What discipline do you skate,and how long have you been doing it?

FSWer · #1 04-11-2005, 10:41 PM

Say I was just wondering.....what discipline of skating do you do,and how long have you been doing it?

Skate@Delaware · #2 04-12-2005, 10:35 AM

Adult......
Just passed Adult 3 (with smidgens of freestyle thrown in for good scare)
Been skating in lessons for a bit over a year (not skated more than 20-30 times as a kid).

Mrs Redboots · #3 04-12-2005, 11:51 AM

Also adult - dance, this time, at pre-Bronze level. For longer than I care to mention.... plus I also skate Artistic/Interpretive at the basic level.

Scarlett · #4 04-12-2005, 03:28 PM

Adult....freestyle....13 months

flying~camel · #5 04-12-2005, 03:47 PM

Freestyle:
As a teenager - 5 yrs
As an adult - 3 yrs

Dance:
As a teenager - 1 yr

CoolbugSuz · #6 04-12-2005, 06:34 PM

Adult here too. Been taking group lessons, passed Adult 4 last time, and now I'm in Freestyle 1. I'm going to start taking private lessons from my instructor though, as he has been able to share helpful tips that all my previous instructors have not, thereby making the learning curve a little easier.

Suz

skatemex · #7 04-12-2005, 06:42 PM

I do freestyle.
I started with skating lessons on november of 2003, now I'm working on single jumps except axel up to lutz loop toe combo and camel spin, sit spin, backspin, etc

TashaKat · #8 04-13-2005, 12:12 AM

I'm not skating at the moment

I would like to go back to it but I don't have the time or the money and my local rink isn't exactly geared up towards adult skaters

I did Free and Dance, Free for about 7 years and Dance for about 5.5 years with a brief (couple of months) foray into Pairs and Synchro.

WHEN I manage to come back to skating I will still do Free and Dance

jazzpants · #9 04-13-2005, 12:23 AM

Adult Pre-Bronze freestyle STILL... after 5 years 10 months!!!

GRRRRRR!!!

(Plus, I skated as a kid for two years... public sessions though. No lessons or anything though.)

Kristin · #10 04-13-2005, 12:07 PM

I've been skating for 6 yrs:

FS/Moves/Dance: 5 yrs
(Passed Bronze FS, Pre-Juv moves, and Bronze dances)
Synchro: 1 year with Team Elan

Am now just working on my Pre-Silver dances!
-Kristin

cmgale · #11 04-13-2005, 03:08 PM

skated much to long here... about 11 years competitively in singles and pairs

phoenix · #12 04-13-2005, 03:19 PM

I do ice dance. I've been skating 10 years (that's including the group classes I took when I started). I worked on dance for 3 years, then took 5 years off, and now I've been back at it for 2 years! So a total of 5 yeasr of dance, with a five year break in the middle!

I'm testing my last silver dance (hopefully for the last time!!) next month.

I also started on my moves tests a year ago, & I'm working on Intermediate. Hate that back power 3 end pattern--a LOT!!

PattyP · #13 04-13-2005, 04:08 PM

A little over 7 years taking lessons as an adult. I did some public session skating as a kid, but no classes.

I compete Freestyle at the Gold level (1st year at gold).

yorkie · #14 04-13-2005, 04:59 PM

I skate Freestyle

I have been skating about 3 years now, im working towards my passport and i've done about 4 programmes. I do group lessons and i also have private lessons with my coach.

Hannah xXx

Melzorina · #15 04-13-2005, 05:02 PM

I'm not sure what discipline, I'm guessing freestyle...I've been skating for
around about 1 year, 4 months and 10 days! (And 14 hours and 58 minutes to be precise).

Yorkie, are you from the UK?

jestemkkool · #16 04-13-2005, 05:56 PM

I have been skating freestyle for two years(traditional test track) and have been doing Adult Intro Synchronized skating since december(I am too old for intermediate and not high enough of mitf for junior)

luna_skater · #17 04-13-2005, 08:30 PM

19 years of skating...

14 years of synchro.
8 years CanSkate/CanFigure
1 year of dance (completed gold)
1.5 years skills (working on gold)

Terri C · #18 04-13-2005, 08:42 PM

Like Jazzpants, I have been in Pre- Bronze Purgatory long enough (I'm getting a BAD seven year itch!) This is with 4, yes 4 retries on the Bronze free

, (I haven't done moves, yet, so)! Gimme the tests, already !

CanAmSk8ter · #19 04-14-2005, 08:36 AM

I've done everything but pairs. 1 year of synchro, probably about 8 of freestyle, and I think 7 or 8 of dance, plus 2 or 3 of figures.

Just curious- is there a reason we have to have so many of these kinds of threads? There is a search function, so anyone who really needs to know could do a search and find one of the older versions of this thread.

NickiT · #20 04-14-2005, 10:06 AM

I started skating 13 years ago but have had time out due to pregnancies, injuries etc. I only started skating really seriously once my youngest started at nursery school 4-5 years ago when I was able to dedicate more time to the ice. I've passed my NISA Level 2 Elements and Free tests and am just about ready to take Level 3 but in no hurry since that'll probably be my limit as an adult. I've also passed my Inter-Bronze Field Moves Test and am working towards the Bronze test but can't see it ever happening as these field moves are so difficult!

Nicki