Podein25 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 As a good Canadian boy hockey and skating is in my veins. I love the sport, still enjoy playing it etc. Whenever I'm trying to explain my love for the game to people who didn't grow up around the rink - like my Mexican friends for example - I always focus on the fact that it is played on ice. There is magic in that. This video captures a little bit of the magic of skating on ice: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Crystal-Clear-Lake-360878541.html Here is another: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Excellent pods. Although the lake my folks had a cabin on was never that clear, to skate like that on open ice was awesome and it didn't happen very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 @Podein25 Sweeeeet. It's few and far between when our lake freezes over enough to skate on and isn't covered in snow....but those rare times it does are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 @flyercanuck@hf101 Yeah, in my experience a fairly rare event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagerMeister Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 In some angles the guy in the video resembles ovechkin or datsyuk...hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 some angles the guy in the video resembles ovechkin You're right, he does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I took my nieces and sister-in-law to their first hockey game just before Thanksgiving (which was Flyers/Hurricanes). They then went skating - many for the first time - at the Dilworth Park outside Philadelphia's City Hall the next day. They enjoyed the game when watching it, but gained a much better appreciation for it once they actually stepped on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Like hf, I've never skated on ice that clear, but I have enjoyed clear, smooth ice. If you open your jacket, the wind will push you where it wants you to go. I grew up close to a bay. There are a couple islands way out in the mouth of the bay. There were a few days each winter where the bay was snow free and the ice was glass. We'd skate out to the islands which were about three miles away. If we were lucky, the prevailing southwest winds would act as tailwinds and blow us back. I used to ice fish. My kids, who were used to arena ice, loved the freedom and ease of lake skating. Happy days. Good thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I used to ice fish. Funny, I have never skated and ice fished at the same time. By which I mean, I never had my skates with me when I went ice fishing. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocker Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I never had my skates with me when I went ice fishing. I fished, the kids skated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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