skating is whats holding me to sanity. Without it i would go crazy from all the failing in my life.
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.
For the sheer euphoria.
Why do you breathe?
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.
It's one of the few times I feel and look graceful.
And it's great exercise. :)
i feel free on the ice. I feel so graceful though i may not look it.
I am far from graceful yet. But I feel strongly motivated to get that way. :)
Because it's cheaper (and more fun/work) than therapy!
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.
Because it challenges, excites, frustrates, and amazes me.
For the challenge, but sometimes it's more challenging than others...
My daughter has always wanted to fly like a bird. Skating is the closest to flying as she can get.
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.
LOL - she doesn't want a plane. She wants the wind in her hair. She is intrigued by wingsuits. Skating feels safer to me!
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!
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!
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
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.