Ice Skater

"It's what we call the ice-skater effect," David Kerridge, head of Earth hazards and systems at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh told Bloomberg. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If an ice-skater is spinning slowly with their arms spread out, and then they pull their arms in towards them, they will begin to spin much faster … this time, informally, we could say that slower ‘wide spinning’ has been transformed into faster ‘narrow spinning’. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Careful!" she laughed as she struggled to stay standing like a bad ice-skater. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other rumored celebs who have expressed interest in joining Dancing with the Stars are Kate Gosselin, Olympic ice-skater Evan Lysacek, Olympic diver Greg Louganis, and Kevin Federline. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the case of the ice-skater, the conserved quantity is something called ‘angular momentum’. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a child and young teenager, she trained as an ice-skater and had Olympic aspirations, but dropped those plans after suffering a series of injuries. ❋ Erica Orden (2011)

The tile entry was slick in his socks, and he felt a bit like a beginner ice-skater feeling his way, but the rubber stopper on the end of the cane gave him security as Eva led him toward the back of the house. ❋ Robert Dugoni (2010)

Meh, somehow I don't think I'm ever going to be an ice-skater. ❋ HayleyM (2008)

Apparently he is not really considered a "real" ice-skater by other ice-skaters as well because he does very commercial rock star kinds of shows and probably making heaps-o-cash. ❋ Girliejones (2010)

You start to feel as though you are the pole-vaulter or the ice-skater since your brain mirrors the actions of those you are watching. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Would love it if you used initials at least (I.S. for ice-skater, maybe?) so we could discern between all the incognito celebrities who join the discourse on blog posts like this one. ❋ Roger Sutton (2007)

Sitemaster Sez: Italy stopped in TWICE to read about Natalia, the ice-skater -- they found her picture on the second try, but spent some time reading my other Late May/Early June entries. ❋ Michael Evans (2006)

Larry Hall James Stewart is an ice-skater who wants to produce his own ice shows. ❋ Charlotte Chandler (2008)

That means this storm is potentially getting faster in the middle right through here, because, like an ice-skater that brings her arms in as she's spinning around, goes a lot faster, compared to arms and legs out, spinning slowly. ❋ Unknown (2008)