Making a skating rink - Page 2
© Wayne Dawe
Important notes: Don't try to make a backyard rink unless you're sure of below-freezing weather for the time you expect to skate. Next point: it works much better if you spray or flood your rink at night so you're not fighting against the sun.
Now, since you've been so patient, here's some sites for you to visit:
- Ice Skating Clipart Galore - lots of clip art of skaters so you can make your own virtual rink.
- Magic Asya's Figure skating page - everything you wanted to know about figure skating, particularly appropriate with the upcoming Olympics.
- Jennifer Robinson Homepage - the Canadian 1996 Ladies Figure skating champion. I found this site in my Christmas travels and was just waiting for an appropriate time to use it.
- Sports Illustrated for Kids, Elvis Stojko page - Elvis lives in my town, I couldn't leave him out
- Sport and Spine Online - stretching exercises to do before you get out on the ice
- rollerblade.com - for those of you who can't make a backyard rink
- Hardcore Inline skating - another radical (I suspect that isn't cool to say anymore but I'm an old fogey) rollerblading site.
Don't forget that no matter what kind of skating you're going to do, always wear appropriate safety equipment. A helmet designed for the sport, knee pads and elbow pads will keep you from taking a spill that could prematurely end your season. See you all next Tuesday and don't forget to drop by Kids on Suite 101 when you're done here so you can see what the other editors here have been up to. If you're a first-time visitor, don't neglect browsing through some of my past articles and don't miss Winter Olympics on Suite 101 where you can see other Suite 101 editors take on the Winter Olympics.
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