Just curious, as this is a pricey sport

Location:
Sun Valley, ID

Cost of general sesssion:
$9.50 (Outdoor rink only)

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$12/session, or $50 for a week (5 sessions)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$35 for 20-25 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
3.5-6 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$100 - $120

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I spend per month
school fee $20.00
Public allowance 4 times a week $80 per month
1 hour class per week $70 per month
$170 us dollars per month!
Of course this is in Mexico.

Location:
north suburbs, Chicago

Cost of general sesssion:
$11 walk-on/$9 prepaid at my main rink; $6 at other rink

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
same as above

Cost of Private Lessons:
$35 for 20 minutes for one coach, $20 for 20 minutes for other coach

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
7-8 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$110 for lessons, $48 for ice

Location:
Van Nuys, CA

Cost of general sesssion:
$8

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$8 [ i dont skate freestyle sessions]

Cost of Private Lessons:
$20 for 15 minutes [~10 dollars group lessons or $135/13 weeks]

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
3-6hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$30
Mostly spent on once a week lessons because sessions are free for those who take lessons at the rink.

I'm basing this on the up-coming season (don't tell my husband how much $$ I'm spending-he thinks I'm buying clothes ):
Location:
Lower Delaware

Cost of general sesssion:
$2.50 before 4 p.m.; $5 after 4

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$7.50/session

Cost of Private Lessons:
$22 for 30 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4.5-6.5 hours

Avg amount you spend per week (lessons and ice time only-does not count the endless supply of McDonalds/snackbar food or bootcovers/skatewear, exercise classes, etc):
$55 (includes Learn-to-skate lessons averaged in)

Price of having done it all:
Worth-it!

Just add 2/3's the above for brat daughter......actually, just double it because you have to add her, then hubby's lessons, then of course, musn't forget hockey boy...yeah, I don't need to add that 2nd bathroom.....after all, brat daughter will be leaving for college in a few years....(I hope )

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Skate@Delaware
Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

This is what I pay for my daughter (In Ontario Canada)

Registration with Club - $450.00
This covers 7.5 hours of club ice per week, from October to end of March-

Lessons - 6.00/15 min 3-4 lessons per week

Summer - $420
15 hours of ice per week- 3 weeks
Lessons- 9.00/15 min 3 lessons per day

I don't know how you folks can afford to skate!!

Hmmm...this might be an eye opener (Prices in American)


Okay - every 8 weeks I spend 99 bucks for 45 minute group lessons once a week. The public session is free after.

I pay $3.25 for 2 hours every Tuesday, and $6.50 on Thursday night.

50 cents for a locker 3 days a week.

Privates - $35 for 30 minutes once a week. Sometimes I'll pick up an extra lesson if I can, but this is only like once a month or when I have extra money, which is rare.

Total Average Expense: about 60 bucks a week, or 240 a month.

I'd love to pick up an extra private lesson once a week but I also want to start taking dance classes again, or maybe join a gym. When my boyfriend and I get another car I'll make my decision then. Whats an extra 35 bucks a week anyway

I don't buy new clothes! I buy thrift....this is true!
I make costumes for others and charge really astronomical prices (yeah, I wish!)....
I sold my children on E-Bay......seriously thinking about that one.....especially for brat daughter!
I'd rent out my husband as a handy-man, but people would look at my house and just laugh.......
I don't own any real diamonds......really!
I only work for skating...not for my boss...he already knows this.....really!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

'My family paid about 25-30 thousand a year for my brother to skate. He was a Canadian senior men's national competitor.

Location:
Northern Virginia (NoVa; get it?)

Cost of sesssions:
"Singles" rink: Two 45 min. sessions @$7.25/session (prepaid) = ~$15 and 1.5 hr public session = $5; total is $20
"Pairs" rink: Two 45 min. sessions @$9.50/session (walk-on) = $19 and 1.5 hr public session = $5; total is $24

Other rink: Two sessions @$8/session (prepaid) = $16 (for roughly 2 hours, I never know how long these sessions actually go!)

Cost of Private Lessons:
Singles: $66/hr @ 30 min = $33 (sometimes I do 45 min = $49)
Pairs: $81/hr @ 20min/2 = $14 (I pay one week; partner pays other week)

Avg. time skated per week:
8 hours

Avg. amount spent per week:
$47-63 for lessons, $60 for ice = $107-$123/week.

Oh, so that's where my money goes.
And let's not even talk about competition costs and, er, medical costs--physical and psychological.
(But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world ...)

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Location: NZ

Cost of public session : NZ$9.50, US$6.46

Cost of club session: NZ $7.50, US$5.10

Cost of adult session (+ coach shared among 30 people in 4 groups for 1 hour, ice dance lesson for 1 hour, sync team for 1 hour): NZ$10, US$6.80

Cost of private lessons: NZ$36 per hour, US$24.48

Ave hours skated per week: 5

Ave cost per week (2 club sessions, 1 adult session, 1/2 hour private lesson): NZ$43, US$29.24

Location:
British Columbia CAnada

Cost of general sesssion:

No freeskating on public ice so therefore I don't attend a general session.

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:

Buy-on's cost about $10 for an hour

Sept-march ice fees: $900 (included in the ice fee is stroking..15 min 3 times a week)

April-June: around $250

4 weeks of summer skating (all I could afford): $82
Cost of Private Lessons:

coach 1 is $10 for 15 min

coach 2 is $9 for 15 min

i get 4 lessons a week

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:

5 hours a week..give or take a bit

Avg amount you spend per week:

you do the math..i don't want to know

Location: Calgary, AB

Registration: Not really sure. For singles, I always just buy pick-up ice, because I register with the club through synchro. My schedule is too sporadic to register for a regular session in either summer or fall.

Drop-in Fee:
Fall/Winter - $8 for any block of time between noon and 3:30pm. About $15/hr to drop in on an evening session.
Summer - $10-$15/hour

Coaching: $12.00 for 15 min lesson

I usually skate 2 times a week in fall/winter (not including synchro twice a week), and 2 or more times per week in the summer, depending on my work schedule and my finances!

Ice and coaching prices can vary quite a bit in Calgary, but what I pay is pretty average.

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I am in BC ($CDN)

Registration with Home Club - $450.00 for 6.5 hours a week from the end of September till beginning of April.

Second club I belong to because they have a large adult contingent - $125 for each of fall session, winter session and spring session for two hours a week plus another $75 for five week summerskate.

Lessons - 8.00/15 min 2-3 lessons per week with primary coach
11.00 for 20 minutes, once a week with dance coach

Buy-on to additional ice at either club $7.50 off time and $12.00 primetime

Then there are plane fares, hotels, costumes and entrance fees for competitions - I really don't want to know how much those add up to.

Definately worth every penny

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Location: Northern Virginia

Ice costs: $8/freestyle session x 6 per week (40 minutes each) in summer; $8 for 2 freestyle sessions early morning rest of year.

Summer costs: $48/week
Winter costs: $24/week if I skate only early morning, otherwise $32-$40/week

Coach costs:
Coach #1: $40/half hour x 3 times per week
Coach #2: $34/half hour x once per week

Luckily I usually can make a pair of boots last 2-3 years.

Plus competition costs and costume costs

Total: More than I care to admit...

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Location:
San Francisco, CA

Cost of general sesssion:
$5.50 without skates, $8.50 for skates

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$12/session

Cost of Private Lessons:
$40- 80/ hour. Depends on the coach.

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4- 6/ week

Avg amount you spend per week:
$13

Location: Virginia Beach/Chesapeake VA area

General Sessions:
I don't do the public sessions, as most times we can't do freestyle on them. But one rink offers a "Physical Fitness/ Freestyle" during the school year from 9:30-11:30 am twice a week for $7.00.

Freestyle/ private ice:
Primary rink is $10.00 pre paid with a walk on fee of $13.00
Secondary rink is $5.50/6.00 session pre paid or $7.00 walk on. Secondary rink is closer to home, but does not have a regulation surface.

Cost of private lessons:
Primary coach is $18.00 for 20 minutes with a pre paid punch card, $20.00 without, which brings her cost to $60.00/ hour roughly.
Secondary coach is $20.00 for 30 minutes.


Hours of skating per week:
4.5-6 hours a week- 1.5 hours 3-4 days a week

Average amount spent per week:
Thank God for pre paid punch cards.

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Location:
Seattle, WA

Cost of general session:
$6.00

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$8-$10/session, or $110/month (unlimited adult rate)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$60/hour

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
Currently: 3-5 hours
Usually: 15-20+ hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
Currently: $6-12
Usually, and when I can afford lessons too: $75

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I don't understand the math from some of you. You say a session is $6-$9, that you skate 3-5 hours a week, and therefore spend somewhere around $12 a week. Huh?

Location:
Tucson, Arizona

Cost of general sesssion:

$5.50

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:

$6, buy 10 get the 11th free

Cost of Private Lessons:

Primary coach: $75 per week (3 lessons)
Secondary coach: $24 per half hour

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:

12 (minimum)

Avg amount you spend per week:

$75 (min) for lessons, $72 for ice time

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Could work out if the cost is per session, rather than per hour...

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Location:
Seattle, WA

Cost of general sesssion:
Depends... one rink you can get a 6 month family membership for 4 people, unlimited public sessions, for $150. Other than that, they tend to be $6-$7 for a session at most rinks

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
Well, again, different for different rinks.
Everett: $8 normally, $7.50 w/ punch card (for 1 hr)
Kingsgate: $7.00 (or something) normal, $6.25 w/ punch (for 1 hr)
Lynnwood: $10/hr
OVA: $10 for 45 minutes, though they have different programs you can do (unlimited skating for a month for I dont' know, a couple hundred? it's all freestyles)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$25 for 1/2 hr; half that for when I'm doing dance (as my partner and I split the cost )

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
eek. depends... a ton. lately, around 10-15, probably more. in general... like, 5-6? not sure

Avg amount you spend per week:
NO idea. for lessons... gosh. around... $50 ish? NO idea for the freestyles. hmm... shoudl probably figure that out one of these weeks. though i daresay it'll depress me

All in all, my parents give me $500 every month for ALL of my costs... over a month, most times my lessons are around $300 (though that was before the dance cost was split in half, so it might be less...) and then I usually have some left over (or I spend it on... *gasp*... things other than skating! or... dresses, etc., which aren't completely necessary, but that I like to get anyways )

Location:
Buffalo, NY area

Cost of general sesssion:
My rink has open figure skates for $3 resident/$6 nonresident

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
as low as $7.50 for bulk sessions to $15 walk-ons

Cost of Private Lessons:
$13-15 for 15 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4-6 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
I'm afraid to total it

Cost of a public session: $6.
Length of a public session: 2-5 hours.
Currently only skating 1 or 2 times per week, mostly because of boot issues, but also financial reasons. :/

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Location:
Perth, Western Australia

Cost of General Sesssion:
$15AU Walk-on/$330AU for 3 Month Season Pass

Cost of Private Ice/Freestyle session:
As above

Cost of Private Lessons:
$25AU for 30 minutes for one coach

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
23-25 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$50AU for lessons, $27.5AU for ice

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