Ice skating

Skating is something I really hate doing. It is dumb, only thing that would make your butt hurt if you fall and bruise it. When I was a little girl, my dad use to always take my siblings and I skating every Friday. I had a blast. I could do everything, skate backwards, I could dance while skating. One day, it was so packed because of $2 Fridays. I was skating and these teenage girls pushed me on the ground, made me bend my wrist back. I had to to be rushed to the Emergency room, it was not so…

Well, that’s what my first ice skating competition was like. First of all I get there and I can’t find my coach so I am practically freaking out. Then to add onto that it is like freezing cold in there, and I am starving. So the delicious smell of different types of food is not helping at all. It all seems to go by really slowly and then it is time to get on the ice. As I am doing my warmup, all I hear is the sound of scraping toe picks on the ice. We get off of our warm up and they announced…

Trampolines have changed between ancient times and modern times. It's a beautiful day outside and you just want go and do something. What about the trampoline? You go outside and start jumping. Try to learn some tricks. But the real real thing is is what is the true history where trampolines come from. Keep reading and find the mysterious history of trampolines. In ancient times Trampoline like devices were used in China, Egypt, and Iran. You're probably wondering how they could used it. There…

triple loop, the feeling of the ghost cold air pushing against my face as I soar across the ice. The best of all though is the feeling of being on the open ice with no one else on it but you and the judges staring at you and an arena full of people chanting your name and screaming. That is what I thought my life was going to be like, but boy was I wrong, although that is exactly my life on the ice. My life on the ice is probably the only thing I really truly love with all my heart. That and my…

Flying across the ice, the two time U.S. gold medalists Alex and Maia Shibutani danced their hearts out to Paradise by Coldplay only to lose their third gold medal at the National Figure Skating Championships. Their dance and song choice touched the lives of people all around the world, but wasn’t enough to hold their own against the skaters to come. Although the title was the lost, the words to the Shibutanis song of choice speaks volumes. Songwriter Christopher Anthony pulls at the string’s of…

Snowboarding, skiing, hockey, and ice skating are all pretty common here in Idaho. Although I haven’t gone snowboarding or skiing, I have heard from almost everybody that a trip to do either would not be a waste of time. I can imagine what it would be like and I can’t wait for the day when…

“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was…

rain or weather below 20 ° F, for less than $10, guests are allowed to have two-hour sessions to skate at the rink. The skating rink is located on the National Mall at 7th St. and Constitution Ave. NW. The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink also offers lessons that are taught by Emme Porter and Bruce Porter, who have taught choreography, ice dancing, figure skating, and hockey for more than 25 years. There are 5 different classes available. Snowplow Sam is for children, ages 3-6,…

Everything that we do on this planet can affect how we will live in the present and future. Throughout the years of developing a better world, we have also destroyed it in the process. As we continue to do our ways of inducing climate change, the outcome of a larger and a lot more dangerous disasters is inevitable. The world we may live in may change for the worst. Climate change is a way of understanding how molecules can affect other molecules differently in an environment. This change can…

I value winter for not only its activities, snow days, or cheering fires, but above all for its simple, natural beauty. I stop in my step, mesmerized by the painted canvas around me. I feel a tingle inside me as I take in my surroundings. There is the perfect mix of blues, greys and whites as I gaze into the sky amongst the fluffy grey clouds. Amongst this painting in the sky, rings of yellow and pale orange create a precise flickering circle. The rings cast a dim glimmer through the colours of…