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2012 Skate America to be held in Kent, Washington (Oct. 19-21)

CoyoteChris

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I think it's an osprey.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Osprey_mg_9605.jpg/450px-Osprey_mg_9605.jpg

My favorite is the University of Anchorage's mascot, the "Sea Wolf" (Tonichelle's school. :) ) This is a mythological creature of the Inuits which has the distinction of being the only figure besides the thunderbird that was used for totem poles by several different nations.

Sea Wolf (bottom) - Raven.

http://tresham.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product/Totems and figures - 10.jpg

Thunderbird.

http://media.lonelyplanet.com/lpimg/17612/17612-14/preview.jpg

Ben Agosto was pictured with "Cool Bird," the mascot of the Seattle Thunderbirds who play at the Kent Showare Arena.

Edited to add:: No, I changed my mind. My favorite Pacific Northwest mascot is the Evergreen College geoducks ("gooey-ducks") in Olympia. If you have ever seen one... :laugh:
People actually eat Geoducks.....if you go to google "images" tab and type in geoducks, you will see what they look like....they have a rather "interesting" shape.
 

Tonichelle

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I think it's an osprey.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Osprey_mg_9605.jpg/450px-Osprey_mg_9605.jpg

My favorite is the University of Anchorage's mascot, the "Sea Wolf" (Tonichelle's school. :) ) This is a mythological creature of the Inuits which has the distinction of being the only figure besides the thunderbird that was used for totem poles by several different nations.

University of Alaska, Anchorage sucks unless you're in the Engineering or Nursing programs. Hated it.
 
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What is terrible about it, Toni? I'm just curious. Is it lack of resources or course variety? Uncongenial fellow students? Ill-equipped professors?

About how many students attend?

Back to the sites on the West Coast, I do feel that the relative closeness of that area to Japan and Korea might help influence event planners in the future. This is a bit of a bummer for people like me, but it makes sense in terms of skating revenue and the continued health of the sport.
 

anyanka

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Jul 8, 2011
with only 800 people showing up, why should it be a concern? :laugh:

btw, the Canadian fans are saying Skate Canana should be renamed Skate Ontario.:laugh:

Speaking as someone who lives in Vancouver I'd say that is true. :p If we didn't get the Olympics in 2010 and 4CC in 2009, the last time we had anything outside of Stars on Ice was the 2001 Worlds. I suppose I'll have to drive to Seattle to see Skate America. :)
 
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