Sunday, December 18, 2011

Can you believe there are only 7 days till Christmas!

We will be at the Apex Ice Arena, tomorrow Sunday, December 18, from 3:00pm to 7:00pm for their skate swap.  If you are looking to do some last minute Christmas shopping, stop by we would love to see you!

We will be closing from December 21 through January 3, 2012. 

Happy Holidays to all of you, we hope that everyone has a happy and safe holiday season with family, friends and loved ones!

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Friday, December 2, 2011

We are here in Aspen!

Headed to Aspen roads are dry.
Coming into Vail!

We are here in Aspen!
We are set up, so glad to be here!

Beautiful Snow Day in Aspen!











Can't wait to see everyone!
Good luck to all the competitors!

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Headed to Aspen, with SNOW flying in Denver!

We are hitting the road tomorrow morning for Aspen for the 5th Annual Aspen Invitational at the Lewis Ice Arena at the Aspen Recreation Center, hope to see you there!

I had to share a nice e mail that I received, it is always fun to hear from the wonderful people we meet when we are on the road.  This e mail from Tom from Bryan Texas was a wonderful follow up after meeting him, his wife, daughter and grandson at Fort Collins for Midwesterns.  He and his wife celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary while they were there. He stopped by the booth to surprise her with a gift she had seen, Thank you Tom for sharing your photos and story with us!  Happy Anniversary and many more!

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It was nice meeting you in Ft. Collins.  My wife, daughter and I all purchased items from your display.

I have looked at your website and did not find what that is wanted, thus this email.

My daughter picked out and I purchased three (3) of your "door hangers" in the form of an ice skate and had the words: "Skate on Inn".  One was given to my Grandson's skating coach in Sugar Land, TX, one was given to my daughter and one was given to my wife as an additional 45th wedding anniversary gift.  My wife's door hanger is currently on our front door here in Bryan, TX.

If the item continues to be available, I would like to order another "Skate on In" door hanger.  This should be shipped to a lady I met her at a figure skating competition in NYC last September.  We have remained email friends since.
If the "Skate On In" hanger is not available, you may use the "Winter Welcome" hanger.  It would be nice if she could receive this gift by Christmas.

Thank you for your assistance. 
Tom
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Great photo’s Tom and your gift is on the way to New York!

Don’t forget we will also be at the Big Bear Ice Arena this Sunday, December 4, for their exhibition!  See you soon! 

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Are you ready for Christmas?

We made it back from 2012 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships, Thank you to everyone at the Fort Collins Figuring Skating Club, for their hospitality and taking great care of us. A BIG thank you to Maureen with Go Figure Skating in Ft. Collins (pictured in previous post) for having us up with her and for also taking great care of me!  We hope it was a great time for all the competitors and congratulations to those of you who qualified for Jr. Nationals and Nationals!

As seen in the pictures previously posted, our good friends Kim and Chaz came to watch Midwesterns and stopped by to say “Hi”, Chaz, we miss watching you skate!  Also pictured was Yuka Sato, who I was honored to meet she was there coaching several of her students including our friend, Alexe Gilles.  Alexe and her mom Bonnie Gilles also stopped by and we were able to spend some time with them.  Not pictured this time, we also got to see our friends Mariah and Morgan Bell, always a please to visit with them and their family.  Loved watching all of them practice, good luck to all of them this season!

Where are we next!  Ready, set, go!

So will be at the 5th Annual Aspen Invitational Competition on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Lewis Ice Arena at the Aspen Recreation Center, Aspen, Colorado.  Let us help you with your holiday shopping; we will have lots of Christmas ornaments and gifts for the skater as well as wonderful Coaches gifts.  Please feel free to contact us before the competition and we can have your order ready when you arrive. 

We will be leaving Aspen and headed to Big Bear Ice Arena on Sunday December 4, 2011 for their holiday exhibition.  Please e mail or call us if there is anything we can have ready for you before we get there.

Also in December we will be at the Apex Ice Arena for their holiday exhibition and skate swap, on Sunday, December 18 from 3 to 7 pm.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and happy holiday season, if we can help make your gift giving easier we also offer Gift Certificates for your skater!

See you in Aspen, Aurora and Arvada!

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Friday, November 18, 2011

2012 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships

Maureen and Kimberley
Kim, Kimberley and Chaz
Kimberley with Yuka Sato, 佐藤 有香, two-time Japanese Champion, World Junior Champion, two-time Olympian, and 1994 World Champion. Also known as a choreographer and coach.
 
Kimberley

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Who are the people behind SkatersChoiceColorado.com

As most of you know my best helper is my Mom aka Sally (so now everyone knows her name).  She keeps me well organized, does an amazing job on beading, is the best tight sorter ever and keeps me grounded when I freak out!

Most of you have met my girls, Emma (the Skater, the reason Skater’s Choice started) aka Skater’s Choice Product Tester and Molly aka Skater’s Choice Shipping Manager (if you ask her).

The whole family gets involved some days, even my shhh…. don’t tell her I told you, my 98, yes I said it, my 98 year old grandmother!  Who will never see this blog, she doesn’t own nor want or would know how to turn one on.  She is awesome and I know we already put the picture up earlier, I just had to share the story.

She usually comes over twice a month to my mom’s to hang out on the weekend, yes, she still lives independently!  So while she was over we were working on photographing dresses for the web and she was sitting in chatting with us.  Mom had to take care of a few things so Gram started helping me.  Putting the dresses on the bust, turning them for the front and back photo and taking the dresses off the bust.  Some of the things she said, oh my goodness!  She had me cracking up, I laughed so hard! I kept telling her she didn’t have to help and she kept telling me she was fine and was having a good time.

When the evening was over and she was going home, I thanked her for all her hard work and she told me that she had a ball and I should definitely call her the next time I need to photograph dresses for the website!

Thanks Gram, you rock!



Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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Kimberley
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SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

I hope that everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!  I wanted to share with you that after just a short 16 days our pumpkins need a chemical peel and perhaps some Botox!  I guess I should be thankful after way more than 16 days of life that my wrinkles are not so bad!

What’s New……..
Zuca’s Fall Collection is arriving this week, I am sure they will go fast so feel free to contact us and be the first to have one at your rink!

The holidays are right around the corner, let us help!  Check out the website and the slide show on the blog for some great Christmas gifts for skater’s and coaches.  We are constantly adding new items so keep checking or shoot us an e mail and we can make some fun recommendations!

What’s next for us!
We will be at the 2012 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships hosted by the Fort Collins Figuring Skating Club. November 15 - 19, 2011.
The event will be held at the Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC),
1801 Riverside Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525
If you would like to place a pre-order and have it waiting for you please feel free to contact us.

Kimberley 
Ask@SkatersChoiceColorado.com  
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Halloween Smiles

It is hard to believe that Halloween is fast approaching!  So I thought I would share a picture from my pumpkin carving day with my kids.  As we were spending some time together getting into the holiday mode, I of course was trying to recreate a “Norman Rockwell” family moment, as mothers I think sometimes we want that perfect scene.  Do we get it? Or do we make our selves and sometimes our families crazy trying to achieve “perfect”?  Enjoy the moment is what we should be doing!  Happy Halloween!

“I know how to do anything - I'm a Mom.” - Roseanne Barr

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  OK, not really with the 70 plus degree weather we are having.  Are you in need of some unique gifts for coaches and skaters?
We have a NEW skating line of gifts which include a Pot Holder, Kitchen Towel, Note Pad, Magnetic Note Pad, Recipe Card set with mini whisk and a Large Tote! Click this link to get more info.

For our Ice Skating readers we have several NEW books!
Eloise Skates (Ages 4-6)
Let's Go Skating (Ages 4-6)
The Snow Fairies' Skating Party a Dora Book (Ages 3-7)
The Greatest Skating Race (Ages 9-12)
Sugar Princess Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Ages 9-12)
Click this link to get more info.

What’s coming up next? 
We will be at the 2012 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships hosted by the Fort Collins Figuring Skating Club. November 15 - 19, 2011.  The event will be held at the Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC),
1801 Riverside Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525
If you would like to place a pre-order and have it waiting for you please feel free to contact us.

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com 



Monday, October 3, 2011

Pikes Peak Classic and National Solo Dance Championships

Wow! The Pikes Peak Classic and National Solo Dance Championships were amazing in Colorado Springs!  I want to “Thank” Janna Blanter and Kim Hennessy from the Broadmoor Skating Club for inviting us to this wonderful event and to the rink staff for their help during this event.

Where to start, first it was wonderful to see so many friends from all over and to meet so many new people too.  Todd Gilles and Emily Samuelson stopped by to say “Hi” before they left to go to Michigan to continue their training.  We wish them safe travels and all the best with their training!

We also had a friendly face return to us, Olga from Delaware, who I first met at State Games of America 2009 at the Arena.  Olga was brought back to us by Carolyn Kruse, of the Broadmoor Skating Club, because her daughter did not have a dress to compete in, due to the Airlines losing her skates and luggage. (Check out the full story by Jo Ann Schneider Farris at About.com)  Carolyn took Olga and her daughter Jordan Noelle McCreary to our booth early that morning before we got there and Carolyn found a dress for Jordan to wear.  Thank you Carolyn and we are happy that Jordan had a dress to compete in.  Congratulations to Jordan for finishing what she set out to do, even when a challenge was placed in front of her. 

Where are we next?  We will be at the 2012 Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships hosted by the Fort Collins Figuring Skating Club. November 15 - 19, 2011.  The event will be held at the Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC), 1801 Riverside Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525

The holidays are coming, are you ready?  We have great gifts for your skater and coach, we also offer gift certificates. 

For clubs that are hosting events, feel free to contact us for great gift ideas for your officials.
Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Colorado Springs Invitational Competition!

So much excitement at the Colorado Springs Invitational competition!

In case you haven’t heard by now, Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational, a U.S. Figure Skating sanctioned nonqualifying competition.  Click Here to SEE the You Tube Video by Local Motion Production Inc. 

As if that wasn’t enough excitement, thanks to our friend Bonnie Gilles who stopped by to say “Hi” we were able to meet her son Todd Gilles and had the pleasure of meeting Olympian Emily Samuelson, who recently announced their newly formed partnership.  They are going to train in Ann Arbor, Michigan, coached by Nechaeva and Chesnichenko.  We wish them all the best and look forward to seeing them Dance in the future, Good Luck and stay in touch!

We also had a blast watching Skater and Coach Shay Frank in her Artistic competition.  Love the costume!  Along with all the amazing skaters that stopped by to say “Hi” and show us their dress’s, medals and ribbons!  Congratulations to ALL the competitors, we hope you had a great time at CSI!

I want to thank Lisa Landon, with Centennial Skating Club for inviting us back again this year!  We had a great time and want to thank all of the members and volunteers for welcoming us and taking great care of us as always!  We hope this was a successful competition for you as well!  I would also like to thank Will and his staff at the Sertich Ice Rink for all the hard work they do and making us feel at home.

In addition to all the skating, The Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial service was held on Saturday, September 17 in Memorial Park in front of the Sertich Ice Arena.  Representatives of 87 fire departments from the U.S. and Canada presented flags to family members of firefighters who have died this past year.  It was something to see, from all the people and the procession of fire trucks and motorcycles that followed the fire truck to the memorial.

Where are we off to next?  We were invited to the Pikes Peak Classic for Pairs and Dance and The National Solo Dance Competition, to be held in Colorado Springs, hosted by the Broadmoor Skating Club, September 23-25, 2011.  If you are going to be there please stop by and say “Hi”.

Kimberley
SkatersChoiceColorado.com