The Ice Man By Mark E. Melone Most people rarely give much thought too, or understand how the ice they skate on is made. In this first, in a series of articles, on ice installation I will explain and illustrate for you how the entire process is done. This is how to take a bare rink floor like the one below, and construct it into the floor that everyone sees as this First, remove all dirt and debris from the floor surface. Th
"Here comes Evan!” Believe it or not, it’s been three years since Naperville’s own Evan Lysacek won the men’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in Vancouver. (Really?) It’s now only a year away from the 2014 winter games in Sochi, Russia, and it appears that Evan has set his sights on trying to become the first since American legend Dick Button (1948 and 1952) to win back to back gold medals! Evan hasn’t competed since his gold medal win in 2010. He toured with “Stars on
Thank you for downloading the Ask Mr. Edge Mobile Application. The following instructions will help you set up the Application for a complete customized experience. Once the Application is properly set up, which includes inputting your equipment, upcoming events and practices, friends and coaches contact information and more, you will see how useful and easy it is to use all of the Apps features. Please allow some time to p
Penguin Specialty has supplied us with instructions on the proper way to tape your Figure Skating boots. Adobe Reader is required to open the file. Once you have opened the document you can save it for future reference. Please click the link below for the instructions: Sk8tape_Instructions
Why Do Skater’s Need SkateScience Blade Technology? When skaters fall, get a low technical score, fail a test or have a bad performance, the blame of loss or failure most often falls upon the athlete. However, in many cases equipment design is the real cause of failure. For example: triple and quad jumps use blazingly fast rotation that creates enormous landing torque forces. Sooooooo! Where should the blame lie? With the
Here you will find our list of Ice Skating Coaches categorized by State. Use our directory to help find qualified Skating Coaches in your area. Skating Coaches should submit their information by registering on our blog found here: www.AskMrEdge.com/blog\ After registering and logging in, please visit the "Figure Skating Coaches" section of this blog found here: http://www.askmredge.com/blog/skating-coaches/ Illinois Kim Quitter Where Do You Teach: Rocket--Bolingbrook, 7 Bridges
Each month Ask Mr. Edge publishes an article for "SKATING" magazine sponsored by U.S. Figure Skating. Visit the website for full details and to submit your questions. I will be posting both current and past articles here in our blog. Got a skating question, Ask Mr. Edge! Click on the logo for more information: May 2013 Article Summertime Care for Your Skates Maybe Spring will have finally sprung by the time everyone reads this article. No matter, summer is on the way and it’s t
Paul Riedell and his wife Sophie founded Riedell Shoes Inc. in Red Wing, Minnesota more than 60 years ago with one goal in mind – to produce and offer only the finest quality skates available in the world. Paul, a member of both the ice and roller skating Hall of Fame, also desired to make skating available to people of all ages and abilities by creating comfortable and affordable skates that still incorporated the same attention to detail and quality found in every Riedell p
Master of Perfection For more than 300 years, John Wilson has crafted its blades with the optimal balance between high technology and high-touch hand finishing. With an unwavering commitment to research, design and technology, John Wilson crafts its blades from the highest steel quality to create the finest figure blade available. Every John Wilson blade is produced using laser technology for unmatched precision on the ice. The process commences with laser cutting to guarantee blade geom
Attention All Ice Skating Coaches: Ask Mr. Edge is building a Coaches Data Base which will be used to create a directory to help new students locate a coach in their area. This service will help promote you and your business by helping skaters locate a coach, even when they are away from home. In addition, you’ll also be promoting yourself to thousands of skaters who are currently in Learn to Skate classes and are without a private coach. Our directory will benefit both coaches and ska
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