Over the last few years, the Club fund raising efforts have been such that we have been able to purchase additional skates when there has been a short fall in available skates.  Unfortunately, when new skates must be purchased, they are not always available at the beginning of the season.  Further, there may be years when the Club is not in a financial position to purchase skates. 

New skates can be bought from several sources, primarily over the Internet.  Please discuss skate purchase with one of the coaches if you are interested and consult the Club website for links to several of the commonly used sources of skates and other skating equipment.  Used skates are generally easy to sell (the Club will also buy second hand equipment from skaters for the rental program if needed: see Second Hand Equipment Section) and you can usually recoup a reasonable portion of the purchase cost of new or used equipment.

We supply rental skates both to minimize the financial outlay required by parents and to make it easy for skaters to try out the sport.  However, once skaters are in the program and using our rental skates, we feel it is important that they continue to be able to access appropriate skates.  Many skaters would like to have the same skates back if they still fit. Therefore, the following procedure will be used for registration and skate rental.

1. The first registration/skate rental session will be open only to returning skaters enrolling in the Competitive Program.

2. The second registration/skate rental session will be open to returning skaters in the Development and Novice Programs.

3. The third registration/skate rental program will be open to all new skaters and those skaters who missed the previous sessions

4.  If a skater wishes to have skates from the previous year, they must be present at the beginning of the registration session.  Thus, if registration is from 7:00 - 8:30 pm, those skaters wishing to rent their skates from the year before must be there at 7:00 pm with the identification number of the skates to try them on.

5. Only those skaters in a session will be available to register in that session.  Thus, if a skater in the Competitive Program has a younger sibling in the Development Program, that skater must return for the Development Registration Session.

Complete skates ($35 for plastic boots for beginners; $50, $85, or $125 for complete skates) or boots only (less $35.00) can be rented, as can clap blades for long track ($75.00).  When complete skates are rented, they will come provided with a pair of blade covers to protect the blades and a set of walking guards.  Even if you have your own blade covers and walking guards, you must take the Club equipment with the skates and return them at the end of the year.  If you fail to return the socks and guards, a fee to replace them will be assessed.

Go to general Equipment page.
Go to How to care for Club rental skates.
Go to How to sharpen speed skates.