Adrian posted this announcement today.

http://www.skatingforums.com/announcement.php?f=12


Adrian, thank you for providing such a wonderful site for so many years. Skatingforums is a font of knowledge and it's sad that so much information will be lost.

It's been an invaluable experience and I thank you for your vote of confidence in me.

skatingforums.com will be missed.

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This makes me so sad since I just found out about skating forums not even a month ago.

Thank you to those who moderated and ran it for so long. Your hard work doesn't go unnoticed.

Adrian, thank you for many many years of skatingforums . . . . it was always appreciated.

Patsy's Parlor will be moving to fsuniverse.net and remember--you're always welcome to come by, have a nice hot cuppa, and enjoy a recliner.

Thanks so much for Skatingforums. I found this site shortly after my daughter started competing and it has been a wonderful source of information over the years.

I'm sorry it will no longer be around - it will be missed.

Well, this board has been invaluable to me in so many ways... although I don't participate in the Parlor, etc., I just may over at fsuniverse... a board which I have more of a love/hate (or perhaps a "sort-of-like/hate" relationship...

Thank you skatingforums moderators and participants!!
Lisa

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WHAT??? Why???? I'm so sad!! This is a much sweeter, nicer place than FSU (although FSU has its place and I enjoy the snark at times). . .

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I really liked this board, and FSU doesn't seem to have a very big on-ice forum, nor do they seem very warm and cuddly.. are there any other skating forums? I liked getting to talk about skating, anonymously, on such a nice board

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so sorry that Skatingforums is shutting down. I'm so grateful for all the friends I have made on it and all the information I've learned from it's members. I will sorely miss it....

Oh my goodness! I am so going to miss this board! Thanks to everyone who made it possible for so long!

I have the same user name over at FSU - hope to see many of you over there!

i too will miss this board. Thanks for keeping it going this long

Thanks, Adrian. This was the best place for adult skating news, and I will miss it for that.

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NOOOOOOO!!!
So sad... I will miss this forum so much!
Thank you, Adrian, mods, and posters!

P.S. FSU will have a bigger and better on ice forum if WE take it over!

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Except - that I can't even stand the look of the place. UGH! I've heard a lot about how obnoxious it is over there, and it looks it too. I'll go if necessary, but can't say I'm happy about it.

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LOL ... someone on FSU ... just told ... ... ... ARTEMIS (of all people) ... ... to "suck it" when she posted about a potential migration. Ah, the snark of FSU. Yeah, really positive atmosphere, gotta love it. *snickers*

I am literally laughing out loud about this. Of all the people to snark at ... (((((Artemis)))))

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If we can't somehow collectively save skatingforums.com like oniceagain suggested in this thread
http://skatingforums.com/showthread.php?t=31379

then with enough of us over at FSU, we can overpower the snarkers.

I'm trying not to laugh, too, though I don't get the artemis thing, simply because I'm only a few months old on here

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Right Brain: In the distant future, I will land all of the doubles.
Left Brain: HAHAHAHAHA
Left Brain: You can't even do a backspin.
Right Brain: ...

figurekb on YouTube.

I just got the e-mail notifacation about this myself. Does anyone have a clear reason to why skatingforums is shutting down? Also were are we all going to meet? Were wil our new Board be? Oh do we know? If we don't,Jorge and I have a few Boards that we can use for permerent chat places. What do you all say? BTW. when is this supposed to happen?

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It's been amazing sharing knowledge with you all. Unfortunately, I've only met a few of you at competitions and such, with many more to meet. I'm TreSk8sAZ at FSU as well (just signed up). Hopefully we'll be able to keep sharing and enjoying each other!

Thanks Adrian for the years you've let us use the boards!

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I'm sad. This forum was the greatest. I will miss it sooooo much. Hope we can figure out where to "go."

I'm so shocked! This site is literally the first one I check anytime I'm online. I'm over at FSU too, so hopefully a lot of people will migrate. The on ice section really isn't too snarky, so if you don't like it it's pretty safe if you stay in that area.

thanks to Adrian for all the great years!! I'll miss this place greatly!

Thanks, Adrian and everyone who made this forum great. I haven't been here as much in the past year, but the atmosphere here was always so supportive (esp. f/adult skaters). I'm livetoskate on FSU. Best wishes to you all, and happy skating!

Artemis is a typical canadian: well-educated, polite and witty. She's been a great contributor on both this site and FSU. Today, she posts a polite little "are we welcome?" thread on FSU and gets "suck it" as a response. It's so bizarre for someone to bust her chops for being polite, lol.

On FSU, people like to be outrageous just for the sake of being outrageous, or controversial, or argumentative. It's part of the culture and you just have to grow a thicker skin. Skittl's right: the Moves in the Field forum for skaters on FSU is less intense than the rest of the board.

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I'll miss this forum - it was a great place for adult skating news. If I hadn't been on here, I wouldn't have known half of what I needed to. And I wouldn't have met (virtually and in real life) so many wonderful people.

Thank you, Adrian, for keeping the board going for so long. And thank you to Isk8NYC for being our moderator.

I vote for going to FSU - a lot of us are already there, anyway, and the format is the same as this board. I'm Debbie S over there, too.

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Terri C is a Bronze lady!
Gold Moves, here I come!

We seem snarky at first, but actually can be quite welcoming. You do need to get used to the occasional tongue-in-cheek "suck it", though. Lurk at FSU for a few days, get the vibe of the place before you post, and you'll be fine.

The MITF section tends to be very kind. Historically, it's been less active than the skater sections over here - which is why I normally come here for that kind of info - but I'd welcome it becoming more active over there.

I'm GarrAarghHrumph over there. See, even my user name there is grumpy! But I'm actually a pussycat.

This is going to be tough.
Quite a few of you "saw" Mel on Ice, Jazzpants, Debbie S and myself through our Bronze FS tests here.Because of this forum, we started the champaigne toast for new first time Bronze competitors at AN.
I will also miss the AN/ adult competition threads here as well.
FSU better look out- some of us can get just as snarky!

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FSU's ok, trust me. The majority of the snarkiness is reserved for uber fans. I think Jayar (the aformentioned "suck it" post) was joking. He's really a nice guy.

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