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Lifeskate offers motivational and practical advice for ice skaters of all ages, from purchasing boots to proper skating technique to the latest skating news. Lifeskate hopes to inspire skaters to continue to reach their goals in skating and life!
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Happy holidays from beautiful British Columbia
Been vacationing recently in the Pacific Northwest, so took some time off from Lifeskate for the past week. Did drop through Vancouver, the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and Whistler, the site of many alpine Olympic events (see above pict...
Tai Babilonia, World champion figure skater, skates nude (almost) at Rockefeller Rink for PETA
I am NOT sending my turducken back! It's been ordered from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it's arriving on Wednesday and it feeds 15 so it's a done deal. Of course I didn't tell World and U.S. pairs champion in figure skating Tai Babilonia that when she was...
Curling: Chess on ice at the Ardsley Curling Club
A broom. A stone. A pebbly sheet of ice. A lot of men. What is...hm...something to do with Halloween? An initiation for phi sigma delta cosine? It's CURLING silly! Or more specifically, curling at the Ardsley Curling Club in Westchester County, N...
New York City Marathon: Not skating, but darn exciting
One great aspect of living in New York City is being able to access to fantastic sporting events. Sure, there's that little baseball game that's been happening the past few weeks, but one event hit a bit closer to home (go Yankees!). This mo...
Jill Zarin of Real Housewives of NYC really can skate!
Stars, Stripes and Skates (a benefit to raise money for The Heritage Foundation of 9/11) held its eighth annual ice show in Danbury, Connecticut on September 26. Jill Zarin of The Real Housewives of New York City, a reality series broadcast on the ...
Dorothy Hamill: Stolen!
A stylized portrait of America's Sweetheart painted by Andy Warhol in the late 1970s has been stolen from the home of a Los Angeles collector along with other paintings....
Selecting great skating music: Closing thoughts
Joe Jorgens of Sonic Edge Music discusses how to select figure skating music for younger skaters....
It's 100 degrees in Hong Kong...let's go ice skating!
The Imperial Ice Stars is putting on Cinderella On Ice in Hong Hong....
Selecting great skating music: Putting it all together
Joe Jorgens of Sonic Edge Music discusses how to select figure skating music for younger skaters. Tip #10: Putting it all together....
Jamie Blanchard of Figure Skaters Online dishes on skaters, Part 2
Interview with Jamie Blanchard, web administrator for Figure Skaters Online, which is the official websites for many of the top skaters in the U.S. This is part 2 of the interview....
Jamie Blanchard of Figure Skaters Online tells all, Part 1
Interview with Jamie Blanchard, web administrator for Figure Skaters Online, which is the official websites for many of the top skaters in the U.S. This is part 1 of the interview....
Marni Halasa: The next America's Got Talent winner?
Marni Halasa performs an act called Bellydancing on Blades on PIC frame skates. She was recently on the Today show with Al Roker as she auditioned for America's Got Talent....
Skating in Iceland
Heading to Reykjavik, Iceland, at week's end for a little stroll around the island. As this website has a number of Icelandic visitors each month, that question to you all is: who should we talk to regarding figure skating in this island nation?...
Selecting great skating music: Style and personality count!
Joe Jorgens of Sonic Edge Music discusses how to select figure skating music for younger skaters. Tip #3: Fit the music to the skater's style and skating personality....
Selecting great skating music: Accentuate the positive
Joe Jorgens of Sonic Edge Music discusses how to select figure skating music for younger skaters. Tip #2: Accentuate the positive....
Selecting great skating music: Make it age appropriate
Joe Jorgens of Sonic Edge Music discusses how to select figure skating music for younger skaters. Tip #1: Choose music that is age appropriate....
The Zamboni glides on despite recession
New York Times article by John Branch on the continuing popularity of the Zamboni....
Is there ice skating in the Caribbean?
Sign outside a Caribbean bar and grill states No Ice Skating....
