A Figure Skating Blog
Feeling motivated to get on the ice and strut your stuff after watching Olympic and World figure skating competitions? On Sunday, April 11th at 12:30 pm head over to the Richmond Ice Center for a free family skate and a good cause.
The annual “Skate for Scleroderma” raises awareness of Scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease [...]
On Monday I attended an Olympic figure skating practice at Pacific Coliseum. The men prepared for the short program event and the pairs got in their last practice before the free skate. When you’re at ice level, the athletes’ speed and power is spectacular!
Here are some photos from the event:
Apologies for the very late posting on my thoughts on Worlds! For what it’s worth, here’s my two cents:
What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate
The pairs event was a tough way to start the competition for the Canadian team. But, I think Dube and Davison’s mediocre showing was a much-needed reality check for [...]
At the Four Continents Championship in Vancouver last month I saw the ‘Skate Bug’ for the first time. It’s a radio device that connects listeners with live event commentary. One part fits in your ear; the other part is hand held. With the Skate Bug, listeners can get real-time event commentary–even more detailed than those [...]
Day two of Four Continents and I’m giddy! I’ve seen some splendid skating thus far. Highlights include Dube and Davison’s free skate and Cynthia Phaneuf and Patrick Chan’s short programs. More to come on this later.
Midway through the women’s short, two Mexican skaters performed one after the other, Ana Cecilia Cantu and Michele Cantu. I [...]
I hope Canadian skating fans enjoyed nationals as much as I did! I was a bit hesitant to write predictions, but I did quite well if I do say so myself.
Patrick Chan was indeed up for the task and, as Kurt Browning remarked, “attacked” both programs confidently. This is a great showing for a pre-Olympic [...]
The Canadian Figure Skating Championships are on this week in Saskatoon and I’m going out on a limb and making some predictions.
1. Patrick Chan will have a very different Canadians this year. Defending a title comes with a lot of pressure. I’m confident that he’s up for the task, but he will have to work [...]
I’m in Panama on holiday for most of December and so missed the Grand Prix Final competition. After being without Internet access for a week I logged on today to see that Canada came home with no medals. While that result is disappointing, it’s a good reminder about just how competitive the landscape is.
Scoring well [...]
Last year I complained vehemently about the lack of figure skating coverage on the CBC. I’m delighted to say that this year the CBC is doing a wicked job. The Skate Canada Grand Prix coverage was dreamy and I was delighted to be able to view the Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire on the CBC website.
Sure, [...]
I’m live blogging the Men’s long program from Skate Canada this afternoon, just for fun. I’m offering up some technical assessment along with some general thoughts on the programs.
Brandon Morz, USA
First attempt at the quad in competition, very close.
That costume is ridiculous.
Plenty of touching down on his jumps.
Only 17 and this is his first Senior [...]