Last year's pairs event at Nationals was so surprising! Who expected Leng/LeDuc to come out of nowhere and skate a brilliant, third-place short program? Who expected Zhang/Bartholomay to make the Olympic team ahead of Denney/Coughlin? With all the surprises last season, I wasn't planning on even trying to predict what would happen this year! Plus, …
Month: January 2015
The Product Is Suffering
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.” --Lev Tolstoy In fall 2013, a milestone passed: The 10th anniversary of the International Judging System (IJS). The IJS was first used at the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy event, on Sept. 3-6, 2003. This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the IJS at Worlds. I've been …
Pairs: Nationals News & Notes
So, 'tis the season for Nationals! 🙂 Over the last few weeks, we saw Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, and other national championships--with U.S. and Canadian Nationals still to come! Unfortunately, with all this happening at the same time as Christmas, New Year's, family visits, and my kids' school vacation, I could barely keep up with …