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So, if you want to try skating, then get a coach, they do not do axels.They do but, the way pairs and start making programs, and get a costume, and get to the high level. If you try hard and keep on skating you will be great like the famous skater. do it is the men lifts the women up and let the women jump and do a four times axel. That is called a twist lift. For pairs it is harder because you will have to do the thing same time, for example if your doing a big hop it has to do the Pairs same height. Also it has to be the same speed. The tricks pairs use are lift, twist lift, throw jump, slow jump, death spiral, solo spin, pair spin, and others. Most people will want to know what death spiral means so what death In skating there is pairs. Pairs is you do it with a partner, but, you do it with a boy and a girl. You can do it as siblings or friends. The first pairs is 1908, British figure skater Madge Syers was the first Olympic figure skate champion. She did it with her husband Edgar Syers. What some people don`t like about pairs are if one person fails, the other skater fails too. Well, some people like pairs because there someone with them. Pairs and a single skate is different, pairs your going to do it with another skater so the men can pick up the women to do cool tricks. In 2014 , Meryl Davis, and Charlie White at Sochi Olympics Russia, they became the first ice dancers in United States to get gold. In pairs, you don`t do stuff like a sit spin, and camel spin. Also, in pairs spiral is, is is it’s like a compus. The men is in the middle and the woman will go around and the woman leans back. Now you know how pairs are different than single figure skating. If you like who do pairs go to the place where the show is. Meryl Davis, and Charlie White practices at Canton. If you want to see them practice ice skating go to Canton arctic. Laura Nieman says,”My favorite skaters are Meryl Davis and Charlie White, the reigning Olympic champions in the dance event and natives of the Detroit area. They're my favorite skaters because they are beautiful to watch and they make really difficult elements look very easy. There's an effortlessness about the way they skate, and they also have excellent artistry.” Now you read the article, you may know more information. Skating isn’t boring, it’s fun. So, if you like ice skating you should try it. Ice skating makes you balance better, and also make you flexible too. So, you should really try it. Sports 41