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145 steps to make a hockey skate
2008-02-21 07:22:00 145 step process to make a hockey skate? Wow...I don't know what number I would have guessed, but it sure wasn't 145. Below is an informative video -- I learned a lot, laughed, cried, and will write to Bauer to give the sewing lady a raise. (If you're interested in seeing how figure skates are made, I got a neat tour of the Harlick skating boot factory last year and took photos.) More About: Skate , Hockey , Make , Steps
Kristi on Dancing with the Stars? Ahh!!!
2008-02-20 07:42:00 2006 Olympic gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko's divorce is finalized - he keeps the apartment, she keeps the baby. Sounds fair. [Russia Today] Miss the 6.0 system? Here's why the new judging system is an improvement. [icenetwork] NBC and USFSA expand coverage of 2010 U.S. Nationals to two weeks in preparation for 2010 Olympics. [LA Times] With the 2010 Vancouver Olympics approaching, let's flash back to the 1988 Calgary Games. [Canadian Press] U.S. ice dancers Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov still healing after fall. [Shimmy] How much sacrifice is too much for your skater child? [Yankee Magazine] Nice review of High School Musical: The Ice Tour, except for the "triple lutz (a backward spin)" explanation. [Boston Globe] Elegy for a vanishing pastime. [NYTimes] Dorothy Hamill will be honored at Figure Skating in Harlem's annual Skating with the Stars , Under the Stars gala in March. [Figure Skating in Harlem] Guess I'll have to start watching Dancing wi... More About: Dancing with the Stars
More from Mirai Nagasu's skate at Rockefeller Center Rink
2008-02-19 07:55:00 On Friday, February 15, 2008, U.S. senior ladies champion Mirai Nagasu skated at Rockefeller Center Rink in New York City for a segment on NBC's Today Show. It was a chilly 30 degrees Fahrenheit at 8 a.m. and Mirai came out a half hour before the segment was to air to warm up and do a run through of her program. It was quite a sight to see her on the ice all alone, with her pink sequined dress and matching pink hair ribbon! While I was taping her warmup, a number of people gathered to watch Mirai practice her jumps, which included double axels and triple toe loops, as well has her amazing spins. Some people knew who she was, others didn't. The funniest comment I overheard while taping -- "I don't know who she is, but she has the best posture I've ever seen in a human being." So true... More About: Skate , Rockefeller Center 1, 2, 3 |
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