| Yah-a-tee ! |
Vacation in New Mexico .. on the Rez. Should have brought my inlines. They get a lot better gas milage than the vanishing Navaho pickup. Just saw gas hit $3. National Guard from here le...
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| padding question |
Does anyone know anywhere online where I can order lambswool padding to stick behind the tongue of my skates? I want to experiment with that. I'm using bunga lace bite pads, but the front...
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| Complete Figure Skater 1948 FA |
The Complete Figure Skater by T D Richardson 1948 Dustwrapper a bit tired,book itself in good condition.213 pages. Superb vintage skating manual, lots of detailed figure diagrams, covers
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| First lesson since coming back |
Wow what a nice skate. I'm back to skating without restrictions after my back surgery and I have had a tremendous attitude adjustment - I'm just HAPPY for what I can do and resigned that ...
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| Ambushed by FO3 |
Been skating a bit on my old hockey skates, past few days. I like the speed, and, I seem to get a better aerobic workout on hockey skates; certainly does get my heart rate up! Bee...
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| Ideal skating weight? |
I wonder if anyone here has an opinion on the ideal weight for skating, I get the impression that conventional wisdom seems to be that lighter is always better. I've recently lost...
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| Progress? |
Today in lesson we worked on my AB freestyle program -- the one I'll use for that test. The main hitching points are the back and sit spins. Still. After all this time. Ever, t...
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| Walking in fields .. it works |
I'm doing my daily mile walk, 1/2 on sidewalk, 1/2 across a mowed and very large field of grass. Not the slightest pain now, and I'm able to roll my ankles in any direction. Knee is feeling...
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| Tri-Towne Rocks! |
Per Jeanne's advice, made it to Tri-Towne Arena, Hookset, NH, US, for all day Public Skate today. Arrived a bit late; went to Electronic Fela Mart at MIT, Cambridge, MA, US, first thing in t...
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Appendix 1 |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Appendix 2 |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Off-Ice Training |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Injuries |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Boots |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Blades |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Basic Skills |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Adult Skaters |
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| Recreational Figure Skating FAQ - Index |
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| JM power circles |
In the long diagonal glide that is mandatory at the end of the 4 power circles in junior moves in the field it looks--from the rulebook--as if it's the skater's choice whether to glide on in...
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| Glad I don't use rentals! |
I saw a sight yesterday that would make any serious skater cringe. I traveled to skate out-of-town, and they are replacing the rubber flooring in the rink I chose. They had taken up the ol...
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| Foot numbness |
I've recently developed a new injury, I don't have much feeling on the top right part of my left foot. I think it's some sort of nerve injury caused by my boots as well as overuse and abuse....
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| IM: power circles |
Is the long diagonal glide mandatory at the end of the 4 power circles in intermediate moves in the field? If so, is it your choice of inside or outside edge or is there a mandatory edge to...
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| Complete Figure Skater 1948 FA |
The Complete Figure Skater by T D Richardson 1948 Dustwrapper a bit tired,book itself in good condition.213 pages. Superb vintage skating manual, lots of detailed figure diagrams, covers
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| At last, the borrowed "spinner" |
An acquaintance of mine finally brought in her spinner for me to borrow (at my coach's suggestion). Sling wrote here, if I remember correctly, that he *had* tried sit spins on the spinner. ...
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| upper body position on spiral |
I've been looking at spiral pics of MK and SC. When I practice spirals, I try to keep my upper body more or less square. However both MK and SC look to consistently have the upper body twi...
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| Tests passed and various other stuff |
Just wondering what levels of Moves have you all passed up to? I have passed Intermediate Moves and Juv Free. I can't test any higher because that would put me skating in Masters and I wan...
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| For Those Who Don't Mind the Cold.... |
....and can tolerate skating at cryogenic temperatures, you may be interested in knowing that the Valley Forum Rinks in Lawrence and Malden MA, US, now have a Web Site, with Public Ice Time ...
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| Statistics And Diagnostics Manual :-) |
On Fox News !! New study by NIM-wits says 46 % of all Americans are mentally ill. A Harvard study even. AOSS I suppose fits right in there, and should probably be added to the DSM. I can
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| Back on ice after more than a week |
Just grabbed 50 mins on the ice after an enforced 8 day break. YUK! Were those things in the black boots REALLY my feet? Felt like I was in some sort of disconnected hover above the ...
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| Dance tests! |
I passed my Dutch Waltz and Rhythm Blues today (we put off the Canasta Tango because I kept mixing it up with the Dutch, and because I was in Ireland for two weeks and just got back the Wedn...
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