Answer: They're figure skaters.
Everyone who answered got this right (more or less), who are DarthFerret, EricBess, Mooseman, mythosx, Ransac, rokapoke, sageridder, TomB, and turgy22
Scores:
EricBess: 9
Oversoul: 9
TomB: 9
DarthFerret: 8
Melkor: 8
rokapoke: 8
sageridder: 8
train: 8
Mooseman: 7
Ransac: 7
turgy22: 7
Lythand: 5
Limited: 4
mythosx: 2
cardboardbox: 0