User:Abraham Gasre

Abraham Gasre started skating at 12 years old, he started his skating career on roller skates. When his parents moved to Romford, Essex, he continued skating on wheels until the age 16. His first experience on ice was at Romford Ice Skating Rink. His first steps on ice was the start of his passion for ice skating. He loved it so much that in 1990 he began his first career as a rink guard at Romford Ice Rink.

In 1995, he moved to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur where he took up Roller Blading at PJ Arena. He was spotted by Team Rollerblade USA to represent for Team Rollerblade Malaysia and he was fully sponsored to travel and perform around Malaysia. That same year, he joined the Rakan Muda program under the Sport Ministry of Malaysia. Under the Rakan Muda banner, he promoted inline skating across Malaysia.

In 1997, he joined Sunway Pyramid Ice Skating Rink Malaysia where he became the first professional ice skating coach under the ISIA ice skating program. He was also the first to represent Malaysia in the first Skate Asia Figure Skating Competition in 1999. His coaching experience has earned him a place in the Management Team which runs the Largest Skating School in Malaysia.

In 2011, he started Royale Ice Skating Rink Malaysia as the Senior Manager to set up the first hotel with indoor ice skating rink in Asia. Due to the demand for ice skating and successfully part of the 2017 29th Sea Games in Malaysia, Royale Ice Skating Rink is in the process of expanding in 2017 to be the first double ice rink in Asia.

Abraham Gasre is the founder of Ice For Life International that promote ice skating as a Lifestyle.