a new skating website...icetricks!

[Jason Graetz]

I'd like to invite you all to www.icetricks.com

This is a community for trick skaters. A place to explore and become
inspired by non-traditional figure skating. There is long history of ice
skaters performing unique skills such as stilt skating, barrel jumping,
acrobatics, and comedy. I have been gathering as much of this as possible
(historical and current) to display in one place for everyone to see! For
young skaters or even just a skating fans to be able to view the many
different aspects of ice skating that are seldom displayed or discussed in
competitions or television.

enjoy!
Jason Graetz
founder of icetricks.com

[CFP]

Jason,, i LOVE site!! thanks:bow:

[Award]

The spread eagle limbo trick you did was quite impressive. Amazing actually.

[Skate@Delaware]

I remember watching Mr. Frick on tv (in b&w) when I was a little girl (wait, did I just date myself? Ok, that was a long time ago and it was cool then).

[Jason Graetz]

you didn't really date yourself Mr. Frick skated from the mid 30's till 70's or 80's....so there can be a lot of speculation...I think he skated up till he was 80 or so. I have a picture of him in a cantilever at 65. It's impressive. We will have a whole bio up on him and Frack along with video of some of their acts. Also some other great acts too :)

[flippet]

Wow. Your site looks fantastic. I remember my dad raving about Frick & Frack, and I've always appreciated a good cantilever in choreography.

That stilt skating---holy cow! What control! (And they say you can't skate if you're tall. Pshaw! ;) )

[looplover]

Those tricks freak me out! I still haven't learned an axel. Great site!!! :bow:

[vesperholly]

That jump over the boards is a waltz, not an axel. :-P

[jazzpants]

That jump over the boards is a waltz, not an axel. :-PWish I could do that waltz jump trick, but I have plexi-glass all over the rink!!! :twisted: :lol: :P

What a KEWL way to get off the ice!!! :bow:

[looplover]

That jump over the boards is a waltz, not an axel. :-P

Heh, no I meant I haven't even tackled an axel so the tricks all over that site are completely foreign to me!

[Casey]

You know a lot of people blow this sort of stuff off as not valid skating stuff (in particular, I'm thinking of a guy who posted here a year or so ago and got a lot of flack for it), but I enjoy seeing it, and am very thankful you've got this site going. Tradition needs to be bent, and we could all use more laughs in my opinion. :)

Thanks for sharing!

[Skate@Delaware]

When I was a teenager and first skated...(many moons ago)...the only place I could skate was a flooded ditch next to the woods. I did get good at jumping over logs, but that was mostly hopping over them. I didn't know how to do anything else fancy (had a mean 2-footed spin though).

[Casey]

Hey Jason,

Check out this thread, and other things the original poster has posted since:
http://skatingforums.com/showthread.php?t=16339

He has a site at http://www.xtremeiceskating.com

[Award]

This trick here.....very scary.

http://www.michaelweiss.org/photos/backfull1210.MPG