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Alabama Ice Skating Rinks

Where to ice skate, play hockey in Alabama

OK, so maybe you’ll never execute a Triple-Toe-Loop…and the closest you’ve gotten to the Winter Olympics is watching it on TV. But ice skating is a great activity for everyone. Whether you’re looking for a way to pry the family off the couch in the dead of winter, need an alternative to the X-Box for the kids, or are looking for a fun date idea, skating is it!

If it’s been awhile since you hit the ice – or are a complete novice – experts offer these suggestions;

Keep your head up and your knees bent. This is probably the best piece of advice you’ll get, since it keeps your weight forward. Leaning backwards is the surest way to take a spill. Also, if you do fall, its far better to fall on your hands versus your head.

Get comfortable taking small steps on the ice. Eventually, you’ll be able to glide on each step. Work on transferring your weight from one foot to the other, pushing your weight through the balls of the foot.

Children as young as three or four can start learning the basics of skating. Kids of all ages need proper safety precautions, like a helmet (hey, that ice is HARD!). Kids who are just learning to skate may find it helpful to push a chair around the ice (within a supervised class, of course).

If all else fails, relax -- it’s perfectly fine to hang on to the side of the rink.

Our complete list of Alabama ice skating rinks:

Pelham Civic Complex Ice Skating Rink
500 Amphitheater Road
Pelham, AL 35124
(205) 620-6448
www.pelhamciviccomplex.com/

Point Mallard Ice Complex Ice Skating Rink
2901-D Point Mallard Circle
Decatur, AL 35601
(256) 341-4910

Eastdale Mall Ice Rink Ice Skating Rink
5501 Atlanta Hwy
Montgomery, AL 36117
(334) 277-2088

Ice Complex Ice Skating Rink
3185 Leeman Ferry Rd SW
Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 883-3774
www.iceskate.org/

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Fun Skating Facts:

While no one knows exactly when the sport of ice skating began, the Dutch are credited with adding steel edges to skates in the 13th or 14th century.

Saint Lidwina is the Patron Saint of Ice Skaters (so pray to her that you don’t fall!).

Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire loved skating so much, he had his own rink built in 1610 to help popularize the sport.

James II of England, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all loved skating. Britain’s Queen Victoria got to know her future husband, Prince Albert, during a series of “skating dates.”