Say,I hope this isn't personal. But I was just wondering who here IS trainning to become a famous skater? Please name your level.

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Well, at 46, it's definitely not me! but i've had fun trying to accomplish all i can before i'm too old to do it, and i think that should be a goal for everyone! Fame is so short-lived, in my opinion. BTW, i am working on adult gold moves (intermediate level-standard track) and in 2 weeks will test my USFS Adult silver freestyle. Not much compared to a lot of folks, but in the skating community, it is fun to rub elbows with those who have achieved much, such as my coach who has been to Olympics himself.

I thought I was already famous... well at least on this board and RSSIR anyway!!! (Just kiddin' 'ya, FSWer...)

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A whole bunch of us already are!

Right Raye, singerskates, Jazz, Mrs. Redboots, altamaleskater, (and a whole bunch of others)!

You got a whole bunch of National and International competitors right here. Ok, we're not as famous as the younger people who compete at Worlds and the Olympics but that's only 'cause the TV cameras can't keep up with us ....

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I am.

j

why, everybody of course!

That was a good topic. I have felt on here other parents and coaches have hinted negative against parents that push there kids. I am not really pushing my daughter, however I am giving her all the attention she needs to hopefully someday be able to go to nationals.

I look at it that she currently loves it and as long as she does I will give her the recources to put her where she needs to be in the future. She skates in the same builing as two other national team competitors and the junior national champions so we have hopes for our future.

But if she starts to hate the sport i will drop it. But of course I want her to be the best

I guess I'm in the minority, then. I don't believe that anyone trains to become "famous." Skaters train to become good skaters; the "fame" comes as a by-product.

I totally agree!!

I skate for the love of the sport -----

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Um, I think folks were joking. I know I was

j

But do you really think no one starts skating thinking "if I get good at this, I'll win the olympics and become famous"?

I really do think there are some out there who are doing it to become famous, and they usually don't last- because they don't enjoy it just for what it is.

Me, never gonna be famous for anything.

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I think there are *parents* out there who put little Suzie into skating lessons thinking that she'll be an Olympic Champion someday, but I doubt if many four-year-olds have that goal in mind. They want to have fun.

I do know some people who say they skate so they can wear pretty costumes and have people clap and cheer for them but I doubt if that's the sole reason they get up at 4:0 AM and train in freezing cold rinks for years on end.

I went into this not thinking that I would ever be good at this and qutting maybe after a couple of years. (8 years... and STILL going strong!!!) Given my age, I think I have a better chance at winning the lottery than becoming an Olympic figure skater!!!

For the record for me, I'm just being silly. And screw the fame! I just want to be FILTHY RICH!!!

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I wouldn't say I am, but... in a small tropical island, figure skating is such an exotic sport that people tend to take note of it.

Just this evening, I found out that my company actually featured me on its website... ok, I knew they were doing the story, but I thought it was only for our intranet!! I won't put the link here, but those of you who are curious, google "chow dso" and it is probably the first link.

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So I can spend my days skating and training as much as my body can possibly stand!

Not when you start in your 40s, you don't!

All the same, me and Husband are our coaches' only international Gold Medallists..... half the time because we didn't have any opposition!

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He he he... me famous... he he....

The only way I want to become "famous" is if I'm known as a great coach. I once read a quote that goes:

"A coach is someone who draws extraordinary performance from ordinary people, someone who over time helps ordinary people become extraordinary..." - Jim Thompson

That's what I want to famous for. Even if I'm not recognized for that, I'll be happy just knowing that I made a difference in one kid's life. That's my coaching motto...

Oh, and to comment on Skittl1321's statement "if I get good at this, I'll win the olympics and become famous", I never started skating thinking that I'd make it to the Olympics and I know very few skaters who think this way. Parents, on the other hand...that's a whole different story! Having a realistic view of my own skating weaknesses and strengths is what led me to decide to settle for coaching. Since 8 years old, I've wanted to teach skating. Much of that drive I attribute to the great, supportive coaches I had as a child and to my parents who taught me to have a realistic idea of what this sport can offer me and what would be ultimately (financially) possible to achieve in the long run. I competed up to the regional level and did pretty well, have my Gold in MIF and am now working on wrapping up my Pre-Gold/Gold dances and Intermediate freestyle - and I'm happy. That's all that matters. I want to now instill in young skaters what my coaches instilled in me: discipline, the value of hard work, self-determination, and the ups and downs of skating.

I said do you really think NO one- not everyone. I don't think it's a common thought at all. I really believe most people who become famous in the sport didn't know what they were getting into. But I think lots of people start out hoping to become famous and then realize how much work it is!

The statement was really more about children (or their parents!) who skate, not adults.

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I wouldn't say that I am trying to be famous, but I am trying to acheive the goals that I set for my skating. I would like to be one of the few who does a triple-combination at Adult Nationals. If fame comes with it, then so be it. Being famous is too stressful. I have one "famous" friend whom I speak to every now and again. There are times that she sounds a bit jaded by the lifestyle. While she has never openly complained about it, she sometimes sounds stressed out.

Now I would love to be independently rich!!!!!!! That way I could skate' 'til I'm blue in the face. I would get the best training out there. I would talk Alexei Yagudin into coaching me.


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Goals
Pass my Silver Moves Test
Finish Choreography for Silver Program
Land a Clean Double Toe and Double Lutz
Work on Double Axel and Rockers
Speed up back Camel

Yup! That's the point!!!

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I guess it depends on how you define "famous." I could say I am training to be famous within the adult community. I'd love to win an Adult National title. That might make me famous within that community, but not necessarily with the entire world. Is it the reason I get up every morning to skate, or why I'm anxiously awaiting the point when my physical therapist says I can get back on the ice? No. I'd be happy if I never became famous, just skated and competed as I wished. I can't even say fame is really a motivation, nor is it a motivation for ANY of the kids or their parents at one of my rinks (the other, their goal is to be in the Olympics, not necessarily the fame in and of itself.)

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Hmmm? It's within the realm of possibility that SOMEONE out there thinks of doing skating to be famous ... but I think the majority of people are relatively sane enough to not EXPECT to skate to become famous, KWIM? (If they expect it, I probably would start questioning their SANITY!!! )

As blue111moon said, it's really a BY PRODUCT of being a really good skater. And in at least TWO Olympians skaters I could think of and know, an Olympian does not necessarily mean that you become famous. And I think personally they would be thinking the same thing I'm thinking too: "Screw the fame! I just want the $$$!!!"

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Haha I'll settle for having enough money to skate all year through.