In the Loop

Happy Holidays Everyone!

This post is intended to help all you last minute shoppers understand what is happening with your CherryLoop orders at this busy time of the year.  Today (December 15, 2010) is the last day you can place an order if you expect it to arrive before Christmas (December 24th, 2010).  Most orders placed today will ship on Monday, December 20th, 2010 via USPS Priority Mail.

There are some exceptions.  We may sell out of a certain item, and then we will notify you with options.  It will look something like this: Refund your purchase, wait for the item to arrive (probably after Christmas), or exchange for a different size or style.

We also may be able to get items ordered after today to you prior to Christmas depending on the products.  We have a lot of items in stock at our Pro Shop and those will ship much faster.  It is best to call us and discuss availability if you really want it before Christmas.

There were some styles that we have been waiting on to arrive for several weeks.  The Chloe Noel spiral pants and the princess seam jackets.  They are now available and will be shipping soon.  I know a lot of you are waiting on these items, but we are working tirelessly to get these orders out to you.

Thank you for your interest in CherryLoop.com, we appreciate your business.

We would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year!

Travis and Robin
CherryLoop.com

Ask and you shall receive!  CherryLoop.com and our sister store in Tulsa, OK now have Zuca Bags.  You heard right ladies, gentlemen, and all you blinky wheeled Zuca Bag rolling skaters out there.



It took some time to put this together, but we are now ready to roll (pun intended).

If you have been at the rink even for short period of time, you know that the Zuca is a must have.  We have three in our household (plus a cooler!).  Those skates are heavy and who wants to drag them around in a backpack or (gasp) the box they came in?

If you need a new bag, or just a fresh insert...we've got you covered.  New inserts and frames come out in 5 days...so, keep an eye out for the new goods.

As always, you can count on Free Shipping here at CherryLoop.com!  Yes, that's right...even the Zuca Bags will ship in the US for free.

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

Custom Harlick Figure Skating Boots with CherryLoop Logo!

Well, I don’t how many people will be that interested in our new boots, but I know I am! 

I mentioned in a blog post back in November that we dropped by the Harlick manufacturing facility for a little visit.  It was an incredible visit by the way.  We met Phil Kuhn, his wife Ginger, and the rest of the small staff that is responsible for a good percentage of the skating boots on the ice today.  We already knew Rudy quite well from our trip to the Southwest Regional Championships.

 They gave us (my wife Robin and our three figure skating daughters) a tour of the facility.  You would not believe what all goes into making a pair of Harlick Skating Boots (Quality in every pair – that is their tagline ;)).  Suffice it to say, you have to be there to believe it.  Every single pair of boots, including stock boots are made by hand and with painstaking detail.  I can assure you, no stone goes unturned.

Phil also gave me a quick tutorial on the “correct” way to put blades on the boots.  I won’t go into the details, but let me just tell you…there is a lot more to it than just screwing on the blade.  He also showed me little tips and tricks to make certain every skater I fit will have the best possible fitting boots.  I watched and participated in about 5 custom fittings, including fittings for our 3 girls.

Now we’re getting to the good part.  It just happens to be time for our middle daughter to get a new pair of boots, and so we put our money where our mouth is.  We purchased a pair of Custom Harlick Boots.  These boots have the Double Duo Bond, White Elk Leather, with Flex Notch, 50/50 Lamb’s Wool and Foam Rubber Tongue, Growth Insoles, Orthopedic Arch, Clarino Lining, with a standard wax finish…AND our CherryLoop logo on the outside of each boot.

You too can have the CherryLoop logo (we’d pick up the charge if you were interested), an initial, a little animal; etc, etc…the sky is the limit on what Phil can put on the boot. Here are some samples: Harlick Artistic Boot Designs.

We will be doing Harlick custom and stock fittings at the Sooner State Games in Tulsa, OK.  We are also available for fittings by appointment, and we are happy to walk you through the process on the phone.  We absolutely _love_ the Harlick Boots and we want you to be as happy with your boots as we are with ours!

Here are some pictures of the infamous boots and some pics from our visit to Harlick:

Side by side Harlick Boots with CherryLoop Logo (We're going to make the loop with Swarovski crystals)

Close up of CherryLoop logo Top view of boots (shows the 50/50 tongue)

Outside of the Harlick Facility Inside (look closely at some of the boxes in this pic...some famous names)

Travis, Phil Kuhn, and Ginger Kuhn Click on the pic above for a slide show tour of the Harlick Facility

We are proud to announce that CherryLoop.com has recently partnered with the MySkatingMall.com.  You will soon be able to buy and sell gently used figure skating items directly from the online mall.  Imagine an eBay or Amazon type store just for figure skaters.  Not only is this a much needed service, but MySkatingMall is taking the idea one step further.  5% of every purchase made at the mall will be donated to the skaters club of choice!  This serves and supports the entire skating community.  Your club makes money from your purchases, you save money by buying gently used items at a discounted rate, you can sell items that otherwise would have sat in your closet.

Ryan Jahnke, 2003 World Team Member and PSA Master Rated Coach, is the founder of MySkatingMall.

I’ve spoken with Ryan several times over the last few months regarding the MySkatingMall.com and CherryLoop.com partnership.  He is extraordinarily passionate about skating, serving the community, and helping every skater have the opportunity to succeed. He has been intimately tied to the figure skating community for more than 24 years, so he knows the obstacles that must be overcome in order to succeed in this sport.  We are proud to assist Ryan in this pursuit, and look forward a successful partnership.

Some you may know that CherryLoop.com was actually considering a similar idea during the infancy of our business.  Before we decided to launch CherryLoop.com, one of our ideas was to have an auction site just for figure skaters.  Obviously, we chose to open an online retail store offering the most fashionable and functional figure skating apparel, equipment, and accessories instead.  We also considered opening up our forum for our customers to have a “Craig’s List” way of offering your old skates, dresses, and equipment for sale to other customers.  Weeks before we were going to open it up, we received a call from Ryan regarding forming a partnership.  We thought it was a wonderful idea, and we are happy to offer our customers a way of buying and selling gently used figure skating items, while at the same time donating a portion of the proceeds to the clubs of the skater’s choice.

If anyone has any questions regarding MySkatingMall.com, feel free to contact us and we’ll keep you updated on everything that we hear.  We’ll also inform you of the official launch date when that becomes available.  You can also learn more at the MySkatingMall.com website:  http://www.myskatingmall.com. 

We have the honor of receiving a tour of the infamous Harlick Skating Boots manufacturing facility tomorrow.  We're very excited about the trip, and plan on continuing our education into boot fitting.  As I mentioned in a previous post >> click here to read that post <<, CherryLoop is now an authorized dealer of Harlick Skating Boots.