*Gasp* Tallen doesn’t know something?!?!

So, here it is, your earth-shattering revelation. There IS indeed something I don't know. Are you ready? Are you sure you want your world to be rocked? Are you absolutely certain that life as you have come to know it won't end if you see what it is??????

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So, the missus and I are going ice skating for the first time in 15 years. I never skated much as a kid, but add in 15 years of not doing it and I seem to have forgotten one very important thing. How do you stop? Aside from falling on your ass, running into someone/thing, and I'm not even going to try a hockey-stop thankyouverymuch. Simple, easy to use instructions would be nice.

i just go intill i run into sompthing.

balance on one skate and put your other foot horizontally at the back of the foot with your weight on it making a T. Just make sure to have the blade you drag behind your foot with the weight on it.

Drag the back blade across the ice

Outdoor or indoor?

If it's indoor, it's easy, just hit the wall. If outdoor, do the V thing.

I do a few really tight turns until I HAVE to lift my foot. By the time I gain my balance, I am stopped.

hahaha

i expected more zombies in the apocalypse when tallen didnt know something....

You can make the T style stop, or you can do a very similar thing and just run the nose of the rear skate behind you.

It doesn't stop you quite as fast, but there is less chance of it ending up in a splits. While it does obviously work better with figure style skates with the teeth on the front, there is nothing stopping you doing it with hockey style skates.

Good luck, and remember to enjoy falling over. It is part of the fun :)

KBK

.636 wrote: tallen702 wrote: .636 wrote: balance on one skate and put your other foot horizontally at the back of the foot with your weight on it making a T. Just make sure to have the blade you drag behind your foot with the weight on it. Drag the back blade across the ice Thank you!!!! That's how I used to do it. I couldn't remember if I dragged the whole blade or just the tip with the little saw-edged portions. And all my American friends told me it was dumb to have Canadian buddies online.... Saw edged portion?Like on figure skates?You SISSY! Please hand over your balls and firearms, you dont deserve them anymore.

When I was growing up, hockey skates were rare in my town. All they rented at the rink were figure-skate style skates. I had my dad's old pair from the 1960's.

.636 wrote: balance on one skate and put your other foot horizontally at the back of the foot with your weight on it making a T. Just make sure to have the blade you drag behind your foot with the weight on it. Drag the back blade across the ice

Exactly what I was going to say. I used to have a skating rink in my yard when I was a kid, good times.