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

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Vail Invitational has come to a close!

Another great year at the Dobson Ice Arena for the 2011 Vail Invitational and Mountain Fun competition.  We had such a good time we came up on Wednesday for their test session and it was Mom’s aka Sally’s birthday!  We celebrated her birthday with Dawn Ristow and her husband Steven at Billy’s Island Grill in Lionshead.

I want to thank everyone with the Skating Club of Vail for the invitation to the competition and for treating us so well.  It is always a pleasure to come up and be part of this wonderful competition.

We saw some of our customers we haven’t seen in a while and met some new skaters and parents too!  Congratulations to all of the skater’s, we hope you enjoyed Vail and had a great time.

We will be closing the showroom from July 20-27, 2011 and then next up for us will be Colorado Championships August 4-6, 2011 at Apex Center, 13150 W. 72^nd Ave. Arvada, Colorado 80005, 303-424-2739.

Let us know if you need anything for Champs and we will have it ready for you when you arrive!  See you at Champs!

Kimberley

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Another Broadmoor has come to a close!

We had a great time, from visiting with the Basic Skills parents on Sunday, wishing all the dad’s Happy Father’s Day and watching all of the kids realize how big that sheet of ice is and wondering where did the circles go?

Rachael Flatt stopped by several times, during one of her visits we helped out with a donation to the “Kids on Ice” program in Washington, DC.  Rachael donated several of her old skates to the program and we included some soakers.  Rachael’s mom Jody made boot bags for every pair of skates that were donated, they also included gloves and towels and we threw in some skating rings.  What a great way for all children to have a chance to experience ice skating!

We met so many wonderful people from all across the globe from here in the state to across the country, Canada and even South Africa.  Not to mention all of our familiar faces from around Colorado, Texas, Albuquerque and Arizona and I know there are more!

We congratulate ALL of the competitors for their performances, all the hard work, early mornings and dedication you have for your sport!  Remember “The hardest part of skating is the ice!”

What’s up next for us!

The 2011 Vail Invitational and Mountain Fun Competition, July 14 to July 17, 2011

Sponsored by The Skating Club of Vail to be held at the

The John A Dobson Arena, 321 East LionsHead Circle, Vail, CO 81657

As always if you need anything, feel free to send us an e mail and we will have it ready for you when you arrive in Vail!

Kimberley

Ask@SkatersChoiceColorado.com  

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Great time had by all!!!!

Skater’s Choice is back from the Fort Collins Classic, we had a great time and lots of fun with Maureen from Go Figure Skating. 

We ran into Amber Ruiz and her mom Carolyn.  Amber is an International competitor representing France and is coached by Damon Allen and has also been instructed by Surya Bonaly.  Amber skated at Ft. Collins competing at the Junior level, she placed 2^nd in her Junior Free Skate program and 3^rd in her Junior Short program.  Congratulations Amber!

Up next for us Funtastics! 

April 16, 2011 

Denver Synchronicity

Feel free to e mail us and we can have your order ready when you get to Funtastics, see you soon!

Kimberley

Ask@SkatersChoiceColorado.com  

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