The Porcupine Figure Skating Club travelled to Kapuskasing to participate in the James Bay Interclub competition hosted by the Kapuskasing Figure Skating Club from Jan. 27 to 29. Skaters from the North participated in the annual regional competition.[...]
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Ice Skating on One of Amsterdam 39 s Frozen Canals PHOTO
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February 8th 2012, 4:07 pm
Couples and children were photographed skating on one of Amsterdam's canals, which have frozen over due to Europe's recent cold snap
Dutch gripped by ice fever as hope for historic ice skating race
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February 8th 2012, 2:18 pm
HINDELOOPEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Ice fever is sweeping the Netherlands where thousands of ice skaters are waiting to hear whether a historic race through 11 Dutch cities will be held this month, the first time since 1997. Some 16,000 competitors are hoping to take part in the 200-km (124 mile) Elfstedentocht marathon along the frozen canals in the Dutch province of Friesland for the first ...
Ice not thick enough for Dutch skating marathon
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February 8th 2012, 2:02 pm
Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16,000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the first time in 15 years. "We can't let the tour go ahead at the moment," Frisian Eleven Cities Association chairman Wiebe Wieling told a nationally televised news...
Skating champ credits vegan diet for good health
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February 8th 2012, 12:56 pm
Canadian pairs champ Meagan Duhamel credits her new approach to eating for her good health and skating success
The Skating Club of Boston Celebrates 100 Years With Skaters 39 Ball
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February 8th 2012, 7:23 am
BOSTON -- The Skating Club of Boston (SCOB), the third-oldest figure skating club in the nation and home to top local and national figure skaters, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a Skaters' ...
Health Tip: Help Prevent Ice Skating Accidents
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February 7th 2012, 6:08 pm
(HealthDay News) -- Ice skating is a winter ritual for many children in colder climates, but unless precautions are taken it can be fraught with the possibility of injury.
Modern Skating is Ugly - European Champions
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February 7th 2012, 5:11 am
Figure skating has lost its aesthetic appeal and places too much emphasis on complex but ugly moves, the newly crowned European champion pair of Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
Colorado State figure skating team hosts first home competition
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February 6th 2012, 9:52 pm
The CSU figure skating team finally got to bring a sense of competition home Sunday during their first-ever home competition at Fort Collins' Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC). The eight-member, all-female group hosted 60 skaters from five teams in the Pacific Intercollegiate Region, which includes CSU, Colorado College, the Univerisity of California-Berkely, the University of Denver and the ...
Artistic Skating lessons come to Kilbirnie
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February 6th 2012, 7:15 pm
SkateWell Limited (SkateWell), Wellington's only Artistic Skating coaching company , are delighted to announce that skating lessons for children of all ages are now available at the Kilbirnie Recreation Centre on Saturday mornings.