A Figure Skating Blog
I’ll admit that I haven’t always been Skate Canada’s biggest fan. Back in the day when it was called the Canadian Figure Skating Association and I was a member skater, the organization often seemed disorganized and ineffective.
While it continues to make some odd personnel and administrative decisions, I have to commend Skate Canada on a […]
An advantage of living in Vancouver before the 2010 Olympics is that sports federations are bringing events to the city to test the facilities before the big event.
So, the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships will be held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver from January 16-20. Some of you may already know this, but Canadians […]
There aren’t too many things I get choked-up about, especially on YouTube. But, here I am sitting at my computer all teary-eyed watching Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win Skate Canada with an enchanting free program.
Choreographed to Umbrellas of Cherbourg, this free dance combines the best of classic ice dance steps with an emotional, captivating […]
Welcome back! It's been a restful summer break from the skating world, but it's time to lace up the boots for another season. Just in case you missed some of the news from summer, here's a quick roundup:
* Yaguden says he wants to return to the competitive ranks* World Ice Dancing champion faces charges in […]
Skate Canada announced today that the 2008 Canadian Championships will be held in Vancouver from January 16-20, 2008. That's great news for this skating-crazy city.
The event will be held in the Pacific Coliseum, which makes sense since the coliseum is also the 2010 figure skating venue. I'll be sure to post when tickets go on […]
Skate Canada has named the World/Four Continents teams for 2007. The team going to Worlds in Tokyo is as expected, but there are some changes to the group going to the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs next month.
Most notably, Mira Leung has opted out of Four Continents, so Cynthia Phaneuf will go in her […]
What's happened to the figure skating fans? While watching the skating this week it was clear there were plenty of empty seats at the Metro Centre in Halifax. According to TSN, the 5700-seat arena had more than 1,000 empty seats on closing day. Earlier this year at Skate Canada in Victoria there were also empty […]
I'm very pleased to find The Halifax Chronicles, a blog by Rob Brodie who is at the Canadian Championships this week in Halifax. Here's his bio:
Rob Brodie has covered figure skating for various publications for more than 15 years. Along the way, he's filed reports from four world championships, more than a dozen Canadian championships, […]
Gary Beacom is a true independent in figure skating. He adopted a signature style of skating that adheres to scientific principles (he's got a degree in Physics) and focuses on edges considerably more than jumps. Skate Canada (then the Canadian Figure Skating Association) certainly didn't 'get' him and considered him a rebel. Despite choosing to […]
My mom and I agree, the skaters at Skate Canada wore some of the most beautiful costumes we've ever seen.
Except for this one.