Sentences with phrase «old figure skates»

When a chance encounter with an on - ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins, the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth sized man who is only hampered by his lack of any hockey playing ability and his brother's old figure skates.

Modern Family siblings Claire and Mitchell act out their old figure skating routine.

Not exact matches

The 28 - year - old, who became the oldest U.S. figure - skating Olympic rookie since 1936, did just that.

Laurence Owen, perky 13 - year - old daughter of nine - time U.S. Champion Maribel Vinson Owen, proved to be chip off old block, winning senior women's eastern figure skating championship at Troy, N.Y.

Rhode Lee Michelson, graceful 15 - year - old from Long Beach, Calif., kept her poise and her form in face of challenge from Joanna Niska, won novice girls» crown in U.S. figure skating championships at Minneapolis.

Peggy Fleming, an 18 - year - old beauty from Colorado Springs who looks as fragile as a Viennese chandelier, waltzed her way with skillful ease to her second world figure - skating championship

Mike LayPort, who has the distinction of being the fastest roller skater in America, lives in a 22 - room mansion off Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, with (above, in descending order) his father, Lee, a realtor who in the mid -»40s converted the old Mack Sennett studio into a roller rink known as the Palace Arena; his mother, Vivian: his brother, Patrick, a former senior men's four - mile - relay roller - skating champion who now manages the family gift shop; Patrick's wife, Carolyn, and their children, Kathleen and Pat; his wife Donna, an artistic (or figure) roller skater; and Sam, a Labrador retriever.

Or so people thought until last Saturday night's breakthrough by another tiny (4» 8») 13 - year - old, Naomi Nari Nam of Irvine, Calif. «I've been around so long, I'm not easy to impress,» said former U.S. Figure Skating Association president Morry Stillwell, «but before she had even finished, I was jumping out of my chair.»

This sport was probably invented by 24 - year - old newlyweds who likely grew to resent it in their 30s and explored singles figure skating later in life.

Indeed, it may have been a dream that began, incredibly, on the very day I was born, February 15, 1952, during the VI Olympic Winter Games in Oslo, Norway, the day that Dick Button, then a 22 - year - old Harvard senior, won the gold medal in men's figure skating.

Last month, Patricia Trudeau waited in line for hours at the McFetridge Sports Center to sign up her 11 - year - old daughter for figure skating classes.

Anastasia started skating at the young age of four years old when she was interested in figure skating and gymnastics.

About Blog Began figure skating for the first time at 32 years old.

The two portrayed figure skaters whose bitter rivalry leads to a much - publicized brawl at the Olympics, stripping them of their medals; the men subsequently decide to reattain their old glory by re-entering the Olympic competition as a figure - skating pair.

For those not quite old enough to remember, just before the O.J Simpson media circus happened, the saga of Tonya Harding, a working - class skater out of sorts in the skating world, and her rival Nancy Kerrigan, a princess - like figure, played out on tabloid TV shows every night.

Jeff and Tonya got married anyway, and then in 1991, Tonya won the U.S. Figure Skating Championship and became the first woman to complete a triple axel at 19 years old.

Robbie was just 4 - years - old when the plot unfolded to take down Harding's competitor in Olympic figure skating, Nancy Kerrigan.

«This is just an old phone,» he continues, turning to a small mounted screen playing figure - skating footage, «but it's linked to my iCloud so if a Grindr message pops up — it has happened a few times — I just ask any visitors to find someone nice.»

Viewers begin watching Harding's life as she joins a figure skating class at three years old.

Meanwhile, Adam Rippon is competing now as the oldest figure - skating rookie for Team USA since 1936.

About Blog Began figure skating for the first time at 32 years old.

About Blog Began figure skating for the first time at 32 years old.