Nothing public by default
A personal skating or equipment record should not become visible simply because someone creates an account or joins an organisation.
The long-term direction
A trusted circle around every skater
The Skater’s Companion is intended to become a collaboration of people across the ice-skating industry—making it easier to begin, progress and find the right support, whatever a skater’s goals.
Not one person pretending to have every answer
Skating draws on different kinds of knowledge. A coach sees movement and skill. A fitter sees feet and boot shape. A technician sees blades, wear and setup. A club understands local pathways. Other skaters can share lived experience.
The future Companion should make those perspectives easier to find and easier to combine—without blurring professional boundaries or presenting community opinion as expert assessment.
A small, useful social layer
Connection without public-by-default sharing
This is not intended to become a noisy public feed. It is a mini-social platform built around a skater’s real support circle.
YouYour record and your choices
Share deliberatelyChoose the person, record and purpose
- SkatersFriends, teammates and family
- CoachesSkills, goals and on-ice context
- Technicians & fittersEquipment, fit and service history
- Clubs & organisationsLocal pathways and support
Selected information, not a blank cheque
The aim is to let a skater share the particular record, result or routine that helps with a particular conversation.
Access that can be reviewed
Connections and permissions should remain visible to the skater, with the ability to change or withdraw them.
Useful today
Tools, guidance and personal records
- Practical learning material for figure, hockey and recreational skaters
- Checks and decision tools for common equipment questions
- Personal skate, fitting, maintenance and progression records
- Controlled support connections and selected record sharing
Building towards
A professional collaboration
- More trusted contributors from different parts of the industry
- Better handovers between skaters, coaches, fitters and technicians
- Shared tools that help professionals support their own skaters
- Skater-to-skater connection with deliberate, granular privacy controls
Start where you are
Whatever your skating goal, begin with something useful
Read a guide, try a tool or start a record. The wider network will grow around the same skater-first principle.