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Offline Casey

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Competing nationally in rental skates
« on: November 13, 2014, 09:18:30 AM »
So I was found this article about a skater who skates at the rink I have been going to lately - the airline lost her skates on her way to compete in the National Solo Ice Dance competition, so she ended up competing using rental skates and placing 5th - impressive!

http://figureskating.about.com/od/competitionsandtests/a/Airline-Loses-A-Figure-Skaters-Skates-She-Competes-Anyway-In-Rental-Skates.htm

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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2014, 10:06:17 AM »
I remember Brent Bommentre talking about a time his skates didn't show up for an International assignment on the Manleywoman Skatecast. He didn't skate in rentals, but he did skate in brand new boots. I enjoyed hearing him talk about it on the podcast because he had such a good attitude about it.

article here:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080317&content_id=45763&vkey=ice_news

podcast here:
http://www.manleywoman.com/episode-20-navarro-bommentre/
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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2014, 04:18:35 PM »
Wow, that's an amazing story! Both that she wore the rentals and that people scrambled to help her compete. I love hearing that.

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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2014, 07:57:51 PM »
I was surprised to learn from a high end skate technician that a lot of competitive skaters travel with two pair, in different bags, or ship one of the pairs by mail.

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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2014, 09:35:12 PM »
When I've flown,I put my skates in a small bag that will fit under the seat in front of me. There is no way that  I'll check them or take the chance of them getting " gate checked" because the overhead bins were full. Last year I had the TSA agent manning the X-ray machine stop at my skates & start asking the other agents if they were allowed on board. As I'm starting to freak, she finally found one that knew, YES, they are allowed.

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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2014, 11:45:30 PM »
Put a bookmark on your smart phone to here: http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/prohibited-items

Also, some packing tips: http://icedoesntcare.blogspot.com/2012/05/fying-with-skates.html for those who check their skates.
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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2014, 12:30:06 PM »
Incidentally, Agnes's second link makes it clear that some countries other than the U.S. do NOT allow skates on airplanes.

There is a simple solution to all this: Charter a plane. I may be wrong, but AFAIK, for the most part, there are no TSA checks on small chartered planes. See this.

I said simple.  I didn't say cheap. :)


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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2014, 04:31:58 PM »
I prefer trains whenever possible.

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Re: Competing nationally in rental skates
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2014, 06:24:11 PM »
Awesome story. She did a great job considering the rental skates. And the people who stepped up made that possible. Thanks for sharing.
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