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ICE SKATING INSTITUTE ASIA LTD.

Almost every ice rink in Southeast Asia is a member of the Ice Skating Institute Asia Ltd, an umbrella organization of ISI in the United States. ISI is 53 years old and has more than 500 rinks worldwide and about 200,000 skaters as members. Rinks in Asia adopted this system for commercial rinks in 1980 to encourage the general public to skate by offering a series of skating tests that were from very easy to very difficult to achieve. Each rink who is a member usually hosts their own competition each year, inviting any ISI member to join in. Our rink in Shenzhen usually has their annual competition in November. Likewsie, ISIAsia is the home of Skate Asia, a major world recreational skating competition that hosts more than 1000 skaters. The first and only time it's been held in China was 2006 in Shenzhen with more than 1100 skaters from 20 countries taking part. All competitions of ISI are fun and every skater does win a medal for their work and effort. There are no losers. World Ice Arena Hangzhou is a member of ISIAsia.

This year, Skate Malaysia, held at the Pyramid Ice Rink in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will host it's annual skating event.

Skate Malaysia site is at http://www.skatemalaysia.com.my.
Skate Asia 2010 Hangzhou http://www.skateasia2010.blogspot.com
ISIAsia website, go to http://www.isiasia.org.
Ice Skating Institute (USA) go to http://www.skateisi.org.
The International Skating Union site is http://www.isu.org
The Chinese Skating Federation site is http://www.chnfs.org
The US Figure Skating site is http://www.usfigureskating.org
The Canadian Figure skating site is http://www.skatecanada.org
World Ice Arena Shenzhen http://www.worldicearena.com
David Liu (Skater/Dancer http://www.davidliu.org


What is the difference between ISU and ISI programs?

The International Skating Union is the world governing body for the sport of figure and speed skating and are based in Switzerland (www.isu.org). Most countries including China recognize ISU as the official body for the sport and it is the job of the national association (Chinese Skating Federation) to find, train and submit qualified skaters for local, provincial, national, world and Olympic competitions under the Chinese flag. Their objectives do not include promotion of commercial skating or to recognize skaters achievements outside the programs that they themselves organize. In China most people regard the Chinese national team and provincial team skaters as "professionals" meaning they are very accomplished world-class competitors. In the west, the word "professional" usually implies that the person earns a fee or makes a living at his work.

The Ice Skating Institute is an organization based in Dallas, Texas, that was started in 1956 to help promote skating on a recreational level. While numerous skaters who started in this program went on to win Gold in World and Olympic competitions under the ISU program, all started after a casual visit to their local ice rink. The ISIAsia program started in 2000 after ISI (USA) accepted a proposal by Ted Wilson to setup an office in Hong Kong that caters entirely to Asian and middle east ice rinks and skaters. The program has about 10,000 members at present. The ISIAsia organization holds an annual and sometimes bi-annual meeting of all ice rink managers to discuss programs, skaters rules, and upcoming events as well as elect officers. The current ISIAsia President is Mr. Raul Gomes, Manager of Riviera Ice Chalet in Hong Kong. This is his third term. The next election is in 2010. The ISI program is not designed to compete against the ISU program in any way but to cater to the needs of people who choose not to be involved in a sport that requires speciality and all-day training year after year. Skaters skate at their own leisure and join in competitions or shows just for the fun, and not to win medals for their country. The ISI program is a very social program catering to the needs of the person who skates entirely for personal pleasure.