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Offline momomizu

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why do you skate?
« on: December 04, 2011, 12:48:04 PM »
skating is whats holding me to sanity. Without it i would go crazy from all the failing in my life.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 12:51:47 PM »
Quote from: momomizu on December 04, 2011, 12:48:04 PM
skating is whats holding me to sanity. Without it i would go crazy from all the failing in my life.

DITTO.

It's the one thing I can do that completely relaxes me and makes me forget anything that's making me nuts.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 05:31:50 PM »
For the sheer euphoria.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 05:46:30 PM »
Why do you breathe?
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 06:37:58 PM »
There are moments when I skate that my body is perfectly lined up. It's like everything clicks into place, and I am so perfectly placed on my edge I could glide forever. In those moments I feel at one with the universe.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 08:18:35 PM »
It's one of the few times I feel and look graceful.
And it's great exercise.  :)
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2011, 08:08:08 AM »
i feel free on the ice. I feel so graceful though i may not look it.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2011, 02:50:25 PM »
I am far from graceful yet. But I feel strongly motivated to get that way. :)
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2011, 08:08:50 PM »
Because it's cheaper (and more fun/work) than therapy!
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2011, 06:47:22 AM »
My mum once said that she thought I was a different person on the ice - and I think she's right.

I'm a shy person. I'm also an enormous klutz. But on the ice I'm relaxed, comfortable, and enjoy myself. If I fall, there's no shame in it, it's no way klutzier than anyone else. Skating makes me feel confident, graceful, elegant, even co-ordinated and strong.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2011, 03:21:16 PM »
Because it challenges, excites, frustrates, and amazes me.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2011, 04:50:57 AM »
For the challenge, but sometimes it's more challenging than others...
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2011, 02:46:58 PM »
My daughter has always wanted to fly like a bird.  Skating is the closest to flying as she can get.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2011, 06:41:35 PM »
Quote from: hopskipjump on December 15, 2011, 02:46:58 PM
My daughter has always wanted to fly like a bird.  Skating is the closest to flying as she can get.

Start her working on a degree, join the Air Force, fly.
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2011, 10:15:26 PM »
LOL - she doesn't want a plane.  She wants the wind in her hair.  She is intrigued by wingsuits.  Skating feels safer to me! 
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2011, 11:09:33 PM »
Quote from: hopskipjump on December 15, 2011, 10:15:26 PM
LOL - she doesn't want a plane.  She wants the wind in her hair.  She is intrigued by wingsuits.  Skating feels safer to me! 

Flying like the wind is one of the reasons I skate!
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2011, 12:32:51 AM »
Quote from: hopskipjump on December 15, 2011, 02:46:58 PM
My daughter has always wanted to fly like a bird.  Skating is the closest to flying as she can get.

My daughter has a better idea - Mama will carry her, skate fast & spin. Ok she's just 3 years old now, I'm hoping she'll grow out of this carrying thing very soon!
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2011, 09:18:59 AM »
Well, I may just be starting but I originally did it because I figured it'd be cute for me and my girlfriend. Then after the first session in over 10 years, I realized.. Wow.. That was damn good excersize.. and also.. Damn.. I may be huge but I actually flew for a few seconds. I've went skating the last 3 days in a row, and I'm going skating again in 8 hours. I think there's an addiciton a-brewin'!

So... Cute, Flying, Weight Losing, Exciting, and... I love the cold :-p
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Re: why do you skate?
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2012, 04:00:22 PM »
Sakting brings me joy. I may not be great at it, but there's something about it that causes me to feel like I'm one with the universe.
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