Poll re: Skating Expenses

[TaBalie]

Just curious, as this is a pricey sport :cry:

Location:
Sun Valley, ID

Cost of general sesssion:
$9.50 (Outdoor rink only)

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$12/session, or $50 for a week (5 sessions)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$35 for 20-25 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
3.5-6 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$100 - $120

[skatemex]

I spend per month
school fee $20.00
Public allowance 4 times a week $80 per month
1 hour class per week $70 per month
$170 us dollars per month!
Of course this is in Mexico.

[manleywoman]

Location:
north suburbs, Chicago

Cost of general sesssion:
$11 walk-on/$9 prepaid at my main rink; $6 at other rink

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
same as above

Cost of Private Lessons:
$35 for 20 minutes for one coach, $20 for 20 minutes for other coach

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
7-8 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$110 for lessons, $48 for ice

:oops:

[Kit kat]

Location:
Van Nuys, CA

Cost of general sesssion:
$8

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$8 [ i dont skate freestyle sessions]

Cost of Private Lessons:
$20 for 15 minutes [~10 dollars group lessons or $135/13 weeks]

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
3-6hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$30
Mostly spent on once a week lessons because sessions are free for those who take lessons at the rink.

[Skate@Delaware]

I'm basing this on the up-coming season (don't tell my husband how much $$ I'm spending-he thinks I'm buying clothes :halo: ):
Location:
Lower Delaware

Cost of general sesssion:
$2.50 before 4 p.m.; $5 after 4

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$7.50/session

Cost of Private Lessons:
$22 for 30 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4.5-6.5 hours

Avg amount you spend per week (lessons and ice time only-does not count the endless supply of McDonalds/snackbar food or bootcovers/skatewear, exercise classes, etc):
$55 (includes Learn-to-skate lessons averaged in)

Price of having done it all:
Worth-it!

Just add 2/3's the above for brat daughter......actually, just double it because you have to add her, then hubby's lessons, then of course, musn't forget hockey boy...yeah, I don't need to add that 2nd bathroom.....after all, brat daughter will be leaving for college in a few years....(I hope :giveup: )

[skatersmama]

This is what I pay for my daughter (In Ontario Canada)

Registration with Club - $450.00
This covers 7.5 hours of club ice per week, from October to end of March-

Lessons - 6.00/15 min 3-4 lessons per week

Summer - $420
15 hours of ice per week- 3 weeks
Lessons- 9.00/15 min 3 lessons per day

I don't know how you folks can afford to skate!! 8O

[sunshinepointe]

Hmmm...this might be an eye opener (Prices in American)


Okay - every 8 weeks I spend 99 bucks for 45 minute group lessons once a week. The public session is free after.

I pay $3.25 for 2 hours every Tuesday, and $6.50 on Thursday night.

50 cents for a locker 3 days a week.

Privates - $35 for 30 minutes once a week. Sometimes I'll pick up an extra lesson if I can, but this is only like once a month or when I have extra money, which is rare.

Total Average Expense: about 60 bucks a week, or 240 a month. 8O

I'd love to pick up an extra private lesson once a week but I also want to start taking dance classes again, or maybe join a gym. When my boyfriend and I get another car I'll make my decision then. Whats an extra 35 bucks a week anyway ;)

[Skate@Delaware]

I don't know how you folks can afford to skate!! 8O
I don't buy new clothes! I buy thrift....this is true!
I make costumes for others and charge really astronomical prices (yeah, I wish!)....
I sold my children on E-Bay......seriously thinking about that one.....especially for brat daughter!
I'd rent out my husband as a handy-man, but people would look at my house and just laugh.......
I don't own any real diamonds......really!
I only work for skating...not for my boss...he already knows this.....really!

[jp1andOnly]

'My family paid about 25-30 thousand a year for my brother to skate. He was a Canadian senior men's national competitor.

[NoVa Sk8r]

Location:
Northern Virginia (NoVa; get it?)

Cost of sesssions:
"Singles" rink: Two 45 min. sessions @$7.25/session (prepaid) = ~$15 and 1.5 hr public session = $5; total is $20
"Pairs" rink: Two 45 min. sessions @$9.50/session (walk-on) = $19 and 1.5 hr public session = $5; total is $24

Other rink: Two sessions @$8/session (prepaid) = $16 (for roughly 2 hours, I never know how long these sessions actually go!)

Cost of Private Lessons:
Singles: $66/hr @ 30 min = $33 (sometimes I do 45 min = $49)
Pairs: $81/hr @ 20min/2 = $14 (I pay one week; partner pays other week)

Avg. time skated per week:
8 hours

Avg. amount spent per week:
$47-63 for lessons, $60 for ice = $107-$123/week.

Oh, so that's where my money goes. 8-)
And let's not even talk about competition costs and, er, medical costs--physical and psychological. :P
(But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world ...)

[kiwibabe]

Location: NZ

Cost of public session : NZ$9.50, US$6.46

Cost of club session: NZ $7.50, US$5.10

Cost of adult session (+ coach shared among 30 people in 4 groups for 1 hour, ice dance lesson for 1 hour, sync team for 1 hour): NZ$10, US$6.80

Cost of private lessons: NZ$36 per hour, US$24.48

Ave hours skated per week: 5

Ave cost per week (2 club sessions, 1 adult session, 1/2 hour private lesson): NZ$43, US$29.24

[jp1andOnly]

Location:
British Columbia CAnada

Cost of general sesssion:

No freeskating on public ice so therefore I don't attend a general session.

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:

Buy-on's cost about $10 for an hour

Sept-march ice fees: $900 (included in the ice fee is stroking..15 min 3 times a week)

April-June: around $250

4 weeks of summer skating (all I could afford): $82
Cost of Private Lessons:

coach 1 is $10 for 15 min

coach 2 is $9 for 15 min

i get 4 lessons a week

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:

5 hours a week..give or take a bit

Avg amount you spend per week:

you do the math..i don't want to know

[luna_skater]

Location: Calgary, AB

Registration: Not really sure. For singles, I always just buy pick-up ice, because I register with the club through synchro. My schedule is too sporadic to register for a regular session in either summer or fall.

Drop-in Fee:
Fall/Winter - $8 for any block of time between noon and 3:30pm. About $15/hr to drop in on an evening session.
Summer - $10-$15/hour

Coaching: $12.00 for 15 min lesson

I usually skate 2 times a week in fall/winter (not including synchro twice a week), and 2 or more times per week in the summer, depending on my work schedule and my finances!

Ice and coaching prices can vary quite a bit in Calgary, but what I pay is pretty average.

[Raye]

I am in BC ($CDN)

Registration with Home Club - $450.00 for 6.5 hours a week from the end of September till beginning of April.

Second club I belong to because they have a large adult contingent - $125 for each of fall session, winter session and spring session for two hours a week plus another $75 for five week summerskate.

Lessons - 8.00/15 min 2-3 lessons per week with primary coach
11.00 for 20 minutes, once a week with dance coach

Buy-on to additional ice at either club $7.50 off time and $12.00 primetime

Then there are plane fares, hotels, costumes and entrance fees for competitions - I really don't want to know how much those add up to.

Definately worth every penny

[jenlyon60]

Location: Northern Virginia

Ice costs: $8/freestyle session x 6 per week (40 minutes each) in summer; $8 for 2 freestyle sessions early morning rest of year.

Summer costs: $48/week
Winter costs: $24/week if I skate only early morning, otherwise $32-$40/week

Coach costs:
Coach #1: $40/half hour x 3 times per week
Coach #2: $34/half hour x once per week

Luckily I usually can make a pair of boots last 2-3 years.

Plus competition costs and costume costs

Total: More than I care to admit...

[skippyjoy_207]

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Cost of general sesssion:
$5.50 without skates, $8.50 for skates

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$12/session

Cost of Private Lessons:
$40- 80/ hour. Depends on the coach.

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4- 6/ week

Avg amount you spend per week:
$13

[Terri C]

Location: Virginia Beach/Chesapeake VA area

General Sessions:
I don't do the public sessions, as most times we can't do freestyle on them. But one rink offers a "Physical Fitness/ Freestyle" during the school year from 9:30-11:30 am twice a week for $7.00.

Freestyle/ private ice:
Primary rink is $10.00 pre paid with a walk on fee of $13.00
Secondary rink is $5.50/6.00 session pre paid or $7.00 walk on. Secondary rink is closer to home, but does not have a regulation surface.

Cost of private lessons:
Primary coach is $18.00 for 20 minutes with a pre paid punch card, $20.00 without, which brings her cost to $60.00/ hour roughly.
Secondary coach is $20.00 for 30 minutes.


Hours of skating per week:
4.5-6 hours a week- 1.5 hours 3-4 days a week

Average amount spent per week:
Thank God for pre paid punch cards.

[Casey]

Location:
Seattle, WA

Cost of general session:
$6.00

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$8-$10/session, or $110/month (unlimited adult rate)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$60/hour

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
Currently: 3-5 hours
Usually: 15-20+ hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
Currently: $6-12
Usually, and when I can afford lessons too: $75

[manleywoman]

I don't understand the math from some of you. You say a session is $6-$9, that you skate 3-5 hours a week, and therefore spend somewhere around $12 a week. Huh?

[TreSk8sAZ]

Location:
Tucson, Arizona

Cost of general sesssion:

$5.50

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:

$6, buy 10 get the 11th free

Cost of Private Lessons:

Primary coach: $75 per week (3 lessons)
Secondary coach: $24 per half hour

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:

12 (minimum)

Avg amount you spend per week:

$75 (min) for lessons, $72 for ice time

[luna_skater]

I don't understand the math from some of you. You say a session is $6-$9, that you skate 3-5 hours a week, and therefore spend somewhere around $12 a week. Huh?

Could work out if the cost is per session, rather than per hour...

[*IceDancer1419*]

Location:
Seattle, WA

Cost of general sesssion:
Depends... one rink you can get a 6 month family membership for 4 people, unlimited public sessions, for $150. Other than that, they tend to be $6-$7 for a session at most rinks

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
Well, again, different for different rinks.
Everett: $8 normally, $7.50 w/ punch card (for 1 hr)
Kingsgate: $7.00 (or something) normal, $6.25 w/ punch (for 1 hr)
Lynnwood: $10/hr
OVA: $10 for 45 minutes, though they have different programs you can do (unlimited skating for a month for I dont' know, a couple hundred? it's all freestyles)

Cost of Private Lessons:
$25 for 1/2 hr; half that for when I'm doing dance (as my partner and I split the cost ;) )

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
eek. depends... a ton. lately, around 10-15, probably more. in general... like, 5-6? not sure

Avg amount you spend per week:
NO idea. for lessons... gosh. around... $50 ish? NO idea for the freestyles. hmm... shoudl probably figure that out one of these weeks. though i daresay it'll depress me :roll: ;)

All in all, my parents give me $500 every month for ALL of my costs... over a month, most times my lessons are around $300 (though that was before the dance cost was split in half, so it might be less...) and then I usually have some left over (or I spend it on... *gasp*... things other than skating! or... dresses, etc., which aren't completely necessary, but that I like to get anyways ;) )

[vesperholly]

Location:
Buffalo, NY area

Cost of general sesssion:
My rink has open figure skates for $3 resident/$6 nonresident

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
as low as $7.50 for bulk sessions to $15 walk-ons

Cost of Private Lessons:
$13-15 for 15 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4-6 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
I'm afraid to total it 8O

[Casey]

I don't understand the math from some of you. You say a session is $6-$9, that you skate 3-5 hours a week, and therefore spend somewhere around $12 a week. Huh?
Cost of a public session: $6.
Length of a public session: 2-5 hours.
Currently only skating 1 or 2 times per week, mostly because of boot issues, but also financial reasons. :/

[rf3ray]

Location:
Perth, Western Australia

Cost of General Sesssion:
$15AU Walk-on/$330AU for 3 Month Season Pass

Cost of Private Ice/Freestyle session:
As above

Cost of Private Lessons:
$25AU for 30 minutes for one coach

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
23-25 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$50AU for lessons, $27.5AU for ice

Being Able to Do Waltz Jump, Toe Loop, Salchow, Loop, Flip, Scratch Spin, BackSpin, Sit Spin, Camel Spin and Hydroblading in 8 Months and 12 Days
PRICELESS!!!!! :D :D :D :D

[dooobedooo]

Well, I did a detailed calculation and was shocked! 8O I guess the computer must have been shocked, too, as it locked me out of the session, and I lost my calculations ... I can't face adding it all up again (let alone converting litres into US gallons and pounds into dollars), so, the weekly cost is about:

Transport to the rink (petrol/gas is expensive in the UK, works out about 10 pence per mile) three times a week: about 18 GBP per week

Lessons (2 * half hours at 28 GBP per hour): 28 GBP per week (I used to do more, but cut down)

Ice time (3 * 2hours at about 3 GBP per hour): 18 GBP per week (I used to do more, but cut down)

Membership of National Association and a couple of clubs: 1.20 GBP per week

New boots and blades every couple of years (intermediate competitor, cost about 350 GBP), blade sharpening about 4 times per year at about 6 GBP: 4 GBP per week

Practice clothes (three sets a year, plus four pairs skating tights): 4 GBP per week

Competitions and tests (average two competitions per year, may include overnight stay, average cost 150 GBP; say two tests per year, average cost 50 GBP including transport/tights etc): 8 GBP per week

Competition/test dresses (At least one per year, sometimes two, at average 200 GBP): at least 4 GBP per week

Total skating costs: 76 GBP per week 8O (but then I don't have any other expensive habits :D ... and it'd be a lot more if I hadn't cut down by at least 30 percent ... and that doesn't include about 15 GBP for sundry gym and Pilates etc ... scary ....)

[sceptique]

School patch - £3.50; on some days I also pay for club patch - £4.00.
Lesson with coach - £7.00 (15 min)
Group lesson - £5.00, but I've only got 2 left and then I won't be bothering with them - rather take an extra private one.
Petrol: using £0.10/mile assumption - £3.00, but it looks more than that, probably because I'm driving not a very fuel-efficient car. Let's say £5.00
Parking: Sat: £1.50, Sun: 50p
Tea and snacks (energy bars and shakes from Boots) - about £5.00

So about £30/weekend just running costs

Plus, gym fees: £30/months; personal trainer (off-ice): £45/month

Workshops / skating clinics - so far spent £160, so it's about £40/month if I keep going at the same rate :D

"Setup costs": hopefully, one-time or at least bi-annual:
Skates: £100
Books/videos/DVDs - about £250? Have no clue... Need to check VISA statements.

A few instrumental music CDs - £45

One thing is for sure - it's less expensive than a 3D animation hobby I used to have last year. And I even managed to spent the same sort of money on such low-cost hobby as creative writing a few years back. My husband has a theory that I just need to "blow" about £200/month on some "passion du jour" of mine, otherwise I would feel depressed, unfulfulled and overall miserable. On the other hand, I'm successfully avoiding such popular hobbies as "shoe collecting" (did you know that according to statistics an average British woman spends £30,000 on shoes in her lifetime? 8O ) or "clubbing (read: binge drinking)", so at the end of the day things balance out.

[coskater64]

4-5 sessions a day @ 7.00 per
5-30 minute FS lessons a week @60 per hour
then there's the dance part...2-3 pair of boots per year @ 850 a pop. Dresses @ 400-600 for fs.

so....28-35 per day in ice x 5 = 140-175 per week for ice
180 for FS lessons per week so for a month 640 +720=1360 per month and that doesn't include dance.

Thank goodness I was once a stock broker.

[nerd_on_ice]

Location: Dallas, TX

Cost of general sesssion: $6.00, but I have an annual pass for unlimited public skating that cost $250 (paid for itself--so to speak--in 42 skates i.e., less than 3 months)

Cost of private ice/freestyle session: Contract = $9 per hour; walk-on = $12 per hour

Cost of Private Lessons: $60 per hour from my coach (some coaches charge up to $100 per hour)

Avg amount of hours you skate per week: 4-6 hours

Avg amount you spend per week: Right now $60 a week to my coach (for 2 half-hour lessons) is all I'm spending since we've been doing both of my lessons on public sessions.

[oz01]

Nerd oin ice:
Which rink you go in Dallas? Where can I buy that annual pass for unlimited public skating? Thanks!

[Mrs Redboots]

Ice time £15 per week (£30 for the two of us); lessons £35 per week for both of us. Total £65 per week, roughly $118 at today's exchange rates.

However, that doesn't include the costs of competitions, skating holidays, new dresses (I've had to have all new this year for obvious reasons, except my Tango dress, which looks a lot better this year!), NISA membership, etc etc etc.....

There are worse things to spend our money on!

[skaternum]

Location:
North Carolina

Cost of general sesssion:
$7.00, I think. I don't skate at public sessions.

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$6.50 per session if you buy the largest punchcard.

Cost of Private Lessons:
Coach 1: $70 / hour
Coach 2: $60 / hour

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
4.5

Avg amount you spend per week:
$100

One year, I foolishly calculated how much I spent on competing. 8O I'll never do THAT again!

[nerd_on_ice]

Nerd oin ice:
Which rink you go in Dallas? Where can I buy that annual pass for unlimited public skating? Thanks!
I skate at the Dr. Pepper StarCenters--mostly Frisco and Farmers Branch with a little Plano thrown in. The pass is a great deal anyway but what really makes it worthwhile is that it's good at all 5 locations.

[Figureskates]

Location: MA

I did some calculations and for the period September 1st through May 15th,
I am actually ahead by about $100.

I work as a skate guard and do an average of 2 sessions a week, more during school vacations. This offsets my weekly private lesson $30 for a half hour.

I get all my ice time for free since I work there and I skate an average of 20-25 hours a week.

During the summer it's a different story since my rink is closed. It costs me about $40 a week, but i skate a lot less.

[Figuresk8_katie]

Fall/Winter Session =$680.00 (Sept-March), 4 days a week approx. 5 hours
Spring Session =$200.00? (March-May), 4 days a week approx. 5 hours
June School =$100.00? (June), 2/3 days/week, 1 hour sessions
Summer school =$260.00 (July and August) 3 days/week, 5.0 hours/week

Coach for freeskate, skills, interpretive, choreography = $10.00/15 min. lesson
Coach/dance partner = 12.50/15 min. dance lesson

Test Days = 12.50 for each dance partnered

Competitions = range from $30.00 per event to $75.00 per event

Music = around $65.00-$70.00 for each new solo

Extras = when coach accompanies you to competitions, you're charged a fee, it's not very much. It depends on the # of skaters the coach has at the competition, the more skaters, the less you're charged because she divides expenses amongst everyone.

You've gotta appreciate what you've got when you look at those numbers. I'm so glad I'm able to participate in skating. It's a priviledge I'm neevr take for granted.

[NCSkater02]

Location: North Carolina (same area as Skaternum)

General Sessions: I don't do anymore.

Private Ice/Freestyle Sessions: $6.50ish ($135 for 20 sessions)
Moves Sessions: $5

Private Lessons: Primary--$22/30 mins
Secondary--$24/30 minutes (she's my group coach too)

Average Hours Skated Per Week: 3-4, and I want more!

Average spent per week:$40, plus add in group lessons once a week that averages out to about $10/week. I usually get in one group lesson, one private, two FS sessions and one moves session, plus the group ice time.

[slusher]

Small hick town Ontario

Ice
October to March club ice $375 (3 days a week)
"other club" $240, 1 day a week
April - June - big city ice $288
July-August - teeny dinky stinky rink publics only at your own risk, $72
plus the occasional public, private rental through the year, so lets say

ice = $1000 year

Coaching

1 hour a week @40 = $2000.

Dresses, tests, competitions, skates, all extra but all I did last year was test and I sew my own, so maybe another $250.

Total, for a "recreational" Preliminary adult skater = CAD$3250.

I work for skating also, and my boss knows that as well. :-)

er, I also have a bunch of kids that are higher up the skating food chain, I don't want to talk about how expensive THAT is.

[Perry]

Location: PA


Ice time: $11/hour

Sessions per week: 15

Coaching Rate: $72/hour (same coach charges over 90 in a different city :D), $60 hour, $80/hour

Lessons: 2 hours/week (coach one), 1 hour/week (coach 2), 1 hour/week (coach 3)

Dresses, tights, etc.: $1500/year

Skates: $1400

Music: $250

Choreography: $800

Testing: approx. 6 dances/year ($360)

Trips to DC for partnering lessons: $1000/trip (approx. 3-4/year)

Insurance copays on anti-inflammatories, meds to protect stomach from said anti-inflammatories: $20/month

Grand total: $20,994, not counting off-ice, gas, competition/travel expenses, pads, gloves, CDs, etc...

Per week, that's about $375-400.

[Raye]

Being Able to Do Waltz Jump, Toe Loop, Salchow, Loop, Flip, Scratch Spin, BackSpin, Sit Spin, Camel Spin and Hydroblading in 8 Months and 12 Days
PRICELESS!!!!! :D :D :D :D
I'm impressed :bow: :bow: :bow: and slightly envious. I have been working on all of the above for just about two years and am STILL twofooting my PITA loop and flip jumps! :roll: :roll: :roll:

[angelskates]

Location:
Beijing, China

Cost of general sesssion:
30RMB (US$3.8) Monday to Friday during the day, 50RMB (US$6.2) all other times, session are 90 minutes. Or you can buy a 60 hour card for 1180RMB ($US145)

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
As above, still need to pay for the session separately to lesson.

Cost of Private Lessons:
150RMB (US$18.5) per 40 minutes

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
15 - 21 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
745RMB (US$92), which includes ice time and 3 lessons a week.

Luckily in Beijing most other costs are low....because that's an absolute fortune here for the "average" Chinese. I am glad to be earning a semi-foreign wage.

[Hannahclear]

Ice time: About $20 a week right now (1 freestyle @ $16, one public @ $4, but soon to go up to about $40 for ice time).

Coaching: $20 per week for 25 minutes and $35 for 25 minutes with my other coach. Right now, I'm only taking the cheaper lesson weekly, but I hope to book both for the fall at those rates. So that will probably be $55 per week.

Clothing: I've probably spent about $100 this year.

Testing: $70-$100, but that's for two tests.

I live just outside of Boston.

[twokidsskatemom]

Ice time... 3 sessions a day 15.00 a day times 4/5 days a week.We can skate during ps but she needs to be around other skaters so we do fs ice as well.Dh works part time at rink to help with ice costs.

Coaching 1 hour a week 60.00 an hour Her ice dance coach is 64.00 an hour but that is only when he comes up from seattle, maybe once a month
Other coaching throughout the year... 75.00 an hour to do her program

Clinics, summer school type things, coaching by guest coaches...... at least 1500.00 a year.

dresses and tights.... maybe 500.00 a year.We buy alot off ebay but have had some dresses made as well.

Comp fees, maybe 100.00 each comp, do 3 a year Plus her coaches fees, a few hundred more

Skates.... 200 boot 200 blade

Travel for comps... right now 1000 a year. We have no choice but to travel, due to where we live. When she moves up, alot more :{


That doesnt even count child two skating costs.

[jp1andOnly]

luckily, I quit skating when my brother started having 30 grand a year bills. But I found another expensive hobbies..I got a $10,000 flute, had 75 an hour flute lessons and then went to university..hehe

Ice time... 3 sessions a day 15.00 a day times 4/5 days a week.We can skate during ps but she needs to be around other skaters so we do fs ice as well.Dh works part time at rink to help with ice costs.

Coaching 1 hour a week 60.00 an hour Her ice dance coach is 64.00 an hour but that is only when he comes up from seattle, maybe once a month
Other coaching throughout the year... 75.00 an hour to do her program

Clinics, summer school type things, coaching by guest coaches...... at least 1500.00 a year.

dresses and tights.... maybe 500.00 a year.We buy alot off ebay but have had some dresses made as well.

Comp fees, maybe 100.00 each comp, do 3 a year Plus her coaches fees, a few hundred more

Skates.... 200 boot 200 blade

Travel for comps... right now 1000 a year. We have no choice but to travel, due to where we live. When she moves up, alot more :{


That doesnt even count child two skating costs.

[twokidsskatemom]

luckily, I quit skating when my brother started having 30 grand a year bills. But I found another expensive hobbies..I got a $10,000 flute, had 75 an hour flute lessons and then went to university..hehe


I didnt even included one hour of gymnastics per child week, and the ballet class they both have once a week. Or the tapes we have bought, off ice pilates ect ect ect lol

I have tried to discuss even doing comp gymnastics, it has to be cheaper but no..... dont take my skating away mom is what I hear :giveup:

I dint know flutes cost that much WOW :)

[Raye]

I have tried to discuss even doing comp gymnastics, it has to be cheaper...

Only in the beginning. My son was a competitive gymnast for 5 years and once you get past the badges and into serious training it also gets pricey.

[TimDavidSkate]

When I was skating as a teen I discovered how much ice time and coaching and etc costs, now I have learned to lower down my expense and so here are my solutions...

Freestyle sessions: I sneak in most of the time and I pay 3 out of the 7 times I go skate.

Music: Kazaa - online

Coaching: My camcorder, friends, and maybe a lesson with a coach 1x - 3x every 4 to 6 month time.

Costume: I recycle costumes :halo:

Travel: 1 to 2 times a year, when I go out of state. $300 - $400

Hotel: I shack up with my friends and split up the total $150 - $300

Competition fees: $200 - $300 total per/year

Testing: $150 per year

[Mrs Redboots]

Only in the beginning. My son was a competitive gymnast for 5 years and once you get past the badges and into serious training it also gets pricey.Not, I suspect, as pricey as my niece's sport - she is a competitive dressage rider (and on the under-21 British team, boast, boast!). I think that must be the most expensive sport in the world!

[Big Mama]

I'll promise to share if everyone promises not to tell my husband!

Ice time: 15 hours X $7.00 (if I remember to pay in advance - otherwise it jumps up to $11.00)

Lessons: 2 1/2 hours a week X $60.00 and even more if my skater has an upcoming test

Gas: around $70.00 per week for now - maybe $1,000 per week if gas prices keep escalating :evil:

The first year we spent $150.00 a week on skating and I thought that was crazy. Obviously I'm past being crazy now - but then again, my kid just jumped three levels in the past four months! :D

The elite skaters at our rink spend even more. A lot of them do an hour to an hour and-a-half of lessons each day. Plus, they skate 4 hours a days and also do off-ice conditioning and jumps. Add competition fees, costumes, and music fees and you have a truly astronomical amount. 8O

[jp1andOnly]

Yes, when you go into skating you have no idea how much it costs. My mom's job basically was to pay for my brothers skating. It's easy to get up to 25-30 thousand a year. It would have been more but he lived at home so my parents didn't have to pay boarding costs.

I'll promise to share if everyone promises not to tell my husband!

Ice time: 15 hours X $7.00 (if I remember to pay in advance - otherwise it jumps up to $11.00)

Lessons: 2 1/2 hours a week X $60.00 and even more if my skater has an upcoming test

Gas: around $70.00 per week for now - maybe $1,000 per week if gas prices keep escalating :evil:

The first year we spent $150.00 a week on skating and I thought that was crazy. Obviously I'm past being crazy now - but then again, my kid just jumped three levels in the past four months! :D

The elite skaters at our rink spend even more. A lot of them do an hour to an hour and-a-half of lessons each day. Plus, they skate 4 hours a days and also do off-ice conditioning and jumps. Add competition fees, costumes, and music fees and you have a truly astronomical amount. 8O

[AnnM]

Location: Ontario, California

Public/General Sessions: $5.50 for a 90-minute to 3 hour session, depending on the day

Freestyle Sessions: $65 pre-paid for ten sessions; 85% of the time I have the ice completely to myself when I skate before going to work

Triple nonfat latte that is desperately needed after an a.m. freestyle session so that I won't be a zombie at work: $4

Private Lesson: $32 for a half-hour lesson

Avg. # of hours skating per week: 2-3 hours; :frus: It used to be twice that amount when I lived in SanFran; no wonder I've been stalled.

Avg. amount spent per week: $48

[icedancer2]

Okay, now me:

Portland, OR

$7 freeskate/public/dance sessions at one rink: $7 each. Book of ten tickets for $63 (pay for 9, get 10 sessions)

$7-10 for another dance session at another rink (two 45-minute sessions in a row with ice-cut in between -- $7 for one session, $10 if you do both -- such a deal!)

$20/month for weekly patch sessions

Lessons: $30 for half-hour lesson 1-2 times week.

Hours skated per week -- about 8.


Total ~$70-103/week

[PattyP]

Location:
So. Cal

Cost of general sesssion:
$8.00, I think. I don't skate at public sessions.

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$8.00per session prepaid/$8.50 walk-on

Cost of Private Lessons:
$60 / hour - Only because I've been with the same coach for 7.5 years. Rates in our area are usually higher.

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
3-4 - Need to skate more!!

Avg amount you spend per week:
$90

[FrankR]

Location: Hackensack, New Jersey

Cost of General Session: I'm not sure. I also do not skate on public sessions. It doesn't fit into my schedule

Cost of Private/Freestyle Session: $9.50 pre-paid (10-pass) / $12.00 walk-on

Cost of Private Lessons: $39.00 (1/2 hour moves lesson) / $33.00 (1/2 hour freestyle lesson) (Although this past Thursday I had a 45 minute freestyle lesson with John Zimmerman!! :D )

Average hours skater per week: 4.5 hours per week

Average amount spent skating per week: $129.00

The look on my moves coach's face when I continue to struggle on back crossovers: Priceless! For all the rest, there's American Express. ;)

[Terri C]

For all the rest, there's American Express. ;)

.... and Visa, and MasterCard! :lol:

[4rkidz]

we used to spend about 6 - 8 thousand per year on figure skating at the pre prelim to prenovice competitive level - but now my daughter is a national level speedskater and we spend hundreds a year instead of thousands as coaches are volunteers locally and when at nationals or internationals coaching is provided and travel is subsidized. So now I just watch and follow the figure skating and still work in the sport, so all the fun without the expenses :lol: But I wouldn't have traded it for the world.. there are so many positive spin offs that you can't put a price on it (skaters are usually excellent students, great time management skills and full of confidence).

[figure_skater]

Location:
westminster (o.c.), ca

Cost of general sesssion:
$7 but i get free if u have lessons

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$9

Cost of Private Lessons:
$22 for 20 mins

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
7-10 hours

Avg amount you spend per week:
$40 for lessons, $0 for ice

not that bad in comparison to what i've read.... i really like my rink :)

[icecatepairs]

oh my god...the cost of singles and pairs ......in new york....

ICE: In the summer i skate on freestyle sessions varying from 9-15 an hour. i skate different rinks and use discount cards. there is one rink i use that charges an all sya freestyle price. during the school year i skate all public or ostly public $7.00 unlimited.

Lessons: $40 moves, Singles $60-$67 for 45 minutes depends on coach. pairs $80- $96 an hour depending on coach.

supplies: gloves and handwarmers...cheap on ebay...ankle tape 50 a month....endless water bottles bandaids tissues gel pads....ahhh...lets all take up jogging its cheaper.



cost of competition...can anyone even guesstimate this?
8O

[Big Mama]

(Although this past Thursday I had a 45 minute freestyle lesson with John Zimmerman!! :D )

FrankR, that sounds like a good topic for a new thread. Tell us more! :D

[icecatepairs]

frank r...can't wait to hear more ...i have gained so much in the lessons i have done with him this summer. In working the choreography of the program i also got some insights and pointers on some elements as well as a lot of details on edge work. one thing i really like about that rink is the way skaters are able to take lessons from different coaches in different areas of expertise...its a different approach than most rinks in the area....except of course everyone takes moves from edward..thats just a given!! :roll:

[babeonblades]

my rink is a lil different in our club we buy for an entire season sooo from september to march if an afternoon freeskate with this performance off ice dance training its 300, then a morning skate is 180, then a dance is sumthing like 104 , and a skills is 108, soo it adds up quite quickly plus coaching on skills freeskate and dance thats $33 a week. wow i had never really written it down like this, its a lot. then competition is like $55 dollar entrance fee, luckily i dont need a new comp. dress. but hey this is the best sport in the world hehe

[Andie]

This is for my primary rink:

Location:
St Louis area, Missouri

Cost of general session:
$4, for 2 hrs. I think it might be $3.75 or something for 1 1/2 hrs (they have 1 1/2 hr sessions in the fall and winter).

Cost of private ice/freestyle session:
$7 passholder, $8 non-passholder currently. (In a couple more months, it will cost $8 for passholder, $9 for non-passholder) I don't usually go to FS sessions.

Cost of Private Lessons:
$18 per half hour, currently. (In a couple months it will be $19)

Avg amount of hours you skate per week:
2, occasionally 2 1/2 or 3.

Avg amount you spend per week:
$22-25-ish (my lessons are on public sessions). And about $8 in gas once a week going to and from my main rink.

Edited because I thought it said "per month" instead of "per week".