Pretty impressive that he fell forward. Well, he was momentum-ed forward i suppose. Mostly, I fall the other way. Far less dignified and almost no sympathy what so ever.
LOL! (should be in bigger letters) I keep all these about sports mishaps: pull them out when ever some idjit gets going about how wunnerful sports are. . .bending down and smelling the daisies or making lemonade from life’s lemons is enough for me.
I HATE when my sharpener makes the blades too sharp or the hollow too deep! Takes a long time to “dull them down”….at least a few hours or days. Most of us will scrape the edges of the blades a few times against the ice or on the plastic step where you step onto the ice. Sort of crazy….newly sharpened blades that need to be “dulled down”, but it happens when a sharpener doesn’t quite know how to hone it properly. When they are super sharp, you cannot skid to a stop and that’s what you want. When you are skating fast, you cannot stop on a dime; you must SKID. Otherwise, you will have a situation as above. OR you will just have to allow yourself to crash into the boards to stop! (I’ve used that method). LOL
Mordock999 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Either THAT, or he slammed on the “brakes” too hard.
rshive almost 5 years ago
Or under-tied them.
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
He just made a figure 1.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 5 years ago
Perfection takes time.
(I’m not quite there myself.)
dcdete. almost 5 years ago
Or he forgot to buy shoelaces for his skates. Or are they called skate laces?
Troglodyte almost 5 years ago
…or you may have an unhealthy affinity for snow. Take your pick.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Those are figure skates. Go figure!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Pretty impressive that he fell forward. Well, he was momentum-ed forward i suppose. Mostly, I fall the other way. Far less dignified and almost no sympathy what so ever.
Oakwood13 almost 5 years ago
Skates were to big. Need to be a size smaller than your regular shoe size especially with rented skates.
1953Baby almost 5 years ago
LOL! (should be in bigger letters) I keep all these about sports mishaps: pull them out when ever some idjit gets going about how wunnerful sports are. . .bending down and smelling the daisies or making lemonade from life’s lemons is enough for me.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
He’s a real SHARPIE!
Plods with ...™ almost 5 years ago
No such thing. Blame the skater not the skates.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 5 years ago
There is a critic at every mishap.
MichaelHelwig almost 5 years ago
Maybe if he tied the laces.
xSigoff Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Personally, I have no idea why this is funny. We don’t allow ice on our lakes here; makes boating and bass fishing difficult. (Georgia).
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
Titanium will do that.
TLH1310 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Good thing he didn’t try a figure 8. He might have gone through the ice.
colcam almost 5 years ago
Why do I get the feeling most of the people here don’t understand what a sharpened skate is?
cuzinron47 almost 5 years ago
I guess someone told him to take a powder.
dlkrueger33 almost 5 years ago
I HATE when my sharpener makes the blades too sharp or the hollow too deep! Takes a long time to “dull them down”….at least a few hours or days. Most of us will scrape the edges of the blades a few times against the ice or on the plastic step where you step onto the ice. Sort of crazy….newly sharpened blades that need to be “dulled down”, but it happens when a sharpener doesn’t quite know how to hone it properly. When they are super sharp, you cannot skid to a stop and that’s what you want. When you are skating fast, you cannot stop on a dime; you must SKID. Otherwise, you will have a situation as above. OR you will just have to allow yourself to crash into the boards to stop! (I’ve used that method). LOL