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07-08-2007, 10:32 PM
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What don't you like?
What don't you like about skating? We've all shared what we do like!
1. Rink talk, most of which is untrue. I can't believe the things I've heard, and nolonger believe unless I hear or see it myself. 2. Prima Donna's, kids and adults. Mostly adults though, I give kids a break for being kids. 3. Folks who treat adult skaters like brain challenged individuals. I may not be schooled in the sport as much as some but I'm pretty capable of learning. Don't treat me like I can't learn untill you give me a chance to try. 4. Backstabbers. Parents, skaters and coaches who are nice to others but rip them apart as sonn as their gone. What's up with this?! teresa 
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07-08-2007, 11:32 PM
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My complaints: 1) The condition of the men's bathroom. It's usually disgusting. 2) Dangerous skaters (usually kids, but often adults). I don't mind if they kill themselves, but I do mind if they take me with them.
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07-09-2007, 01:48 AM
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Don't like
rink politics, the expense, the inconvenience (my rink is 1h and 10 mins away from home... and possible new rinks are about 50 mins from home) bad ice, catching illnesses from fellow skaters, inconsiderate people that smoke in the rink, bad ventilation that brings that same smoke from the toilets right out into the middle of the rink, wet floor on the side that makes it slippery even when warming up on land, having to struggle to get good ice time.
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07-09-2007, 01:56 AM
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dirty floor in warm up area
huge ponds in the ice which I will fall in snot spins... eww
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07-09-2007, 04:45 AM
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Bad ice - either not scraped and re-surfaced, or covered in condensation bumps.
Toilets which haven't been rennovated for over 20 years. Eww! Dangerous skaters of any description The Sled of Death - a wooden contraption on blades that kids can push each other around on. So dangerous! Figure skaters who think they own the rink, that they have right of way over everyone else, even if it is just to stand around chatting. $$$$$$ - not a cheap sport, especially with 2 in our family doing it. Inconvenient sessions. Skating Badly!!!!!
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#7
07-09-2007, 05:53 AM
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Doubletoe said it - the expense, number one. My number two would be adults with poor sportsmanship. I see one regularly who seems to be trying to skate on top of me for intimidation purposes. At first I thought I was imagining it, but there's no way I am. What kills me is, this skater is much more advanced than I am - there's no competition there anyway!
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#8
07-09-2007, 06:23 AM
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I hate getting up at 4:30 am Mondays and Wednesdays when our rink is open.
I hate having a rink that closes from the end of March through mid-September. I dislike music hogs that think they own the CD player and continually switch other people's music for theirs. (I don't take any music, but the inconsideration to others is apparent). I dislike getting soaking wet in perspiration every time I skate, although I know it's good for me. I dislike inconsiderate parents who teach their kids bad habits by playing tag against the flow during public sessions. And the chairs that they give the very beginning skaters to hold onto. They end up getting used in a shuffle-the chair-across-the-ice game. Always. Without fail. Oh, yeah, and the cost.
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#9
07-09-2007, 06:39 AM
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Rink politics that mean I can't take dance from Coach A and basics/moves/artistic from Coach B, which is what I want to do.
Never getting any better - at least, (almost) never overtaking anybody. Rink politics. Being 54, with the body of an unathletic 54-year-old which means I'm probably as good as I'm going to get. Rink politics. Expense. Rink politics.
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#10
07-09-2007, 06:45 AM
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The expense
getting up on my toe pick for a jump how long it takes me to learn something see my dd disappointed after failing a test the fact that I can't do the cross behind for the cha cha the bad rep skating clubs have when I have been in two good ones and have enjoyed the fellowship and working togther j
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07-09-2007, 07:04 AM
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and that some students would book & confirm lessons, yet not show up!
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07-09-2007, 07:24 AM
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The rink politics-It makes me DREAD walking in there. However, watching my dd skate, and the rare times when I can skate myself, makes me willing to even walk through the door.
Nasty, backstabbing parents (mostly mothers) and their nasty children- Really, it only takes a few to really ruin it for the rest of us! Expense- I complain, but I keep writing those checks..."the smile on your dd's face when she skates well...priceless!" The jelousy I feel when I hear there are good skating clubs out there! Bad ice- My dd busted her lip and chipped a tooth because of it, but anytime I complain to the management, I feel like I get a bad mark on my report card. The heavy bias toward hockey- Figure skating is the red-headed step-child at our rink (apologies to the red-headed step-children out there) The STENCH of the aformentioned hockey players- Holy cow!!! Get some FEBREEZE, people!!! 
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07-09-2007, 07:39 AM
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The fact that my boots will never be comfortable yet are too expensive to replace so I can only skate 30 minutes at a time.
The cost The fact that I didn't get to do it sooner
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#15
07-09-2007, 08:59 AM
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Blisters.
30 character rule
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#16
07-09-2007, 09:44 AM
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Failing the same dance over and over again...stupid American Waltz! lol
I definitely hate those kids taht think they own the rink...I was in a lesson a few weeks ago practicing my double salchow on the middle circle. These 2 five year olds were practicing cross cuts or something on the same circle. They came up to me and my coach and asked us to move, as they were "trying to practice"!!! It's been said..but MUSIC HOGS...ahh...some people will play though the entire dance or skills music from start to finish...even if they are done using it!!! Oh yes and the large puddles after the zamboni cleans the ice...in which I tend to trip in when doing jumps 
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07-09-2007, 10:09 AM
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Expense, hands down.
2nd place is inconvenience. Actually I'm lucky to have several rinks available, even in summer, but with 2 small kids and a fulltime job, getting ice time in there is stinking hard. Due to above I don't stick around long enough to hear any rink politics, so it doesn't bother me 
Last edited by liz_on_ice; 07-09-2007 at 11:43 AM.
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07-09-2007, 11:39 AM
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I dont like. no actually i h8 it when ppl speed skate around the rink in public sessions and have no consideration for others >.<
i'm only on half loop salchow lol is the double salchow hard to learn? O_o
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#19
07-09-2007, 12:23 PM
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Like everyone else: RINK POLITICS! Can't we all just get along??
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But again, can't we all get along?????????????
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07-09-2007, 12:23 PM
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#21
07-09-2007, 12:32 PM
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1. I'll chime in with the snotty adult skaters. How is it that I can easily share ice with skaters landing triple axels but get the stare down from the adult landing a lutz-loop combo.
2. Scheduling. Wouldn't it be great if the rink was just open all the time!
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#22
07-09-2007, 12:34 PM
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The fact that as soon as someone you know is watching you, you have the worst skate of your life and/or fall over doing something stupid.
Hockey players that think it is hilarious to imitate figure skaters and cut up everyone on the ice. People who seem to think the presence of cones do not apply to them and they can come across into practice ice anyway, and they dork about so they aren't even practising. That really bugs me as you have to spend the whole time watching out for the idiots, and it bugs me more that my coach doesn't tell them to rack off!
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#23
07-09-2007, 01:59 PM
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Rink politics and gossip, number one.
The expense, of course. The bumps and gouges on the ice that make simple gliding dangerous. Hockey players that speed through the middle of the ice where I am setting up a spin. Kids who get too close when I am spinning. Skaters who don't keep a look-out on club sessions, especially for those with the right-of-way. Bratty kids who play with my skate guards. I found them thrown in a hockey box once... When the rink management won't zamboni the ice after it's been skated on by 100 people for 2 hours. The smell of my skate boots  I also hate losing elements that I think I've gotten. It's a part of skating, but it's so frustrating!
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#24
07-09-2007, 02:15 PM
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them with your peformance then blind them with sequins www.youtube.com/iskatee4life <-- videos of my skating 
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07-09-2007, 02:20 PM
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In no particular order...
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