tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post3599198367883028328..comments2023-04-07T10:27:50.934-05:00Comments on Xanboni: Skating mythsAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-41087756258128271452013-06-27T08:14:46.094-05:002013-06-27T08:14:46.094-05:00... "Your gay son will go shopping with you.&...... "Your gay son will go shopping with you." <br /><br />My exact sentiments! I love your sense of humour.<br />And I have bore witness to the hierarchy of caste-conscious middle school girls. Clique-y does not even begin to describe it. I'm a grown woman, accomplished in life at times, who literally cringes when I see a litter of them on the ice.Mercedesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-87932824392123422822012-04-23T09:06:58.575-05:002012-04-23T09:06:58.575-05:00I pulled that bit about Kurt Browning out of my me...I pulled that bit about Kurt Browning out of my memory of a bio I saw about him years ago. I stand corrected; and of course the beautiful irony of this is that I'm propagating a skating myth in a post about skating myths, lol. (And maybe it was that he didn't specialize until that age.) This is what you get when you don't have a journalist writing--I never check facts, lol.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-20518851751922967572012-04-22T22:55:48.324-05:002012-04-22T22:55:48.324-05:00I totally agree with your attack on Myth #9, you&#...I totally agree with your attack on Myth #9, you're NEVER too old to start skating, but just want to point out something my OCD caught- Kurt Browning was 3 when his dad built him an ice rink in front of their house, and he was pre-juvenile champion (his website doesn't say what competition....) at age 11, so he couldn't have started skating when he was 13. He did hockey too, so he wasn't exclusively a figure skater until he was 15 or 16.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-77644311332384335872010-10-03T22:10:23.163-05:002010-10-03T22:10:23.163-05:00i loooooove the age comment i always say its not a...i loooooove the age comment i always say its not age that matters it's time there is no reason that a 14 year old with and double axel and a twelve year old with a double axel don't have the same chance os making the olympic team. the only reason younger is considered better is because you can succeed faster before you get bored. there are sooo many other factors influencing skaters like money,parents, teqnique,injuries, eating,weight, and talent that if age if your only handicap your better off than most. can we explode that myth pleez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-77747179299492207432010-04-16T15:52:55.850-05:002010-04-16T15:52:55.850-05:00Great post Xan! No disagreement on any points. N...Great post Xan! No disagreement on any points. Now is it a myth or true about those Zamboni fumes?Ice Charadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338292086135826226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-85457842501216076542010-04-16T14:16:52.768-05:002010-04-16T14:16:52.768-05:00skatingisexpensive- you're absolutely right ab...skatingisexpensive- you're absolutely right about the costs sneaking up on you, but I find a lot of parents thinking that they have to jump into that expense from the outset, so they avoid skating altogether-- kids that I meet at birthday parties, for instance. When I suggest to parents "you should sign up for classes" they immediately say "Oh, skating is too expensive for us."<br /><br />Deb-- your kids were just a little ahead of DD, <br /><br />Don't be embarrassed about used skates. Maybe because our rink is a municipal one in a very mixed income town, but skate swaps and used skates pretty much rule the day into the high freestyle levels. We never bought used skates until DD was well into Intermediate and we still have used skates and blades for her dance boots. Those ridiculous people can look down their noses at your used skates and you can look down YOUR nose at their unpayable credit cards bills.<br /><br />Deb--DD didn't start skating seriously until she was 9, no doubles until she was 11, and she ended up at Jr Nats in ice dance, is triple gold (FS, M, Compulsory D) and now skates pro. And yes, she has friends all over the world and the country from skating. I've had every one of those myths offered to me, and I've punched holes in every one of them, too.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-24746378789091951772010-04-16T12:48:19.980-05:002010-04-16T12:48:19.980-05:00Great post, Xan! My 25-year-old son who was a pair...Great post, Xan! My 25-year-old son who was a pairs skater is a perfect example of some of your ideas. He started skating at 11 but still earned two gold and two silver medals internationally in the Junior Grand Prix series. He’s also a happily married heterosexual but has a very open and accepting attitude toward gays because of his experience growing up around males in skating who were gay. He also found that ice dance only helped his singles and pairs. He really improved his posture and style by training in ice dance. And both my children have friends around the world from figure skating.Deb Chitwoodhttp://raisingfigureskaters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-50130913381171031522010-04-16T12:17:48.315-05:002010-04-16T12:17:48.315-05:00I have to disagree with you on Myth #1: Skating i...I have to disagree with you on Myth #1: Skating is expensive . . . and it sneaks up on you because a group lesson in and of itself isn't expensive . . . and maybe you find the first pair of skates used at a garage sale . . . but then your kid starts taking lesson twice a week; then you hear about Rainbo Sports and are looked down upon when you request used skates or blades . . .; then your kid wants to sign up for synchro (with lots of hidden costs in and of itself); . . . then they compete because you told them they could after they got to a certain level (thinking it was oh-so far away) . . .; etc. etc. etc. And this is coming from a mainly recreational skating family.<br /><br />Granted the cost accumulates in other activities as well and the price of privates is comprable to private music lessons. But you don't pay for instrument time; your kid doesn't beg you for the extra class each week etc.<br /><br />Yes there are things to do to reduce the costs (take advantge of outdoor rinks during the winter; buy old ice show costumes; sign up to be an ice monitor) but the costs will always be there.skatingisexpensivenoreply@blogger.com