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Wausau airport skating video goes viral

By Keith Uhlig, Sheboygan Press, 01/18/17, 8:00PM CST

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It doesn't matter where the ice sheet is

Slideshow photo by John Chmiel

WAUSAU - They looked at the pristine sheet of ice covering the runway and said to each other, "Wow, we probably could skate on this."

This was Tuesday morning at the Wausau Downtown Airport after an overnight storm left a coating of ice on the runways, and airport workers Steve Gering and Steve Rasmussen had just finished up laying down high-quality de-icer around some of the hangar areas. It just so happened that Gering, 24, had a pair hockey skates with him because he was scheduled to be a referee at a high school hockey game Tuesday night.

Next thing you know, he had them on and was gingerly gliding along the apron of the runway, doing gentle crossovers, accelerations and glides while Rasmussen, airport manager John Chmiel and others recorded the session with their smartphones. Chmiel posted the video on the airport's Facebook page.

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