What kind of tights do you like to wear for practice?

[CDMM1991]

Over the boot?
In the boot?
To the ankle?
To the heel?
Stirrup?

I like to wear mine either in the boot over to the heel.

[brinababy87]

I wear in the boot or over the boot tights. But over the boot tights tear easily so I get the Mondor ones that have more cotton in them. They're a little thicker.

[Lanie]

over the boot or under the boot, depending on my mood.

[CDMM1991]

What do you mean by under the boot?

[Lanie]

Just normal tights. I meant in the boot. I think my brain is dead from my polisci exam today.

Usually what I do is wear normal tights, then a pair of OTB tights over that. Though I guess it's sort of silly since I can just wear some thin socks with my skates...

[julietvalcouer]

It depends. If I'm practicing in a skirt or dress, I wear overboots, as I would for testing. If I'm wearing warm-up pants or tights (I have an old pair of riding breeches I use sometimes) I wear a pair of footed tights under them. (For that matter, I double-layer the footed under the overboot when I use those. I STILL freeze, but it adds a little warmth.)

The Mondor overboots don't run as easily? Hm. Maybe I'll get those--I have Capezio overboots right now and they're starting to shred.

[JFiguresk8]

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[Mrs Redboots]

I normally wear footed tights (supermarket 40 or 60 denier black ones are fine for practice) and lycra boot-covers, but this week I've been wearing a very heavy pair of stirrup tights and knitted boot covers, it's been so cold! Today I wore sweatpants , which I often do if we aren't going to work at our lifts.

For competition, always over-the-boot tights, which I do keep for best (they're expensive!).

[peachy]

For competition, always over-the-boot tights, which I do keep for best (they're expensive!).

yeah the over-the boot tights are expensive!!! i have a competition/test pair i save and keep nice, and then when they start to get holes i retire them to be used for practice and get new over the boot tights for competitions

[Alsace]

Mrs. Redboots,

I couldn't get your journal link to work for some reason.

[Mrs Redboots]

Whoops, sorry about that. Should be fixed now.

Incidentally, if any British skaters are lurking, I see that Lidl are planning to sell 100-denier tights in a variety of colour or sizes next week for about £2.99 a pair. I plan to stock up.

[julietvalcouer]

Brinababy--based off your post, I got the thicker Mondors for my new pair (I'm death on all tights--I LOOK at them and they run) for my test next week. We'll see how they work. (I just hope they're warm--I get so cold at that rink...)