So, yesterday on a whim I went down to Melbourne's awesome new skating facility for an intro to ice hockey. A little late in the game to be starting a physical sport like this, but I enjoy skating and used to REALLY enjoy playing intramural floor hockey in college.
It was a lot of fun. From pictures on the web site I expected to be given just a helmet and a stick, but they ended up giving me full pads - helmet, gloves, elbow pads, knee/shin pads, shoulder pads, and padded pants. This proved useful as I'm not the best skater in the world, especially in hockey skates (I'm used to figure skates with the sawtooth in the front that I used both for stopping and accelerating). So I ended up going down maybe five or six times, but no pain thanks to the pads. It was quite a lot of fun. The instructors were good and kept things organized and moving. A great deal at only $20 for the hour too, including skates and equipment.
I really, really need to learn to skate better. Particularly stopping, which I don't really have worked out.
Marjorie came by and caught the last ten minutes. She's going to join the fun next week!
