Skating School

Learn to Skate at East West Ice Palace

Our Skating School offers classes for all ages and abilities — from pre-schoolers to adults, beginners to advanced skaters. Classes begin with the fundamentals and progress to more advanced and specialized skills, including both figure skating and ice hockey.

We participate in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program. The curriculum is well-designed, and the objectives are a perfect match with our own goals:

1. To make your skating safe and pleasurable.
2. To improve your skills through progressive levels which will bring confidence and satisfaction at each step.
3. To build a solid foundation which will serve you well if you later decide to pursue figure skating or ice hockey more seriously.

Classes Offered

Snowplow Sam 1 – 3 Introduces preliminary skills to pre-school skaters. Learn dips, swizzles, wiggles, and stops.
Basic 1 – 8 Eight carefully planned levels allow the beginning skater to feel comfortable on the ice while gaining the basic skating techniques needed to advance into any of the specialized areas of the Basic Skills Program.
Free Skate 1 – 6 Upon completion of Basic 1 – 8, skaters learn jumps, spins, footwork, and other exciting athletic and artistic moves.
Artistry in Motion 1 – 4 Artistry in Motion focuses on the basic principles of body alignment, movement, and line — the foundation for choreography and style. The goal is to stimulate the creative mind and develop the physical skills required to express creativity through movement.
Synchro 1 – 4 Introduces the fundamental skills of synchronized team skating. Each level contains progressively more difficult variations on the five basic elements: circles, lines, blocks, wheels, and intersections.
Adult 1 – 4 Promotes overall fitness, improves balance and coordination while mastering the basics of ice skating.
Hockey 1 – 4 Introduces the basics of hockey skating skills, focusing on power and agility to make players more successful in a game situation.

Selecting a Class

We’ll help you choose the class and level that’s right for you. We’ll start by asking a few questions during the registration process about your interests and your prior skating experience (if any). Then, during your first class session, your teacher will conduct an informal evaluation to decide the proper placement based on your current skill level.

Registration Information

Registration is for an 8-week period on a rolling basis. In other words, you can start at any time and join a class in progress. If you miss a class, you may make it up by attending a similar class on a different day of the week, or simply extend your period by an additional week. The limitation is that all 8 classes must be completed within a maximum 10 weeks.

The registration fee is $100 for 8 classes, plus $15 per year (September 1 - August 31) for program registration, which includes insurance coverage.

Class Schedule

Most classes meet once per week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday evenings. A half-hour class, skate rental, and admission for a public session on the day of your class are all included. Please call (562) 809-6200 for information regarding the specific classes and ability levels offered during each class period.

The Synchro 1-4 class is a special case. It is 45 minutes in length and is held on a sectioned-off area of the ice during the Thursday afternoon public session.

Effective June 21, 2010

Please note that Wednesday classes (which currently meet at 5:45) will move to 5:05. This change will take effect on June 23.