Okay to quote Manleywoman on the skate guard club thread"

"I'm also a member of the Adult Concussion Club, the Broken Finger Due to Sliding Into Boards Club, and the ever popular Falling For No Reason While Standing Still At the Boards Talking to Coach Club."

So what other clubs could we add here. I nominate:

- The Toepick club (in honour of the movie "The Cutting Edge")
- The "I have a couple of falls from competition captured on video" club
- The "My knees are really wrecked" club
- The "I got stitches because of skating" club
- The "I crashed into a 7 year old during a competition and came off worse" club

Please add any clubs you belong to here.

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The "Belly flop" club

Caught my toe pick and flew forwards but avoided banging the knees and head. Belly/chest bought the impact.

I'm already a member of the "wrecked knees" club

Here's one...

"I can walk on ice in a rink but not on ice in the parking lot"

You have to bend your knees.


The "I broke a bone while skating" club.

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How about the "skates with shoulders in your ears" club?

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Starfish Club - a.k.a. Snow Angel, where you fall and land in full extension, on your back

Toepick Club - who isn't?

Short-Term Memory Club - A move that had previously been easy, has now been easily forgotten (where'd my mazurka go?!)

Janet Jackson Club - clothes ripped away for one reason or another (eh gary...!? one particular synchro practice? )

Where's the Justice Club - working away at something forever and still not getting it, but getting some other move right away. Ex: I have been working on loops and flips for way too long, mentioned to the coach I'd like to learn some in between stuff, like Ina Bauers and spread eagles. I get the spread eagle in 10 minutes. Still no loop or flip.

Concussion Club - caught my toepick on my leggings in a toe loop and hit my head, felt really cold, then suddenly really hot. Big headache followed, along with nausea. I still hesitate a little on toe loops.

Delusions of Grandeur Club - when I feel like I skated like Michelle Kwan, then we roll the videotape...

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Wang chung!

And I was looking the other way, darn it!!!

FYI - I was working out with the synchro team and Mel was next to me. During one particular move, we were trying to pull the line. I lost grip on her shoulder, but not on her outfit.

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Yeah, sure, Gary! That's your story and you're sticking to it, right???

I'm a member of:

1. Stitches in Chin Club (14)
2. Headbanger Club (with nice lump as proof)
3. Click of Death Club (back crossovers/click/slide into boards...oops!!!)
4. Belly Flop Club (flying camel gone wrong)
5. Broken Wrist Club (coach: "it's impossible to fall over backwards doing a layback", me: "believing her")
6. Knees are Really Wrecked Club (darn brackets anyhow)
7. Back Surgery Club (how I ended up here from an innocent sit spin I'll never know)
8. Klutz Club (all other uncoordinated mishaps)

Dropped from overhead lift.
Partner and I with matching scars on chins.

Lifetime card-carrying member of the backspin support group

"Bladed myself not once, but twice" club.

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Yup!!!

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Falling Forward on Your Left Knee While Doing CCW Backward Crossovers Club

Falling and Hitting Your Face (just below the left eye) Club

Going the Wrong Way in Your Program During Your First Competition Club

Of course, the Belly Flop Club

Keeping Your Blade Guards on Too Long (at previously mentioned first competition) and Causing Your Blades to Rust Club

I'm sure there are more that I just can't think of now.

Hey Debbie,
Did you know that you are now a member of the " I Skated Up a Level and Medaled" Club???
Soon, you will be a proud memeber of the "Alternating Threes Survival Society"

the "falling from an overhead lift and hitting nothing but your head" club

"stiches in chin club"(7)
"going wrong way in program at competition club"(it wasnt my 1st comp tho)
"failing a test club" (novice moves...but i finally passed them on my 2nd try)
"falling on my knees and gettin huge bruises club" (spirals can be brutal)
"not taking my coaches advice club"(it took me twice as long to get my sit spin b/c of it)
"landing a multi revolution jump" (doubles and my axel)
and i'm sure there r more but i cant remember right now

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The "Travel to China on a Layback" club
The "Toe Scratch Before Doing an Axel"
The "Stuck on the Same MIF For Over a Year"

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Thanks, Terri! Although at the rate my alternating 3s are progressing/regressing, I may be joining alexeiluvr's Same MIF For Over a Year Club.

If we are making up any kind of clubs...here's one..The Internet Chat Family club.

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Thanks for all your clubs. I have another one to add.

The "My zipper on the back of my dress started to come undone during a competition" club - does this qualify in kind of way for the Janet Jackson club (without the ripping part but the clothes coming off part)?

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Gary--aren't you also a member of the "hog-tied by own zipper" club?

- Stitches on the chin club (5)
- Concussion club
- Forgot my dance on test day club (uh... what's a double knee bend?)
- Skaters who batter their partner on the romantica annonymous (we were doing the helicopter and my free arm slipped and knoched his chin)
- Society for skaters who fall off the boards while stretching (it was too early in the morning...)
- Dislocated shoulder first time trying precision support group

You remembered!!!

Also:
Broken Wrist Club
Headbangers Club

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Lol! Love this thread.

I'm a member of (and I really actually don't fall very often):

the "Toepick during a forward spiral and slid across the ice" club

the "I fell while doing the dutch waltz, in front of LOTS of people" club

the "I fell on the first jump I ever demonstrated to a friend" club

the "I fell on both knees at the same time, and had bruises for weeks" club

the "I landed on my own foot while attempting a loop" club (I might be the only member of that one, lol. Hey, at least I had my feet crossed though...)

the "I was going too fast on backward crossovers in a group lesson and slammed full-bodied backwards into the boards" club

the "I made my coach laugh uncontrollably due to my klutziness" club

the "I somehow jabbed myself in the leg with my blade while falling on a lunge" club

tee hee!

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