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[mrsheeps]

Took me two and a half hours (plus all the times before), but I FINALLY learned how to stop on my left foot (ice skating). And at a pretty fast speed too. Skating without gloves and a stick is always so weird though, eh? Phil Esposito said he never once skated without a stick and probably wouldn't be able to skate without one

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[flanneryflyer]

Play ice... no contest. Roller's okay, but what makes hockey so special is the fact that you're playing on ice. If you have a chance to play on ice, you should do it... there are so many good leagues and house-leagues and stuff in this area... and everyone's really nice. Ice, ice, baby.

[mrsheeps]

Ice is cool and all but roller's more fun, maybe partly because I am SO MUCH BETTER at roller than I am at ice... I dunno, roller is just pure offense, and it's fun.

[flanneryflyer]

But you're not on the ice! And you can't have sliding races!

[mrsheeps]

Maybe part of me is still bitter my parents weren't willing to spend money on ice hockey equipment growing up? (But a $4,000 viola = completely fine)

[flanneryflyer]

You so don't strike me as a viola player...

[mrsheeps]

My sister got the viola. Heh. Maybe I am a bitter person! You can scrounge up hockey equipment for $300-400 but they never wanted to.

[flanneryflyer]

You totally can. I remember my very first pair of gloves ever were a used pair of old Coopers... $5! Most of the leather on the palms had worn down and they couldn't really protect against a fly landing on your hands, but I loved those gloves. Even when I got nicer gloves, I refused to part with my old ones... they're still floating around in my bag, "in case of emergencies."

[mrsheeps]

I got most of my hockey equipment from hockeygiant.com and got a pair of pants used at The Hockey Stop - they're WAY too big and I believe are Women's but hey, they work. I think I spent around $350 total for 90% new stuff.