Who wants to take a skating survey?

1. How old are you?

22 years and six months.

2. How long have you been skating for?

I started having lessons in October last year, which is when I start counting from, so nearly seven months.

3. What level are you?

Free Skate 1 and 2 (test passed at 1 but can do most of 2 elements)

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

Aussie Skate

5. What jumps are you working on?

salchow, toeloop, half flip and half lutz

6. What spins are you working on?

scratch

7. Private or group lessons?

private

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

half an hour's private lesson once a week, about 6 hours total

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

none thus far, but first competition is in August

10. What's your favourite jump?

toeloop

11. Favourite spin?

scratch

12. What are your goals in skating?

I'd like to compete and do well. I want to get out of Aussie Skate and start my ISA levels before the end of the year. I'd like to land my axel eventually and even do doubles. Maybe carry on til I pass my senior test, I don't know exactly.

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

*looks guilty* ahhhha....no.

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Evgeni Plushenko and Ilia Kulik! Two of the great skaters in history! =D

15. Anything else you want to add?

Never give up. Even if it seems like your body won't ever let you do an element, just keep working at it. I've been working on my forward consecutive change of edge on one foot for three weeks now. Yesterday, for the first time, I did it right. ;)

1. How old are you?

13, almost 14.

2. How long have you been skating for?

Abut a year.

3. What level are you?

'm Beginner Level (Passed SkateUK Gold, not passed NISA Level 1).

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

Learn to Skate (Skate UK), NISA.

5. What jumps are you working on?

Flip, Lutz and Axel. I used to be good at flip, but now I just seem to have lost it >:O. Lutz I can't get the full revolution, and Axel is, well, Axel.

6. What spins are you working on?

Sit and Camel. I'm rubbish at spins.

7. Private or group lessons?

Both!

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

1 on Fridays, 2 on Saturdays, 2 on Sundays so 5. (EXcept this week, when I did 4 skating camps, all adding up to 12 hours).

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

Two (Kind of). The first one I did the week after I started skating (I came 3rd). The second one I did a few months ago, it is a monthly thing they do at my rink (I came 1st). No proper competitions yet, but I'm hoping to do a proper one this summer when they have one at my rink.

10. What's your favourite jump?

Hmmm, I'm not sure. It used to be flip but now I can't do them, so I would have to say... Waltz jump! :D They are effortless, but if you do them right, you can look really good.

11. Favourite spin?

Upright, it's the only one I can actually do.

12. What are your goals in skating?

I'm not sure. I would love to do National and World championships, but everyone (my friends, family and people on Yahoo! Answers) say I'm too old.

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

Nope.

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder. They're ice dancers.

15. Anything else you want to add?

Not really. Don't worry about it being long, I have too much time on my hands as well.

Happy skating!

1. How old are you? 15

2. How long have you been skating for? 11 years

3. What level are you? i do icedancing- novice with a partner and i passed one international dance(highest level)

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)? USFSA

5. What jumps are you working on? none :) im a bad jumper! haha

6. What spins are you working on? I am working on forward/ back scratch, sit,camel, variations of those spins in BOTH directions!

7. Private or group lessons? Mostly private but i do some stroking classes

8. How many hours do you skate per week? I skate 5 days a week. my skating day starts at 6:30 and i get off at 10 for school

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)? a lot i dont know haha...for the last 2 years i went to jr. nationals and got 4th and 7th

10. What's your favourite jump? dont jump but i like loops and sals

11. Favourite spin? sit spin and corkscrew!

12. What are your goals in skating? to go to the olympics and do international competitions

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything? not really, i just eat healthy and stay away from junk food. but i occasionally i eat some sweets

14. Who is your favourite skater?kim navarro/ brent bommentre, but they retired last year :(

15. Anything else you want to add? I LOVE SKATING lol. i really enjoy doing ice shows:) i hope to become a coach someday too. so maybe i can do ice shows when i retire then when i get old i can coach haha

oh and my favorite skating moves are hydroblading

1. How old are you?

15

2. How long have you been skating for?

private lessons since last june, group lessons for a month or two before that

3. What level are you?

freestyle 5

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

USFSA

5. What jumps are you working on?

lutz and my coach is drilling me on loop combinations to prepare for my axel :)

6. What spins are you working on?

camel

7. Private or group lessons?

private!!

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

usually between 6-8 hours (3 or 4 times a week, 2 hours each time), but during april and may

there isn't much ice time AND i have soccer practice every day, so unfortunately skating has

to take a backseat :(

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

2

10. What's your favourite jump?

flip!! and flip loop combination

11. Favourite spin?

sit spin!

12. What are your goals in skating?

to land a double axel someday, i don't want to set a time limit because i don't want to be

disappointed

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

nope!! i eat generally healthy though

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Alissa Czisny and Yuna Kim

15. Anything else you want to add?

not really :) haha

Me!!!!

So I'm not as fancy as some of you (not at all) but here goes:

1. How old are you?

17

2. How long have you been skating for?

6 months (if you count when i started taking lessons...but I've been ice skating recreationally since I was little)

3. What level are you?

not on a level

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

none (but my rink does USFSA if I ever decide to start testing)

5. What jumps are you working on?

salchow and toe loop

6. What spins are you working on?

scratch spin....sigh, I'm pathetic

7. Private or group lessons?

group

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

1 1/2 to about 4

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

don't compete

10. What's your favourite jump?

to do: toe loop

to watch: axel

11. Favourite spin?

to do: i can't spin well....ggrrrrr

to watch: beillman or pearl

12. What are your goals in skating?

to be as good as i can be and to stay fit and flexible

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

nope

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Sasha Cohen and Johnny Weir

15. Anything else you want to add?

I love figure skating!!! There's nothing like the cut of the ice and the wind in your face as you skate...

1. How old are you?

13

2. How long have you been skating for?

Group lessons from age 5-8, private from 8 to now :)

3. What level are you?

Intermediate Ladies

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

USFS

5. What jumps are you working on?

Double axel and double lutz combo

6. What spins are you working on?

Biellman!

7. Private or group lessons?

Private

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

10 (on ice)

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

to many to count!

10. What's your favourite jump?

axel <3 and double flip

11. Favourite spin?

back dounut and flying camel

12. What are your goals in skating?

nationals!

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

nope

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Evan Lysacek and Sasha Cohen

15. Anything else you want to add?

nahh

1. How old are you?

17

2. How long have you been skating for?

i started skating when i was around 7, quit when i was around 12.. and i started skating again may 2010.

3. What level are you?

ISI fs4, working on getting tested for ISI fs5.

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

ISI, but i'd love to test for USFSA because I feel like the MIF will make me a better skater..

5. What jumps are you working on?

Axel, double sal/toe.

6. What spins are you working on?

all sit variations, sit change spin, back spin, camel spin, camel sit up right, back fast scratch, camel catch foot, biellmann.

7. Private or group lessons?

i've been taking private and group lessons this past year, but i recently have stopped taking group lessons because i don't feel like i benefit from them anymore.. i take some classes that my rink offers though, like spin class, axel class, ect.

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

i used to skate almost everyday for a couple of hours but this last month i haven't been able to skate as much.. i hope i will start going back to my normal skating routine in the next month or so :)

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)?

i've done 34534543534 synchro competitions when i was little, and only one solo competition. although i'm doing another solo competition in about month :)

10. What's your favourite jump?

flip jump.

11. Favourite spin?

sit spin.

12. What are your goals in skating?

to be the best that i can be. i don't care if there are people better then me because there are ALWAYS going to be people better then you. i wanna be the best possible skater that i can be and get to the highest level i possibly can.. i wanna start testing for USFSA and keep testing for ISI. i also wanna be a coach when i grow up.

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

I drink lots of water/green tea. I don't drink any soda. I eat lots of fruits/vegetables. Mostly everything I eat is low fat/low sodium/low calorie. I try and eat as healthy as possible.

14. Who is your favourite skater?

Johnny Weir.

15. Anything else you want to add?

noooot really lol

1. 14

2. 8 months

3. (I live in canada) junior, will be senior next year. I'm working on my loop jump and am going to start learning camel spins soon :)

4. Uhh.. Sorry that must be an American term.

5. Single loop

6. Just perfected my sit spin (can do it consistently, but I can definitely improve on it!) and am going to start learning camel spins soon.

7. I started out in pre junior (group lessons for beginners. I was skating with 6 year olds for a while

haha) but I'm now in private lessons.

8. Started out skating about 1 1/2 hours a week but now skate 4 - 4 1/2 hours per week.

9. One competition, 3 different events :)

10. Single salchow :)

11. Scratch spin, or cork spin.

12. To catch up to the level of people my age.

13. No haha :P

14. Midori Ito and Johnny Weir

15. Naww :)

woo...

1. How old are you?

15

2. How long have you been skating for?

1year and a lil bit

3. What level are you?

Skate UK 10

4. In what curriculum (ISI, USFSA, etc.)?

Err, i dunoo :L

5. What jumps are you working on?

Salchow, 3 jump.

6. What spins are you working on?

Scratch.

7. Private or group lessons?

Both

8. How many hours do you skate per week?

Arround 2-3

9. How many competitions have you done (if you compete)

None yet :(

10. What's your favourite jump?

Axel

11. Favourite spin?

Nt sure.

12. What are your goals in skating?

Just to do well i guess.

13. Do you do special figure skating diets or anything?

Nah, just stretches every day.

14. Who is your favourite skater?

I don't have just one

15. Anything else you want to add?

Nah

14

Nearly 6 years

Pre-juvenile

USFSA

Double lutz-double loop-double toe combo, just learned a double axel.

Change-edge camel spin, Biellmann spin, haircutter spin, donut spin, back-entry sit spin, back-entry camel spin.

Both, I take 3 30-min lessons per week, and an hour long group class once per week.

Approximately 6, I would gladly skate more though but my rink doesn't have freestyle ice very often, and I can't skate mornings because of how early school starts.

Uhhhh at least 4 competitions per year for almost 6 years..... A lot! I've been to Regionals once, just last year.

Double flip

Laybacks and sit spins.

I want to be juvenile by the 2013 skating season and qualify for at least sectionals, hopefully nationals!

I try to eat healthy- at school when there isn't good food, instead of getting cheese pizza like my friends, I get a salad... I eat a lot of those 100 calorie snacks before skating... other than that, no, I eat like a normal teenager.

Evan Lysacek, Rachel Flatt, Sasha Cohen, Joannie Rochette, Ryan Bradley, Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, Meryl Davis & Charlie White, Adam Rippon.

I help teach LTS once a week... I love skating tons... Two of my friends hate when I talk about skating around them, so I never share anything with them- I haven't told them anything about skating since over a year ago when I almost landed my double salchow, and the other day I mentioned to a friend, who skated when she was little and actually cares, that I landed a double flip-double loop-double loop the other day, and my friend was like 'holy s***' by her expression.