What a lovely bunch! I am so envious that I'm not independently wealthy and could just fly in my own private jet from the west coast to meet with you. From reading other posts it sounds like your forum meeting was delightful and fun! Thanks for the pix. It is neat to see faces with the names I read in posts. (Isk8NYC, I imagined you with darker, longer hair)

Me too!!! (Well, the independently wealthy and have my own private jet part...) And if I also have a nice spacious penthouse condo unit in a good part of Manhattan, I'll be all set!!!)

I wish I could fly into NYC a lot more often!!! I love visiting there!!! (I'm also West Coast! I'm in California!!!)

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
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Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

...A penthouse large enough to invite all your Skatingforum friends for a huge forum gathering to stay a week or 2 or even a month...maybe even with a revolving door, come and go as you like. (it is not just enough to be independently wealthy but we need lots of vacation time to go with it) I'd be happy even to sleep on the couch.

I have never had the opportunity to visit NY yet. Hey Jazz, perhaps you could come along with me sometime and be my tour guide

Great job! Hope we can do it again sometime!

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Yes, it looked like a lot of fun! Please let us know if and when you meet, again--we would love to join you!

Lovepairs and Pairsman2

It is pretty long, past my shoulders, but I always wear a ponytail or braid when I skate. I was a blonde as a child, but my hair is now a mousy brown. I don't want to dye it because I know I'd never keep up with the touchups.

BTW, you can't see it in the pictures, but Flo has stunning hazel eyes.

We had a great time. Food was great, company was great, ice was great. Even though I was almost wiped out by a pairs team while I was leaving the ice! LOL

We should do some more meetups at rinks. It's fun and informal.

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Thanks!
You know how those pairs can be! Really - the call was already made to leave the ice - they should have been looking out for you!

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I also had a WONDERFUL time, the everyone was AWESOME and the food was excellent!!!

I really need to get out more!!! I'm all for venturing out of my little area of the world now and again to meet up with others!

Terry

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

If there's enough of us wanting to meet up in Baltimore I'll rent private ice.

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Will there be a NYC meetup sometime in the future?

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Tim David's Website

Why not do the NYC meet up at that new rink in Brooklyn: Aviator Sports Complex? Even though I'm from Philly and my partner from Baltimore, can we come to the NYC one, too? We'd drive up just to meet the NYC skaters!

Lovepairs

Flo and Mikawendy came to the Delaware meetup, even though they're from Maryland, so all are welcome!

Great suggestion, LovePairs. I had met the Aviator Sports Operations and Facilities manager at a coaches' conference last month. The estimated opening date of the rinks was September/October 2006. (Their other facilities are open now and they have summer camps running for them.) I haven't heard anything about the rinks opening early.

If you're willing to wait that long, that'd be a nice place to visit.
Otherwise, you could pick another rink. It's not so much the destination (although location counts, as you know) as it is the people that make the meetup work.

What about the Woodbridge Community Center? It's convenient and not far off the Parkway/Turnpike.

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I am coming back to NYC to visit the in-laws again around Christmas time, if you guys wanna do a get-together then...

I'm not sure I can swing it over to Maryland though. I have enough trouble as is trying to convincing hubby to go to Hackensack, NJ from NYC...even to skate with who I think is probably one of the best Moves coach anywhere!!! (Right, Frank and icecatepairs? ) Hubby has already requested that I limit my lessons to only my Chelsea Piers coach, b/c of "the hassles to get to Hackensack." But I did negotiate ONE DAY with Moves Guru this coming Christmas...and offered to take him (hubby) to "White Manna" burgers as incentives to go there!

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Not if Debbie S and I have anything to do with it!!

BTW, sk8pdx is planning a trip to my neck of the woods in September (Virginia Beach/Norfolk/ Williamsburg area). Maybe folks in DC or Baltimore would want to plan a road trip??

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Take PATH to Jersey City, and if I'm free, I'll drive you to Ice House and back to Jersey City

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Hmmmm....we have to talk again when we're closer to the date... (and if I could get more time off, I MIGHT try and take a lesson with YOUR coach too!!!) (Hey! I've been trying out everyone else's coach... so why not???)

You'll have to get thru to hubby and my MIL first!!!

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Assuming he doesn't fly off to another side of the world for another 5 months or so

But seriously - a lot of kiddies take jumps lessons with him because he uses "fishing pole" harness. Me? That thing is weird

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No way in HELL he's gonna "go fishin'" with me! I'm too big!!! LOL!!!

Don't worry! I actually have less time to go skate in terms of time and travel this Christmas. I have to keep in mind that I am not really there in NYC to skate. I'm there to visit the in-laws!!!

The other issue is that this time around we're staying just a little over a week, as compared with last Christmas. This year we just don't have the vacation time saved up to go... we used it up for this summer's NYC trip!!!

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

... I said the same thing (and I'm 5'10"). He did put me in it once... I was too weirded out due to my size oh well, at least he's an inch or two taller than I am, or it'd have been pure comedy (which it was, anyway)

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Yeah, maybe I will have my loop and flip by then. .... I am leaving my sit spin at home though.

Road trip sounds like fun!!!!! I have some vacation time left....but no sit spin so I have none to leave at home!

Still working on that darned loop....

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

I've been taking lessons in the harness lately. If Jonathon can lug me around he shouldn't have any problems with you or jazzpants. lol Although I'm relatively thin for my height (I'm about 5'9" or 5'10" myself) I still weigh about 160lbs. That's not exactly petite for the harness either.

The Harness never really helped me with my jumps, it just messed up my timing. I feel like Im in slow motion when I get up in the air.

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Tim,

Interesting you say that: I've been trying to learn an axel in a harness for a little over a year, and could never land even just one. I have a nice off-ice axel, which took me a year to get. So, I finally decided to drop the harness, and I have a coach who is trying to teach me the axel without the harness, and I seem to be making more progress??? I thought the harness was suppossed to help, but it seems that there's such a big difference from being in the harness to not being in the harness that I've decided not to complicate it with the additional step of being in the harness. Maybe the harness is better for kids?

Good lookin' crew!!!

Sounds like you all had a great time.

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