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2009 Adult Midwestern Sectionals recap…

• March 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, skating, training
Tags: adult, championships, competition, DBNAI, figure skating, ice, Midwestern Sectionals, north american invitational, USFS, Wyandotte FSC

Of all the [people] skating is losing, I miss the most:

• February 27, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts
Tags: ABC, commentators, dick button, figure skating, ice skating, sports, television

Awesome animation of Yu-na Kim’s Scheherazade free skate 연아 세헤라자데 애니

• February 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts, skating
Tags: animation, figure skating, figure skating artwork, free skate, ice skating, ice skating art work, ladies, Scheherazade, video, youtube, yu-na kim

2009 U.S. Figure Skating Nationals Predictions

• January 20, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts, skating
Tags: 2009, adam rippon, alexe gillies, alissa czisny, Ashley Wagner, Bebe Liang, becky bereswill, brandom mroz, caroline zhang, cassie andrews & nicholas anderson, castile & okolski, Cleveland, davis & white, denney & barret, emily hughes, evan lysacek, evora & ladwig, figure skating, ice skating, inoue & baldwin, Jeremy Abbott, Johnny Weir, katrina hacker, Kimmie Meissner, mclaughlin & brubaker, mirai nagasu, National Championships, navarro & bommentre, predictions, rachael flatt, samuelson & bates, senior ice dance, senior ladies, senior men, senior pairs, Stephen Carrier, US, vise & trent, yankowskis & coughlin

American International Skating Talent: Severe lacking? Or just lacking dominant individuals?

• December 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts, judging, skating
Tags: America, American skating, Canada, China, dominant, figure skating, Finland, France, grand prix, grand prix final, ice skating, international skaters, international skating, ISU, Italy, Japan, junior grand prix, new judging system, Russia, skaters, state of international skating, talent, talented, Ukraine, US, USA, world rankings, worlds best

Skate America thoughts, and Skate Canada predictions

• October 30, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts, skating
Tags: alissa czisny, Bebe Liang, borbrova & soloviev, brandon mroz, brodeur & mattalal, carolina kostner, caroline zhang, crone & poirier, davis & white, dube & davidson, evan lysacek, evora & ladwig, figure skating, fumie suguri, gorshkova & butikov, grand prix, Ian Martinez, ice skating, icenetwork.com, international competition, international skating union, ISU, jenni vahamma, joannie rochette, kawaguchi & smirnov, Kevin Reynolds, Kimmie Meissner, mclaughlin & brubaker, mirai nagasu, Nancy Kerrigan, navarro & bommentre, patric chan, pechalat & bourzat, rachael flatt, ryan bradley, sergei voronov, shawn sawyer, skate canada, skate canada 2009, takahiko kozuka, vise & trent, ya-na kim

My Skate America predictions

• October 25, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in competition, fan thoughts
Tags: adam rippon, belbin & agosto, delobel & schoenfelder, duhamel & buntin, evan lysacek, figure skating, grand prix, ice skating, inoue & baldwin, international, ISU, Johnny Weir, kerr & kerr, Kimmie Meissner, mclaughlin & brubaker, Miki Ando, mirai nagasu, mukhortova & trankov, predictions, rachael flatt, samuelson & bates, savchenko & szolkowy, shawn sawyer, Skate America 2008, susanna poykio, takahiko kozuka, yankowskas & coughlin, yu-na kim, yukari nakano

Response to Phil Hersh’s LAtimes column: “An artless system devours figure skating’s Stephane Lambiel”

• October 22, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in competition, fan thoughts, judging, skating, training
Tags: figure skating, Stephane Lambiel, Jeff Buttle, men's figure skating, international skating union, new judging system, ISU judging system, naomi nari nam, regional championships, artistry, presentation, choreography, Kurt Browning, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, olympics, Phil Hersh, LA Times columnist

ACLU investigating Michigan ice rink for discrimination in eliminating figure skating program for hockey

• June 15, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in coaching, fan thoughts, introduction, skating, training
Tags: ACLU, discrimination, figure skating, hockey, ice skating, Learn-to-Skate, Michigan, Plymouth, rink troubles

Busy month in terms of skating for me…

• April 23, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in coaching, competition, judging, skating, testing, training
Tags: basic skills, competition, figure skating, I/WSA, I/WSA FSC, ice skating, Indiana, Indianapolis, Learn-to-Skate, skate indy 2008, skating, trial judge, USFS