From the athletic moves to the costumes and music, freestyle skating is a beautiful sport. Learn everything from the basics and the rules to the history of this breathtaking sport. It will have you wanting to lace up your skates!

Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit--until her coach comes up with an idea.

Con este completo y ameno libro usted podrá aprender todas las técnicas básicas del patinaje: cómo mantener el equilibrio, avanzar, girar, frenar, patinar hacia atrás, saltar, etc. Gracias a sus útiles y claras explicaciones, podrá aprender sin ninguna dificultad a moverse con patines en línea o de cuatro ruedas y, de paso, conocer las disciplinas más clásicas (velocidad, hockey sobre patines, street hockey, fondo), las más modernas (descenso,...

On February 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. World Figure Skating Team were killed in a plane crash, along with 16 coaches, officials, and family members. Frozen in Time takes readers inside the lives of the young skaters who died in the crash, revealing their friendships, romances, rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs. The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, the most famous woman...

As a sport, an art, a fitness activity, nothing quite beats figure skating for excitement, grace, beauty, or fun. Now former U.S. Champion figure skater John Misha Petkevich shows how you can find your full potential as a figure skater no matter what your age or ability. The lavishly illustrated volume includes: Detailed instructional-photo sequences What to look for in skates, clothing, rinks, and instruction Getting started 6 basic turns that...

Everything you need to know about starting ice skating in an illustrated guide All the knowledge and secret tips you need to start ice skating. If you have ever dreamed of being a figure skater, playing ice hockey or just how to ice skate, this 'insiders guide' gives you information that only ice skaters would know and could save you time, money, trouble and effort. This walk-through guide into the world of ice skating takes you from novice to being...

It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in Salt Lake City. Technical ability was approximately equal. It was the artistic merit score that would decide the gold medal -- the second mark. Representing Canada, China, and Russia, the three pairs illuminated their distinct cultures. On the second mark, whose culture would triumph? Would it be the beauty...

In this second-chances romance, a former top men's figure skating champion is willing to risk everything for a comeback-except a new start with his long-lost love… An unexpected phone call from the man who broke her heart offers Amy Shepherd an opportunity to return to the work she loves, training elite figure skaters. Except it's just one figure skater: him. Can she finally forgive and forget? Figure skater Mikhail "Misha" Zaikov once had it all:...

This book contains 100 questions on the NHL team the Detroit Redwings. Questions on all time greatest players, trades and some of the Redwings most famous victories. There are questions here to test even the most ardent of fans. Prepare to hit the ice and see how many answers you will know?

At age fifteen, Katie Wilder might be one of the greatest figure skaters in the world... but no one even knows she exists. When a childhood accident, leaves her face so severely scarred that she wears a mask, Katie never leaves the Ice Castle, the rink owned by her father, a once-famous coach. Skating since she could walk, and without friends and distractions, every moment is, dedicated to her passion, skating, under her father's guidance. However,...