Skating

effort. My dad introduced me to ice skating when I was 4 years old. I liked watching him play hockey and inspired to be like him. I did what every young hockey player would have done: (1) learned how to skate; (2) attended an in-house hockey school; and (3) played with a hockey team. My parents signed me up to play with a youth travel hockey team at seven with the Pasadena Maple Leafs. My life as a busy seven year old involved with school, skating lessons and practices 4-6 times a…

wonderful friends who appreciate me. This is prime to realize because had I conformed to what the popular kids wanted me to be, I would have never been the unique individual with the wonderful friends I have today. I have a burning passion for skating, and the skating culture is very distinct on the way they dress and behave, but I had always stuck to what made me feel comfortable, and I personally feel a connection to the world being who I naturally am. This is significant…

When I started playing hockey at 12 years old, I was aware of the immense disadvantages I would encounter on my journey. I was late to start playing, so this put me almost a decade behind most of my peers’ skating abilities. The discouraging words that I was “too late” and that “kids have been skating since they were two years old” would not stop me. After three seasons of recreational play, I decided that I was ready for a travel team. Tryouts concluded and I did not make the cut. I was…

Are there equal opportunities provided for women and girls to play and compete in sports? How are women and girls being looked at and treated? Every day, we see scenarios of inequality between women and men in sports. Fortunately, there has been a vast improvement in the role in which women play in sport from up to 40 years ago till now. There has been change in media outlets, governing bodies and especially female athletes around the world, whether Caucasian or African. Although a lot of…

she wasn’t there. Needless to say she was known as “The Baby” to us. After the long day of playing basketball, we celebrated getting 1st place. We went to a roller skating place in Mtn. Grove for a player's birthday party and to celebrate. Back then roller skating was the thing to do, everyone did it. It was the first time I went skating, even thought about trying to do it. Lets just say I wasn’t too good at it. Kept falling, running into people, tripping over my own feet, everything. I got many…

Playbill Holden receives the playbill while on a date with Sally at the Lunts play. This scene is significant because it is one of the first times Holden truly interacts with someone after being kicked out of Penecy. He claims that the play “wasn’t as bad as some” shows that he is becoming slightly less negative on everything (125). Holden’s comment that he “sort of hated old Sally by the time [they] got in the cab” show one of the last friendships of Holden’s coming…

“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study, and practice” This is a famous quote of an American clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher. I agree that nature, study, and practice are the 3 significant elements of success but additionally, I believe that luck and love are crucial too. Everyone is born with some kind of genius. However, since this ‘innate talent’ is under the veil when young, the ‘lucky’ one who discovers this talent and the one who…

The evolution of skateboarding has changed in so many ways over the past seventy or some odd years. The scene began as a very chill surfer style where it was mainly just cruising down hills or the street or also known as “sidewalk surfing”. Then the locals in all the California surfer towns began to organize teams have local competitions, then teams such as Zephyr and the Z-boys of Dogtown brought the hardcore and punk style and attitude to the table which changed the game forever. Skateboarding…

Ballet seems to have earned a false identity among those who aren’t actually involved or educated about it. Yes, leaps and turns are a part of our routine, but there is more technique-based exercises allotted in a ballet practice than anything else. The technique and strength-building training is what makes ballet so difficult. It’s Alot of Fun Even though I’ve already stress the difficulty of strength and technique training, ballet is best when you just have fun. As long as you’re not trying to…

Cold – During the cold weather, snow sports are a favorite. Skiing on the slopes or sledding are fun sports. Clothing will be a factor keeping warm in the cold weather conditions. Both climates enjoy ice skating but not outside. In the cold climate outside skating is available. The third difference between Hot and Cold Weather are the locations Hot - Hot climates, normally, associate with desert and severe sun areas, like Arizona, and California within…