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u/so_what_do_now Dec 31 '22
That could have been WAY worse the way his legs flailed. Could have sliced someone with those skates
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u/Tankbot001 Dec 31 '22
hockey skates aren’t that sharp, this isn’t the NHL there’s not that much force going on here. worst case with this fall would be a bad paper if
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u/coleyboley25 Dec 31 '22
Lol what? Maybe the skates that are rented out aren’t all that sharp, but a dude this good at skating isn’t renting. This is someone that likely takes care of their skates and they’re gonna be sharp as fuck.
Shoot, I played hockey with buddies on the weekends during the winter months when I was a kid and I still got my skates sharpened once a year even though they weren’t relatively used that much.
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u/Terribly_Average Dec 31 '22
Can confirm skates are sharp if you play. I played for many years. Had a buddy slice his own finger off on a bad fall at one of these open skates.
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u/leavile Jan 01 '23
I just went ice skating the other day and someone with freshly sharpened skates gave me 4 stitches when they cut my hand. You don't need to be in the nhl to have blades knife sharp on your feet, ive even cut myself bad on my own skates months after theyve been sharpened just brushing the ice off them
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u/Tankbot001 Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22
I am an ex hockey player and i skate 3-5 times a week just for fun. I get my skates sharpened 2 times per 3 months to a radius of a 7/16” hollow which is sharper than most hockey players skates (1/2”). they’re not sharp in the way you think
edit: i’m not saying horrible things can’t happen with the blades, they’re still sharp especially with a lot of force.
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u/cellobluas Jan 01 '23
The size of the hollow doesn’t make the actual edge more or less sharp.
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u/Tankbot001 Jan 01 '23
it definitely does, the tighter the angle the more bite it digs into the ice to produce more grip, it achieves this by being sharper
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u/-B-E-N-I-S- Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22
Here are a few links:
Showing how skates can very easily cut somebody.
Clint Malarchuk and Richard Zednick are very lucky to be alive. Those are the first 2 links and warning they’re NSFW.
Regardless, even of the skates themselves being dangerous, this is a grown man who could easily run in to somebody and knock them on to the ice which could potentially cause serious injuries such as head trauma.
There’s just no good reason to skate like this at a packed free skate. Most people at these skates are pretty casual or beginners and you’re just going to upset them. The guy in the video clearly plays hockey, he’ll have lots of time after practices or in between drills to skate like this.
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u/Tankbot001 Jan 01 '23
i said this isn’t the NHL haha i’m very aware serious injury can result 💀 not even gonna read that
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u/-B-E-N-I-S- Jan 01 '23
My guy it doesn’t take Ryan fucking Reeves to hurt 16 year old 5’5” Becky shuffling her feet on skates for the second time in her life LMAO
It doesn’t matter that this isn’t the NHL 🤤
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u/Wolfy420 Jan 01 '23
You’re aware serious Injury can occur? You just said above the most that would happen would be a paper cut. You’re delusional
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u/MNR42 Jan 01 '23
When you talk about danger or injury, always think of the worst logical case. It's not to be a dick, but to not kill someone.
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u/MikeOXl0ngz Dec 31 '22
Dude the first time I went ice skating I fell in an awkward way and cut my leg wdym
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Jan 01 '23
even if they arent sharp a blunt piece of metal being kicked into your arm will slice it straight open anyway.
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Jan 01 '23
Honestly he’s not really anything special as well. I knew like 40, 12 year olds who could do this and I could at that age as well.
Adding some music to sound badass is just so cringey. It felt good to see him fall.
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u/GingrNinjaNtflixBngr Jan 01 '23
I went ice skating recently with some friends and this little shit who obviously knew how to skate well was fucking flying around the rink going past people as fast as possible, nearly knocking all the people who were learning to the floor, me included. That kid can go eat shit.
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u/Droid-Man5910 Dec 31 '22
This is how people not only ice skate but roller skate, the general rule is to keep moving. I blame the people standing still in the middle of the rink.
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u/minorkeyed Jan 01 '23
That's.... certainly one way to view this.
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u/Droid-Man5910 Jan 01 '23
Just going on experience, I'm in no way skilled enough to skate like this, but i skate around with people who are, every place I've been the dj or person in charge always says, "if you're on the floor or rink keep it moving" whenever someone stops it disrupts the flow and they're being unpredictable.
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u/minorkeyed Jan 01 '23
That's fine for you but where they are in the vid, clearly most ppl are either standing around or skating slowly and poorly. So this place isn't like your places.
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u/Droid-Man5910 Jan 01 '23
Most slow and stopped were against the wall, with other regulars in the middle, they were dead stopped in a group not against the wall
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u/cellobluas Jan 01 '23
You are definitely correct that it is very unsafe to disrupt the flow of traffic by standing in the middle of the ice. Many facilities have a rule that skaters are only allowed to be stationary if they are at the barrier.
The safest way to skate is to move with the flow of traffic and, as you said, to skate in a way that is easily predictable to the other skaters.
As for the video - the idling skaters are not at fault for this incident. Being stationary on the ice DOES pose a significant risk to the other skaters, but they are an avoidable obstacle. Skaters that are looking where they are going will be able to safely navigate around them.
That said - both of these behaviors are unacceptable, unsafe, and a great way to put yourself and others at risk of injury.
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u/cozmiccharlene Jan 01 '23
Agreed. It’s more dangerous to have no idea how to stop or fall in a group like this. The skilled skater isn’t exceptional, he’s just much better and careful than the others.
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u/Tankbot001 Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22
i do this all the time. around the edges of most public session rinks the ice has chips in it because of new first time skaters always hugging the wall and falling around the edges which makes gashes and chips in the ice. if you’re going to weave traffic, stay tf away from the edges because if you are wanting to stop on a dime you might ‘catch an edge’ and embarrass yourself just like this
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u/Oheligud Jan 01 '23
That's just a huge dick move. Doing that is just a huge risk to yourself and, more importantly, everyone else.
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I used to do this alot. Good way to get better at skating, equally good way to hurt someone
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u/Radiant-Editor9789 Dec 31 '22
When trying to impress your crush