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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A Museum all about skating? Oh my!
The World Figure Skating Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado preserves the history of figure skating as a sport. It is open to the public to visit, but also private rentals of the exhibits are available.
The museum also hosts the Figure Skating Hall of Fame. This includes not only American nominees but as well international skaters.
The site provides mainly information about the museum but in order to fully understand the museum you would need to visit it. However, the website clearly explains where the museum is located, so it is possible to visit it.
I've never visited this museum but have been to museums with figure skating exhibits. So a museum all about skating sounds like my kind of museum.
U.S. Figure Skating
The site provides news on the homepage pertaining to American skating as well as information about international competitions. It provides information about the senior competitive skaters that compete on the international scene.
The site is a guideline for clubs across the United States as well as provide information about volunteer and coaching opportunities in skating clubs across the United States.
It has detailed information about events and the results of American skaters. The site has a lot of information about American skating but not much about the sport of skating in general. Therefore, in that regard it is not a useful source if you wish to learn about the sport itself.
However if you are an American and are interested in finding a local club or seeing news about your favourite hometown skaters, then this is the site to check out.
Vancouver 2010 Figure Skating Coverage
The Winter Olympics are almost upon us, only a few months away. So the 2010 Olympic website is set up in preparation for the skating competition.
It already has the tentative schedule for the events starting in early February. It will be updated as the events take place early next year.
Also, it currently provides images of the last Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Also, it provides a standings of the awarding of medals in the Turin Olympic Games. These will change when the Olympics begin in 2010.
Also it provides information about the sport and some special features including the training skaters go through. There are many interviews with Canadian Skaters such as Joannie Rochette.
The site still does not have much information on it, but has information from the past Olympics. However, once it starts the information will be changed in order to be relevant. Visit the official 2010 Winter Olympic Games here.
CBC Skating—for all your Canadian skating news coverage
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company), has a specific section its website that is devoted to figure skating. It displays the sport schedule as well as video of Canadian skaters. There are also features about specific skaters or competitions.
The figure skating page can be found in the Sports section of the website. There is not too much detail on the website, though it is nice to have video of Canadian favourites. There are also articles written about the skaters and events which provides some opinion into the sport.
The site has little explanation on the sport itself, so anyone who is not too familiar with the sport won't find this much of a help. However, for avid followers of the sport, it provides up to date information on competitions and puts it into the Canadian perspective.
ISU — the official union of skating
The International Skating Union (ISU), is responsible for the regulating of international figure skating. This includes requirements for competition such as program lengths, type of music, and required elements. It also regulates judging of international competitions. The ISU organizes the Grand Prix circuit which includes various competitions such as Skate Canada and Skate America. It is through the ISU that skaters enter international competitions.
The site provides various information about the rules and regulations of competitive figure skating. This includes the required elements in each program and outlines how points are to be awarded to skaters.
Also, it provides skater biographies of the leading competitors around the world. However, the site does not just pertain to figure skating but as well speed skating.
If you are interested in learning more about the origins of competitive skating and the current rules and regulations, check out the International Skating Union's website.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Skate Canada, for all things Canadian skating
Skate Canada is the site to go to for anything and everything skating in Canada.
It is the main organization for figure skating in Canada, and is responsible for regulating municipal figure skating clubs. It also hosts many competitions for both the competitive stream as well as the non-competitive stream. It is the home page of the Canadian national figure skating team who will represent Canada at the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
It also provides a section called "Know Your Skating" which provides more information on the sport and its requirements. This includes the various elements, judging schemes and a glossary of skating terms.
The site also provides the results of many events held in Canada such as Skate Canada, a part of the Grand Prix circuit. There is also information on how to purchase tickets and also on upcoming events.
Many opportunities to be a part of the Skate Canada organization are available and listed on the site. These include volunteering, coaching and officiating.
Overall, the website is effective in giving information about figure skating in Canada and is the legitimate authority for Canadian skating. It also includes a "Hall of Fame" of past members of Skate Canada and their contributions to skating.
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