Patti Larkin

Patti Larkin put on her first pair of ice skates at her cousin's birthday party when she was seven years old and has been skating ever since. Patti competed in several local and regional ISI and USFSA competitions throughout her amateur skating career. Her most recent competition was 2001 National Synchronized Skating Championships where she participated as a member of the adult synchronized skating team, The Texas Chilly Peppers.

Patti has been coaching figure skating for over 12 years and her experience includes, but is not limited to group lessons, freestyle skating, power skating, and synchronized skating. Patti worked for the Dr. Pepper Star Center (formerly Icebound) in Plano, Texas where she co-coached the Texas Chilly Peppers. She is a member of the Professional Skater's Association (PSA) and the Ice Skating Institute.

Patti possesses a degree in orthotics and prosthetics from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and in addition to coaching figure skating at Polar Ice Galleria, she is employed by Lone Star Orthotics, Inc., where she specializes in designing and fitting orthopedic braces for children and adults.

Understanding how difficult finding quality figure skating apparel and ice skating accessories can be, Patti opened Icessorize Unlimited, an online figure skating store catering to figure skaters' needs. She also is a Certified Riedell Skate fitter and offers personalized skate fittings here at the Galleria every Saturday between 9am-2pm.