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On the Ice => Sitting on the Boards Rink Side => Topic started by: TropicalSk8ter on May 09, 2014, 09:06:29 AM
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Well to be exact it was a soaker for me!
I went public skating the other day with my partner. After putting on my skates, I walked to the rink's door to step on the ice. As I stepped on I felt the grip of my right foot edge.For a Second, admiring my recent sharpening. And then When I decide to push with my left foot I felt nothing but slipperiness and disorientation. And then "boom" I fell on my butt, confused not knowing why I had fallen I looked at my skates and notice I had forgotten to remove my left soaker. So far this is the first time this happens to me. I knew this is something that has happen before, and my partner has warned me about it. lol Share your experience?
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I think we've all done this. Some of us (OK, I'm a slow learner) more than once! Hard guards are v. slippery. I've never tried this stunt with soakers.
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This has happened to just about EVERYONE!!!! I really think of it as a right of passage.
Although, I have to admit that I never saw/expected to happen with soakers, but then again I am the one with pink fluffy bunny with laced bows soakers. ( Side note/funny insight: Both the youngest and oldest member of our club have the same soakers... different sizes of course).
Welcome to the Club!
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I've done this while carrying my tablet computer to play music.
On a related note, I highly recommend Acer Tablets, they are tough as nails! (Not only did it hit the ice, I fell on top of it. No damage!)
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I've done this twice-the first time was after I started using bladeguards and hadn't been previously. One of the coaches skated over briefly-made sure I wasn't hurt and then said something like "Welcome to skating-we've all done that". The second time I was just distracted and then one of the kids (8 or 9 at the time) skated a lap or two with me while chatting about how she had done it too and I shouldn't feel bad. It made me laugh that she was so concerned.
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I've never done this.... (knock on wood) but I did have an interesting slip recently. After our club show, I was helping clean up the rink. They had used about ten of these big Mexican blankets in one of the numbers and they were thrown into the hockey box at the end of the piece. I was asked to move them out of the box so they wouldn't be forgotten.
I skated over and picked up as many as I could, about half of them. They were big, heavy blankets, and a little wet from being on the ice. I got the first load of them successfully to the prop pile, but on the second load, I must have had one end of a blanket dragging. I couldn't figure out why I was losing traction in my left skate and then I face-planted. Luckily, it was into a huge armful of blankets.
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I did it for the first time a couple of years ago. For the first few milli-seconds when I realized I was going down, I had the usual thoughts of "I might be able to save it!".
Not a chance...Boom!
I knew immediately what had happened. My next instinct was to stand up to return to the doorway to take them off - Flop! That's the trouble with instinct.
It was at that point that I knew that I had to slow down and do it logically - take them off while sitting on the ice.
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The first time I skated at the ski resort I teach at, I noticed I kept "scraping" something going backwards (2 foot sizzles/glides-I was still in Adult 2 at the time). At first I just thought it was from cruddy ice. Then I realized the powder cuff on my ski bibs was loose and dragging behind me. So when I went forward no problem, when I went back I was skating over a thin piece of nylon. Fortunately I didn't ever go down.
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I did it as a kid, with an audience. My club was running a rehearsal for the annual ice show, and it was my turn to skate. I went charging out there. With my guards on. :blush:
I went flying, and everyone got a good laugh out of it. You're welcome. ;D
It's been nearly 40 years since it happened, and I'm clean so far. I look down at my blades every single time. 88)
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As a kid we actually used to try skating on our hard guards at the end of a session - it was ok with the guards that had ridges parallel to the length of the guard, but you couldn't go too far with those that had ridges at right angles (sorry - hope that makes sense - it's not very well described :( )
Have yet to try this as an adult, especially as I wear soakers......
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I was in costume for a practice for a show and carrying a hockey stick as part of my costume when I stepped on the ice with one guard on.
I went down hard and the hockey stick skittered across the ice and a woman doing a jump skated into it. I cried out something stupid like "STICK! Stick!"
Everyone went to me, but she was the one who needed help.
It was the single most awful thing that ever happened to me on the ice. It was worse than my broken ankle because my carelessness caused someone else to fall.
I've never got on the ice with guards on since.
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Yep, did this last year for the first time - also with soakers. The stupid thing was that my first thought was "What's wrong with the ice?" :nvm:
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Yep, did this last year for the first time - also with soakers. The stupid thing was that my first thought was "What's wrong with the ice?" :nvm:
Same reaction! "Oh WHAT is wrong with this ice today...ohhh". What's funny is that I was talking to one of my skating friends about this at the rink the other day because we were talking about blade guards. She got her skates on first and headed over to the ice, came back ten seconds later looking startled and told me she just walked straight onto the ice with them! It really is something all of us have done :P
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I think we've all been there, done that.
But because I can't resist, have a video clip of Max Aaron skating in his guards, with cameo by Ryan Bradley (http://instagram.com/p/oKHlZbRf7x#).
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You know, I've never done this, and I've been skating around 18 months now. I tend to wear my soakers more, but still, considering how accident prone I am...
Uh oh, I'm at the rink tomorrow. I'm going down, aren't I? :o
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I think we've all been there, done that.
But because I can't resist, have a video clip of Max Aaron skating in his guards, with cameo by Ryan Bradley (http://instagram.com/p/oKHlZbRf7x#).
That video is AMAZING. How did he NOT notice?
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And don't forget Kurt Browning!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_NVbaNYvU
HILARIOUS!
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That video is AMAZING. How did he NOT notice?
I think he might have been doing it on purpose. ;)
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I think he might have been doing it on purpose. ;)
Oh gosh I'm not sure I could skate in them if I tried :blush:
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Ahem.
In competition. After they called my name for my freeskate. I took the ice and BAM! That was embarrassing.
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Yep, I did it getting on the ice for the warm up at a competition....at my own rink, with more than one person I know watching. I don't wear them much anymore.
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I was practising backward swizzles on an empty rink. Saw two other skaters in the corner of my eye. Suddenly my pony tail moves and one of the skaters gently holds my shoulders and steadies me. The other comes around looking a tad embarrassed and offers me a coffee. I HAD NO IDEA WHY! Later learnt why.
Fast forward 12 months and I fight a few family and traffic and snafu's to get on the ice. Same time, same day (Friday 9.00am), same two skaters. Only now I know one is a senior coach and the other one is Olympic skater. I am so keen to get on the ice I totally forget the blade guards and go down. They both see me, come over and each takes off a guard, check I'm uninjured and help me up again. Jeepers I felt old! :nvm: They are very kind and reassure me that everyone does it at least once.
The second time was barely months later and I was struggling to get onto the ice through several people and get to my child who had fallen heavily on her knees. 88) Down I went. The rink guard helped my very distressed child, and asked generally if the parents were around. Sees me and helps me up, then gently suggests we both sit down for a little while.
Haven't done it since!
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Resurrecting because of the trifecta at the rink today...
First... a coach I'm friends with went out with the blade guards on out onto freestyle ice... only spilled about a third of her coffee when landing on her tail.
Second... one of said coach's students went out with blade guards on, while in a hurry to get onto public ice.
Third... a skate mom of one of the coach's students went out with guards on, while trying to monitor her kiddo's practice.
A lot of sore posteriors going around!
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I have a friend that stepped on the ice in hers on purpose. I guess the hockey boys were scared of falling so she showed them up and said "If a girl isn't afraid to fall then why are you?"
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Every time I see this thread pop up all I can think of is this video: http://instagram.com/p/oKHlZbRf7x/
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Every time I see this thread pop up all I can think of is this video: http://instagram.com/p/oKHlZbRf7x/
Me too ;D
Aaron/Bradley 2018!
Oh, and I actually did this for the first time recently - at my Preliminary Test! :sweat Luckily I only put one foot on the ice and was standing next to the barrier, so it wasn't a disaster, but my coach did remark that it basically summed up how nervous I was, since I have never made that mistake before.
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At my rink there once was a v. talented skater who left her guards on until right at the entry door. She'd remove the hard guard from her right skate and step out on the ice with that blade. She'd then glide out from the boards, do a 3-turn and, while balancing on the exit edge, gracefully bring her left foot up and remove the remaining guard while circling backwards to the dasher boards where she'd park the guards until leaving the ice. I never saw her fall during this maneuver and to this day I am in awe! I've not seen another skater do this. Common or not?
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At my rink there once was a v. talented skater who left her guards on until right at the entry door. She'd remove the hard guard from her right skate and step out on the ice with that blade. She'd then glide out from the boards, do a 3-turn and, while balancing on the exit edge, gracefully bring her left foot up and remove the remaining guard while circling backwards to the dasher boards where she'd park the guards until leaving the ice. I never saw her fall during this maneuver and to this day I am in awe! I've not seen another skater do this. Common or not?
I frequently take off one guard, step onto the ice and glide towards the boards while taking off the second. I've never considered adding in a 3-turn, I'm usually trying to juggle my water bottle, tissues, phone, etc!
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I frequently take off one guard, step onto the ice and glide towards the boards while taking off the second. I've never considered adding in a 3-turn, I'm usually trying to juggle my water bottle, tissues, phone, etc!
I'm sure I'd crash and burn if I attempted this. I have visions of that remaining guard not wanting to come off before my momentum petered out!
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Take off first guard, step on the ice, turn, take off other guard while leaning against the boards. That's how I do it.
But I have seen variants on what you describe at my rink, yes.