There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
Nancy KerriganPeople would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
Nancy KerriganPeople are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.
Nancy Kerrigan