To Skate On Thin Ice
by bil - 2025-03-07 ( education / news / rss ) [html version]
I saw this and thought of my nephews wanting to skate on their pond. I'd said I'd want two weeks, but this says...
"...the conditions needed for decent ice [were] three nights of sub-twenty-degree weather, with little or no surface-marring snow..."
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Northern New Jersey, where I grew up, sometimes had skateable outdoor ice. But the conditions needed for decent ice three nights of sub-twenty-degree weather, with little or no surface-marring snow were rare. We averaged about a half dozen days of good ice per winter.
When the ice was good, and I wasnt at school or basketball practice, I skated as much as I could. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Memories of natural ice time are among my outdoor favorites, both as a kid and as a grown-up. Skating is a unique form of motion. You can accelerate quickly, glide, cross over, do tight turns, spin, back-skate, and stop suddenly and snowily. The cold air on your face and in your nose is invigorating. Adding in stick and puck makes things more challenging and fun.
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