit a puc across the ice.

What are you talking about?! I play ice hockey. I was a beginner at 14. I had never played a day in my life. I love it! I still play. And the equipment is not that heavy. Once you get going, you don't notice the equipment and if you're a beginner you're going to thank the lord that you are wearing it.

kappaloo · #11 10-14-2003, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
What are you talking about?! I play ice hockey. I was a beginner at 14. I had never played a day in my life. I love it! I still play. And the equipment is not that heavy. Once you get going, you don't notice the equipment and if you're a beginner you're going to thank the lord that you are wearing it.

And to add to this... several male hockey players at my university (okay Waterloo hockey isn't awesome... but still) claim that our women's team is extremely good. Supposedly - "Girls are Meeeaaan" on the ice. LOL.

Kristin AGD · #12 10-15-2003, 12:44 AM

I skate!!!

My daughter started skating at 4, and I had to follow her around the rink when she practiced. Now at age 5 she is way beyond me following her around. (She is too cool.

LOL). But I skate every now and then.

She had a hard time deciding whether to play hockey or figure skate. But when I told her she couldn't wear her cute dresses when playing hockey, her decision was clear.

She might play hockey in the future, several girls her age play hockey... And one of her skating instructors was a Dallas Stars Ice Girl.

Go Dallas Stars!!!

NinjaPoodle · #13 10-15-2003, 12:46 AM

I figure skate. Matter of fact, I have a competition at the end of this month-->Sf Skate

CatStarESP4 · #14 10-15-2003, 06:16 AM

I used to take lessons when I was a little girl. I didn't ice skate for nine years until I went ice skating during my senior year in high school. I thought I lost it, but I didn't. My then boyfriend had to hold on to me for balance!

Kristin AGD · #15 10-15-2003, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by NinjaPoodle
I figure skate. Matter of fact, I have a competition at the end of this month-->Sf Skate

My daughter has an ISI competition that same weekend. It is her second time to compete. But she loved her first competition, even though she fell. (She got right back up, and smiled through the rest of her routine. I was so proud.

)
At her level it is hilarious. We spend extra days practicing, all day making her pretty, and her program is only 1 minute long. LOL.

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