Frequently-asked questions (FAQs) and general reference

• Competitive figure skating FAQ list
  • Introduction and Netiquette
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Technical Elements
  • Skating People and Events
  • References
• Recreational Ice Skating FAQ List -- information about skating as a participant activity.
• Skating Suppliers FAQ
• Layperson's Guide to Lutzes & Loops -- by Julie Bixby
• Synchronized Skating Primer -- from Janet Swan Hill and Don Korte
• Ask Skating Moms advice column
• Technical info from Skate Canada -- includes a good writeup on judging and the presentation mark
• Glossary of skating terms -- from Kay
• Figure skating at Wikipedia

Skating federations and associations

• International
  • Ice Skating Institute (ISI)
  • Ice Skating Institute of Asia
  • International Gay Figure Skating Union
  • International Skating Union (ISU)
  • Professional Figure Skaters Cooperative
  • Professional Skaters Association
  • World Figure Skating Museum
• National Federations
  • Andorra: Federació Andorrana d'Esports de Gel
  • Argentina: Federación Argentina de Patinaje Sobre Hielo
  • Australia: Ice Skating Australia Incorporated
  • Austria: Österreichischer Eiskunstlauf Verband
  • Belgium: Koninklijke Belgische Kunstschaatsen Federatie
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Skating Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil: Confederação Brasileira de Desportos no Gelo
  • Bulgaria: Bulgarian Skating Federation
  • Canada: Skate Canada
  • China: Chinese Figure Skating
  • Chinese Taipei: Chinese Taipei Figure Skating
  • Croatia: Croatian Skating Federation
  • Czech Republic: Czech Figure Skating Association
  • Denmark: Dansk Skøjte Union
  • Estonia: Estonian Skating Union
  • Finland: Finnish Figure Skating Association
  • France: Fédération Française des Sports de Glace
  • Germany: Deutsche Eislauf-Union (DEU)
  • Hong Kong: Hong Kong Skating Union
  • Hungary: Hungarian National Skating Federation
  • Iceland: Icelandic Skating Association
  • Ireland: Ice Skating Association of Ireland
  • Israel: Israel Ice Skating Federation
  • Italy: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG)
  • Japan: Japan Skating Federation
  • Korea: Korea Skating Union
  • Latvia: Latvian Skating Association
  • Malaysia: Ice Skating Association of Malaysia
  • Netherlands: Netherlands skating federation (KNSB)
  • New Zealand: New Zealand Ice Skating Association
  • Norway: Norwegian skating federation (Norges Skøyteforbund)
  • Poland: Polish Figure Skating Association
  • Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation
  • Romania: Federatia Romana de Patinaj
  • Russia: Figure Skating Federation of Russia
  • Serbia: Association of Skating Sports of Serbia
  • Singapore: Singapore Ice Skating Association
  • Slovakia: Slovak Figure Skating Association
  • Slovenia: Slovene Skating Union
  • South Africa: South African Figure Skating Association
  • Spain: Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo
  • Sweden: Swedish skating federation (Svenska Konståkningsförbundet)
  • Switzerland: Schweizer Eislauf-Verband
  • Turkey: Turkish Ice Skating Federation
  • Ukraine: Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation
  • United Kingdom: National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd
  • United States: United States Figure Skating Association
• Other organizations
  • Australian Professional Skaters' Association
  • British Ice Teachers Association
  • European Figure Skating -- a non-profit organization
  • Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association
  • Latino International Skating Coalition
  • Schweizer Eislauflehrer Verband
  • Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped (SABAH)

Competition results and records

• Competition records and results -- from Louis Epstein
• Skatabase -- huge, comprehensive, searchable results database
• Official results from the ISU
• Official results from the USFSA
• IceCalc -- scoring and results software services for various ISU events
• Pro and pro-am skating results -- by Paula Slater
• Tino Eberl's skating page -- current and past competition results
• Memories of the Olympic Winter Games -- historical Olympic results
• Grand Prix results database
• FigureSkatingOnLine.info -- score statistics and results archive
• Figure Skate Memo -- Japanese results and statistics site

Rulebook materials

• ISU regulations -- complete rulebook online
• ISU technical communications
• US Figure Skating Rulebook
• US Figure Skating forms and publications
• US Figure Skating judging manuals
• Ice Dance Patterns from ice-dance.com
• Ice Dance Patterns from Jeff Goldsmith
• Ice Dance Patterns from Gerri Barnes-Hampton
• Tulips from Amsterdam (a new ice dance)
• Cha Cha 2000 (another new ice dance)
• Don Korte's skating page -- lots of USFSA test/competition info

Technique and mechanics of skating

• Element Recognition -- from Don Korte's Figure Skater's Website

Music references

• ISU skater biographies -- current-season music for active competitors
• Skate Music List -- skating music database
• Maeno's Skating Music Page

Other reference material

• Skating magazines and other publications
• Sandra's collection of random skating stuff
• Skating Firsts -- from Don Jackson
• How an Ice Rink Works
• Ice-rink.com -- technical information about portable ice rinks
• Le Lac Glacé -- French-language skating reference, from Medhi B.
• Skating Ahead of the Curve -- training insights from Cheryl Richardson
• eHow Figure Skating -- collection of how-to articles