05/02/2026
Congratulations to our 7 Chicago Skates graduating seniors! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see what you all accomplish in your next chapter.
❤️🖤⛸️🎓 👏🏻
Chicago Skates Synchronized Skating Team Chicago Skates Synchronized Skating Teams represent the Windy City FSC, which is a member club of U.S. Figure Skating.
Our three younger teams represent the Ice Skating Institute. Our home rink is McFetridge Sports Center in Chicago, IL.
05/02/2026
Congratulations to our 7 Chicago Skates graduating seniors! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see what you all accomplish in your next chapter.
❤️🖤⛸️🎓 👏🏻
03/15/2026
Interested in joining the Chicago Skates family? Check out the link in our bio to sign up to tryout for one of our 5 teams today 🔗!
Registration must be complete by April 15th. Please make sure you fill out the Google form in addition to signing up for the tryout you qualify for. Only sign up to try out for 1 team.
Aspire 2:
Monday, April 20, 2026 5-6:30pm
- no skating skills tests required
- in Gamma or above
- ages 6-13
Aspire 4:
Monday, April 20, 2026 6:45-8pm
- no skating skills tests required
- synchro experience highly recommended
- freestyle 1 or above
- ages 7-13
Preliminary:
Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:15-6:55pm
- passed pre-preliminary skating skills
- freestyle 3 or above
- ages 7-13
Pre-Juvenile:
Monday, April 20, 2026 8:15-9:40pm
- passed preliminary skating skills
- freestyle 4 and above
- ages 8-18
Open Juvenile / Intermediate
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:30-9:25pm
- passed pre-bronze skating skills
- freestyle 4 and above
- ages 10-19
DM us if you have any questions! We can’t wait to see you there !
03/15/2026
Our 2025-2026 Chicago Skates season banquet was a success ⛸️❤️🥳! What a great way to celebrate another successful season.
Our teams pictured in order:
1. Aspire 2
2. Aspire 4
3. Preliminary
4. Pre Juvenile
5. Open Juvenile
02/17/2026
We are thrilled to announce the dates for our FREE Open Practices, come skate with Chicago Skates to see if you are interested in joining a team!
Skaters can attend as many Open Practices that they meet the requirements for. We can’t wait to see you there! 🖤❤️🏙️⛸️
02/15/2026
Our Aspire teams had a great outing for their final competition of the season, Swan Synchro Skate 2026 in Beaver Dam, WI! Congrats to the teams on two wonderful skates to end the competitive season👏🏻❤️⛸️🖤
01/30/2026
Mids recap is here!! We had so much fun at the 2026 Midwestern sectional championships! Our IJS teams had a blast at competition and got to do fun team bonding activities like mini golf, puzzles, team dinners, and coloring books. Congrats to the teams!! 👏🏻❤️⛸️🖤
01/21/2026
It’s time for the Midwestern Sectional Synchro Championships! 🎉⛸️
All times are in EST. You can live stream through US Figure Skating’s YouTube channel. Find the link in our bio along with the results. 🔗
❤️🖤⛸️
01/18/2026
Congratulations to all 5 of our teams at Synchro Illinois this weekend! It was a blast to both compete and volunteer. We can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds, !
🥉Open Juvenile
🏅Pre Juvenile
🏅Prelimenary
🥇Aspire 4
🥇Aspire 2
Our IJS teams will be heading to Mids next week - we hope to see you there! Next for our Aspire teams is Swan Synchro Skate ❤️🖤⛸️
01/15/2026
We are so excited for Synchro Illinois this weekend! The competition starts Saturday morning at Robert Crown, we hope to see you there! 🤩
Check out the link in our bio for live scoring 🔗
Good luck to our competitors & !! ⛸️❤️🖤
01/02/2026
From our Chicago Skates family to yours, we hope you had a wonderful holiday’s and a great start to the New Year! ❤️🖤