Why do figure skaters wear suspenders?

There were so many skaters at Worlds in suspenders this year that it just SCREAMED for a contest.  Here's what my tweeps came up with:

alijolly 6:49am via Web
A: so you can hang them up neatly when they have finished skating


LePigeonBercy 12:45pm via Web
A: Next to Olympic Gold, every skater covets a Nick Verreos skating fashion mention. Suspenders give you that 'edge'.

LePigeonBercy:
A: To increase their chance of having a SportsCenter worthy costume malfunction. ;-)

MalLind1982:
A: to hold up their pants

And my own answer:
A: To hold up their scores

And the winner:
@annmjensen 6:48am via Echofon
A:  to cover nipple piercings
Thank you for not being afraid to really go out there. Also for destroying my innocence. I hope children, and the skater's mothers, aren't reading this. (But I will NEVER look at Jeremy Abbott the same way ever again.) Ann, send your mailing information to coachxan@xanboni.com.

Bonus prize for the first commenter to correctly list ALL of the contestants in all four disciplines at Worlds who wore suspenders. Deadline is now May 1, since I'm not getting any entries!

We have a winner!

You may recall I promised a t-shirt!

The winner is "AMS"- your prize is a "That Mom" t-shirt, except I think you're a guy, so if you'd rather, you can get a water bottle or tote bag (comparable cost to me) or I can generate you a regular t-shirt with the Xanboni logo.

I chose the winner by listing all commenters to the blog during Four Continents, except "Anonymous" (just make something up folks. I can't track or identify you.) and using the widget at random.org to generate a winner.

AMS, send your shipping information to coachxan@xanboni.com, choice of  t-shirt, bag or bottle, and t shirt size. Congratulations!


Readers, I'll do these contests from time to time, and may add twitter followers as well, so keep watching and commenting!

The Xanboni Store and a giveaway!

Last edit on this post! The winners of the give-away are:

"Barbara" who commented today, wins any item under $22 at the Xanboni Store
"Helicopter Mom" who commented on the Nov. 15 post, wins the Ice Halo.

Please send me your shipping information to coachxan@xanboni.com.  Everybody else who entered, head on over to Ice Halo* or the Xanboni store for those last-minute gifts!  Thanks to my friend Bree who drew the winning tickets, as well as John and Nga Jee who witnessed!

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Check out the "Hail Peggy" long-sleeve t-shirt!  More products (and a nicer web design) coming in the new year.

EDIT!

One more chance to get in on my "100,000 giveway." (Also announced here.) Leave a comment below and you'll be entered to win any product valued at under $22 at the store, or a child's medium Ice Halo™ in camouflage fleece. Leave a comment by noon Wednesday, 12/14. If you already left a comment at either of the prior posts, no need to comment here, you're already in the hopper!

*Mention Xanboni for 5% discount. Disclosure: I do not receive any remuneration from Ice Halo, although they did send me a free pink fur Ice Halo, which is very very cool.