I'm just curious. Where are you from?
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Newtown, Pennsylvania, hometown of Nate Bartholomay! His mother has a bakery and made my wedding cake.
Despite that, FS is marginally popular, usually around the Olympics. We are a suburb of Philadelphia, and the Phillies, Flyers, Eagles (but not the Sixers anymore) are *way* more popular.
Love seeing the international flavor here!
Despite that, FS is marginally popular, usually around the Olympics. We are a suburb of Philadelphia, and the Phillies, Flyers, Eagles (but not the Sixers anymore) are *way* more popular.
Love seeing the international flavor here!
Me too.
Me too...Washington, DC! as far as FS fandom, we did get Worlds a few years ago...had the best time!
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Detroit, Michigan! Actually from around the same neighborhood as Meryl and Charlie.
It's very cool being so close to so many of the big names in skating right now, from coaches to the skaters themselves. The public isn't very aware of what great skating we are home to, though, but they do get very excited during the Olympic season. Ann Arbor, home to the Shibs, and the Bloomfield/Birmingham area, home to D/W, were buzzing about them!
I had to miss Skate Detroit last year as I was out of town, but I'm hoping we'll have another big competition soon!
It's very cool being so close to so many of the big names in skating right now, from coaches to the skaters themselves. The public isn't very aware of what great skating we are home to, though, but they do get very excited during the Olympic season. Ann Arbor, home to the Shibs, and the Bloomfield/Birmingham area, home to D/W, were buzzing about them!
I had to miss Skate Detroit last year as I was out of town, but I'm hoping we'll have another big competition soon!
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Fleeting - That is soooooo exciting!!!
And yes, there is a lot of skating action up in MI
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Toronto Canada Figure skating is well loved and it's great to have good TV coverage
Figure skating is well loved and it's great to have good TV coverage
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Brooklyn in the house!!
You and I share more than where we were born. While you've lived in Japan, I want to visit so bad. Track and field is definitely a favorite of mine, and Serena and Rafa are also my favorite tennis players. But while I love to play baseball, I can't sit and watch a game to save my life. :no: It is one of the most boring sports to watch. Heck, I'd watch golf before watching anything baseball.
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:yay: Well, hot dang, Melon! I've lived in New York City for many years now but grew up in Pittsburgh. Still have family there and often visit them for the holidays. They're mostly screaming maniac Steelers fans but we have a couple of hockey lovers, too.
At my old job there were several of us who loved skating and used to yak about it a lot, mostly Jan-March (US Nats-- Worlds, and the Olys of course). I've lost touch with them and miss the skating talk, which is why GS is so much fun for me.
It's amazing to see the diversity on this thread. All the best to everyone!
It is a very interesting thread. I have been skating all my life, but only discovered figure skating forums recently. After mostly lurking for quite a while both here and on FSU, I got the impression that FSU is much more Europe centered, whereas Goldenskate is more North American and Asian. It appears I am right, at least about Goldenskate
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is a great place for figure skating. I skate at Sharks Ice, a practice facility for San Jose Sharks, our local hockey team. The facility is well run, with four rinks, and hosts hockey, figure skating and curling. Some other people who skate here are Serguei Ponomarenko and Rudy Galindo who both coach, Peggy Fleming (every now and then), Polina Edmunds, Karen Chen, Rachael Flatt (until recently), and probably others I can't remember at the moment Two prominent skate boot makers, S.P. Teri and Harlick, are also in the area. I am lucky.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is a great place for figure skating. I skate at Sharks Ice, a practice facility for San Jose Sharks, our local hockey team. The facility is well run, with four rinks, and hosts hockey, figure skating and curling. Some other people who skate here are Serguei Ponomarenko and Rudy Galindo who both coach, Peggy Fleming (every now and then), Polina Edmunds, Karen Chen, Rachael Flatt (until recently), and probably others I can't remember at the moment
Two prominent skate boot makers, S.P. Teri and Harlick, are also in the area. I am lucky.
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I was born in Ohio, but we moved to Nebraska when I was two. I live near Omaha.
Skating is growing in popularity here. The small town I lived in until five years ago got a rink attached to their YMCA. And Lincoln is making plans to build a new ice center that will provide more ice time for both figure skating and hockey in the region.
Growing up in more rural parts of the state, though, I was never able to even try skating until well into adulthood.
Skating is growing in popularity here. The small town I lived in until five years ago got a rink attached to their YMCA. And Lincoln is making plans to build a new ice center that will provide more ice time for both figure skating and hockey in the region.
Growing up in more rural parts of the state, though, I was never able to even try skating until well into adulthood.
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LOL you asked but didn't answer to your question
I'm from my beautiful Italy
(am I only the 3rd here?) and here the main sport is soccer, the second one is to insult soccer players, the third is to discuss if a goal was regular or not and the fourth is to speculate about where a player'll be next season...... so, no FS isn't a popular sport here :scowl:You are. I registered at FSU too on the same day as here on GS. But two days later I got a letter of apology from them with "your registration at FSUniverse did not meet our membership requirements. Sorry." No other explanations given. Maybe they want to stay Europe centered. Why else they wouldn't validate an Asian account and apologize for that. I don't mind. It's their problem. I wish they would inform people upon registration about those mysterious "requirments." I wouldn't bother in the first place.After mostly lurking for quite a while both here and on FSU, I got the impression that FSU is much more Europe centered, whereas Goldenskate is more North American and Asian. It appears I am right, at least about Goldenskate
Me? Hyogo. I said it already somewhere.
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LOL you asked but didn't answer to your question
I'm from my beautiful Italy
That's funny coz one of Australia's national sports is to pick over the old sore of the diving Italians and a certain World Cup round-of-16 result...
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