Does anybody do syncro?

Curlygirly81 said:

I've never had an interest but it's becoming quite popular.. Thinking about maybe joining a team..Question for you syncro skaters..

Costumes, do you buy or rent them? I've never liked the idea of renting, I can't wear something that's been worn by someone else.. I use to cringe when we did carnivals bc they would put us in rentals... I'm a bit of germophobe lol

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karne said:

If you've never had an interest, then why would you do it?

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NanaPat said:

Probably they never had an interest in the past, but now they do.

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1904sk8 said:

Well since no one really uses that forum () I will just respond here. Usually you pay a fee to the team and then dresses will be included in the fee. Some teams let you keep them at the end of the season while others do not. Most of the time teams get them custom made at the start of the season so it matches the theme of the program. Some smaller teams might purchase dresses from other teams at the end of the season but they are all usually in good condition. Let me know if you have any other questions

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Seren said:

I did when I was younger. The first year I did it it was still called Precision- but I am in my 30's so that was a while ago! It is a lot of fun.

As for dresses- we always either had ours made or bought them.

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NanaPat said:

Probably they never had an interest in the past, but now they do.

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karne said:

Just double-checking, as I know a lot of adults and older teens get pressured to do synchro.

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mystery905 said:

or ice dance, as if free skate is beyond learning for adults....

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Mamamiia said:

A friend of mine is a synchro skater. I heard that she pays the team a certain amount of $ a year, say $8,000, costumes, training, traveling and some other expenses are included.

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