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- Apr 1, 2014
Well if only the richer / more privileged kids can skate, then yeah, there's less talents that can make a big name for themselves...it really sucks ...
I can only speak about skating in New York City, not New York State, but it costs $25/hour or something just for ice time, and coaching is $100+/hour. That's just prohibitively expensive even if you get a discount of 50% off or whatever when you show promise as a skater (which would require you to have already been skating).
Even as someone who works full-time and makes a decent salary, it's still a huge huge chunk of my budget every month. And minimum wage is like $10 in New York.