Aussie,

They actually hadn't stepped on the ice yet, although they had to have seen it. My elbow hit the ice so hard that my water bottle flew out of my hand and skittered all the way across the ice. I have rarely felt like such a complete dips&*t in my entire life.

All the best,

Icesk8er

oooo I've done it my share of times...but I only seem to remember a few of them, usually when I was little. ANd I remember them never hurting, but I did it once last year because one of my friends distracted me and I just walked right onto the ice and slipped onto my hip...nice bruise I had for about oh...2 months!?! AHaha

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I haven't stepped onto the ice with guards on.... yet. *knocks on wood* I'm usually very cautious and I double check. It's almost a minor OCD thing. But it beats slipping on the ice.

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Andrea

I held off on becoming a member until just before Christmas. I never wore the rubber guards... just tramped around on the filty gritty rubber matting with my bare blades, because 2 extra items to keep track of was too much for my senile/ADD/hungover brain.

Then one day I got my blades sharpened, and the next session in a fit of "oooh my blades are so pristinely sharp" I decided to wear the guards out to the lobby to get a coffee. Came back, and another skater said something to me just as I got to the gate, distracting me, so I stepped forth upon the glorious ice and attained the status of new member.

I have not worn the guards since and I don't intend to.

One night, I sent my niece off for her first lesson with a new coach. I decided to tighten my skates while I watched the lesson. As they skated across the ice, my niece fell and didn't get up or cry. Since she generally cried over hangnails and stubbed toes. I figured she was really hurt, so I went out to help her.

One step over the threshold and I belly-whopped onto the ice. Thinking I tripped over my laces, I tried to get back up only to ker-splat back down. I looked at my feet and saw that I still had my guards on. I tore my skates off, tossed them to the side and crawled across the ice in pantyhose. My friends were laughing at me, not realizing what was going on.

As I had guessed, her leg was broken. Fortunately, one of the ice dancers was a doctor. She made sure my niece was removed safely and had someone call 911. I put on my shoes and went with my niece in the ambulance. When I went back to get my car. On it was a note from a dear friend of mine, telling me that he had packed up my stuff and [B] removed the troublesome rubber guards [B].

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I'm a member!

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.

Manleywoman - you have just given me an idea for a new thread.

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I'll sign my coach up for this one! He never wears guards. One morning he got off the ice and borrowed someone's guards to run out to his car. When he came back in, because he never wears guards, he didn't even think about it. He stepped on the ice and WHAM!! He went right down on his knees! His keys flew one way, his cell phone the other, and his face turned a deep deep shade of red. No one likes to see their coach fall, but when he's an Olympic medalist and does something stupid like that, everyone just burst out laughing.

And to add insult to injury, his wife told me that he even did that once while holding a cup of hot coffee, which of course ended up all over him. And it must run in the family, because his daughter did the same thing recently and demonstrated a nice split on the ice!

I think he should be president of the club!

LMAO at the title of thread, but ouch for the poor person who falls with guards on...never done it...touch wood!

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Or should his daughter be? After all...hot coffee *and* a split!? My God!

Im elegible as of today. I just got through thinking how dumb I am to walk out around w/out my guards, when I stepped onto the ice. Well, guess who had her guards on, after all? Oops. Then I try standing up again. Oops again. And again, and yet again as my mom tries to help me up. Then I have the idea of taking the guard *off* and standing up. Good Pixie! *pats head*

Once I did a semi - split but didn't quite fall, falling would have been smarter because I strained my groin. Second time I didn't fall at all just turned around and took them off. I have really good balance and probably could walk on the ice in them but I'm too chicken. Also though I don't "lunge" onto the ice I step slowly no matter what so that's probably why I could keep my balance too.

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Kurt's amazing in so many ways...He's one of my skating role models.

I've done that two or three times, the first being about four and a half years ago. Once I actually managed to take a couple of strokes without realizing I still had my guards on before I fell.

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ME, ME, MEEEEEE!!! sign me up. It's happened to me numerous times!!!!


Kristin