Kilt Skates across Canada and in the United States overcame the challenges of weather and public health protocols to be one of the best seasons ever.
Read MoreThe 2022 kilt skate season wrapped up in the first-ever community kilt skate held in one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces — on a day when winter wrapped Prince Edward Island in a last cold embrace.
Read MoreThis year it was South Glengarry’s turn again, and they proved once more that the Glengarries know how to throw a party. The kids couldn’t wait to get back out on the ice.
Read MoreThe Scottish Society of Ottawa prides itself in always hosting its kilt skate outdoors. This can prove challenging some years — including this overcast, cold and windy winter’s day at the Lansdowne Park Skating Court.
Read Moret takes a certain twisted determination to do something as impractical as skating with bare knees when the thermometer tells you it’s 25-below, but with the wind chill, it feels like 40-below. The Scots have a word for it: THRAWN!
Read MoreThis year’s kilt skate season has been like none other. For one thing, the phenomenon of taking to the ice in kilts and tartans has spread to more communities than ever before – 13 in Canada, two in the USA.
Read MoreThis year, like others before, the photos from the event feature young children at the beginning of their dancing career and the beginning of what we hope will be a lifelong love of skating.
Read MoreFor the fourth year, Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan has hosted the Tartan Kilt Skate NYC. This year, once again, skaters gathered in their kilts and tartans to celebrate Scottish heritage.
Read MoreWeek 6 of the kilt skate season started with the first community event of the year. On a sunny but cold afternoon, Scots and Scots-at-heart from near and far gathered at the skating pond at White Park in Concord, NH.
Read MoreIn recent weeks, as public health officials relax some of the protocols, two cities that had originally cancelled their community events in favour of Home Edition have announced new dates for their community events.
Read MoreA heavy dump of snow and a severe cold front has hit most of Canada. But that hasn’t stopped people from donning their kilts and strapping on the skates.
Read MoreKilt skating is spreading across the nation and the Home Edition is as popular as ever!
Read MoreThe Great Canadian Kilt Skate is back for it’s eight year!
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