Ice skating is moving on ice by use of ice skates.  It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water such as lakes and rivers.

In the Philippines, although there are no frozen lakes and rivers, people who want to go ice skating can just as easily make their trek to one of three SM malls that have ice skating rinks and try it out for themselves.

From the SM website on their ice skating rink:

SM’s first ice skating rink, the SM Megamall Ice Skating Rink, opened to the public on 4th of September 1992. While the ice skating rink was originally intended to provide as an alternative venue of recreation for Filipinos, formal ice skating lessons were eventually offered. The novelty of the ice rink was a total hit to Filipinos. People started lining up for hours to try ice skating.  Walk-in customers became repeat customers and subsequently enrolled to the formal lessons . The rink aligned itself with the Ice Skating Institute of America (ISIA) which is the biggest recreational ice skating group then up to the present. In the years to follow, with the support of ice skating enthusiasts, Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee, the Ice Skating Institute of the Philippines (ISIP) was established. It became the executive and legislative body for ice skating and all ice-related  sports in the country. It later evolved to become the Ice Skating Union of the Philippines (ISUP) and later, as the Philippine Skating Union (PSU). PSU sought accreditation with the International Skating Union, based in Laussane, Switzerland, which is the world body governing competitive-level events such as the Winter Olympics. PSU’s provisional membership was granted on June 13, 2004. PSU became an official member of the ISU on May 21, 2006 after the inauguration of the Olympic size ice rink at the SM Mall of Asia.

After almost 14 years of operations, SM Ice Skating Rink has established three rinks: SM Megamall, SM Southmall, SM Mall of Asia International Skating Rink. From a purely recreational perspective, SM is embarking to transform and develop highly-competitive skaters to world-class standards.

Rates:

• One hour coupon costs approximately 100 pesos
• Locker rental: 20 pesos
• Thirty minute introductory lesson: 120 pesos
• Unlimited skating weekends: 320 pesos
• Unlimited skating weekdays: 280 pesos
• Basic Lessons: approximately 2,900 for 6 lessons