I wouldnt wear it on the ice because
1) i couldnt jump or spin with out it falling off.
2) i cant hear other skaters (incase your in there way and there saying MOVE!!!) it could cause accedents


i just put it on in the music room at the rink. umm i guess it would be ok for public skating sessions when your just skating in circles.. but not for sessions.

Accident waiting to happen. It's illegal here, although people still do it - and you can always tell when they are doing it, because they drive so badly.

Not skating on public sessions, I don't see people skating with their phones out, although I did see it when I used to, also people eating sweets on the ice and dropping the wrappers on to the ice....

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the only time we can bring candy out on the ice at our arena is when its christmas.. santa brings out candys for all the little kids.. but people have to come out and clean the ice after

Well, it's difficult to stop people on a public session when they have a bag or tube of sweets in their pockets. I think the ice marshalls do what they can, but they're often hockey-boys themselves.

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It's dangerous to wear any sort of device in your ear while skating. You can't hear others coming up behind you and it puts you into your own world where you might be less apt to pay attention to others around you.

Our rink doesn't allow that (ipods or mp3 players).

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As for the iPod breaking from dropping it, that's actually fairly unlikely if you have it in the proper case. I have mine in an iSkin (which is realy a fairly flimsy case) and have dropped it on the sidewalk (from arm height) while running/walking at least a half dozen times. It has yet to suffer any negative effects, though I try to keep this bad habit to a minimum. Actually, someone has a website devoted to the nano and all the ways they tried to destroy it. I can't remember what the address is, but you could probably find it. I remember that dropping it from a three story building and running over didn't actually ruin it, though. If you're worried about condensation and whatnot, you can buy special cases designed for the beach.cold weather (like the lilipod). Check out iPodLounge for other cases.

The hearing, though, could be a problem. First of all, most of the headphones that will actually stay in your ears while you spin, etc. will block out too much noise. If you're just stroking on a fairly empty session or during warm-up time, you should be fine. A lot of people use them while their getting used to new programs and just practice the coreography off to the side with them. Other than that though, I wouldn't recommend using one. Your best bet is getting to the rink first and putting your background/mix CD on.

I agree it is dangerous to skate if you can't hear what is going on around you... But when I have one earbud in, I can hear everything (in fact, if someone is playing loud music then I don't bother since I can' hear my ipod well enough with one earbud in).

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