After a one-day delay caused by that ol’ hag Mother Nature, Eau Claire’s neighborhood ice skating rinks are open for your Cutting Edge reenacting pleasure. Why the delay? In technical terms, the ice weren’t hard enough, goldern it.

But now the city’s outdoor rinks are open and we’re wondering if you guys are excited. We know all you hockey and figure skating fans out there are in a frenzy right about now, but you folks probably call indoor ice arenas home.

So how about all you people who just like to skate? Do guys get out there and use the rinks every year? The Chippewa Valley maintains fewer and fewer outdoor rinks every year – Eau Claire is down to four. But despite the decrease, the EC parks department went all out with Boyd Park this year, and instead of a big hockey rectangle, they made a curvy “ice track” deal with an island in the middle and a large circle on one corner for open skating. Pretty cool.

So who likes to skate? Leave a comment, please!