Spinning and gliding

[Rye]

Do you like ice skating? Are any of you really good at it?

I just went ice skating for the first time in about 5 or 6 years, it was wonderful. I sorta forgot how to at first, but then I got really fast again. I can't skate backwards though or do any cool tricks.

[Shoeberto]

Ice skating is fun There's a community center about half an hour from school that has free ice skating year-round. It's pretty fun to go do

[Raistlin]

I never went ice skating as a kid, so I never learned how. But then Jojo dragged me out skating last winter. I was hesitant because I'd never gotten above holding onto the wall and thought I'd fail miserably (which is apparently what happened to the last guy she dragged out there), but I surprised myself by getting the hang of it pretty quickly and ended up having fun. I did fall once, but that was because someone fell and slid right in front of me (I barely managed to avoid them, but at the cost of losing my balance).

[Rye]

Free?!?!?!!?!??!!?

Oh man, I am so jealous. I have to pay 9 dollars for skate rentals and ice time, and that's with my discount!

I might buy myself a pair of skates sometime, they pay for themselves fast if you go often.

I have a secret obsession with ice skating movies, like Ice Princess and that other Disney movie. When I was little I always wanted to be an ice skater!

[Tavaryn]

I tried twice, and almost died a horrid, gruesome death both times. I couldn't even do it with the little horse thing. D: But I can't skate or rollerblade either, so I wasn't surprised.

[Skyblade]

I love skating, but there is an annoying lack of high-quality rinks around here. Nothing ruins skating like having huge pits in the ice because it's not properly maintained.

[Rantz]

Cross-posted from LJ:

I've only skated a few times myself, and I've always been either glued to the siderail or alternating between being all wobbly and my feet going like this: / \

[Loony BoB]

I've never tried it to my recollection. I just know I'll be terrible at it, though. I've tried rollerblading when all my mates were into rollerhockey many years ago. I struggled for months on end and then given up. These things just don't work with me.

[scrumpleberry]

I've only ever tried it twice that I can recall. The second time I TOTALLY managed to let go of the rail for about 15 seconds though, which was excellent. I wouldn't mind going again, and I probably would if I didn't have a paralysing & chronic fear of looking like an idiot in front of other people.

[Laddy]

Ice Skating is too gay. Even for me.

[Rye]

You have to be brave without the rail! It's easier to skate away from the rail anway, the ice is smoother!

[Fuzakeru]

That was one of the things I wanted to do while I lived in Michigan but my ex-fiance never took me skating. He also said he would take me to a hill to watch the snowboarders but we never did that either. I wanted to experience the little cabin with the fire and hot chocolate thing... We only went sledding once. I didn't even get to make a snow man until my last night in Michigan before I moved back to Mississippi after the break up and that was with my drunk friends at 3 AM! ( Not that I'm complaining. Holy cow that was amazing! Best snowball fight ever! )

.... I'm sad now!

[rubah]

Stu forgot that there's a $2 skate rental now, but it's pretty great. Full of little kids, but you can't argue with the price.

I love ice skating. It's not so exactly similar to rollerblading, although they are pretty close. There's less friction when ice skating, so your strides and paces are different.

(I could rollerblade out of the womb.)

[Fuzakeru]

I've been rollerblading a bunch at skate places. I used to love doing the Hookie Pookie or Hokey Pokey or whatever except when I'd turn myself around I'd always fall on my butt.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I used to play hockey.

I haven't skated in years though, so it'd take some warming up before I could really move.