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In which order should you learn the figure skating basics?
Jumps, edges, turns – in which order should you learn the basics of figure skating as a beginner? I have been skating since 01-2022, along with my kid, who now…
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Figure Skating Practice: What training looks like for a 5-year-old figure skater
I let my daughter stay home today because yesterday was one of those days for her. As a junior athlete she now trains 5 days a week. And sometimes she…
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Taking trial lessons at the skate club
After going to public sessions for a few weeks, eventually we decided to take trial lessons at the local skate club. Like most parents actually, I could’ve just signed my…
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Ice Skating in Vintage Skates
I really wasn’t keen on spending a lot of money on new ice skates, so I decided to start with a pair of vintage ones. I had searched my mom’s…
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My 3-year old took her first steps on the ice
My little on took her first steps, or more like… her cute little clumsy sliding attempts, on the ice in Germering, a small town near Munich, where the rink is…
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Crazy for Ice.
My daughters very first steps were on the backyard pond. It was an incredibly cold and windy day on Christmas 2021. It was not a happy Christmas, it was very…
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My kid wants to figure skate…
Since we returned from Sweden, fall 2021, my kid wants to figure skate. We spent three months there after I completed a long-distance hike in the Swedish mountains. Since we…
Welcome to our Figure Skating Blog!
This is a blog entirely dedicated to the sport and art of figure skating.
I am documenting my journey as an adult figure skater as well as my kid’s athletic efforts.
But it is a work in progress, as I am still translating old entries while writing new ones.
You might want to have a look at the German version of this site linked above. ⛸️