Synchro Boards - An online skating forum

If you've been watching Skating on Thin Ice and fantasizing about a career as an ice skater, or you just want to learn to glide around the ice for fun but aren't sure how to get started, Synchro Boards is a warm and friendly online resource for skaters. If you have a question, comment or request - no matter how simple - the members of the Synchro Boards forum will be happy to help you out.

I asked the most basic of questions - What is Synchronized Skating?

Divine_Diavolo says: "Synchronized skating is basically skating with a group of 12-20 skaters. It is quite similar to the marching soldier routine that the Disney on Ice Team showed the celebs on TV. Although MUCH faster, more flowing, and much more interesting moves. If you have a fast net connection try this site here. These are some of the teams who just competed at Worlds 2005 Sweden (including Team Australia - Fire on Ice from NSW)."

Prusie Says: "CJ, when it comes to silly questions.. People could post them just about anywhere on SynchroBoards and get a warm responce from someone who read what was written..We all have silly questions of our own that we ask from time to time.. and there is such a lot of people who use this board from all over the world that you get some amazing answers!"

Much of the discussion at Synchro Boards over the past few weeks has addressed the lack of promotion for the show, which runs for only 4 weeks - barely getting a momentum going before it will be over! While the show utilized the resources of the skating community, little information can be found about how the viewing public can become involved.

The synchro boards team recommends hunting for ice skating rinks the old fashioned way, by letting your fingers do the walking in the Yellow Pages ... or you could just click this link straight to the Ice Skating results for Australian rinks & associations ...

http://www.yellowpages.com.au/search/postSearchEntry.do?businessType=ice+skating&businessName=&locationClue=

Oz_sk8_mum has been fortunate to attend some of the training sessions and the final performance today, and had this to say about the Celebs involved:

"I just want to make a few points from someone who has kinda been on the inside for the last few months.The Celebes are a great bunch of people....Yes even Deni..she is NOT like how she appears on the show..she's a great big kid at heart and my kids had a ball with her, James Blundel is SUCH is nice guy and Vince always the joker must have the Biggest heart .. and how about Belinda Green..how many Grandma's take to the ice these guys were really into this show .... this is a group of people who really WANTED to get the Skating thing right! And while they may not make the 2010 Olympics THAT was never the aim .. they achieved their aim.. so for all the sour pusses who sat in Canteens and bagged the whole idea (and they did .. we heard them!!) YOU LOSE .. This show was a winner for our sport!"

All in all, the show has certainly brought ice skating into the spotlight, with weekend sessions at ice skating rinks filling up with families stepping onto the ice for the first time, past skaters renewing their passion for the sport, and rinks putting on extra sessions to accommodate the growing demand.

Don't forget to be watching Skating On Thin Ice this sunday for the final episode, and drop by Synchro Boards (www.synchroboards.com) to chat with Australia's synchronized skating community.