Longest one-foot glide

[Mathman]

Not to be too pedantic, but that is NOT a glacier. It looks like a frozen lake to me.

This is a picture of a glacier:
http://www.spyderonlines.com/image-html.php?pic=/images/wallpapers/glacier/glacier-19.jpg

I am practicing my shoot-the-duck to slide down the glacier in the picture.

The 1988 TV special (Canvass of Ice) where this was presented always advertised "Brian Boitano skates on an Alaskan glacier!" I see that Brian himself, at the very begin,says, "I always wanted to skate on a frozen lake." (A glacial lake, no doubt. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MleTnhI-lOw

 

[NanaPat]

I am practicing my shoot-the-duck to slide down the glacier in the picture.

The 1988 TV special (Canvass of Ice) where this was presented always advertised "Brian Boitano skates on an Alaskan glacier!" I see that Brian himself, at the very begin,says, "I always wanted to skate on a frozen lake." (A glacial lake, no doubt. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MleTnhI-lOw

Good to know that Brian know his geography/geology terms, even if the TV networks and video posters don't!

Here's a video of the other Brian skating on Lake Louise, a glacial lake in the Canadian Rockies. I believe the steep snowfield behind him at 2:36 and in several other shots is the Lower Victoria Glacier. It's quite a small glacier, so doesn't look like the Alaskan ones, but is nonetheless a real glacier. There is a location with teahouse called the Plain of Six Glaciers that is an easy day hike from Lake Louise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LWKKKdRi4s

It's easy to tell a glacial lake when it isn't frozen. They are beautiful green/blue/turquoise in color and have a kind of milky look. The color and the milkiness are due to silt made by the glacier.

 

[Dee4707]

One of the skaters that I always had hopes for but couldn't get past the nerves with jumps. I loved his style though and his cantilever is super.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bYwkmccnk