Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer Celebration Ice Show will be held Feb. 8th

The new co-ed program is open to adults aged 18 and older who want to learn the fundamentals of the game and practice their skills at the Cube.

Hit the ice with the whole family during the annual Buhr Blitz in Ann Arbor.

Submit your best winter photos until 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 27.

Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation announced on the arena’s website that warm temperatures are delaying the opening of the ice arena to Saturday, Nov. 19.

Several have put together events for little ghosts and ghouls, and even for the four-legged trick-or-treaters

Tony Hawk is known worldwide, not just for what he can do with a skateboard, but for his skateboard project that has given over $10 million to 600 skatepark projects, including right here in Detroit.

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk stopped in Detroit this weekend to celebrate the grand reopening of the Chandler Park Skatepark on the city’s east side.

Submit your best fall photos until 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 27.

Ice skating is fun whether you can jump and spin, or you just like making your way around the rink. We spoke to the experts at the Arctic Edge in Canton, which has trained several Olympians, to see how to get started.

Dearborn's Divine Child Figure Skating Team shows off their moves for Local 4's Kim DeGiulio.

The United States ice dancing pair of Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue extended the U.S. lead in the team event with the top score in the rhythm dance.

Every time the Winter Olympics comes around and we see those graceful figure skaters on the screen -- suddenly kids are dropping hints about wanting to learn how to skate.

U.S. Figure Skating has announced the three ice dance teams that will compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and they all have ties to Metro Detroit.

Here's where you can ring in the new year around Ann Arbor.

Hosted by Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation, participants can hit the ice at 10 a.m. and will countdown to 2022 around noon.

Here’s where you can have a hauntingly good time around Ann Arbor.

Construction is almost done at Detroit’s Chandler Skatepark, but one man is already using the place to give out free lessons in a developing community.

Gene Kalmat came into the sport of roller figure skating out of necessity.

We’re rollerskating outdoors at Detroit’s Monroe Street Midway once again for Fitness Friday!

We’re back at the outdoor rollerskating rink at the Monroe Street Midway in Downtown Detroit this Fitness Friday!

We’re back at the outdoor rollerskating rink at Detroit’s Monroe Street Midway this Fitness Friday!

This Fitness Friday, we’re back at the outdoor rollerskating rink at Detroit’s Monroe Street Midway!

This Fitness Friday, we’re back at Detroit’s first indoor rock climbing gym, DYNO -- but we’re not going easy this time around!

Young Detroit figure skaters will get to show off their abilities Thursday night during the Celebration of Youth Gala, a fundraising event for Figure Skating in Detroit.

DETROIT – With a grand opening featuring the most popular skateboarder in the world, Tony Hawk, Wayfinding Park was once a great skatepark located in the heart of Downtown Detroit. “The Wayfinding park was a temporary park downtown near Campus Martius that we built a few years ago. And it was a very small park but it served the community well for a couple of years,” said Modern Skateshop and Skatepark owner, George Leichtweis. The ramps have all been stored at the skatepark. Leichtweis is one of several people behind placing the once used ramps in an underprivileged part of town.

The Veterans Memorial Park Indoor Ice Arena is reopening for limited skating lessons and adult recreational hockey for the 2020-21 season. The ice arena will offer lessons at four levels: Snow Plow Sam, Basic Skills, Freestyle and Adult Instructional. Team play is governed by USA Hockey/MAHA regulations, costs $5,000 per team and players must have USA Hockey insurance. Learn more about recreational hockey registration here. Veterans Memorial Park Indoor Ice Arena is 2150 Jackson Ave.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Ice arenas and rinks need to be reclassified, say Ann Arbor athletes and Diane Wilson, the general manager of Ann Arbor Ice Cube. To get the Cube and other ice rinks reclassified, Wilson has reached out to Gov. The Ann Arbor Ice Cube, which has three different rinks, is used by different ice skating and hockey teams, including the U.S. National Team, Eastern Michigan University hockey team and four local high school teams. She added that Ann Arbor is the birthplace of synchronized skating and its teams are nationally ranked. Wilson said that even before the pandemic, the Ann Arbor Ice Cube was never at capacity because of its size and that several skaters could be on the ice without problems.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The city of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation department has announced that it will reopen public playgrounds around the city and the Ann Arbor Skatepark on Monday, June 8. The announcement was made after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer rescinded Michigans stay-home order on June 1. According to the announcement, structures and equipment at the playgrounds and skatepark are not cleaned or sanitized so residents are encouraged to use increased safety measures like social distancing. Signage around the playgrounds and skatepark will be updated and an announcement relating to outdoor public pools and day camps is planned for next week. Sign up for our email newsletter here!