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Offline sampaguita

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Still skating at 90 years old
« on: April 05, 2017, 08:40:23 AM »
And she skates better than I do, at 90! Truly inspirational.


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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2017, 09:07:17 AM »
Whada expect?  She's had way more ice time than you've had!

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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2017, 10:16:24 AM »
Whada expect?  She's had way more ice time than you've had!

Hahaha never thought of it that way!!!

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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2017, 10:31:36 AM »
Yvonne was truly amazing and a great inspiration.
Sadly, 2 days after this video was released, Yvonne has passed away (May 2, 2016)

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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2017, 02:11:26 PM »
Yes, now that you mention it, I remember seeing the announcement either on the ISI's or USFS's facebook page.  Hopefully we'll all make it to 90 and still be skating.

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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2017, 08:00:55 PM »
I set a personal goal to win the Yvonne Dowling trophy at Adult Nationals one year well in the future.
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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2017, 01:50:26 AM »
Pretty amazing, she looks like a young person wearing an old persons costume.

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Re: Still skating at 90 years old
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2017, 02:19:44 PM »
My goal is to live to 100 years and keep ice skating the entire time too. Hence why I eat whole-foods high-carb-low-fat (HCLF) vegan diet.  (*see loma linda california and okinawa japan, HCLF vegans, longest living people on the planet and disease-free)