Ice skating

[Cigaro]

Since getting together with my girlfriend we have been to see a few ice hockey matches, she's followed a team for the last 10 years or so.

I wouldn't mind having a go at it myself - been told to get myself down to do some training on Friday nights, problem is that I can't skate

Does anyone here play, or just skate? The last time I tried to skate was years ago, before I started riding bikes, so I had no balance... but I'm tempted to try again now.

Any advice for people starting out with skating?

[oldpink]

like any other sport equipment is a vital part, first thing you'll need is a good set of skates
the hire ones from most rinks suck big time, next make sure there sharpened
I skated for years and after the first week or two I picked it up pretty easily
and although I never played with a regular team as such we played hockey
on a local frozen pond most winters, and what I found is fitness is about 80% and skill is about 20% of the game
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[ColdInsomnia]

I ice skate a lot. I haven't been in some time because the Ice Rink in Cardiff was closed down and moved to the bay... a lot harder to get to now but hey.

As said before, the most important thing by far you'll want if you want to take ice skating seriously is a decent pair of ice skates. You can pick up a good enough pair for a starter from around £60. My first pair of skates were CCM's, and they lasted me a good couple years

You'll also want to make sure your skates are actually sharpened pretty regularly. For the love of God DON'T try to sharpen them yourself. Take them into a skate shop (such as where you bought your skates) or sometimes they'll do it in the ice rink, usually doesn't cost more than £2 and takes a few minutes.

As for skating itself... well... practise It's similar to, but very different from roller skating. Hard to explain. I also find it far more rewarding and enthralling than roller skating since Ice is a beautiful thing and you can bend a lot of rules to your liking.

Also, once you get the knack of spraying from your skates, you'll never want to stop showering fellow skaters in waves of ice
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[Phoenix]

Well when I was a kid I had rollerboots with 4 wheels rather than Blades, could never get the hang of blade when I tried them. However first time I tried Ice skating I was pretty confident and quick within minutes, so I think the two are fairly different. How good the skates are and the ice make a huge difference, been to the one in Coventry quite a few times and the ice is good but the skates are hit and miss. Was at one near Belfast lastweek and the ice was apalling and the skates were too, I fell over nicely 3 times, I've never fallen over through my own fault once before that...

[SoND]

[Kickstart]

[WildGoose]

I've been ice skating only once, it was good fun, until I attempted to leave the ice towards the end, I fell over about 6 feet from the exit gate and smashed my face on the floor, 2 or 3 stitches above the eye I seem to remember and a few wasted hours in A+E on saturday night. The ice blood splatter was vaguely impressive.

I am perhaps not a natural ice skater It was fun before that though I'm surprisingly not in a hurry to go again.
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[firefox]

can i ask are you from near whitleybay by any chance ?
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