My Skating Stash

[AgnesNitt]

I don't know how I ended up with more than a dozen pairs of gloves. they were on sale at the $1 store and in pretty colors, I guess, and every year I buy a couple of pair, then Boom! I've got a duffel bag full. I just remember the 6 months in the spring and summer when I had to skate in one orange and one black glove because none were on sale.

AND AS GOD IS MY WITNESS I will never skate in mismatched gloves again!

Man, I didn't realize I had extra bunga pads, and gel tubes. A dress for ice dance that I completely forgot about, and a buttload of of mismatched blade guards.

So I ran out to Home Depot and bought $40 worth of plastic see through boxes to get every thing organized. I got one rectangular tub for long stuff like blades and guards, and four of those stackable boxes that you can open from the front.

[Meli]

I too have an unholy amount of new gloves, which ranged in price from 25 cents to a dollar.

I have yet to figure out why, with such a bounty, I continue to use the same three pair... all of which have holes in them!

[icedancer]

Gloves, laces, Dr. Scholl's insoles, blades (well, not in my skate bag but in the closet) and old skates...

Moleskin, bits of cloth, hair ribbons, ankle bandages, bunga pads, corn pads, etc. etc.

It just goes on and on.

But yeah, the gloves... they are EVERYWHERE!

[AgnesNitt]

Thank goodness, it's not just me!

[twinskaters]

I always say you can tell a skater/skating parent because they buy cheap gloves every time they see them, even if it's 80 degrees out.

[mnrjpf99]

My collection consists of a pair of Riedell 120's that are coming apart. A pair of very worn JW Pattern 99's. A pair of hockey boots with MK Silver Test figure blades. A couple of pairs of entry level crap blades. A pair of  new basic MK blades. A pair of Ice Fly's and soon a pair of SP Teri's, just to harvest the Gold Seal blades, for my Ice Fly's and the JSW Dance Samba blades that are coming off of the Ice Fly's. Also a small collection of laces. I am probably forgetting something. Lol