do you figure skate??
im figure skate. But gosh, some of the things you have to do are sooo friggn HARD!
tripple toes .. ekk

i wanna learn how to figure skate =P i find just skating on the rink hard.. any tips =P

ice skating is hard....rollerblading is even harder (and scarier) =_=
hahahaha...

I used to.. but then I stopped right before I was going to start the jumps. I think the hardest trick I can do right now is the shoot the duck thing. BUt.. that's not very hard. SO... in conclusion... I suck. I kinda regret quitting now, but I probably wouldn't have gotten very good. I'm too clumsy for my own good, even on land. Imagine me being on a slippery surface. Not good, I tell you.

I like watching Figure Skating, I believe its an art.

ahhh!!! i love figure skating..well..not actually doing it...but watching it! Its my favorite sport!

I love figure skating!!!!
I can't figure skate, but I love to watch it!

I took lessons but I stunk. T_T I couldn't bend my knees...

I like very much figure skating.......do you have a favorite skater?My favorite skater is Alexei Yagudin

i did figure skating for 4 years and then i quit couple years ago cause my lungs were to weak. i was 7 when i started and i quit when i was 11 (two years ago) and i was ending my doubles. but it was really fun for me. i really liked it. i wanted to start again but doctors said no

I don't skate...but I've been watching it since I was young

favorites have to be Michelle Kwan (yea!!) and Alexei Yagudin

I remember I was soooo psyched when I finally was able to go watch him skate at a Stars on Ice show
unfortunately, I did not go again this year boo~

OMG.......I can't belive that you had the chance to see him skating.....well almost to see him.What do you guys like the most:women's,men's,pairs or dance???

i figure skate.
but i've been only doing it for two years and i only skate 4 times a week so yeah.
im just landing my doubles. i remember the 1st time i tried a double salchow... i landed it haha .
because double salchows are so easy.. and the 1st time i tried double loop i landed it too
but the 1st time i tried a double toe loop... i felt right on my head
the 1st time i tried double flip, i went really REALLY high so i got scared in the air & i almost fainted for being so high LOL
the 1st time i tried a double lutz... I POPPED IT lol
well the 1st time i tried anything, my coach didnt tell me to or anything or gave me instruction
i just tried it by myself... which was a HUGE MISTAKE especially with the double toe... my head hurt like HECK! arg.
but my spins... hehe ~ i can do like any spin there is
i dont know why.. and i nail those biellemans and those special spins.
but i think its because im really really flexible.

some ppl say i should've been a ballerina, but then again, you have to be like SUPER SUPER SKINNY.

Who watched Kim Yu Na tonight?

Man... her lower back. ;[
She skated beautifully, excluding those tumbles.
You could tell she wasn't going to hit the triple lutz before she even started it.

She... is seriously cute, though.

Yeah - she got 3rd. But way to go for Asian sweeps. Japan's Fumie Suguri and Mao Asada took gold and silver, Korea's Kim Yu-na got bronze. There was a Japanese silver medalist in Men's Figure Skating and a Chinese gold medalist duo in pairs.

^ it's miki ando who got first.


and don't ask me how i know that. i just do

woot mao asada!!!!!!!! then yu-na kim!!!!!!! my favs

Ahahahas.. i jst started
skating abt 4 wks ago
im in basic 1.. yerh im newbiee
SO WAT ehhehes
im hoping to be soon be able to
do my spins and jumps blah blah ..
right now the only decent thing i can do is
2 foot and 1 foot glide

I have been figure skating for 11 years of my life ^^

lol i took skating for about 1 or 2 years....
when i was in grade 2 or 3?
i didnt learn axels yet or anything.... lol i went through a whole lot of beginner lessons and stuff...
and then i quit when i was learning my... dutchh? or somethingg lol

I used to figure skate, but not anymore. Michelle Kwan was my idol when I was younger. x3

I don't know how to figure skate . But I'm detemined to learn

I still remember awhile back during the olympics for Winter Sports . Wow ! The figure skaters were great ! The way they spin and glide around the rink was really mesmerizing ! Not to forget their really nice outfits

Mao Asada getting kancho'd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fozrgSTvMg

It's the cutest kancho EVER!

I also like this video of Mao skating with her dog, Aero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCuhmFqC-Rk

I'm a guy, and I never thought ice skating was interesting until I saw Mao Asada.

She's so friggin adorable!!#@$

Being that cute should be illegal.

i used to figure skate but then i quit xD
the stuff you had to do was mad hard!
but i only quit b/c i wanted to play soccer lol
and now i quit soccer and im playing volleyball!

I always begged my mom to let me skate when I was little

She said NOO, and told me I would fall and have my hand cut off

Now I watch Takahashi Daisuke skate and I fell in love with him and skating all over again

It wouldnt be wierd for me to start learning how to skate at 18 would it??

no it's alright it's never too late! i know a lot of people who are learning skating in their 40s/50s. skating's so much fun!!!


i'm so excited about the world championships!!! the ladies begin competing tomorrow... i hope Mao Asada wins!!! ever since she lost the gold last year i've been waiting...

all the best to all the skaters though!

^haha lol that dog was frigging scared. Holy crap I'm on the ice! XD

Ahh I love figure skating but I never manage to push my self so that I can learn how to. haha

I saw Mao Asada skate on tv (yesterday)?. Kim Yuna to.
World figure skating championship in Sweden Goteborg.


When I wanted to test doing some skating they decided to melt the sice so to late now.
Must wait to next winter....

Jeffrey Buttle is the world champion!!!
I still can't believe it. He did a totally perfect skate and win the short and the long program.
I'm so proud of him. He was fantastic. The choreography was marvelous and I just love how he felt the music.
What a great skate!

I really need to catch up on figure skating news.
He's awesome though.
And he's Canadian!

Everybody should watch this though. It's the Four Continents Gala presentation in Korea, and it was very entertaining to see all the skaters together on ice... Laughing with each other and everything. <3 I especially love the beginning with the girls vs. boys bit, and then the Jeffrey Buttle men's pair jump throw. Ahhhh~ That was so cute~~

I know how to skate without falling, but that's it haha. I really wanted to learn how to skate when I was little cause I looked up to Michelle Kwan a lot and read these skating club books, I forgot what they were called haha. I don't think I would ever be able to get anywhere with skating though... I'm very inflexible. x_x;; I just like to skate for fun.

I love Asada Mao! I saw her skate on Saturday and she had a really horrible fall; it was pretty amazing that she still pulled into first. I remember I saw her first in this show thing with Ichiro, but I had never seen her skate before that haha.

^ yeah, like she didn't even jump yet... but i absolutely adore that girl <3
my mom was watching some of it and she was like, "the sport has improved so much since michelle kwan's days" and i was like, "ppshh, why you gotta dis my michelle like that?" lolz but honestly, my mom needs to stop picking on michelle

i thought the marks for the other japanese girl (who got 4th) was really unfair though. her technical mark was wayyyy lower than what she deserves. i felt like they just didn't wanna push yuna kim down to 4th

honestly this world championship really had me upset from pairs to the men. what had me most frusturated was the scores that the italian girl in second got. Wat was her name Caroline or something like that. I felt that she shouldnt have places second or third she should have been in 4th and the japanese skater in 4th should have been in second. God i forgot her name and she was one of my favs.

watching the men was a little scary everyone was falling or tripping, maybe they should have smoothed over the ice. I cant believe Takahashi Daisuke came in fourth. Im so sad!! He really is my favorite skater in the whole world....well until next season.

i watched the championships in sweden over the past 2 days on TV too! now im determined to learn figure skating! only the thing is, i havent skated since 7 years ago O_O and i only passed the 1st level back then which taught the really basic stuff.... if i start all over again now, how long will it take me to master regular skating? like how long will it take for me to get into figure skating? im 16 now, turning 17 at the end of the year =__= is it too late?

Same here, it's just so beautiful to watch.

When I was little I really wanted to be a figure skater, but my parents thought I was bluffing so I never took lessons. Watching random ice skating performances on youtube, makes me want to learn how to figure skate.

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It's never too late to learn anything new (:

..So who won for the girls??

are u talking about sweden?.... if yes... its MAO ASADA!

JEFFREY BUTTLE FTW! <33


i think he won worlds this year?


I used to eat, breath, and live figure skating.
and then I coached for a year,
and then I quit taking lessons because i didn't get along with some of the other skaters. yeah, pathetic isn't it.

my least favourite jump was double lutz. LUTZ you elusive thing, you!
I really wish I still skated though. i'd probably have my double axel by now ):

my cousins are figure skater
he skates like 1-2 times a day, 5-6 times a week
he trains ardcore
his heaps good (;
im not flexible so i`d suck but i can ice skate xD
when i skate with him, he does al lthese axels and spins ande verything >__>"
i feel so noob xD

GAH! I LOVE FIGURE SKATING!
yuna kim is awesome! my favorite! hehe..

my friend's a figure skater. she's so dedicated. wakes up at 5:30 am every morning just to go practice then goes directly to school by 7:30. i could never do that hahaha

I think it's so beautiful and awsome but it's very hard! I skated today for around 3 hours but didn't nail any good moves or anything. So much of a dream but it was fun thought...

Oooh, a figure skating thread!
I love it! My favorite among the men is Johnny Weir.

I watch figure skating since Im kid
I love that sport It is so Beautiful!
lately Kim Yuna became 1st korean to win world Championship!
She's so talented & so graceful & beautiful on the ice~!
I think I'll take lessons on september...
this is Kim Yuna effect! lool

I figure skate! Too bad the season is over here, but it's starting up again soon!
I've been doing it for about 2 and a half years, but I wouldn't consider myself good, our skating club is fail. There are only 4 skaters (including myself) in the actual competitive level. I'm also the oldest and probably the most skilled, not trying to brag though.
The last jump I worked on was an Axel, still haven't landed it. I have problems with staying in a backspin in the air and I let go of it too fast. :\
I love the sport, it's so pretty!

I went to Stars On Ice in Vancouver, Canada a few years back and saw a lot of big skaters.

LOL must quote this!
I do rollerblading and this year I crashed my head into a gate (if you want to try, don't panic.. that doesn't happen frequently.. it's just me remember: crash helmet IS useful) XD so I'd like to try ice skating, which I think is safer and really fascinates me since I was a kid.

I heard it's easier to switch from rollerblading to ice skating... I've already tried, and I think I'm good for a beginner... I only ice skate occasionally, like once a year.. but I'd like to try to take class and do it regularly. Any advice? =)