Ask any question, part 3 - Page 3

Michigansk8er · #51 09-13-2003, 10:00 AM

I was first inspired by seeing Carol Heiss in an ice show...so no, it wasn't anyone at my rink that inspired me to start. I was inspired, then found a rink (many, many, many years later).

What one element you are currently working on is the most challenging. I'm TOTALLY walley challenged.

dorvalskater1 · #52 09-13-2003, 05:40 PM

Double Salchow.

What music would you most like to skate too?

dani · #53 09-13-2003, 05:55 PM

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Please, if anyone knows of a good instrumental version, please help!!

Is your music one song, or multiple mixed together - mine is one song, but is mixed together because the song is several minutes long and my program is 2:06.

Hugs!
Danielle

Michigansk8er · #54 09-13-2003, 05:57 PM

The Diamond Music

What music that you've skated to is your favorite so far? Mine is Legends of the Fall.

skaternum · #55 09-13-2003, 07:13 PM

The Grand Valse from Chopin's ballet score "Les Sylphides."

What do you use to carry your skates to the rink? Wheeled suitcase, gym bag, etc.?

Mrs Redboots · #56 09-14-2003, 05:08 AM

A rucksack (day bag); actually, most of the time my skates live at the rink - we have pigeon-holes in the lobby outside the pros' room.

How long is your average practice session (me: 1-1.5 hours; 2 hours is a long session).

dancing_queen · #57 09-14-2003, 11:06 AM

2 hours
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what is your favorite element?

Stormy · #58 09-14-2003, 09:39 PM

I've always loved spirals, and have always been able to do them well.

Do you have anything lucky that you bring to competitions? I actually have a lucky dress that I *must* test Moves in, and my stuffed lucky Piglet that comes with me to competitions.

Sk8Bunny · #59 09-15-2003, 05:42 PM

I bring a white teddy bear that I named Karma. My friend gave it too be last year and it has only 1 eye. She told me she picked it for me becuase she thought it needed the most love. So now he comes with me to competitions and tests.

If your rink has a jump harness, do you find it useful or not when learning new jumps?

TashaKat · #60 09-16-2003, 02:16 AM

My rink didn't have a jump harness but I would have loved to have used one when I was learning the axel. As you all know it's difficult to learn and correct jumps and I always felt that being able to slow it down slightly (ie not meeting the ice again before I'd even had time to think) would have helped me.

GLITTER & GLITZ or PLAIN?

Mrs Redboots · #61 09-16-2003, 06:52 AM

Plain dress, but lots of glitzy, glittery bling bling...... and hair glitter, and sparkly make-up.....

(Incidentally, Tashakat, we now do have a harness at my rink - if and when you decide to skate again, you could try it out, no doubt. There's the set-up on the ice that looks like a fishing-pole, and the one off it that looks as though you are going to be hanged!)

If you (generic you - this is my question!) have access to a harness, do you love it or hate it?

#62 09-16-2003, 07:01 AM

HATE IT!!! The velcro let loose once mid-axel and I fell out of it and landed on my head. Luckily I have a hard head and was unhurt!

If your club does an annual show, what was the most recent theme? Ours was Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

ChristianeDK · #63 09-16-2003, 07:05 AM

Yes, we did 'The Wizard of Oz'. This year it's Peter Pan.

Are you a fast learner or a hard worker?

Mrs Redboots · #64 09-17-2003, 08:46 AM

Very definitely a hard worker!

How many times a week do you normally skate? And in the run-up to a competition?

dancing_queen · #65 09-17-2003, 06:13 PM

5 or 6

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who is the most influential person whenit cmes to your skating ( mine r shae-lynn bourne and victor kraatz)

sk8er1964 · #66 09-17-2003, 06:52 PM

My coach and all of the adults that I skate with.

If you test, what do you wear on test day?

CanAmSk8ter · #67 09-17-2003, 07:09 PM

Depends what dances I'm testing, or if I'm taking moves, and also how cold the rink is. For dance I have a plain black dress with long sleeves and dark green stones, and a short-sleeved one trimmed with aurora stones, but sometimes I wear one of my competition dresses if I have one for that dance. When I take my American, for example, I'll probably wear the light blue dress I wore to compete the American last weekend- unless it's really cold. I've been known to bring two dresses to a test and decide which one to wear when I get there and can decide how cold I'll be.

dancing_queen- Shae and Victor are my biggest influences, too.

Does your rink do ISI or USFSA learn-to-skate?

Stormy · #68 09-17-2003, 08:15 PM

Just ISI. I wish they did Basic Skills, too, because I love the structure of the Basic Skills program.

Did you skate today? I actually had the morning off from work and was able to do two sessions.

Mrs Redboots · #69 09-18-2003, 06:59 AM

Not yet; I'm planning to skate on this evening's patch, and then at Dance Club.

Do you skate bare-footed (I mean inside your boots!)?

TashaKat · #70 09-18-2003, 08:24 AM

No, I always wear skating tights but not socks as they wrinkle and rub! I did skate in bare feet once and it felt great but when I tried it the next time I ended up with scars all over my feet

If you participate in more than one discipline do you (or would you like to) wear different blades/boots (eg dance blades for dance and free blades for free)?

Black Sheep · #71 09-18-2003, 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by TashaKat
If you participate in more than one discipline do you (or would you like to) wear different blades/boots (eg dance blades for dance and free blades for free)?

I used to do Synchro., and I had a different pair of skates for those. Actually they were--and still are!--Ridell synchro boots with synchro blades. Some coach helped design them.

Do you, or have you ever, had boots/blades in another color (other than the traditional black/white)?

luna_skater · #72 09-18-2003, 11:50 PM

I've always purchased white boots, but then dyed them beige for synchro.

Do you wear your skates as they are (laced up all the way, with no pads or sponges), or do you make additions and adjustments? For example, I wear bunga sleeves, skip the top hole, and skip the top eyelet.

TashaKat · #73 09-19-2003, 02:02 AM

I have purple boots at the moment (stood looking at me, waiting for me to start skating again!)

Do you wear your skates as they are (laced up all the way, with no pads or sponges), or do you make additions and adjustments? For example, I wear bunga sleeves, skip the top hole, and skip the top eyelet.

(Edited to repeat luna_skater's question because I forgot to 'refresh' and her post came up before mine!)

jazzpants · #74 09-19-2003, 02:51 AM

I have mine untied at the top eyelet and I have this Dr. Scholl's pad on the ball of the foot for both feet. I HATE doing forwards spins w/o those pads!!! (My boots are just painful to spin on since I really press on that ball of the foot!)

Do you buy your competition 1) auction/dress off the rack, 2) auction/dress off the rack but embellish it with more stones, 3) get them custom made, or 4) you sew them yourself/mom does them for you?

I'm contemplating 2) for my next competition, since I find that stoning a dress isn't that hard, but I'll probably go with 1) this time around. My last competition dress was 3), but this is way overboard for my first competition dress and I'm not exactly "made of money" anymore. If I had the skills, I'd probably do 4). (But I don't so that option is out...) :-P

Mrs Redboots · #75 09-19-2003, 10:33 AM

I have 2 dresses that were made for me, one bought off-the-rack, and one given me by a friend and then subsequently altered by another friend. Plus various skirt/leotard combinations - no, only one now, I've thrown out the one I didn't like so much when I saw it on video - that I made myself.

Whoops, nearly forgot a question. Ummm.... Okay a choice between a black-and-gold dress with a figure skating-length skirt, and a green dress with chiffon skirt, which would you wear for the Swing Dance, and which for the Riverside Rhumba?

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