Skating

and vandalism, but it is simply a recreational activity. There are two types of skateboarding, street skating, which involves many tricks with the skateboard, and ramp skating. I prefer to skate on a ramp. At my house, I have a half pipe. I skate almost everyday with my brother, since it is convenient in my back yard.…

We dream of the freedom and escape that flying may bring. Now, I never learned how to fly, that’s impossible, but there are some things out there that get pretty damn close to that feeling. Where I’m from, almost everyone skated: speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, they did it all. I grew up watching Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, and old tapes of Sonja Henie; all of them highly regarded figure skaters. “You always want to run before you learn how to walk” is what my Po-Po had said, and…

Oh Snap, That was my Wrist, Here's how it Happened… A few years back, I decided I wanted to be cool and have my Birthday party at Rollercade. When I told my mom, she was excited that I wanted to learn how to skate. But then again, nervous because there would be kids who are 10ft taller than me and don’t pay attention. But I guess I’d have to deal with that problem when it occurred. I invited ALL of my friends to come, but on the night of the party, only 4 people actually came, but I guess it 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,…

Kristi Yamaguchi: Skating Legend Kristi Yamaguchi is a legend on ice. She can make triple jumps and twirls look like a breeze. Her feet, the ones that have skated her from award to award, were not always as efficient as they are now. As a young child she suffered from what is known as clubfoot (Disabled World). Walking adjustments such as casts or special shoes have a positive and a negative effect. On the negative side, large sores or calluses have a tendency to develop with the abnormal…

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…

In my last paper, I explored the relationship between the loop jump and the beautiful body, ice skating, and the nation and how that relationship reveals the views of America. However, what I failed to examine in that paper was the threat black bodies pose to the world of sports’ ideals of beauty, rules of perfection and standard of a world class athlete. In this paper I will use the cases of Serena Williams and Surya Bonaly to explore how their bodies and the lines their bodies create…

hornets rink to go watch the figure skaters in the east arena. Aside from what people see on tv figure skating is highly competitive, and it takes just as much mental as physical strength. I started taking lessons at the age of 8, and I learned the basics quickly. I was winning most of my competitions and passing all my test levels until the summer before my junior year. At 16 I still loved figure skating and had a great passion for it, but the results on my last ‘Moves In The Field’ test were…

I come from a figure skating background. From a very young age, most of my time was spent at the rink. Growing up, I undoubtedly spent more waking hours with my skating coach than with my own mother. This cold damp place was home. It is where I trained, ate, did school, socialized, laughed, cried, and even took the odd nap. It was as familiar as my favourite pair of lucky socks (yes, us figure skaters are very superstitious). I knew the best hiding spots, for when I needed time alone or…

As I was reading a book about figure skating I got from the library one day, I turned to a page titled “Advanced Jumps”. I was about twelve, and I was not nearly ready for most of the jumps on that page, especially the second hardest one, a lutz jump. I had seen a lutz before, and I knew that it was the second hardest single jump besides an axel, which has an extra half rotation. I had never even done a single jump before, but I immediately wanted to try a it, because I had always wondered what…