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Publisher Ice Skating Institute wRECREAThIONAaL ICtE S’KAsTING inside SPRING 2008/ VOL . 32, NUMBER 3 Editor Lori Fairchild Sprin Editorial Advisors features g 2008 Peter Martell Carrie Clarke Randy Winship Destination: Denver ............................ 6 10 Reasons You’ll Love Soaring to Print Production & Advertising Sales Manager New Heights in the Mile-High City W Carol Jackson by Lori Fairchild orld Go s Art Director es to Cindy Winn Livingston Skating in the Shade ..................... 10 Denv Contributors by John Mullaney er John Mullaney Skatin g Ethic Ouida Robins for s Bene Dance 10: Jessica Marshall ........ 12 Parents fit Sho St w Recreational Ice Skating ISSN by Lori Fairchild arring NEW: 0164-4106 (USPS 361-570) is Fun A Mira published quarterly; Fall, Winter, ctiv i s ity P N e age aga Spring, and Summer; by the Ice A Winter Blast! ......................... 15 g s! su a Skating Institute, 6000 Custer m Winter Classic Report I y t Rd., Bldg. 9, Plano, TX 75023. t by Lori Fairchild e Annual Subscription Rate is G $12.00 per year. 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ICE SKATING INSTITUTE Caitlin Brozna, says I’m doing great, 6000 Custer Rd., Bldg. 9 and I think it’s all because of her! I’m I have been skating since I was 6 years Plano, TX 75023 Phone: (972) 735-8800 looking for a pen pal who is about old, and so far it is my favorite sport! I Fax: (972) 735-8815 my same age (11 and up) and level. would like a pen pal because they e-mail: [email protected] I’m working really hard on my sit could really help me when I need help. www.skateisi.org spin, and enjoy my single flip and I play the clarinet in my school band. ISI INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS loop jump. I love skating so much, I am in fifth grade. I am a big fan of Executive Director Peter Martell and I’m looking for someone else Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. I Director of Skating Programs & Services who does, too! am also on a synchronized skating Carrie Clarke Jamie Bergos, 12, FS 3/4 team called the Metroliners. I have two Controller & Tradeshow Manager Karen Schaffer Big Bear Ice Arena dogs, a Dalmatian named Loco and a National Skating Program & Denver dachshund named Freckles. My Aunt Events Coordinator Randy Winship Larisa is my private coach and my syn - Membership Coordinators I started ice skating in South Korea, chro coach. I am looking for tips on Kathy Chase then I moved here and started to my sit spin. Angela Tooley Advertising Sales & skate. I am working on my spins, Ashleigh Maguire, 10, Delta Print Production Manager because I always seem to be ending Bowie Ice Arena Carol Jackson up on my toe pick! My coach gives Stevensville, Md. Senior Accountant & Sponsorship Sales Manager me advice but it never seems to work. Stuart Sedransky I also need help on my loop. I can get On your sit spin, focus on a quick snap Information Services Coordinator Jeff Anderson the beginning right, but I can’t seem into the proper position, keep your back Administrative Assistant to make a full rotation or land on one up and squeeze the legs together to Mary Ann Mangaro foot. My biggest problem is that I maintain your speed. ISI OFFICERS can’t skate fast and do any tricks. I’m President Jim Hartnett scared that I’ll fall sometimes. I have I would like to have a pen pal that is 1st Vice President Mike Paikin always admired Michelle Kwan and around the same age as me. My inter - 2nd Vice President Janice Forbes Treasurer Richard Arenella Caroline Zhang. I hope to get better. ests are figure skating, volleyball, soft - Secretary Margy Bennett Jennifer Kwak, 11, FS 2/3 ball, French horn and art. How do you Immediate Past President Jim Lange Kingsgate Ice Arena get more height in your jumps? Past President Boyd Wietecter Bellevue, Wash. Katie Britton, 11, FS 1 DIRECTORS RDV Sportsplex District 1 Scott McCoy District 2 Robyn Bentley I know it’s not the most exciting thing in Longwood, Fla. District 3 Lisa Fedick the world, but if you are spinning on District 4 Christine Wilson Brinton your toe pick, you need to spend more Higher jumps usually come from skating District 5 Larry LaBorde District 6 Toni Cooper time on a two-foot spin, getting the feel faster on the entry and more knee bend District 7 Jamie Baringer of spinning on the balls of the feet. The on your take-offs. Jumping rope is a good District 8 Alane Swiderski District 9 Brigid LaMear loop jump is just a back spin in the air, off-ice exercise for this, and try to jump District 10 Char Martin so keep practicing your back spin, too. without letting the rope touch the District 11 Liz Mangelsdorf Don’t be afraid of falling — that just ground, so you HAVE to jump high! District 12 Debbie Lane District 13 Cindy Jensen means you are trying and learning new District 14 Paige Scott things. With each fall, you’re getting I really love ice skating, and would like District 15 Bert Blanchette District 16 Cindy Solberg closer to success as your body learns some advice on how to land my Axel. District 18 Glyn Jones what it is you are trying to get it to do! My coach says that I need to squeeze Hockey Sean Flynn more tightly, and when I land, open Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters Instructors David Santee I love to skate. I’ve been skating up more quickly. Other than ice skat - Commercial Facilities Kevin McCormack since I was 4 years old and I have ing, I like to snowboard, ski, swim, Public/Not-for-Profit Facilities Pete Carlson been skating with a synchro team for play violin and piano, and play hand - Schools, Colleges, Universities Glen Danischewski two years. I am trying to land my ball at school. I would like a pen pal iAIM Chair Rob McBride Axel but I can only go 1 1/2 times older and at a higher level than me to PSA Representative Gerry Lane USFSA Representative Homer Hagedorn around. I would appreciate any give me more advice. ISIAsia Representative Raul Gomes advice. I would like a pen pal who is Shannon Lee, 10, FS 5/6 AMMA Representative Trudy Ivory my level or a little higher, and Sharks Ice at San Jose MAMA Representative Rob Mueller MIAMA Representative Jim Becker around my age. My other hobbies are San Jose, Calif. MIRMA Representative Judy Sniffen piano, ballet, jazz dance and singing. Education Foundation Don Bartelson Lifetime Honorary Member Carol Zdziebko Gianna DiGregorio, 9, FS 4 Your coach is exactly right. You aren’t up Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena in the air very long when you are just Hazel Crest, Ill. getting the Axel, so jump as high as you 4 RECREATIONAL ICE SKATING , SPRING 2008 the write stuff can and make your movements very the FS 2 level but I am having a prob - My friend Kori tells me to keep my strong and very quick! lem. Whenever I go on the ice, I get back straight and squeeze my legs really nervous and I don’t do as well together. I try, but I fall anyway. Any I’ve been skating about a year. I love as I know I can. Do you have any tips tips? I also have trouble landing my it so much. It’s my favorite sport. I go on how I can not be nervous? Lutz. I either: 1) take off from an inside skating twice a week for lessons and Kelsey Jurczak, 14, FS 4 edge; 2) have a good take-off, but land freeskate.