Figure Skating

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Ice hockey is "Hockey sobre hielo". (OHkey SObray YAYlow)

Field hockey is "Hockey sobre hierba" (OHkey SObray YERba)

Figure skating isn't "PLAYED" we compete in competitions. the first competition was in Thunder-Bay Ontario. biggest city in northwestern ontario.

Most famous where?

Japanese heritage or citizenship?

In the US, you could possible count Kristi Yamaguchi as she's of Japanese heritage but not citizenship.

In Japan, Midori Ito, Yuka Sato, Shizuka Arakawa, Mao Asada, and Miki Ando are all very famous. As well as Daisuke Takahashi.

Well, don't know if you noticed but there is a wall to right. lol.. i never thought of that.. but anyway, its just the way the tracks were laid out, but they do turn right on the road courses. Ok the answer of because the wall is on the right side makes no sense at all if they turn their cars the other way on the track the wall would be on the left. They turn left because the driver seat is on the left side of the car so their visablity is much greater on the left their visibility to the right is not that great. Just like if you your self are going around corners it is easier to turn to the left then the right because you are on the right.

It is for safety. Back in the day, when NASCAR was called "stock cars", the cars were based off cars produced for American streets. Cars designed for American streets have the steering wheel on the left. If cars went clockwise (turned right) the driver would be pinned against the wall, when they crashed in a turn. The old Riverside (California) road course had a long sweeping righthand turn with an outside wall. At full speed around that corner the drivers would be right against the wall.

* Order someone to call 911 immediately.

* If the ice is breaking, lie down flat to spread your weight out more evenly.

* If you can safely approach the person who fell in while lying flat on your stomach to help them get out of the water, do so--but only if you're not at risk of falling into the water too.

* If possible throw the person who fell in a rope or other line that he or she can use to pull up onto their stomach on the ice and slide safely to the shore.

* Once out of the water, the person needs to remove the cold wet clothes and be wrapped in dry warm ones and brought indoors to warm up. If he or she was in the water more than 30 seconds, there is a risk of hypothermia, and he or she should be treated for that when the paramedics arrive from the 911 call.

there's two in each category w/ one runner up

Michelle could be described as a child at heart. She is a very determined and happy young girl with great experence. She knows how to have fun but knows what lines to not cross. She loves her family and is a very bright thinker.

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The sport known as figure skating has been known for a couple of centuries. The first known paper written on it is by Englishman Robert Jones in 1772. The American "father" of figure skating is Jackson Haines who developed the "modern" style from which the current sport has been developed. From the pictures of the time of Jackson Haines, he also developed the first skating costume...and possibly the current styling of men's undergarments, although I have not researched this theory. But.... A lesser known member of the tribe called Crank invented figure skating...and ice skating in the process. Crank was an curious child, always getting into mischief. He had this habit of wandering off after Rhonda to see what she would find. But, being a child, he would get tired and simply lie down and go to sleep wherever he was. The tribe would often find him in the fields around the encampment fast asleep, and when they woke him (he was a bit big to simply pick up by one person) he was short tempered and irritable, so they named him Crank. One fine morning, Rhonda decided to make an expedition near the Kokonee mountain to see what else the area contained. She had never been entirely satisfied with the previous two expeditions and just knew that there had to be something else worthwhile in that area beside the huge mountain. Crank saw her making preparations and he grabbed his own purse and followed her out of the camp. As Rhonda strode purposefully into the wilderness, Crank was fascinated by the many wonders of the area outside of the camp. He had seen some of the smaller animals, but the medium animals were an unknown. On the second day, Crank found himself lagging farther and farther behind Rhonda, but he gamely moved in her footsteps trying to catch up. But it was no use; a child simply could not keep up with the much swifter and more fit Rhonda. By this time Crank could see the top of the mountain however, so he knew that Rhonda was making a line for it. Immediately he figured that this was a total bust, so he cast about for a reasonable place to make a mini camp for himself. He soon found a rather shallow but wide stream near a stand of trees and sat down to rest. As he munched on cold paste that Sheila had cooked the day before, he casually looked around. The trees (as usual) were oozing that sticky stuff that was so hard to get off the body, and there were a couple of smallish animals frolicking in the underbrush. Seeing nothing to alarm him, he set about making a fire for the evening to discourage those animals from disturbing him. While he slept, the night grew very cold as was usual for those parts, and the little stream froze over. Crank was warm and comfortable so he didn't even notice much lower temperature until the next morning when he awoke. He noticed the crispness in the air and quickly killed a bird for breakfast. After finishing the bird, he set off to go back to camp. However...he had forgotten that the stream was between him and the path back to the camp. As all children will, he simply decided to cross the stream again and continue on his way. But he only took a couple of steps when he landed flat on his backside. The water was hard and he soon found out that it was very slippery too. He managed to get back to the bank with the aid of some refuse dotting the shoreline and went back to his camp to ponder the problem. As he arrived at his campsite, the bird bones were the first thing to catch his eye. Since he thought that he needed something for traction on the slippery stuff, the breast bone looked like just the thing because the sharp edge looked like it would bite into the hard water. He slipped his mukluk into the ribcage of the bird and it indeed fit. So, taking it off, he immediately killed another bird and speedily skinned and removed the meat. Now he had two ribcages to work with, so he went back to the icy stream with his bird bones. Crank shoved his feet into the bones and gingerly tried the stream. Instead of falling immediately, he was able to glide over the ice on that breast bone! Even as he fell from the lack of balance, he was intrigued. Struggling to regain his feet, he made it and by slowly and carefully shifting his weight, he was able to glide across the ice. Soon Crank was gliding across the ice with ever greater control and precision. His aim improved tremendously, and in a very few minutes, he was enthralled with the swiftness of his progress across the ice. Not since Powl had had his accident had anyone moved so swiftly. He discovered by accident that if one turned the foot just a bit, one could go in circles. Voila! The first skating figure. As he turned the circle, he noticed that the pattern was still on the ice. He retraced the circle, then inspected his handiwork, becoming the first Ice Skating Judge, since one's self is the hardest judge to please. This was fun stuff ideed..much better than following Rhonda! As Crank grew more absorbed in his new occupation, he never noticed that the sun was rising higher in the sky and to his dismay, the ice started to become soft and it broke in chunks around his skates. Swiftly moving to the other side of the shallow brook, he removed his ribcages and went on his way back toward the camp. But his new passtime intrigued him so much that he didn't fall asleep on the way back. Arriving at the camp late in the afternoon, he found a few playmates and told them of his fun new sport. The next few days saw a huge increase in industry among the young population as they all wanted to try the new passtime. About a dozen children became avid hunters of birds and in the process, became critics of the various skeletons as to durability and function on that shallow brook. The tribe had an increase in provender and the children were becoming independent which made their mothers somewhat alarmed. Crank became very popular; so much so that his sleep was interrupted by the other eager novices in this new sport. He grumpily led expeditions to the brook and demonstrated the technique to his pupils. On one of these expeditions, he was so irritable that he leaped upon the ice. To everyone's surprise, he not only stayed upright, but because of the way he landed on his bones...he started to spin. Crank had invented the flying spin, perfected many eons later by the famous Dick Button. The tribe was so enthralled by Crank's new achievement that to this day we remember him. Crank It Up isn't about music...it's about how Crank invented figure skating.

By first spinning with the Arms extended, and then bringing the arms close to your body, you will spin faster.

This is due to the conservation of angular momentum and energy.

The equation for the amount of angular energy is (1/2)(I)(W^2)

I is inertia

W is angular velocity (pretend the W is lower case omega)

When you have your arms and legs out, You have an increased Inertia. According to the conservation of angular energy, your have to have just as much energy starting out as you do in the end. So, when you bring your arms and legs in, you increase your ending omega by decreasing you ending inertia.

the youngest would be 16 years of age but not many get to go to the Olympics at that age but you never know when you have a great drive and compassion for the sport

source: my brain and im a figure skater

I saw them at a baseball game last year in Toronto (I believe they were in town with the rest of the Canadian athletes) and were snuggling and kissing. So yes, I believe they are. but still there are no evidence ..tessa still has the chance..♥

Series 1: Gaynor Faye and Daniel Whiston.

Series 2: Kyran Bracken and Melanie Lambert.

Series 3: Suzanne Shaw and Matt Evers.

Series 4: Ray Quinn and Maria Filippov.

Series 5: Hayley Tamaddon and Daniel Whiston

Series 6: Sam Attwater and Brianne Delcourt.

Series 7: Matthew Wolfenden and Nina Ulanova.

I, myself, am a figure skater. We just love skating, it's our entire life. It's one of those love-it-or-leave it things. We devote our weekends, holidays, and lives to it. We wake up in the morning to go to the rink. We meet long-lasting friends, we have life-changing moments. There's really no words to describe it.

Skating itself was first brought to America in the 1740's. Figure skating was developed several years later in the U.S.

series 1 Daniel whiston with gaynor faye

series 2 melanie Lambert with kyran bracken

series 3 Matt evers with suzanne shaw

series 4 maria fillipov with ray Quinn

series 5 Daniel whiston with hayley tammadon

series 6 still competing i want sam and brianne

YES

Yes, you can. There are a variety of ways, but the most common way is from head trauma. If someone falls off at any sort of height while skating, and they were not wearing a helmet, then the could suffer a severe enough concussion that they go into a coma and slowly die.

As of January 2012, Katarina Witt is not married.

In order to even land a double loop in figure skating, it is crucial for you to know how to do a single. It is recommended for you to have sharp skates, ankle support, and flexible/comfortable clothing (no jeans).

When you do a single loop you have to pull your arms in a cross lightly to get the rotation . With the double though you will need to work out and have really strong leg muscles. The idea of the jump is to master a rotation without using your toe pick by jumping off one leg and doing a rotation and landing on it again.

In order to do a double loop, you will have to pull in your arms really tightly to get more spin. Second, you need to be able to push yourself off your leg hard and fast. This is probably the most important part. You need to get higher up in the air to be able to fit in two rotations.

When you first try doing a double loop, you should always have someone watching, just in case you get injured. It's OK to wear a helmet for the first couple of times if you feel really uncomfortable without it, or just not confident.

When you are ice skating you can wear different things. It really depends on what you are doing, and weather you are a guy or a girl. If you are a girl and you are ice skating just for fun, you should wear clothes that keep you warm. I would prefer gloves. (incase you fall). If you are going to figure skate, or compete you would wear this: your hair up, (unless its too short), your ice skating dress, your ice tites,(leggings you wear when ice skating. These can go over the boot part of your skate and they are called "boot covers". Or they also have tites that only go from the inside of your boot up to the top of your knee.) If you are a boy you would wear an ice suit, or just normal clothes if you are skating for fun. If you are a guy or girl wanting to play hockey and not figure skate, you would wear special padding and a special kind of skate. While figure skating its best to wear ice tites or leggings rather than socks. Though socks would be okay if you had to. Source: Former ice skater Cynthia Ridyard.

Kurt Browning - a quad toe loop that he landed in the 1988 World Championships in Budapest. At first, it was believed that Jozef Sabovcik had landed the first quad, but when replayed, they saw that his free foot had brushed the ice, so it was not counted as the first successful quad jump.

Humans have been skating for thousands of years. The first skates were made from animal bones and attached to the feet with leather straps. People used skates as a way of crossing frozen lakes and rivers in the winter. In the 1850s, figure skating started when skaters started trying various spins and jumps on ice. The first World Figure Skating Championships for men were held in 1896 in Russia. The first World Figure Skating Championships for women were held in Switzerland in 1906. source: http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p5204.htm accessed June 24, 2006 == source: http://www.icesk8.com/ In 1396 Lydwine (also Ludwina and Lidwina), a beautiful 16 year old girl, from Schiedam in Holland was visited by friends, who invited her to go skating. Legend says that Lydwine's friends insisted that she go skating even though she said she wasn't feeling well. Once they were on the ice Lydwine was knocked down. She broke 6 ribs and was bedridden for the rest of her life. After the accident Lydwine had visions and was given credit for performing many miracles. Lydwine was canonized in 1890 and was named the Patron Saint of Skating in 1944. This image of the fateful fall was made in 1498 by the Dutch artist, Johannes Brugman. This image provided courtesy of the SchaatsMuseum (Netherlands). source: http://www.icesk8.com/