Skating

and imagine the ground rising up to meet you. Visualize the world spinning away while waiting for it to come back. Experience the sharp pain of falling, which will make you strive for the satisfaction of perfection. Welcome to the world of figure skating. This day began like any other day, waking up four in the morning to drive 30 miles down to Hackensack, New Jersey. I lived in that blue Honda Odyssey minivan that smelled like whatever meal I had eaten last. I slept, ate, and changed…

Growing up, from when I was a toddler all the way through 8th or 9th grade, skating and Skate City was a major destination in my life. When I was 6 years old living in Germany, one of my favorite family outings was going to the skating rink. I remember going for my brothers’ birthday parties or going with our church family. It was always a big group affair. When I moved to Aurora, CO in 2006—about 4th or 5th grade—my dad and I started going on “Daddy-daughter dates” to Skate City, just the two…

enthusiastic and happy like I always would be. My neighbor invited me to go roller skating. Only reason I was raking the leaves was because I wanted to go roller skating. I remember that day my mom wasn’t convinced at all of us going.. I had to really convince her. As it was getting late we went on with the day, it was around…

The short stories “Lessons of Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “The Skating Party” by Mena Summers emphasize the illusions of love and how it affects the main characters, of whom are impeded by their feelings in such a way that prevents them from understanding and processing the situation as they would have in any other circumstance. Both are blind to the egotistical agendas of their love interest until the conclusion, and regardless of such neither character regrets the situation or outcome.…

friend’s party, where we all went ice skating for her 9th birthday. It was my first ever time stepping onto the ice, a long time before my life revolved around the sport. Even though I had never skated before, my friends and their parents told me that I stood out compared to the other girls. After I realised how much I enjoyed it, my mum decided to sign me up for the learn to skate program, where I progressed through the levels and soon learnt the basics of ice skating. After completing all the…

Men in every era are seen to be powerful muscular guys who should protect and defend their country and loved ones. J.J Wilson’s article on Skating to Armageddon: Hockey and The First World War argues that during the first world war the men’s that were enlisted were apart of a hockey team. Hockey has criteria that make men the perfect candidates to be enlisted in in the first World war. During the 1990’s it was important that masculinity was implemented at a young age as it will prepare young…

Steven Rogers (“Kate & Leopold”, “P.S. I Love You”), who also produces, the director pins the camera in front of Tonya, in her mid-forties, and gives her free rein to express herself in regard to a controversial past that got her banned from figure skating for life. According her fictional testimony, every complicated situation that happened in her agitated life was never her fault.…

subculture. Skating which was originally called “Sidewalk Surfing” was invented in 1958 by California surfers. With early skateboards built of wood with usually metal or clay wheels, injuries were frequent until 1972 when urethane wheels were invented by Frank Nasworthy, making skating smoother and safer than the danger and recklessness associated with skating in 1965. Also in the 1970s skating tricks such as the “Ollie” and vertical skating (skating in an emptied out pool) emerged as skating…

Z-boys had 5 members Allen Sarlo, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Chris Cahill, and Stacy Peralta. They were known at that time to be a pack of ruff and rood surfers. In the 1970’s skate was frowned upon by most people same with skating. The Z-boys didn't only surf but the were big into skating, they created…

younger than Alina. She’s an athlete who been figure skating since she was four years old. Alina Zagitova accomplished her attitude at one point her coach wanted to let go of her because she wasn’t working hard enough to achieve her goals. Her coach, Eteri Tutberidze stated that “Alina didn’t appreciate the seriousness of figure skating”. But after she been suspended from practice for about 3 days, she felled to realize how she really love skating. So her coach, Ms Eteri allowed her to come…