Your most embarrassing moment on skates

[treesprite]

So, what was your most embarrassing moment while skating? Or at least, what is the most embarrassing thing you have ever seen anyone else do while skating?

I will tell you one by giving a warning: do not spin while having a sinus infection. Every single person on the ice becomes a moving target to a long, stretched out gooey strand. When I was a kid I was in the midst of a very fast spin, and to my shock and disgust... and shame... I saw the string stretching longer and thinner from my nose before it went flinging away. I was spinning, so I have no idea where it went, and have no idea if anyone saw it happen. I hope no one saw it - no one ever said anything to me, but if you saw such a thing, would you say something? Would y ou say something if you were the target it hit?

So that was my deep dark embarrassing skating secret. How about yours?

[mskater93]

Ripped my pants at the seem when I fell on my butt...

[Spun Silver]

^^ Yes, if I got close to that thing I would be telling people about it for the rest of my life. Thanks for the warning. I'll make sure never to get on-ice seats! LOL.

Skaters: Blow your nose!

[treesprite]

When a person has a sinus infection, blowing the nose is not much help.

Ripped my pants at the seem when I fell on my butt...

I hope you were wearing attractive underwear... or just plain underwear....

[AmuChan363]

walking on in my soakers and completely killing myself.

or putting one foot down with my guards but almostfalling over, but trying to look cool but just falling between the ice and the land.

[mskater93]

When a person has a sinus infection, blowing the nose is not much help.


I hope you were wearing attractive underwear... or just plain underwear....

Unfortunately, no, it was a wake up and run to the rink throwing on "whatever" kind of morning. Full moon and all. Luckily there were only a few people out there and I had a pair of shorts I threw on underneath.

[thevaliantx]

As a newbie there will be LOTS of more falls for me before it's all over, but today I had one. About a month ago I had some really nasty falls in which landed squarely on my knees on the ice. Both knees still have deep bone bruises. Because of that I have been wearing hockey knee/shin guards. Those things definitely have nice padding in them, and they also ... don't ... stop you when you're sliding on the ice after a fall. During the lesson today I ended up doing a belly flop after tripping on my toe picks, and slid about 30 feet or so across the rink. I had to literally hug the ice to stop sliding. When I got up I did fist pumps with both hands while looking up into the crowd of parents watching their kids on the ice. My coach started cracking up.