Wikipedia Article for Xtreme Ice Skating

Wikipedia article for Xtreme Ice Skating:

Xtreme Ice Skating is an all year round extreme sport on ice where the purpose is to perform tricks, similar to those seen in skateboarding, aggressive inline skating, and biking. Xtreme Ice Skating is a relatively new sport founded in 2005 by Dan Perceval. The sport is practiced mostly by young people who are extreme sport enthusiasts. The sport can be found in ice rinks throughout the world during public skating sessions. The sport's participants are thrill seekers who enjoy taking risks while performing tricks on the ice. The skating style is hard, fast, wild, and creative. The tricks involved fall into the following categories: jumps, stops, turns, slides, spins, hops, shifts & pivots, kicks, and footwork. The sport is either practiced in solidarity or with friends. Participants try to make use of the entire ice. The sport's participants use hockey skates, however a few (namely figure skaters) use figure skates to practice the sport. The sport does not entail any kind of break-dance movement(s) as commonly misconceived. The sport has it's own ice-skate under development called "Xtreme Ice Skates."

1. Tricks:

1.1 Jumps (types of jumps):

1. A. Spinning Jumps: Spinning jumps are considered edge jumps or spinning edge jumps, and are the result of the skater converting their forward momentum into vertical leap, and than spinning in the air. The skater turns sharp and quickly in a hook-like/circular fashion just prior to jumping. (Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uhIzx4YBQ)

Forward Jumps: The skater pretends as though they are jumping from a forward stance but than quickly makes a 90 degree hook in the ice and lifts off the ice with their toes all while keeping their upper body in a forward position. On jumps that exceed more than 360 degrees of spin in the air, a larger radius of a 90 degree turn just prior to the jump, is needed. Example(s): Forward 180°, Forward 360°, Forward 540°, Forward 720°, Forward 900°, Forward 1020°, BlackBird 360°, Flying Roundhouse Kick (forward), (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGgJn9UXvHQ) (Ref,: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8J88GAZR-o)

FrontSide Jumps: Skater enters a 180° turn as if they were executing a Hawk Turn (but with arms ready for spin instead), and leaving the ice facing a backwards, tilted position. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gTu9aaDvY) Example(s): FrontSide 180°, FrontSide 360°, FrontSide 540°, FrontSide 720°, FrontSide 900°, FrontSide 1080°, Air Jordan.

Fakie Jumps: Also known as a "backside" the skater suddenly fakes his/her approach by turning backwards and suddenly jumps. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfY11fJPo0Y) Example(s): Fakie 180°, Fakie 360°, Fakie 540°, Fakie 720°, Fakie 900°, Fakie 1020°, Backside Scissor Jump, Split Jump, Flying Roundhouse Kick (backside),

One-Footed Jumps: Skater jumps with just one leg and swings/thrusts from the other leg to attain better spin and height on the jump. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PElUNC7ePfE) Example(s): Flare Jump, Apolo's Jump.

Eagle Turn Jumps: Skater executes an Eagle Turn while jumping off from same position or relatively close to an Eagle Turn. Example(s): Air Flow

1. B. Non-spinning jumps: These jumps are meant to impress by the aerial dynamics of the jump rather than the actual spin. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVOGnr_5o5U) Examples: Air Walk, Wall Ride, Foot Plant, Doug's Special, Japan Air, Scissor Jump, Squat Jump, Side Jump, BlackBird, Stale Air.

1.2 Stops: Skater comes to a stop or halt on the ice that is meant to look appealing in some way. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7THBwRKjdA) Example(s): Machine Gun Stop, Dime Stop, One Footed Stop, Tuck Stop, Heel Stop, T-Stop, Double Spray, Frontside Stop, Eagle Stop, Rainbow Stop, Eagle Toe Stop, R-Stop, X-Stop, Air tuck, Unity Stop, Acid Stop, Two Footed Toe Stop, Kick Tail, Crouching Dragon, The Chaplin, Hybrid Tuck Stop, Heel Grab Stop,

1.3 Turns: Skater executes a turn on the ice in a hard, quick, or abrupt way. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihw45Tp805A) Example(s): The Eclipse, Hawk Turn, 3-Turn (inside & out), Double-footed Backwards Turns, Reverse Apolo Turn (basic), Reverse Apolo Turn (advanced), Apolo’s Turn, Eagle Turn, Whip Turn, Crescent Turn, 180° Crescent Turn, Drunken' Sailor Movement,

1.4 Slides: Skater slides on knees, ice-skate boot, body part, or some combination thereof. (Ref.: http://youtu.be/EqvZBq8KLzQ) Example(s): Black Hawk, Black Hawk Knee Slide, Knee Slide (basic), Knee Slide (advanced), Double Knee Slide, Boot slide, Super Man.

1.5 Spins: The skater either spins in-place, moving forward, or a circular fashion. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1AqEiRodZY) Example(s): One-Footed Spin, Two-Footed Spin, Moving Spins, Drunken' Sailor.

1.6 Hops: A very small one-footed jump where the skater launches oneself into the air by using a "pop" or "pump" action, similar to that of an edge jump. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSFYc3CNI30) Example(s): T-Turn, One-Footed hops, Backwards Power Pulls (with flying foot), and Swing Dance kicks.

1.7 Shifts & Pivots: The skater uses one or both feet to change directions. Shifts are executed in a quick abrupt- like movement and usually in one step. And Pivots are executed in a series of steps. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-vhhFHDpI) Example(s): Shift (front to back), Shift (back to front), Pivot (front to back), Pivot (back to front).

1.8 Kicks: The skater performs a martial arts style kick on the ice. Kicks entail swinging the leg, jumping and kicking, or throwing a kick while coming to a stop. Most aerial Kicks are combined with the Fakie or Forward take-off jump. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3vku_3UWQ) Example(s): Roundhouse Kick, Flying Roundhouse Kicks, Spinning Roundhouse Kicks, Shadow Kicks, Flying Side Kick, and etc.

1.9 Footwork: The skater utilizes their feet to perform a series of movements comprised of mostly fundamental elements. Footwork usually follows a preset pattern: straight, circular, zigzag, etc... Example(s): Happy Feet, Fancy Dance, Circular Footwork, Tight Circular Footwork, Frontward Footwork, Cobra Footwork, Eagle Footwork, Step Footwork, Hop Footwork, Knee Slide Footwork. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kvIJrxs3Q) 2. Ice-Skates: Ice-skates used primarily for the sport: 1. Hockey Skates: most participants currently use hockey skates. The hockey blade itself allows for a sharp turn and low aggressive stance on the ice to initiate rapid edge changes. 2. Figure Skates: figure skaters use figure skates instead of hockey skates primarily because hockey skates usually feel too foreign to figure skaters. 3. Xtreme Ice Skates: an ice-skate currently in development that is expected to replace hockey skates and figure skates as the main ice-skate used for the sport. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Xphz885Hk)

3. Culture: Similar to skateboarding, aggressive inline skating and other such extreme sports, Xtreme Ice Skatings' culture is comprised as the following:

 Thrill-seeker: risk-taking movements sometimes referred to as "Pure Energy", and is the defining characteristic of the sport.  Leader: Individuality marked by skill, showmanship, and desire to inspire others.  Creator: Creatively and self-expression go hand-in-hand when creating and performing new tricks.  Performer: Showmanship personality is brought out during exhibitions and other events.  Individualist: The sport is an individual sport, not team sport, and focuses on the individual skater.  Freedom: Participation brings about feelings of escape and detachment from everyday life and it's stress. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55RGcHkmOlE)

4. History:

May 18th, 2005: The sport was conceived on May 18th, 2005 by a twenty three year old college graduate named Dan Perceval. Dan Perceval is considered to be the founder of Xtreme Ice Skating. The sport started when the founder conceived and documented the idea of creating an extreme sport meant for the ice - - one that would entail doing tricks and other wild stunts akin to aggressive inline skating and skateboarding. The founder had filed for a new business for the sport that would become the backbone of the sport itself in terms of growth and development.

June 3rd, 2005 the sport's official domain was purchased (XtremeIceSkating.com). (Ref.: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=xtremeiceskating.com&type=domain)

(May 2005 - December 2005):

July 13 2005, a sports-marketing business entity was filed in NY (certificate of authority) by the founder to promote and market the sport.

July 27, 2005, the founder started conducting marketing research by attending a local event called Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam Tour where skateboarding and other extreme sports were showcased at that event. Afterward, additional resources were attained from other sources. Online research, library research, and personal networking were conducted.

August 7th, 2005 detailed drawings were created of an "ice ramp" and "landing ramp" while concurrently an official website for the sport was being designed. Also, the first merchandise for the sport were being considered: sport branded t-shirts.

August 16th, 2005 a provisional patent was issued to the founder: "Xtreme Ice Skate." This provisional patent entailed detailed drawings of an ice-skate that had a coping mechanism designed for application of grinding or coping on various surfaces.

August 16th 2005, a provisional patent application was filed for "ice ramp."

August 24th 2005, said three business professionals pro-actively advised the founder on marketing, strategy, public relations, and other business areas to further develop the sport. A week later, it was mutually agreed upon that the way to bring the sport to the masses would be to promote it through the live performances of an ice-skating team. Two months later, two skilled ice-skaters were interviewed. A team never resolved due to a lack of local talent. Later exhibitions were put on by the founder and founder's student.

October 31st, 2005 the sport's official website was launched. (Ref.: http://www.XtremeIceSkating.com)

(January 2006 - June 2006): January 10th, 2006, a comprehensive marketing plan and business model evolved from the original business plan created around August 2005. A meeting with a potential investor (owner of a window-blind manufacturing company) located in Long Island New York, took place. After a few meetings, the manufacturer declined to invest. The three business professionals as stated on August 24th 2005, would serve as the Board of Advisers to the founder over the next four years or so. A multitude of business meetings transpired to create market-specific proposals and solutions regarding appropriate strategy, management, and propagation for the sport. Audio recordings were archived.

January 11th 2006, a well-known United States sport's drink sponsor was contacted about potential sponsorship. Such talks extended via email but never developed any further.

April 23rd, 2006 a workable prototype design called the "Xtreme Ice Skate" was constructed. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSXxRDBX6Cc)

June 2006, a patent for the Xtreme Ice Skate with the highlighting feature of a coping mechanism, was filed with the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office).

February 2nd 2006, the sport made its first appearance in the press: Baldwin Herald newspaper and the Long Island Business News newspaper. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/press_kit.htm)

June and July 2006, lessons were given by the founder to twelve students. The students were 10-15 years of age and had extensive ice-skating experience (5-6 years). (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feq_GuS5M5M)

July and August 2006, an ice ramp was built. Branded t-shirt products were made. The T-shirts eventually evolved into a promotional item rather than sale item. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/images/dan_perceval_tshirt.jpg)

August 22nd, the sport made its first appearance on a local television station (Channel 12 news). (Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caaMhFtEDj8)

September 2006, the sport's first tour and exhibition took place: England's "Queens Ice and Bowl" ice rink. Three exhibitions were given over the course of four days. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-dUJKmjDA)

October 22nd, 2006, an ice ramp was created and recorded. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IgcKG1j8MI)

Winter 2006, an ice ramp was used in an exhibition at a local ice-skating event. The cost of creating the ice ramp was sponsored by a local pool hall located in Island Park New York. The exhibition itself was sponsored by the rink.

2007: March 2007, a second round of sponsorship proposals were sent out by the founder to various potential sponsors.

June and July 2007, instructional classes for the sport were given for the second time. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyk3dnhuQBo)

September 2007, a second tour took place in Antwerp, Belgium. On tour, the founder performed an exhibition. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLTMGgb7pnQ) Some of the sport's participants who lived in Belgium skated the founder while on tour. Local interest came about due to this interest. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbQRNp4Xzb8)

December 4th, 2007 an exhibition was given during the "Holiday Stars" ice-skating show at Long Beach Ice Arena in Long Beach, NY. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM2gTnaVf6M)

2008 Sport membership was created featuring an online newsletter and other services.

2009: In February of 2009, a comprehensive set of tutorials were recorded on a frozen lake in Vermont (Lake Morey). Months ensuing this event, the tutorials were edited and posted online. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL956755ED6D28EA3E&feature=view_all)

March 29th, 2009 a certification program was created so skaters can become officially certified to teach the sport. (Ref.: http://youtu.be/07rXGjjcsGw) (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/teach.htm)

April 2007, the sport was mentioned in IFS Magazine (International Figure Skating Magazine). (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/press_kit.htm)

July 2009, a Board of Directors was created. The Board of Directors is comprised of sport participants from all over the world who work to resolved difficult issues and problems in the sport. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/board.htm) (Ref.: http://xtremeiceskating.com/minutes)

July 2009, the sport was mentioned in "ISKATE" magazine. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/press_kit.htm)

October 2009, the sport was mentioned a second time in IFS Magazine (International Figure Skating Magazine). (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/press_kit.htm)

2010: In January 2010, a figure skating manufacturer commenced with the project of creating prototypes for the Xtreme Ice Skate which did not feature a coping mechanism. Multiple prototypes ensued. The manufacturer has since halted production of these prototypes. A new manufacturer is currently being sought. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0I9cb4geU) (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Xphz885Hk)

2011: February 7th 2011, sport lessons via video conferencing (Skype) were devised and implemented. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/lessons.htm)

February 2011, sport teams came about. Teams had their own names, shirts, and regular ice-skating times they would meet. (Ref.: http://www.xtremeiceskating.com/teams.htm)

December 24 2011, a blueprint was created to better organize and gain wider acceptance and tolerance of the sport. (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSpUnZ1QnY)

2012: June 28th 2012, the sport's official online store was launched. The first corresponding product were branded stickers. The Xtreme Ice Skate will be on the store when it's ready for market. (Ref.: https://XtremeIceSkating.com/store)

5. Equipment: During instruction, protective equipment is required. This is mandated by insurance. However, protective equipment is otherwise recommended.

Protective equipment:  Helmet  Elbow pads  Wrist guards  Roller-hockey girdle (with replaceable pads)  Knee supports (to prevent "jumpers knee") (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb9ODpcahEc)

6. References: (Ref.: http://www.XtremeIceSkating.com) (Ref.: http://www.youtube.com/XtremeIceSkating) (Ref.: http://XtremeIceSkating.wordpress.com) (Ref.: http://www.Facebook.com/TheSportXtremeIceSkating) (Ref: http://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Xtreme-Ice-Skater)