The Ice Skating Instute (formerly the Ice Skating Institute of America) is a trade association for ice rinks, and also an international governing body for recreationalfigure skating. It was founded in 1959, in order to promote skating as a recreational activity, and to that end has developed a program of tests and competitions in all areas of figure skating, as well as limited areas of speed skating and hockey, independent of the corresponding "serious" tests and competitions, and covering a broader range of skills, from "Tot" levels to advanced tests that would provide interesting challenges even to Olympic medalists. An industry trade group is generally a public relations organization funded, founded and formed by corporations that operate in a specific industry. ... An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ... Tigers playing in the water Recreation is the employment of time in a non-profitable way, in many ways also a refreshment of ones body or mind. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gaetan Boucher training for the 1976 Olympics Speed skating (as well Speedskating) is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a puck (a flat, 6 oz. ...
Synchronized skating, the fastest growing component of figure skating, takes the grace of ballet, the elegance of ice dancing, and the beauty of pairs skating and combines the elements into an amazing spectacle on ice.
Costumes that alter the surface of the ice are not permitted.
The age for synchronized skating team members shall be as of July 1 of the current competition season (July 1 - June 30).
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