I've spotted someone I know on here now <waves at the learnedrobb
> and will totally out myself to him with this post, but oh well...
I love BOTH sides of ice sports. I figure skate because hockey just isn't accessible at a rec level unless you have a driving licence, which I don't, and can't get. I skated in hockeys for a while, just a leisurely skate round the rink with my mates, then switched over.
Now, the problem I have with hockey skaters isn't the skates they wear. It's the fact that an awful lot of youngsters in hockey skates, skate at dangerous speeds on busy sessions, showing off to their mates. The marshalls at my rink are the worst for it! That being said, I have also nearly been taken out by somebody doing a spiral without looking behind them, so it doesn't matter what skates you have, common courtesy is common courtesy.
Roll on September when I'll be at a rink every weekend watching hockey, and then probably at a different rink on the other day to skate!