ice skating

Remember that time that Amsterdam froze over and became the coolest skating rink ever? That was cool.

(For everybody that was wondering about this shot of a frozen Amsterdam was real: Here you go.)

Nothing says Christmas like skating on a frozen lake while chugging booze and operating a chainsaw, right?

In the opening ceremony of the 2016 US Synchronized Skating Championships, ice skaters Dean Copely and Tim McKernan dressed up as Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy, two characters from the movie "Blades of Glory". They performed a version of the film's 'Fire and Ice' routine. 

You can watch the routine from a better angle in this video from the network taping the routine:


via icenetwork

And just for comparison, here's the routine from the 2007 movie, 'Blades of Glory':