Skating Fridays

Sour Cows One element in skating is called the salchow (pronounced “sal-cow”), which is named after Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), who was a Swedish skater. The…

Skating Fridays

Throwing Chickens One week during our regularly scheduled adult Learn to Skate group class, our coach was teaching us about edges. At one point in…

Skating Fridays

Funny Things My Coach Says One thing that I appreciate about Coach B is her directness. She doesn’t beat around the bush and give me…

Skating Fridays

A Funny Gold Medalist Story I have a hilarious story to tell you about, and those of you who are skaters should appreciate the humor…

Skating Fridays

“Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” Last weekend was our local skating competition. Since my meniscus injury is still healing (over 4 months…

Skating Fridays

Guest Post at The Ice Doesn’t Care Today I am doing a guest post about testing for Babbette at The Ice Doesn’t Care. She’s pretty…