- Asthma pump
- Honing stone
- Gloves (1. leather, 2. cotton)
- Red bull
- skating pants
- Ipod
- skating programs in CD's (at least 7 or 9)

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Oh jeez. I have a lot of junk. I use a Nike duffel bag, I think the medium sized one? I feel wrong if I use a suitcase on wheels because I don't feel like I'm good enough for that yet. Anyway....
skates with cherry red soakers
clear blue hard guards
extra pants (I'm always afraid to rip a seam)
tights and knee highs, very few pairs of the knee highs actually still match
extra sweater
hairbrush
head band
hair clips
hair ties (I have uncooperative hair, mkay?)
pretty smelling body spray, from when I used to skate before class and didn't have time to take a shower before i got to class
hand lotion
chapstick
eye drops
towel to wipe my blades
granola bars
water bottle
sometimes orange juice if my blood sugar is low that day
lace hook
I used to have about 6 pairs of gloves, but when I went skating today, only one was in my bag.
2 knee braces, both for my right knee. One provides more stability and I wear that one if my knee is especially loose, other days its the smaller one.
wrist brace from when I sprained my wrist and wore it skating cause my doctor said so in case I fell, but I stopped wearing it to classes, so I just threw it in my bag and there it stays
band aids
female stuff
Some leftover Sno-Seal in one of those baggie things from when I bought my skates
Riedell stickers for some reason
a seashell
a bunch of crumbs in the side compartment for some reason
And I used to have a bunga pad that went around the ankle, but for some reason, I couldn't find it today.

Actually, true story. When I get to the rink, I always take my skates out of the bag and put them on the bench. Well, I took out one skate, and I could not find the other one. Normally they're right on top. So I'm going crazy, thinking how did I leave one skate at home? I'm such a moron. Turns out, it was at the very bottom, underneath 2 pairs of pants, a sweater, tights, etc. I think I need to get more organized.

Isk8NYC, it looks like you need to trim those hard guards to the length of your blades (hehe, it's just a pet peeve of mine)! How often do those guards last for you? I used to use that style but they would cut all the way through within just a few weeks... :/

I had a much more durable set with a metal spring and much harder, more solid rubber with my first pair of used skates...but alas, they just don't make them like they used to (not that I'm allowed to wear regular hard guards of any sort at all now).

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The pink guards are about a 1/2" longer than the blades because I walk heel-to-toe. Gotta protect the assets. I had a metallic purple pair with the metal springs but they broke. These were an impulse "need" purchase -- not the color or type I like, although I like one-piece guards more than two-piece.

They'll last about a year. I don't use them often.

BTW, this was taken AFTER I cleaned out the junk. HAHAHA

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YEahhhhh! no more skate bag - got a locker that veritably explodes with my junque when I open it.
Lyle

Sue123 .... that's not a skate bag. That's a suitcase. hahha...at least the list makes it sound like one hehehee

Yes I know, I carry a lot of junk around. I'll probably clean it out on Wed. since I'll probably take that bag with me when I go to Erie for a couple days. It's a nice size carry on bag, but it means I'll have to go through all the stuff. I'm afraid of what I might find if I empty it out

I've got to find some kind of soft ball or something - one of those hairy balls will probably work well - as the coach wants us to skate with a ball between our shoulders, to keep them in the right place.

Er - I should perhaps clarify that this is skating together in Kilian hold and Reverse Kilian hold, so between the front of his right shoulder & the back of my left, or the front of his left & the back of my right, as appropriate.

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Well I just cleaned out and repacked my skate bag, so here goes:

• Skates.
• 2 bath towels, one to wrap each skate up in.
• A hand towel for drying the skates.
• 5 black knitted thin gloves. 3 with holes in them.
• A set of fingerless leather weightlifting-style gloves.
• 2 big blue and black soakers for when my skates are packed.
• 2 green soakers for wearing around the rink since I can't wear hard guards as they'll scratch my blades.
• 2 kevlar "skate mate" thingies that velcro on over the blades and soakers
• 2 black soakers that are older and have holes, just in case.
• A lace puller thingy
• A sharpening stone
• A can of Lincoln Natural shoe wax.
• A wrap-style bandage with a little clip in case I have a calf or elbow injury to protect.
• Comb.
• Ziplock baggie of spare laces.
• A little ziplock canvas thingy that contains:
  • 4GB iPod Nano.
  • A couple skating punch cards.
  • USFSA Membership card.
  • Note pad.
  • Pen.
  • 2 sets of headphones.
  • Headphone adapter with microphone for my cell phone.
  • iPod charger.
  • Adapters to plug iPod into either size headphone or RCA inputs (still need one for XLR for one rink...).

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Well I've barely got anything in mine - but it's a small bag and I've only been skating a few months...

*Skates (unless I'm REALLY unlucky)
*Blade towel (aka an old flannel)
*Soakers (that my mum made out of an old towel because she wouldn't pay £6 for something she decided she could make)
*Hard Guards
*Money for the cafe
*Orange boot covers

And that's pretty much it.

here goes:

skates
blade soakers
guards
blade chamois (towel)
bottle of water
2x 20p for lockers/phone (in case of emergency)
skating lesson documents
grade progression booklet
nail clippers w/ nail file
notebook
pen
2 plasters
gloves
vaseline
spare hairband

how does it all fit..?? i have no idea...

peanut x

Look for a Gertie Ball, the one pictured above is a fancy version of the Nobbie Gertie. They're collapseable, you blow them up with a straw when you want to use it and they're rubbery textured. I used them with kids with motor difficulties and I currently use one in Canskate because it doesn't roll that far so it doesn't get away from the group. I think it would "stick" quite nicely between you and The Husband and if it is a bad day, you can throw it as a stress reliever. It's about 10" across, there are 4" versions too.

I seem to have an empty bag:

Skates
Hard guards
Soakers
Purse
Towel to dry blades
Keys
Pen

Pretty boring really. Always forget to fill my water bottle up, so end up buying a bottle of water at the rink.

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Hi

Heres what I have in mine

Skates
Hard guards
Soakies
Leg warmers
2 pairs gloves
2 knee pads
2 elbow pads
2 wrist guards (dont use them)
1 pair of spare laces
1 pkt of spare screws
1 chamois leather
1 towel
1 lipstick
1 purse

Thats about it

Andrea

In the end, we found we had some padded stars that Rob Lichtefeld had thrown for the skaters last Mountain Cup, and they are absolutely perfect for the exercise. Husband's was still in his skate-bag, and I put mine in mine, so that's another bit of junk in the bag!

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

I haven't skated for a while but the contents of my bag were:

Free skates with soakers
Dance skates with soakers
Hard guards
Spare tights
Philips and straight screwdriver
Screws (saved someone's Silver test by having those in my bag!)
Tapes & CDs
Chamois cloth for drying blades
Gloves (assorted)
Chiffon skirts (assorted)
Lycra short skirt with inbuilt pants
T-shirt
Tissues
Pen
Notebook (coach liked us to write a precis of our lessons!)
Ice Link
Lip balm & face cream
Assorted bits of make up, glitter etc
Bunga pads
Grizzly bars (a sort of fruit bar thingy)
Water
Spare laces

Crikey ... how the heck did I ever carry that lot around?

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