wow! what an amazing invention... that's what I need

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When I skate in a cold rink I always start with mittens and then switch to gloves after I get warmed up. I have been doing this for YEARS (at least since I came back as an adult skater anyway). I always have a few pairs of those stretchy "magic gloves" in my bag - sometimes they get holes in the fingers which I don't mind, especially in the summer when the entire atmosphere is warmer.

But at the mall rink where I sometimes skate a dance session I would NEVER wear gloves - in fact it gets so hot skating that I have often considered taking off my sleeveless top, but of course I don't want to gross out the mall lookers!!

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Is Portland the only city with it's own ice-dance website? http://www.pdxicedance.net/

I recently broke the habit of wearing gloves all the time, because I started feeling like I HAD to have them. It's so hot here now; I don't usually need them. If I feel cold, I'll wear them until I warm up. Otherwise, I only use them when I'm working on something like the axel, where I know I'll be falling a lot.

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The skating may not sparkle, but my dress sure does!

Just passed: Pre-Bronze MIF & Freeskate. Next goal: Bronze tests in July.

Yesterday, one of my gloves got missed out of my skating bag when I went to my class.

I felt practically naked

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Amanda

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance . . . "

My Skating Journal

I always wear fingerless gloves - I can't bear fingered gloves with holes in the end, but if the hole's supposed to be there it's fine. (Yes, I'm weird).

Not for competitions, but then I don't have time for my hands to get cold then (and I don't seem to get cold when I'm nervous anyway).

I always wear gloves - my hands never get hot. A few weeks ago it was really warm in our rink and the water didn't freeze very quickly so I fell once and my gloves were soaked so I took them off. I felt pretty naked without them. I am in a synchro number for our summer ice show, so of course I don't wear gloves for that. It's kind of fun because I am weird like that and it feels like I am trying something new.