Do You Enjoy Ice Skating?

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Years ago, I used to go ROLLER skating several times a week. I got really good at it. I was even a speed skater and could skate frontwards and backwards and do spins and jumps. Well, those days are gone, but I was thinking about my ICE skating experiences. Two experiences, in particular. The very first time I ever went ice skating, I was spending the night with a friend. It was the dead of winter and the pond behind her house was frozen solid, so she thought that we should go ice skating. I told her that I had never been ice skating before, but she insisted that we go. She and I wore the same size shoe and she had two pairs of skates. So, off we went to the pond, all bundled up. This all took place in West Virginia when I was in high school. I put on the skates, just knowing that I would not be able to stand up, but to my surprise, I was able to skate, frontwards and backwards. It must have been because I knew how to roller skate, which they say is more difficult. We skated for only a short time and in addition to freezing half to death, my ankles gave out. I could still stand up on the skates but my ankles were very weak and were bending over. I will tell about my other experience later. Do you like to go ice skating?