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Tom Winter, 68-year-old skateboarding professor goes viral

The image of Tom Winter, a 68-year-old University of Nebraska classics professor, riding on a skateboard with a briefcase in his hand has gone viral online after it was posted to Reddit.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus

Skate Above The Crowd at W Hotel New York

New York - Skating has been taken to a whole new level, five stories above the ground. W Hotel in New York has constructed an ice surface on the outdoor wrapped around terrace that permits "Skating in the Sky".

In the Media by Bryen Dunn

Two new outdoor skating venues to open in Toronto Special

Toronto - This year the City of Toronto is adding two new outdoor skating venues to its database, raising the total number of ice surfaces to over 50. Both offer unique and innovative designs, not reflective of your typical hockey rink structures.

Digital Journal Report by Bryen Dunn - 2 comments

Skating in season at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square Special

Toronto - Nathan Phillips Square is in the process of being revitalization that will be completed in 2012 but that didn't stop skaters this first December weekend, even Santa was taking a spin.

Digital Journal Report by KJ Mullins

Op-Ed: St Margaret's Bay, NS adopting mandatory helmets for public skate

Halifax - On Friday, I went skating for the first time this season. I learned that the arena I have enjoyed coming to for years, St Margaret's Center, is adopting mandatory helmets for public skating starting January 2011, even without provincial legislation.

In the Media by Sara Star - 16 comments

Op-Ed: Rock on Ice a hit at this year's CNE in Toronto Special

Toronto - Rock on Ice brings their audiences a music concert, ice show and circus like talent all for the price of an admission to the CNE.

Digital Journal Report by KJ Mullins

World Class Blade Bending at Red Bull Crashed Ice

Quebec - There’s something mystical that happens when a half-kilometre long ice slope is constructed in the centre of an urban centre, and individuals race downward in an attempt to win it all.

In the Media by Bryen Dunn - 1 comment

Figure skating behaviours lean towards eating disorders

There's a dark side to aesthetic sports like figure skating- part of being perfect on the ice can lead to an eating disorder.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

Dutch town transforms into ice-skating movie set Special

April 14 was a warm spring day in Friesland - yet the temperature in Dokkum suddenly dropped to 'minus 20C'. A thick layer of 'ice and snow' covered the city centre. People were ice-skating on the canal at breakneck speeds, packed in thick winter clothes.

Digital Journal Report by Adriana Stuijt - 7 comments

Help make Team Canada winners in 2010, urges Olympic committee

Sport-loving and patriotic Canadians are being targeted in a nation-wide online campaign to raise $5 million in a program which will help Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the games in 2010.

In the Media by Moushumi Chakrabarty

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Skate Canada announces teams for worlds, 4 Continents

Fresh off the Canadian figure skating championships in Moncton, N.B., Skate Canada has unveiled its teams for the world championships and the Four Continents competition.

Mississauga to host 2013 Canadian figure skating championships

Mississauga, Ont., will play first-time host to the 2013 Canadian figure skating championships. Skate Canada says the championships will be held Jan. 13-20 at the Hershey Centre, which hosted Skate Canada International last October.

Penguins' Crosby skates with teammates

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby skated with his teammates for the first time in more than two months Friday but remains bothered by concussion-like symptoms.

VIDEO: Skateboarding takes off in Cambodia

In Cambodia, the country's first skate park is helping street children gain confidence.

Crosby skates again, but return remains uncertain

Crosby, limited for weeks to on-ice work with other injured players, practised with his teammates Thursday at the Penguins' suburban practice rink, only the third time he's skated with them since he last played on Dec. 5.