In the Loop

Well, I had to get this post up before midnight.  We took the plunge.  As of today, April 2nd, 2010 CherryLoop has a brand new store front!  CherryLoop.com's sister came as much as a surprise to us as anyone.  We realized how much business we were doing at our local rink, and we wanted to offer our neighbors the same great service we offer the online community.  So, we rented some space at the Oiler's Ice Rink in Tulsa, OK, built out the space, and officially opened to the public today.

This offers us a place to do custom boot fittings for people in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Fayetteville, Little Rock, Wichita, and anyone else who happens to be close by.  We now have a place to get immediate feedback from our customers on new merchandise, sizings, and other information that used to take weeks to compile.  But what we really like is being so close to our customers.  We'll get some valuable feedback which will in turn be passed on to our online friends.

If you happen to be in the area, please stop by...we're having a "Grand Opening" Sale tomorrow.  10% off everything in the store!

We'll post pictures of the new store, and you'll get the opportunity to hear about all of the changes as they progress right here at "In the Loop".

Thank you all for your continued support.  We truly appreciate it!

Travis and Robin

Hi Everyone,

You may have heard the buzz in the online skating world recently about the new store: MySkatingMall.com.

MySkatingMall.com, allows you to sell your gently used items in a “skaters only” environment.  We wrote about the upcoming launch of MySkatingMall.com, an a blog post several months ago, and the Grand Opening is this Friday, March 26, 2010!  CherryLoop.com is a featured partner on the site, and we couldn’t be more excited about being a part of this movement.

MySkatingMall.com serves the skating community in three important ways:

It provides a low cost, trustworthy, online environment connecting buyers and sellers of new and used skating goods.

Donates 5% of all items sold directly to the team or club or your choice.

Helps skating families offset the costs associated with skating by continuing to add new listings/members with the overall goal of offering the best selection of skating goods anywhere online.

This is the special offer for CherryLoop customers only:

If you go to the MySkatingMall.com website, register and add a new listing by Saturday, March 27, 2010 you will receive a 10% discount code good at CherryLoop.com.  Just enter the code cherryloop provided at the end of the “selling listing form” provided at MySkatingMall.com and we’ll send you the discount code.

If you can’t get to the site by this Saturday, don’t worry you can still add a listing and receive a 5% discount if you add a listing before April 30th, 2010.

Don’t hesitate to contact us with questions, comments, or suggestions.  As always, we are here to serve you.

Thanks again,

Travis and Robin

Brianna de la Mora and Taylor Wilson took home the Gold at the United States Junior Figure Skating Championships, in Strongsville OH. They represent the Texas Gulf Coast Figure Skating Club, and are coached by Elena and Val Prudsky.  We’ve been very impressed with them since we first saw them skate at the Houston Fall Invitational over Labor Day in 2009.  At that time, they had only been skating together for 2-3 months.  We saw them skate again at the Southwest Regional Championships in Grapevine, TX. We’re very excited about their future and glad to hear that Taylor is going to stay close to home and go the University of Houston next year.  Brianna is only 10 years old and skating with fire.  We couldn’t be happier for the both of them, and we are certain you’re going to be hearing more from these two!

Mandy Garza and Brandon Frazier brought home the Bronze in Novice pairs at the US Championships in Spokane.  Mandy and Brandon represent the Texas Gulf Coast Figure Skating Club, but train with Dalilah Sappenfield’s group in Colorado Springs.  They rose from 4^th in the short program to 3^rd with an impressive 2^nd place finish in their Free Skate.  Mandy and Brandon have only been skating together for about 8 months, and this was their first Nationals.  I doubt this is the last we’ll be hearing from this pair.  They plan on moving up to Juniors next year and competing in the Junior Grand Prix Circuit.

Please join us in congratulating Brianna, Taylor, Mandy, and Brandon for seeing success after a lot of hard work.

If you know a skater, that you would like to see highlighted in our blog, please let us know by dropping us a line at info@cherryloop.com.  We love this sport and we especially love watching our skaters work hard and see success!

See you on the ice!

Travis and Robin