So is the idea that the skaters try things they can't really do, or skate with their skates untied or the blades damaged or something, and fall by accident as a result?

Or can this be choreographed falls? A compulsory program with falls as required elements? That sounds safer and more fun.

^And of course, does the least-injured person also get more points?

I would have won on yesterday's lesson. I almost took out three different coaches (not one of them is either of mine) AND the coach I was getting a lesson from was "blocking" for me!

I'd be right there with you in the DQ section. I cannot stay off my pics unless I really focus on it. Then I can't focus on anything else!

It would indeed. I know a synchro dress that MANY of our team would wear. . . ugliest $110 we ever bought. (I already cut mine up and used bits of the fabric in other stuff. Hideous.)

PS. Anyone who organizes ISI competitions: I hope you're taking notes for the surprise events.

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Note: You are NOT allowed to get on the ice with your hard guards on. That would constitute cheating.

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Yeah, that would have to be a separate event--last one left standing wins!

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Skate Swap Event: everyone swaps skates with someone with skates of the same or nearly the same size and skates their program. Competitors may also choose to skate in their own skates, if the skates are being worn for only the first or second time.

Ha! I did the above a couple of weeks ago when I forgot my skates and borrowed a pair at the rink. Better than I thought - got through a pairs lesson. The first part we did things where I was in the air!

I'l looking for a unitard from the 80's for the party!

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I'll offer the variation which gives me the best chance of a large glitzy gold medal to go around the neck of the hideous dress - the "no music" event in which the loudest most consistent toepick scratching wins. (Edge rumbles constitute cheating.) I'm challenging for that gold ...

Aww, why would THAT make a difference? *snort* (MWAHA I will never forget my first time on my new skates....the belly flop I did first time I caught the toe pick, about my third time around the rink...oh, it was so bad. I remember thinking, "TOE PICK!" a la The Cutting Edge on the way down, and saying the same out loud right after I hit the ice...and then sitting in the hockey box trying not to barf since we'd just eaten a big lunch...oh, good times)

I know this thread was from a few weeks ago, but as usual, I'm way behind in my reading.

Random Tempo Event: You skate your program to your music, but the music plays either faster or slower than the real tempo, and you don't know which ahead of time. Or maybe even better, the tempo speeds up and slows down unpredictably as you skate.

Johanna