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    Figure skating is a very popular and well-liked sport in the Olympics for multiple reasons. Skating has been part of the Winter Olympic Games since 1924, and is sticking around! It’s both fun to watch, yet can be tricky to understand. Many people enjoy watching the Olympics as a source of entertainment or amusement during their downtime in the day. All ages around the globe find it enjoyable to watch the worldwide competition online or on television. Figure skating has been the most popular for many

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    How does skateboarding relate to success principles? When you have been skating for more than a few years you learn that you must commit to the task at hand. If one is not committed to the trick or endeavor you will likely fail or smack your face on the hot summer pavement. Commitment is a great principle to possess in skateboarding and success in order to advance or progress. If you are really committed to your goal there is nothing that can stop you. Failure is great, it means risks are being

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    brushing herself off, and trying again – literally and figuratively. As a figure skater, falling is a common occurrence, “It’s nothing out of the ordinary,” Nicole had said in an interview, “we have all become used to it over the years”. Nicole has been skating since she was two years old, and started competing when she was six years old. Ever since she started she was determined to master a very specific jump – the axel. That single, one and a half rotation, jump is what she has been working toward for

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    Imagine that you are taking a nice Sunday drive. In the distance, you see a white car hurling in your direction at a fast pace. Before you know it, you are in their lane, just yards in front of them. Bang! The next thing you remember is waking up in the Intensive Care Unit of a well-known hospital. You over hear the doctors tell your family that it you are in a serious condition, but they shouldn’t be worried. You also catch them discussing that the other individual in the accident died at

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    Abstract Swan’s Ice Arena is a place for people to enjoy ice activities. Due to the reason that David who is the manager of Swan’s Ice Arena wants to increase the revenue, he plans to expand his public skating program. It will not limit the number of customer to 12 to 24 people; instead, it can meet 700 people’s need. The revenue changes from 200 to 3500 due to the increasing number of consumer. But the problem lies in that the target market is consisted of the teenagers and kids. They are free

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    The main source of my life’s obstacles come from my hobby: Figure Skating. The sport figure skating has given me many challenges to face as well as countless of opportunities to grow and to develop from them. I have come to realize that these obstacles and failures brought to me from this sport are life lessons of perseverance that will stay with me forever. According to my parents, back in 2003, I absolutely hated figure skating. They tried multiple attempts to get me to skate but all I did was

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    floor, I felt different. The skin on my neck was tingling, adrenaline was racing through my body, and my bones were engaged in a newfound excitement. My mother was wrong. The bathroom floor is a fun place to go “figure skating” on soap suds. My sister, Emily, and I began our skating journey at Kent State University, where we had been enrolled in “Learn To Skate” classes for as long as we could remember. Spinning circles faster than a horse around the kitchen table in our socks was a common occurrence

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    Sports Negative Essay

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    Eyes are glued to the scenes of a human body pushed to the limit. Powers clashing by the work of people who didn’t back down to get to where they want. Sports has been a culture for generations within America and has shaped how we think and act in our daily lives. Strangers come together to watch and relate to one another which creates a bond. Even the athletes that train as opponents respect each other and acknowledge the efforts that each individual puts in to succeed. This culture creates hard-working

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    Lang is the first Native American to win the National Ice Skating Championship five years in a row (1)(2). She also participated in the Winter Olympic Games of 2002 (1)(2). Naomi was born in California (1)(2), she married Mark Fitzgerald (2)(3), and she loves outdoor activities (2). With her first skating partner, John Lee, they won the 1995 U.S. Novice title and the Junior medal (2)(3)(4) Naomi Lang is known for her five-time U.S. Ice Skating championship (1)(2). She was also the first Native American

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    Andrea Brooks

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    From a young age, Andrea Brooks dreamt of becoming an actress. At age fourteen, her dream was about to become a reality. Due to her talent in figure skating, the door to the entertainment industry swung open for her. She landed her first role in the Disney movie, Ice Princess, and from there her career blossomed. Andrea has starred in Supergirl, A Wish for Christmas, and Summer in the City to name a few. She is best known for her role as Nurse Faith Carter in the Hallmark original series, When Calls

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