Comments on: Glossary of Skating Falls http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/ It's a cold job, but somebody's gotta do it. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carl D'Agostino http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-3780 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:20:26 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-3780 I skated through college. Did the least I could to pass. Thanks visit my blog.

]]> By: Ben Howard http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-3718 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:42:38 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-3718 Thanks for this taxonomy. What do you call falling on an icy sidewalk and landing on your knee?

May I have your permission to use your image on my blog “One Time, One Meeting.” It would accompany a post entitled “Mishaps and Mistakes.”

Ben

]]> By: Sonja http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-357 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:26:16 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-357 how about the bottom-lip-split right dead center?

]]> By: sarah http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-344 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:22:28 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-344 oh, the chin-splitter…

butterfly bandages vs. 18 stitches from a plastic surgeon: same idea, different price range!

]]> By: sitspin http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-335 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:19:59 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-335 The only one I can add would be “the breakdancer” where you spin around on your back after your fall.

The sad thing about this glossary is that the guy up top does not have on a helmet!

]]> By: Aaron Harris http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-334 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:47:25 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-334 It’s official. I have found myself watching figure skating, seeing a fall, and then researching this post to classify the fall. This glossary must be permanently published and saved on this website in some fasion!

I’ve also discovered another one…I call it the board banger. This when a skater successfully lands his/her jump but is too close to the boards and is unable to complete the landing before banging into the boards…often accompanied with a fall after the board bang!

]]> By: tarangela http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-333 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:03:46 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-333 And the uh-oh… a version of the slo-mo. Several approaches but most common: land a jump facing forward, somehow having come down on both toepicks. You already feel the anticipated searing, crushing kneecap pain while teetering – stuck – on 3 sq mm of steel. Best solution after ensuring nothing’s broken is to bend and straighten the knees repeatedly, then force a few minutes of stroking, and only then add ice (to your knees and your drink!).

Not to mention the What was that!!! Outdoors on a pond the likely culprit is a twig or pebble. In our rink it’s a tulip poplar seed pod that instantaneously halts all motion. Leads to any of the crash patterns Jocelyn describes.

]]> By: Aaron Harris http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-331 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-331 This post is great…and so very very true. The Slo-Mo…love it!

]]> By: bamboo-boo http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-326 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:54:19 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-326 What about when a skater is just standing there and somehow falls… How would we classify this? I guess it could be the Timber. And when this skater accidently kicks her coach in the shin on the way down?

]]> By: J. Walker http://currentskateofmind.com/2008/03/25/glossary-of-skating-falls/#comment-325 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:50:34 +0000 http://jocelynjanecox.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-325 I found this an interesting read and also an informative read. I had no idea how many different on-ice falls there could be. I ended up laughing. I also noticed a falling figure up top which gave a set up to what followed.

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