You Know You're a Figure Skating Fan When...

[moonvine]

Keegan may be able to skate in US summer comps, but even if it were not a club comp, it would sadly not be Philly. His Twitter account answered a question saying he would not be coming back (he used to skate at Liberty, I think as an American) as it was too far.

Then I guess the Skating Club of Boston is too far as well

 

[moonvine]

I STILL want to share Keegan with Canada!

You and me both.

 

[iluvtodd]

Moonvine, Lisa Sears from Ice Works called me back yesterday! She confirmed that the Summer Competition @ Ice Works will NOT be an international competition this time around (travel protocols, etc. being an issue). Most of the competitors will probably be from the East Coast. The competition will start on Tuesday of the last full week of July, with basic skills, & the other early levels of competitors competing there. That Wednesday the collegiate competitors will begin their competitions. The whole competition will go through that Saturday. She said that she will have more information from July 9 on.

 

[moonvine]

Moonvine, Lisa Sears from Ice Works called me back yesterday! She confirmed that the Summer Competition @ Ice Works will NOT be an international competition this time around (travel protocols, etc. being an issue). Most of the competitors will probably be from the East Coast. The competition will start on Tuesday of the last full week of July, with basic skills, & the other early levels of competitors competing there. That Wednesday the collegiate competitors will begin their competitions. The whole competition will go through that Saturday. She said that she will have more information from July 9 on.

Thank you! It looks like I am off to Skating Club of Boston to the Cranberry International to see Gracie. Hopefully next year the International competition will be back.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

...when you watch an episode of "Enemy At The Door" with your parents, and your Mum recognises one of the actresses for being in one of the soaps. So, come the end of the programme, you read the credits to find out her name, and then look up what she was in. And when you see her name, you immediately think of a skater with a similar name.

Diana Davies (actress, born 1936)

Diana Davis (Ice Dancer, born 2003)

CaroLiza_fan

 

[moonvine]

When you can’t sleep because the entries for Cranberry International and Lake Placid Ice Dance aren’t posted yet.

 

[Arriba627]

When your family member hates using your tablet because whenever she types a word starting with "Sh", the tablet auto-suggests " Shoma".

 

[Matthew]

When you are worrying if you can enjoy watching figure skating in the future ever if no other skaters emerge as musical as Shoma (related to the previous post ).

 

[La Rhumba]

You wake up feeling miserable as......then you receive some exciting Skating news and it cheers you up no end!

 

[Ladskater]

No matter how many times you've watched and re watched your favourite skaters and programs you spend time on Youtube looking them up to watch again...you even look back to skaters from the "old school" of figure skating before your time....

 

[YuliaLipnitskayaFan1]

No matter how many times you've watched and re watched your favourite skaters and programs you spend time on Youtube looking them up to watch again...you even look back to skaters from the "old school" of figure skating before your time....

Oh yes! I have my favorite programs too! The ones that make me smile no matter how many times I’ve watched them I like to think of them as my “comfort programs.”

 

[PaulE]

When you are watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and ask yourself: "Wasn't that Shizuka Arakawa that just threw that switch?" I'm still not sure if it really was but I did find a comment online that said she took part in one of the skits.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I'm still not sure if it really was

It was her!

 

[Aimee-01]

… When you have spent hours explaining Russian figure skating drama to your friends until they think you are absolutely insane

 

[PaulE]

It was her!

Thanks for the confirmation. I was hoping someone would let me know if I was correct.

 

[icybear]

When you're already looking up the time schedule for the beijing olympics to plan how you're going to get any sleep for a month

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Oh yes! I have my favorite programs too! The ones that make me smile no matter how many times I’ve watched them I like to think of them as my “comfort programs.”

There is an utterly unremarkable program from an utterly unremarkable competition with nothing objectively special about it at all, but I swear, it never fails to make me happy. I must have watched that program over a hundred times and I haven't tired of it yet.

Thanks for the confirmation. I was hoping someone would let me know if I was correct.

 

[Aimee-01]

When you're already looking up the time schedule for the beijing olympics to plan how you're going to get any sleep for a month

Can you share the link

 

[moonvine]

When you’re checking the Skating Club of Boston site every 30 minutes to see if they listed any more info.

 

[Ladskater]

You know you are a Figure Skating Fan when your 2 pairs of figure skates sit in your closet waiting for you to return to a rink, someday....