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The art of skate sharpening

Tuesday February 26, 2008
Sarah Ashworth

Burlington, VT

Sixteen-year-old Zoë Cross is a newcomer to the craft of sharpening skates...but in less than six months she's picked up the basics and found the art behind creating a hollow in the blades of hockey and figure skates. We spent a recent Sunday afternoon with Zoë as she sharpened rental skates at the Leddy Park Arena in North Burlington.

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