Where is Parade Figure Skating Club located?

What is Parade FSC?

What is SportQuest Skating Academy?

Parade Figure Skating Club (PFSC) and SportQuest Skating Academy (SQSA) are located at Parade Ice Garden, 600 Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis, MN.

Parade Ice Garden has 3 ice surfaces. The North Rink and the South Rink are full-size, measuring  200' x 85'. The Studio Rink measures 96' x 56'.

Parade FSC and SportQuest Skating Academy Freestyle Ice Sessions are held on the South Rink, as are the Parade Synchronized Skating Line practice sessions. After the Blades of March competition, the Club moves Freestyle Ice and Synchro practices to the North Rink through the end of the summer.

 

Startlight Ice Dance Club Social Dance sessions are held most Thursdays immediately after Parade FSC freestyle ice.

 

Learn to Skate group classes and the Parade Intro to Synchro Penguins are offered in the Studio Rink, immediately adjacent to the South Rink.

Parade Figure Skating Club (PFSC) is a long incorporated, not-for-profit, ISI-affiliated skating club (www.skateisi.org).  In order to compete as an individual skater or on a synchronized skating team within the ISI structure, skaters must be a member of ISI and an ISI-affiliated club.  Skating clubs organize and run skating competitions and exhibitions at their home rinks as well as offer testing sessions.  Parade FSC operates the Blades of March competition as well as regular ISI testing sessions and exhibitions.

SportQuest Skating Academy (SQSA) is a corporation founded by Page Lipe, an international master-rated coach with over 25 years experience,  to provide a formalized training center for figure skaters, offering a positive and challenging skating environment for both the active recreational skater who wishes to progress up the test ladder of ISI, as well as for the competitive figure skater who wishes to test, compete and excel under United States Figure Skating (USFS) structure (www.usfsa.org).

SQSA operates the Learn to Skate School at Parade Ice Garden which offers group classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during both the Fall and Winter sessions, as well as a Summer Learn to skate program that starts in late June. These classes are open to prospective skaters as young as age 4.  The Learn to Skate School offers classes at different levels ranging from the tot skater who is taking their first steps on the ice and progresses to classes offered to skaters who have already been in the Learn to Skate school for a couple years including a session we entitle ‘Intro to Private Lessons’.  We also have classes geared toward older students and adults who want to learn how to skate. Lastly our learn to skate program is a valuable tool for prospective young hockey players as they learn how do use their edges, skate with more power using cross-overs, etc.  It puts them ahead of the game when it comes to playing hockey as the skating comes automatically and they can concentrate on learning stick-work and puck control.   Click on the Learn to Skate button in the menu bar at left for more information and the current registration form for Learn to Skate classes.

In addition, SQSA offers an extensive off-ice training schedule that varies depending on the season of the year, including off-ice fitness, mental edges, off-ice jumping, ballet and choreography as well as a summer skating training program between early June and late August. This summer program, which we call SummerQuest, is an intensive figure skating training program geared toward both ISI and USFS test and competitive track skaters who wish to excel.