I actually wanted to know what skating would cost me 5, 10, 15 years into this as my daughter immediately wanted to follow her cousin into the Olympics world. I even went to the extreme of emailing champion skaters to find out…this way, as an accountant, I could budget for it for the long term instead of letting it sneak up and surprise you. I am not willing to go back to work for paying a sport expense so I do everything I can to cut expenses…for example, you can sell skates on ebay and get about 1/2 to 2/3 of what you pay if you keep your skates in good condition…tape those skates with skate tape…double tape in areas like the toes…I’ve sold skates over 8 months old that looked brand new even though my child fell over 500 times in them and ran into the boards and whatever. She even competed in taped boots and no one knew from a distance. There are so many things you can do to cut corners and get top level training.

My philosophy, it’s your choice how expensive you want to go…remember you are the customer and everything is negotiable.

Yes, we will have an option to designate the percentage of sales to the U.S. Memorial Fund if you would prefer to do that rather than a club or a team.